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Benjamin E. Barrowes
Adjunct Associate Professor of Engineering
Research Physicist, US Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL)
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Overview
Ben Barrowes received his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was awarded an NSF graduate fellowship, was a director's funded postdoc at Los Alamos National Laboratory, and was named Innovator of the Year for the Army Corps of Engineers. He is the author or coauthor of over 150 scientific publications. His research interests center on electromagnetic wave theory and modeling with applications including electromagnetic induction methods for detecting and classifying subsurface unexploded ordnance, improvised explosive devices, novel fusion energy generation, and the intersection between modern technology and political science.
Research Interests
Electromagnetic models; electromagnetic induction (EMI); fast electromagnetic solver methods; electromagnetic neuroscience; neuronal recording, stimulation, and modeling methods; rough surface scattering; remote sensing; sub-surface detection; numerical methods in EM
Education
- BS, Electrical Engineering, Brigham Young University 1999
- MS, Electrical Engineering, Brigham Young University 1999
- PhD, Electrical Engineering, MIT 2004
Awards
- US Army Corps of Engineers Award for Excellence, 2024
- US Army GS-15 Promotion, 2019
- US Army Corps of Engineers Innovator of the Year, 2019
- US Army Corps of Engineers Official Commendation, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2020
- SERDP Project of the Year, SERDP Munitions Response, 2011
- National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1999–2002
Selected Publications
- Barrowes BE, Metzler F. (2024) "Low energy nuclear reactions materials characterization." US Army Corps of Engineers - ERDC, Research and Development Summit.
- Barrowes BE, Jeng E, Kadoya W, Boitnott G. (2022) "Low energy nuclear reactions via nuclear phonon coupling." US Army Corps of Engineers - ERDC, Research and Development Summit.
- Barrowes BE, Kadoya W, Boitnott G. (2022) "Low energy nuclear reaction (LENR) research at US Army - CRREL." International Conference on Cold Fusion 24.
- Barrowes BE, Kadoya W, Boitnott G. (2022) "Preliminary results of palladium deuteride under laser irradiation." Department of Defense 6.1 Basic Research Conference.
- Barrowes BE. (2022) "The information bank: Information authenticity with simultaneous accountability and anonymity in the digital era." Future of Information and Communication Conference. 1001–1014.
- Barrowes BE, Barrowes E. (2021) "Benefit optimization of individual and collective extrapersonal assistance." Open Journal of Political Science. 12(1): 63–88.
- Barrowes BE, Prishvin M, Coleman M, Shubitidze F. (2021) "Airborne soil conductivity assessment using frequency domain electromagnetic induction." Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems.
- Barrowes BE, Prishvin M, Coleman M, Shubitidze F. (2021) "Airborne UXO detection and classification from a UAS." Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems.
- Barrowes BE, Glaser D, Prishvin M, Coleman M, Shubitidze F. (2019) "Assessing the frozen state of soils using iFrost: an electromagnetic induction sensor on a UAS platform." International Conference on Cold Regions Engineering.
- Barrowes BE. (2019) "Representative government in the era of improved communication." Open Journal of Political Science. 9(2): 349.
- Barrowes BE, Grzegorczyk T, Shubitidze F, Fernandez P, O’Neill K. (2009) "Techniques in electromagnetic induction for discriminating multiple targets." USACE Research and Development Conference.
Patents
- High frequency electromagnetic induction | 20170097439
