Current PhD projects

Malicous Mobile Code Neutralization

The goal of this PhD project is to develop a mechanism for allowing mobile code to execute on a machine with out a priori having set up rules for what is acceptable code behavior and what is not. Our part of this joint effort between Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) and the University of Tennessee is to develop and implement a so-called fingerprinting algorithm that can determine normal behavior. The approach we have chosen is based on a mixed-order Markov model of system call sequences.

Sponsor:

Collaborator: Richard Ford (FIT)
PhD Student: Geoff Mazeroff

High Resolution SPECT/CT Imaging of Systemic AA-Amyloidosis in Mice

The goal of this project is to develop a dual-modality small animal SPECT/CT imaging system and use it to quantify amyloid burden in mice thus being able to study the progression of systemic AA-amyloidosis and the regression thereof in response to immunotherapy. Our part of this joint effort between the University of Tennessee Medical Center (UTMCK) and the University of Tennessee is to develop and implement the three dimensional SPECT and CT image reconstruction algorithms.

Sponsor: National Institutes of Health

Collaborators: Jon Wall (UTMCK), Steve Kennel (UTMCK)
PhD Student: Lloyd Arrowood

MicroPET Imaging

The goal of this PhD project is to improve the capabilities of a micro-PET imaging system.

Sponsor:

Collaborator:
PhD Student: Mark Lenox