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Chemistry Division
Los Alamos National Laboratory
C-PCS, MS J567
505-665-4462
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Portrait at a wavelength of 10.6 microns, using a HgCdTe camera array. Thanks to Bob Nemzek of LANL. |
Division/Group:
Chemistry, C-PCS (Physical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy)
Technical Staff Member (1990 – present)
Education:
A.B. in Chemistry, Washington University (St. Louis, Mo.), 1982.
Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988.
Advisor: Prof. J.I. Steinfeld. Thesis: Rotational and Vibrational Energy Transfer in Methane.
Post-doc: National Institute of Standards and Technology, 1987 to 1989
NRC Postdoctoral Research Associate. Advisor: John C. Stephenson.
Areas of expertise and interest:
Lidar, laser-based spectroscopic methods, passive hyperspectral remote sensing, multivariate analysis methods, chemical kinetics, molecular reaction dynamics, computational kinetic modeling, supercritical fluids, vibrational spectroscopy, atmospheric characterization, optical diagnostics, transient absorption spectroscopy.
Selected Publications, Reports, Conference Proceedings
- Scene Analysis and Detection in Thermal Infrared Remote Sensing using Independent Component Analysis,î B.R. Foy and J. Theiler, SPIE Proc. 5439, 131-139 (2004).
- Approaches to Chemical Plume Detection in Hyperspectral Infrared Imaging,î B.R. Foy, H.A. Fry, B.D. McVey, Proc. MSS Passive Sensors Conference, Tucson, Az., 2003. LACP 03-0102
- Comparisons Between Hyperspectral Passive and Multispectral Active Sensor Measurements,î SPIE Proc. 4722, 98-109 (2002).
- Remote Mapping of Vegetation and Geological Features by Lidar in the 9 -11 micron Region,î B.R. Foy, B.D. McVey, R.R. Petrin, J.J. Tiee, C.W. Wilson, Applied Optics, 40, 4344-4352, 2001.
- Field Test Results of an Airborne CO2 Differential Absorption Lidar System (U),î B. R. Foy et al., Proceedings of the IRIS Specialty Groups on Passive Sensors and Active Systems, February 1999, LA-CP-99-24.
- Hydrothermal Processing of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons in a Titanium Reactor,î B.R. Foy, K. Waldthausen, M.A. Sedillo, and S.J. Buelow, Environ. Sci. Technol., v. 30(#9), p. 2790, 1996.
- "Hydrothermal Oxidation of organics by nitrate," P.C. Dell'Orco, B.R. Foy, E.G. Wilmanns, L. Le, J. Ely, K. Patterson, and S. Buelow, ACS Symposium Series, 608, 179 (1995).
- "In situ Raman spectroscopy of reactions in supercritical water," D.A. Masten, B.R. Foy, D.M. Harradine, and R. B. Dyer, J. Phys. Chem. 97, 8557 (1993).
- B.R. Foy, J. Theiler, and A.M. Fraser, "Unreasonable Effectiveness of the Adaptive Matched Filter," Proc. MSS Passive Sensors Conference, 2006. LA-CP-06-0120 (contact me if you are interested).
- Effect of Signal Contamination in Matched-Filter Detection of the Signal on a Cluttered Background,î J. Theiler and B.R. Foy, IEEE Geosci. Rem. Sensing Lett., 3, 98-102 (2006).
- Theiler, J, Foy, BR, Fraser, AM ,"Characterizing non-Gaussian clutter and detecting weak gaseous plumes in hyperspectral imagery," SPIE Proc. 5806, 182 (2005).
An example of a 3D lidar image of a scene and its image classification by K-means clustering (.ppt format)
Informal Areas of Interest
Environmental stewardship, land conservation, public communication, science and technology policy.
Contact information:
Bernard R. Foy
Office: (505) 665-4462
Fax: (505) 665-4267
Los Alamos National Laboratory,
MS: J567 Los Alamos, NM 87545
About my name:
Bernard is pronounced as in “George Bernard Shaw,” although I have no literary talent whatsoever. The syllables are equally stressed, not accented to rhyme with “canard.” The American penchant for nicknames normally reduces this to Bernie, although I have never been particularly fond of it. (It doesn’t even save a syllable.) “Foy” is of Irish lineage, not Asian or anything else. Since it is uncommon, many people seem bent on misspelling it Foye, Fox, Foi, Foyt, Fory, or something even worse. (Incredibly, my nickname has been misspelled “Burney” and “Burnie.”)
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