Eugene Levin, PhD Assistant Professor Surveying Engineering Geomatics Program Coordinator Email: elevin@mtu.edu Phone: (906) 487-2446 Office: EERC 220

Academic Background

PhD in Photogrammetry, State Land Organization University, Moscow, Russia, 1989
MS in Astro-Geodesy, Academy of Engineers in Geodesy, Aerospace, Survey, and Mapping, Novosibirsk, Russia, 1982

Professional Experience

2006-2007 Program Manager, American GNC, Simi Valley, CA
2005-2007 GIS Manager/Consultant, Future Concepts Inc., La Verne, CA
2005-2006 Lead Photogrammetrist, Digital Map Products, Costa Mesa, CA
2000-2005 Team Leader, Geospatial Technology, Physical Optics Corp., Torrance, CA
1996-2000 Chief Photogrammetry Analyst, NESS Technologies, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1992-1995 Department Manager, Federal Cadastral Center Land, Omsk, Russia
1989-1995 Associate Professor, Siberian Agricultural Academy, Omsk, Russia
1982-1985 Software Engineer, Research Institute of Applied Geodesy, Novosibirsk, Russia

USAF: Analytical Manifold Modeling for Dynamic Planning and Execution
Phase I, F30602-01-C-0117, 04/01/01-01/01/02, ~$99,992
Phase II,F30602-02-C-0132, 09/25/02-09/24/04, ~$744,280, Principal Investigator and Project Manager

NAVY: Look-Measure Analyze Toolset for Image Processing and GIS
Phase I, N00039-020-C-2203, 05/30/02-11/30/02, ~$99,992, Principal Investigator and Project Manager

NGA (former NIMA): Multi-level Frame Technology for Digital Elevation Data Generation
Phase I, NMA401-02-C-0005, 04/11/02-10/11/02, ~$99,976
Phase II, NMA501-03-C-0011, 09/25/03-09/24/05, ~$499.973, Principal Investigator and Project Manager

Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA): Secure Carton Integrated Remote System, Principal Investigator and Project Manager
Phase I, NBCHC050111, 06/01/05-12/01/05, ~$99,999

US Army: 4D GIS-based Virtual Reality for Moving Target Prediction and Visualization
Phase I, W1SQKN-06-C-0014, 01/05/06-6/05/06, ~$99,999, Project Manager
Phase II, W1SQKN-06-C-0202, 08/30/06-08/30/08, ~$729,952, Principal Investigator and Project Manager

Research Interests

Sensors.  Methods of High-resolution Remote Sensing

Image-processing. Automated Feature Extraction from Aerial and Satellite Imagery

Remote Sensing and GIS: Data Fusion

GIS-oriented Image Analysis

Spatio-temporal Datamining

Knowledge Extraction

Autonomous GPS-independent Navigation

Photogrammetry of Aerial and High-resolution Satellite Imagery

Digital Image Processing and GIS in Applied Geosciences

Remote Sensing and Environmental Engineering

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Geometric Approach to Multisensor, Multiresolution Image Fusion, Proceedings of ASPRS Annual Conference, Baltimore, 2005 (E. Levin, G. Guienko)
• Development of Analytical Photogrammetric Networks Based on Russian Satellite Imagery, Proceedings of ASPRS Annual Conference, Denver, 2004 (E. Levin, P. Salamonowiz, G. Guienko, V. Chekalin)
• Geoinformation Reality Mass User Oriented Modeling of Environment, Proceedings SPIE, Vol. 5434, pp. 319-326, 2004, (E. Levin, T. Jannson, A. Zharnousky)
• 4D Geographical Information System (GIS)-Based Tracking, Prediction and Visualization of Ground Moving Targets, AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit, 21-24 August 2006, Keystone, Colorado (E. Levin, N. Coleman, Ching-Fang Lin, et al.)
• Interactive Rubber-sheeting Using Dynamic Triangulation, SIGGRAPH 2006 Proceedings (J. Wu, E. Levin, G. Wade)
• A “SIGHT-SPEED” HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION FOR AUGMENTED GEOSPATIAL DATA ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING SYSTEMS, Stilla U, et al. (Eds.) PIA07, International Archives of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 36 (3/W49B), pp. 41-46, Munich, 2007 (G. Gienko, E. Levin)
• Open Source Data to Improve Geometric Accuracy of IKONOS Geo Images, Proceedings of ASPRS Annual Conference, Anchorage, 2003 (E. Levin, G. Guienko)
  
• Geographic Information to Support Vision-based Approaches for GPS-independent Autonomous Navigation, Proceedings of ASPRS Annual Conference, Anchorage, 2003 (E. Levin, G. Guienko, A. Zhranovsky)
• Multi-level Frame Method for Phototriangulation and Digital Elevation Model Generation, Proceedings of ASPRS Annual Conference, Anchorage, 2003 (E. Levin, V. Chekalin)
• Flexible Simulation Strategy for Modeling 3D-cultural Objects Using Multi-source Remotely Sensed Imagery, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 5013, pp. 262-269, 2003 (E. Levin, G. Guienko)
• Catastrophic Approach to Satellite Imagery Utilization on Network-based Flight Simulators, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 4479, p. 15, August 2001 (E. L. Levin, I. V. Ternovskiy)
• Eye-tracking in Augmented Photogrammetric Technologies, Proceedings of ASPRS Annual Conference, Baltimore, 2005 (G. Guienko, E. Levin)
• Aspects of Satellite Imagery Exploration in GIS-based Command and Control Real-time Technologies, Proceedings SPIE, Vol. 4708, pp. 334-341, 2002 (E. Levin, T. Jannson, A. Kostrzewski)
• GIS-based UAV Real-time Path Planning and Navigation, Proceedings SPIE, Vol. 4708, pp. 296-303, 2002 (E. Levin, S. Kupiec, T. Forrester)