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CURRICULUM VITAE

m2 inc.., Winooski, VT                                                                                          Sept. 2008- Present

Design Engineer

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CURRENT POSITIONS

UVM Engineering Dept., Burlington, VT                                                      Sept. 2011- Present

Postdoctoral Associate

UVM Engineering Dept., Burlington, VT                                                      Sept. 2008- Present

Adjunct Lecturer​

DB Gear LLC, South Burlington, VT                                                                    March 2016- Present

Design Engineer​ / Owner

Ph.D.   Mechanical Engineering, 2011, University of Vermont

         Disertation: Ambulatory Lordosimeter Measurement and Feedback Control of                 Seated Posture

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M.S.    Mechanical Engineering, 2006, University of Vermont

         Thesis Title: Aeroelastic Mechanics of Thin Film Membranes

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B.S.     Mechanical Engineering, 2002, University of Vermont

          Minor in Mathematics

EDUCATION

PROFESSIONAL ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

University of Vermont:

    2008-2016                Adjunct Lectureer

   2011-2015                   Postdoctoral Research Associate

   2002-2011                 Graduate Research Assistant

   2000-2002                 Undergraduate Research Assistant

CLASSES TAUGHT

University of Vermont:

    2016                          ME 144 Heat Transfer

   2008-2014                 ME 12 Dynamics

   2012                          CE 001 Statics

   2009                         ME 44 Heat Transfer

GRANTS

  1. VERMONT EPSCoR Innovation Fund (IF) “MEMS Gyros for the use in Controlling the Orientation of Small Satellites” 2008 (P.I.)

PUBLICATIONS & CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

(www.researchgate.net/profile/Dylan_Burns)

  1. A. Ahmed, Y. Zhang, D. Burns, D. Huston, T. Xia, "Design of UWB Antenna for Air Coupled Impulse Ground Penetrating Radar," IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. Vol. 13, No. 1. Jan. 2016. pp 92-96. (J) 

  2. Ashikaga T, Burns D, O’Brien P, Schaberg KB and Huston D “Texture Analysis of Post-Breast Cancer Lymphedema Ultrasound Images Obtained Using a Portable Device” submitted to Lymphology, August 2004.

  3. Esser B, Huston D, Spencer G, Burns D and Kahn E (2005) “Self-Healing Cables and Composites” SPIE 5762-02, Smart Structures and Materials: Industrial and Commercial Applications of Smart Structures Technologies, San Diego.

  4. Huston D, Burns D, Venkatachalam A, Razinger J, Zhang Y, Xia T,(2014) “Microwave Concrete Assessment with Phased Array, Nonlinear and Waveform Sampling Methods” In proceeding of: EMI 2014 Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference, At Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

  5. Huston D, Cui J, Burns D, Hurley D (2011) “Concrete Bridge Deck Condition Assessment with Automated Multisensor Techniques”, Structure and Infrastructure Engineering.

  6. Huston D, Cui J, Burns D, Hurley D “Concrete Bridge Deck Condition Assessment with Automated Multisensor Techniques” Taylor and Francis Volume 7, Issues 7-8, September 2010, Pages 613-623.

  7. Huston D, Esser B and Burns D (2005) “Regulatory Issues and Utility of Ultrawideband Ground Penetrating Radar” SPIE 5767-56, Smart Structures and Materials: Nondestructive Evaulation for Health Monitoring and Diagnostics, San Diego.

  8. Huston D, Gucunski N, Maher A, Cui J, Burns D, Jalinoos F “Bridge Deck Condition Assessment with Electromagnetic, Acoustic and Automated Methods” Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring 2007

  9. Huston D, Plumpton J, Esser B, and Burns D (2005) “High-Precision Active Distortion Control of Thin Membrane Windows” SPIE 5762-33, Smart Structures and Materials: Industrial and Commercial Applications of Smart Structures Technologies, San

  10. Huston D, Plumpton J, Esser B, Burns D, Boerger B, Selzer R “Membrane mask aero and thermoelastic control for proximity lithography” Microelectronic Engineering Volume 83, Issues 4-9, April-September 2006, Pages 923-925. Micro- and Nano-Engineering MNE 2005.

  11. Xia T, Venkatachalam A, Zhang Y, Burns D, Huston D, (2013) "Performance Enhanced High Speed UWB GPR System for Buried Rebar Detection", EEGS Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems (SAGEEP).

  12. Y, Zhang, D. Burns, D. Huston, T. Xia, "Sand Moisture Assessment using Instantaneous Phase Information in Ground Penetrating Radar Data",  in Proceedings of SPIE Smart Structures/NDE Conference 2015. 

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