Dr. Keith A. Krapels
Director
SPIE Involvement:
Editor | Author
Area of Expertise:
Electro-optical/Infrared Sensor Systems , Electronic Warfare Systems
Profile Summary

Dr. Keith Krapels received a B.S. in math, B.A. in history, M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Univ. of Memphis. Since 2018 he has been Director of the Sensors & Electron Devices Directorate at the Army Research Laboratory. He retired as a Captain in the Navy Reserve and was deployed to Afghanistan to the NATO Training Mission in 2012. From 2001-2008 he was the EO/IR Sensor Technology Program Officer in the Office of Naval Research’s C4ISR Dept. In 2003, he deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom. From 1999-2001, he was in the Sensor Performance Model Development Branch at the Army Night Vision Lab. From 1996-98 he was Special Programs Officer at the Naval Research Lab’s Tactical Electronic Warfare Div. From 1990-96, he was an Electronic Counter Measures Officer and Mission Commander in Navy EA-6B Prowlers and flew 53 combat missions. From 1987-89, he was an EO-IR sensor analyst for Martin Marietta Orlando Aerospace, a Research Fellow at the USAF Arnold Engineering Development Center, and a Research Associate at the University of Memphis. He is a Fellow of the SPIE, the International Society of Optics and Photonics.
Publications (58)

Proceedings Article | 3 May 2016 Paper
Proceedings Volume 9820, 98200M (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2225984
KEYWORDS: Microbolometers, Sensors, Situational awareness sensors, Sensors, Prototyping, Mid-IR, Long wavelength infrared, Cameras, Unmanned aerial vehicles, Signal to noise ratio, Virtual reality

Proceedings Article | 3 June 2015 Paper
Harold Szu, Charles Hsu, Jefferson Willey, Joseph Landa, Minder Hsieh, Louis Larsen, Alan Krzywicki, Binh Tran, Philip Hoekstra, John Dillard, Keith Krapels, Michael Wardlaw, Kai-Dee Chu
Proceedings Volume 9496, 94960G (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2176082
KEYWORDS: Microwave radiation, Radar, RGB color model, Scattering, Thermodynamics, Surveillance, Signal to noise ratio, Backscatter, Sensors, Neural networks

Proceedings Article | 2 June 2015 Paper
Harold Szu, Charles Hsu, Joseph Landa, Jae H. Cha, Keith Krapels
Proceedings Volume 9496, 94960H (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2176093
KEYWORDS: Cameras, Black bodies, Brain, Neurons, Visualization, Thermodynamics, Sensing systems, RGB color model, Neural networks, Surveillance

Proceedings Article | 12 May 2015 Paper
Proceedings Volume 9452, 945209 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2179740
KEYWORDS: Sensors, Panoramic photography, Imaging systems, Target detection, Targeting Task Performance metric, Photodetectors, Contrast transfer function, Infrared imaging, Signal to noise ratio, Rockets

Proceedings Article | 24 June 2014 Paper
Francois Lalonde, Nitin Gogtay, Jay Giedd, Nadarajen Vydelingum, David Brown, Binh Tran, Charles Hsu, Ming-Kai Hsu, Jae Cha, Jeffrey Jenkins, Lien Ma, Jefferson Willey, Jerry Wu, Kenneth Oh, Joseph Landa, C. Lin, T. Jung, Scott Makeig, Carlo Francesco Morabito, Qyu Moon, Takeshi Yamakawa, Soo-Young Lee, Jong-Hwan Lee, Harold Szu, Balvinder Kaur, Kenneth Byrd, Karen Dang, Alan Krzywicki, Babajide Familoni, Louis Larson, Susan Harkrider, Keith Krapels, Liyi Dai
Proceedings Volume 9118, 91180J (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2051706
KEYWORDS: Brain, Electroencephalography, Head, Correlation function, Ions, Electrodes, Neuroimaging, Thermodynamics, Feedback loops, Diffusion

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Conference Committee Involvement (29)
Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing XXX
16 April 2019 | Baltimore, MD, United States
Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing XXIX
17 April 2018 | Orlando, FL, United States
Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing XXVIII
11 April 2017 | Anaheim, CA, United States
Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing XXVII
19 April 2016 | Baltimore, MD, United States
Sensing and Analysis Technologies for Biomedical and Cognitive Applications 2016
17 April 2016 | Baltimore, MD, United States
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