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Jon R. Marstrander

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Gorrie Hall 5227
(205) 934-8447

Research and Teaching Interests: Embedded systems, digital signal processing and analysis, digital image processing and analysis, communication systems, statistics, analysis of neurological images and signals

Office Hours: By appointment

Education:

  • B.S., University of Alabama at Birmingham, Electrical Engineering
  • M.S., University of Alabama at Birmingham, Electrical Engineering
  • Ph.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham, Computer Engineering

Jon R. Marstrander joined the faculty of the UAB Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2005. While at UAB, he has been involved in a variety of research efforts, primarily collaborations with neurologists and neuroscientists at UAB.

Prior to becoming faculty at UAB, he worked as an electrical engineer in industry for more than 16 years. He worked on design and development of hardware and software systems for a broad range of projects. Applications included aerospace, military, scientific, medical, and commercial designs. His specializations include embedded systems hardware and software design, analog and digital hardware design, and field programmable gate arrays.

He has been a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in the state of Alabama since 1992.

  • Research Interests
    • Brain Image Analysis
    • Brain Warping and Morphometry
    • Image and Signal Processing
    • Statistical Analysis
  • Recent Courses
    • Engineering Problem Solving
    • Introduction to Microprocessors
    • Communication Systems
    • Random Variables and Processes
  • Select Publications
    • Marstrander, J. R., Tanik, M. M., Skidmore, F. M. (2019). A Survey of Morphological Analysis Techniques of Magnetic Resonance Images of the Human Brain, Proceedings of the Society for Design and Process Science 2019, (in press).
    • Kraguljac, N. V., Anthony, T., Skidmore, F. M., Marstrander, J. R., Morgan, C. J., Reid, M. A., White, D. M., Jindal, R. D., Skefos, N. H. M., & Lahti, A. C. (2019). Micro-and macrostructural white matter integrity in never-treated and currently unmedicated patients with schizophrenia and effects of short-term antipsychotic treatment. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 4(5), 462-471. Elsevier.
    • Skidmore, F., Anthony, T., Monroe, W., Marstrander, J.R. , Liu, Y., Cutter, G., Nicholas, A., Odaibo, D., Albers, M., Brook, G., Horton, M., Disbrow, E., Swenson, R., Tiwari, H., Fialkowski, A., & Standaert, D. (2019). Imaging identifies distinct brainstem phenotypes in early Parkinson’s disease. Neurology, 92(15 Supplement). Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.
    • Marstrander, J. R., Skidmore, F. M., et. al. (2017). Radial Fiber Atrophy: A New Metric for Tensor-Based Morphometry, Proceedings of the Society for Design and Process Science 2017, pp: 54-60.
    • Anthony, T., Robinson, J. P., Marstrander, J. R., Brook, R. G., Horton, M., & Skidmore, F. M. (2017). High Performance/Throughput Computing Workflow for a Neuro-Imaging Application - Provenance and Approaches, Big Data and Visual Analytics, Springer International Publications. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-63917-8.
    • Kelly, N. A., Wood, K. H., Allendorfer, J. B., Ford, M. P., Bickel, C. S., Marstrander, J.R., Amara, A. W., Anthony, T., Bamman, M. M., & Skidmore, F. M. (2017). High-intensity exercise acutely increases substantia nigra and prefrontal brain activity in Parkinson’s disease. *Medical Science Monitor: International Medical Journal of Experimental and Clinical Research*, 23, 6064. International Scientific Information, Inc.
    • Yin, J., Anthony, T., Marstrander, J., Liu, Y., Burdyshaw, C., Horton, M. D., Crosby, L. D., Brook, R. G., Skidmore, F. (2016). Optimization of non-linear image registration in AFNI, Proceedings of the XSEDE16 conference on Diversity, Big Data and Science at Scale, doi:10.1145/2949550.2949564.
    • Yin, J., Brook, R. G., Crosby, L., Horton, M., Burdyshaw, C., Skidmore, F., Marstrander, J., Anthony, T., Liu, Y. (2015). fMRI image registration with AFNI's 3dQwarp, Proceedings of the 6th ACM Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Health Informatics, New York, NY , USA, pp: 559- 560. doi:10.1145/2808719.2816838.
    • Cooper, T. J., Marstrander, J. R., Granger, W., Waugh, J. B. (2013). The Effect of Stethoscope Chest Piece on Sound Transmission in Stethoscopes, Respiratory Care Education Annual, 22, pp: 49-52.
    • • Jackson, J. D., Callahan, D. W., Marstrander, J. R., Richardson, J., & Hakima, I. K. (2008). Low-cost precision tracking of vehicles using optical navigation technology. WSEAS Signal Processing, Computational Geometry and Artificial Vision, 8, 164-171.
    • Marstrander, J. R., Oliver, T. G. (2007). An Interdisciplinary Student Design Project Involving Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Proceedings of the Spring 2007 American Society for Engineering Education Illinois-Indiana Section Conference.
    • Jackson, J. D., Callahan, D. W., Marstrander, J. (2007). A Rationale for the use of Optical Mice Chips for Economic and Accurate Vehicle Tracking, IEEE Int. Conf. Automation Science and Engineering, 2007, pp: 939-944.
    • Jackson, J., Callahan, D., Marstrander, J., Wang, P. (2007). A Method for Relative Position Tracking of Vehicles Using Optical Navigation Technology, 6th WSEAS Int. Conf. Signal Processing, Dallas, TX, March 2007.
  • Academic Distinctions and Licenses
    • Licensed Professional Engineer (P.E) in state of Alabama since 1992.
    • IEEE Senior Member
    • NSPE Member
    • ASEE Member
    • SBE Member
    • Tau Beta Pi Honor Society
    • Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society
    • FCC Commercial: General Radiotelephone Operator License
    • FCC Commercial: Radiotelegraph Operator License