Founded: 1982
Full Time: 7
Part Time: 0
Budget: 364,407.00
Director: Dr. George Hammitt
RSIP Dept.--LSU
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Telephone: 504/388-5267 FAX: 504/388-5263 E-Mail: george@rsip.lsu.edu
Research Areas:
The Remote Sensing and Image Processing Laboratory (RSIP) is an interdisciplinary laboratory in the College of Engineering at Louisiana State University. Its role includes: (1) research and development, (2) services to other LSU units, state agencies and local industries, and (3) training and technology transfer. Faculty from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, are associated with the Laboratory. RSIP staff includes software and hardware engineers, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Global Positioning System (GPS) specialists, Remote Sensing and Application specialists, administrative personnel, and students. RSIP is a modern, state-of-the-art, computer and photointerpretation facility which includes workstation equipped offices for faculty, staff, and students, as well as laboratory space.
Areas of Expertise:
RSIP performs research in areas related to:
(1) sensors and remote sensing,
(2) development of GPS- and GIS-based systems,
(3) image and signal processing,
(4) imaging and computer vision, real-time monitoring and
control,
(5) infrastructure management, and
(6) generation of customized maps, images and databases.
Topics include transportation and environmental studies, traffic
control, sensor fusion, radar and optical imaging, multi-radar
detection and tracking, real-time monitoring systems with
communication links, remote control, modeling and simulation.
Special Capabilities and Facilities:
Due to the aging of civil infrastructure systems, state and national organizations have began to invest heavily in condition assessment and intelligent control systems. The unique interdisciplinary expertise of the Remote Sensing and Image Processing Laboratory (RSIP) faculty and staff has resulted in several sponsored civil infrastructure research projects. For example, the RSIP GIS unit developed the first geocoded highway route network for the Louisiana statewide intermodal planning project. This computer representation has leveraged new projects developing management information systems for traffic signals, traffic signs, and congestion within the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Area. In addition, the RSIP communication, electronic, and computing expertise has attracted projects involving image-based vehicle detection, distributed control of traffic signal equipment, real-time GPS data acquisition, and simulation techniques for local arterials.
Research Equipment:
Keywords:
0606000 Civil Engineering
0606036 Traffic Engineering
0606037 Transportation Engineering
0606038 Transportation Engineering Design
0606040 Transportation Engineering (Environmental Impacts)
0606041 Transportation Engineering (Intermodal Studies)
0606043 Transportation Surveys
0606054 Highway Engineering
0606056 Surveying and Mapping
0606070 Airport Runways
0607000 Electronics/Electrical Engineering
0607001 Applied Electronics
0607002 Communication Systems
0607004 Control Systems (Electronic)
0607012 Navigation & Guidance Systems
0607019 Robotics
0607020 Solid State Electronics
0607028 Circuits and Systems
0607029 Computer-Aided Design
0607049 Radar Systems
0607052 Sonar Systems
0607058 Sensing Devices and Transducers
0607074 Signal Processing
0609024 Mechanical Systems
1004000 Computer Science
1004001 Computer Applications
1004003 Computer Engineering
1004006 Computer Programming Languages
1004007 Computer Software
1004012 Control Applications (Computer Sciences)
1004016 Data Analysis
1004022 Pattern Recognition
1004026 Computer Interface
1004030 Computer Architecture
1004063 Distributed Systems
1004072 Computer Vision
1004165 Computer Hardware
1004168 Computer Modeling