	Blake C. Lucas Projects - [1998 \| 1999 \| 2000 \| 2001 \| 2002 \| 2003 \| 2004 \| 2005 \| 2006 \| 2007 \| 2008]
Education	Johns Hopkins University – Baltimore, MD, May 2007 – Present Ph.D. Candidate in Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Image Processing concentration Advisor: Jerry Prince Johns Hopkins University – Baltimore, MD, August 2006 – May 2007 M.S. in Electrical Engineering North Carolina State University - Raleigh, NC, August 2002 - May 2006 B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Computer Science Honors: Valedictorian, Outstanding Senior Award for Top Scholarly Achievement University of North Carolina at Charlotte - Charlotte, NC, August 2000 - December 2001 Escrow student in Dept. of Computer Science
Experience	Research Assistant, August 2006 – Present Image Analysis and Communications Lab (IACL), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Laboratory of Personality and Cognition, NIH - National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD • Developing computational methods for measuring the human brain cortex. Software Engineer, July 2006 – December 2007 Laboratory of Medical Image Computing (MedIC), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD • Developed MIPAV plug-ins for medical image processing. • Human Brain Mapping Conference 2008: MAPS: A Free Medical Image Processing Pipeline. IEEE Computer Society International Design Competition, January 2006 - July 2006 North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC • Developed simulation software to predict the distribution of solar radiation on the body under various atmospheric, temporal, and spatial conditions. • Received $22,000 Grand Prize. DOI: 10.1109/MC.2006.272 6D – Digital Imaging System, August 2005 – May 2006 Opto-Electronics and Lightwave Engineering Group (OLEG), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC • Developed a structured light system for 3D imaging & ranging applications. NASA Robotics Academy – Team Lead, Summer 2005 Applied Information Sciences Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD • Developed 3D vision and navigation systems for an autonomous robot utilizing a 3D range camera. Undergraduate Research Project, August 2004 – May 2005 Vision Information, Statistical Signal Theories, and Applications Group (VISSTA), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC • Developed algorithms to automatically identify roads from multi-spectral imagery. Web Design Consultant, September 2002 - May 2004 Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology, and Science, Raleigh, NC • Developed websites for Kenan Fellows.
Honors	NIH - National Institute on Aging Intramural Training Award Program (2), Ferdinand Hamburger Fellowship, Johns Hopkins ECE Dept. Graduate Fellowship, NCSU Undergraduate Research Symposium Winner (2), Undergraduate Research Grants (2), Eta Kappa Nu, Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society, Tau Beta Pi Honor Society, NCSU Scholars Program, Ingersoll-Rand Merit Scholarship, Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship, Governor’s School of North Carolina, AP Scholar with Distinction, Charlotte Observer All-Star Scholar, National Beta Club, High School Valedictorian.

Blake C. Lucas

Projects - [1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008]

Education

Johns Hopkins University – Baltimore, MD, May 2007 – Present
Ph.D. Candidate in Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Image Processing concentration
Advisor: Jerry Prince

Johns Hopkins University – Baltimore, MD, August 2006 – May 2007
M.S. in Electrical Engineering

North Carolina State University - Raleigh, NC, August 2002 - May 2006
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Computer Science
Honors: Valedictorian, Outstanding Senior Award for Top Scholarly Achievement

University of North Carolina at Charlotte - Charlotte, NC, August 2000 - December 2001
Escrow student in Dept. of Computer Science

Experience

Research Assistant, August 2006 – Present
Image Analysis and Communications Lab (IACL), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Laboratory of Personality and Cognition, NIH - National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD
• Developing computational methods for measuring the human brain cortex.

Software Engineer, July 2006 – December 2007
Laboratory of Medical Image Computing (MedIC), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
• Developed MIPAV plug-ins for medical image processing.
• Human Brain Mapping Conference 2008: MAPS: A Free Medical Image Processing Pipeline.

IEEE Computer Society International Design Competition, January 2006 - July 2006
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
• Developed simulation software to predict the distribution of solar radiation on the body under various atmospheric, temporal, and spatial conditions.
• Received $22,000 Grand Prize. DOI: 10.1109/MC.2006.272

6D – Digital Imaging System, August 2005 – May 2006
Opto-Electronics and Lightwave Engineering Group (OLEG),
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
• Developed a structured light system for 3D imaging & ranging applications.

NASA Robotics Academy – Team Lead, Summer 2005
Applied Information Sciences Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
• Developed 3D vision and navigation systems for an autonomous robot utilizing a 3D range camera.

Undergraduate Research Project, August 2004 – May 2005
Vision Information, Statistical Signal Theories, and Applications Group (VISSTA),
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
• Developed algorithms to automatically identify roads from multi-spectral imagery.

Web Design Consultant, September 2002 - May 2004
Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology, and Science, Raleigh, NC
• Developed websites for Kenan Fellows.

Honors

NIH - National Institute on Aging Intramural Training Award Program (2), Ferdinand Hamburger Fellowship, Johns Hopkins ECE Dept. Graduate Fellowship, NCSU Undergraduate Research Symposium Winner (2), Undergraduate Research Grants (2), Eta Kappa Nu, Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society, Tau Beta Pi Honor Society, NCSU Scholars Program, Ingersoll-Rand Merit Scholarship, Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship, Governor’s School of North Carolina, AP Scholar with Distinction, Charlotte Observer All-Star Scholar, National Beta Club, High School Valedictorian.