Biography

Dr. Gary R. Pickrell

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA


Email: Pickrell@vt.edu


Qualifications

1994 Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia

1987 M.S., Ceramic Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

1985 B.S., Ceramic Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio


Publications (Selected)

  1. Long Period Gratings in Random Hole Optical Fibers for Refractive Index Sensing, K. Wang and G. Pickrell, Sensors, 11(2), 1558-1564, 2011
  2. Sapphire Photonic Crystal Fibers, Neal Pfeiffenberger, Gary Pickrell, Karen Kokal, and Anbo Wang, Optical Engineering, 49 (9), 1-3, 2010 (OE number 090501)
  3. Porous capillary tubing waveguide for multigas sensing, Cheng Ma, Brian Scott, Gary Pickrell, and Anbo Wang, Opt. Lett. 35, 315-317 (2010)
  4. Porous Capillary Tubing Waveguide for High-Temperature Carbon Monoxide Detection, Ma, C.; Scott, B. L.; Pickrell, G. R.; Wang, A.; , Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE , vol.22, no.5, pp.323-325, March1, 2010
  5. Fabrication of n-Type Silicon Optical Fibers, B. L. Scott, K. Wang, and G. Pickrell, IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett. 21, 1798-1800 (2009).
  6. Fabrication of silicon optical fiber, B. Scott, K. Wang, V. Caluori, and G. Pickrell, Opt Eng 48, 100501, 2009.
  7. Synthesis and characterization of magnetic silica xerogels containing antimicrobials for targeting intracellular pathogens, Munusamy, Prabhakaran; Seleem, Mohamed N.; Sriranganathan, Nammalwar; Pickrell, Gary R, Journal of Bionanoscience (2009), 3(1), 16-21.
  8. Silica-antibiotic hybrid nanoparticles for targeting intracellular pathogens, Seleem, Mohamed N.; Munusamy, Prabhakaran; Ranjan, Ashish; Alqublan, Hamzeh; Pickrell, Gary; Sriranganathan, Nammalwar, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (2009), 53(10),4270-4274.
  9. Targeted drug delivery using silica xerogel systems to treat diseases due to intracellular pathogens, Munusamy, Prabhakaran; Seleem, Mohamed N.; Alqublan, Hamzeh; Tyler, Ron; Sriranganathan, Nammalwar; Pickrell, Gary, Materials Science & Engineering, C: Materials for Biological Applications (2009), 29(8), 2313-2318.
  10. Optical fiber high-temperature: sensors, Wang, Anbo; Zhu, Yizheng; Pickrell, Gary. Optics & Photonics News, 20(3),27-31, 2009
  11. Bending induced loss in random hole optical fibers, Gary Pickrell, Cheng Ma and Anbo Wang, Optics Letters, Vol. 33, No. 13, pg 1443-1445, 2008
  12. Refractive index sensing of fiber optic long-period grating structures coated with a plasma deposited diamond-like carbon thin film Author(s): Smietana M, Korwin-Pawlowski, M. L., Bock WJ, Pickrell, G. R., Szmidt, MEASUREMENT SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY. Volume: 19 Issue: 8 Article Number: 085301, 2008
  13. “Behavior of Random Hole Optical Fibers Under Gamma Ray Irradiation and its Potential Use in Radiation Sensing Applications”, B. Alfeeli, G. Pickrell, M. Garland and A. Wang, Sensors, 7 (5), 676-688, 2007
  14. “Miniature temperature-insensitive Fabry-Perot fiber-optic pressure sensor”, Xu, Juncheng; Wang, Xingwei; Cooper, Kristie L.; Pickrell, Gary R.; Wang, Anbo, Photonics Technology Letters 18(10), 1134-1136, 2006
  15. “Optimization of Layer by Layer Electrostatic Self-assembly Processing Parameter for Optical Biosensing”, H. Shibru, K.L. Cooper, G.R. Pickrell, and A. Wang, Optical Engineering Vol. 45 [2] pp 1-6, 2006
  16. “Analysis of Fiber Fabry-Perot interferometric sensors using low-coherence light sources”, B. Yu, A. Wang and G. Pickrell, Journal of Lightwave Technology Vol. 24, Issue 4, pp. 1758-68, 2006
  17. “Fiber Tip Pressure Sensor for High Temperature Applications”, Y. Zhu, K. L. Cooper, G. R. Pickrell, and A. Wang, Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 24, Issue 2, pp. 861-72, 2006
  18. “Preface: Special Issue of Photonic Sensors for Chemical, Biological, and Physical Parameter Detection”, Gary Pickrell, Sensors 6 [8] pp.783-784, 2006
  19. “Single-crystal Sapphire Based Optical Polarimetric Sensor for High Temperature Measurement”, Yibing Zhang, Gary R. Pickrell, Bing Qi, Ahmad Safaai-Jazi and Anbo Wang, Sensors 6 [8] pp. 823-834, 2006
  20. “Core Suction Technique for Fabrication of Optical Fiber Preforms”, Nitin Goel, Roger Stolen, Dan Kominsky, and Gary Pickrell, Optics Letters Vol. 31, Issue 4, pp. 438-440 2006
  21. “Silicon Induced In-Situ Hole Formation in Optical Fibers”, Gary R. Pickrell, Navin J. Manjooran, Nitin Goel, Dan Kominsky, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, Volume 352, Issues 6-7 Pages 500-504, 2006
  22. “Biologically Self-Assembled Porous Polymers”, Navin J. Manjooran, Gary R. Pickrell, J. Materials Processing Technology, 168(2) pp 225-229, 2005
  23. “Tunable Optical Filter Based White Light Interferometry for Sensing”, B. Yu, A. Wang, G. Pickrell and J. Xu, Optics Letters Vol. 30, Issue 12, pp. 1452-1454 June 2005
  24. “Fiber optic pressure sensor with self-compensation capability for harsh environment”, H Xiao, J. Deng, Z. Wang, W. Huo, P. Zhang, M. Luo, G. Pickrell, R. May, A. Wang, Optical Engineering (Journal) 44(05), pp1-10, May, 2005
  25. “High temperature fiber optic cubic zirconia pressure sensor”, W. Peng, G. Pickrell, A. Wang, Optical Engineering 44 [12] pp 124402:1-6, 2005
  26. “Fiber temperature sensor for high pressure environment”, Z. Huang*, W. Peng, J. Xu, G. Pickrell, A. Wang, Optical Engineering 44[10], 104401, 2005
  27. “Penetration Rate of Water in Sapphire and Silica Optical Fibers at Elevated Temperature and Pressure”, Zhengyu Huang, Gary Pickrell, Anbo Wang, Optical Engineering, Vol. 43, No. 6, pp1272-73, June, 2004
  28. “Experimental Design in Fiber Optic Sensor Development”, Xiaopei Chen, Yan Zhang, Gary Pickrell, Jiju Antony, International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, vol. 53, No. 8, September, 2004
  29. “Thermally tunable extrinsic Fabry-Perot Filter”, Bing Yu, Gary Pickrell and Anbo Wang, Photonics Technology Letters, Vol. 16, No. 10, pp 2296-98, October, 2004
  30. “Experimental Investigation of Optical Waveguide-Based Multigas Sensing”, W. Peng, Gary Pickrell, F. Shen and Anbo Wang, Photonics Technology Letters, Vol. 16, No. 10, pp 2317-19, October, 2004
  31. “A Novel Temperature-Insensitive Optical Fiber Pressure Sensor For Harsh Environments”, Juncheng Xu, Gary Pickrell, Xingwei Wang, Wei Peng, Kristie Cooper and Anbo Wang, Photonics Technology Letters, Volume 17, No. 4, pp 870-72, October, 2004
  32. “Signal Processing Algorithm for White-light Single Mode Optical Fiber Extrinsic Fabry-Perot Interferometric Sensors”, Ming Han*, Yan Zhang*, Fabin Shen*, Gary Pickrell and Anbo Wang, Optics Letters, vol. 29 no. 15, pp1736-38, August, 2004
  33. “Random-hole optical fiber evanescent wave gas sensing”, G. Pickrell, W. Peng and A. Wang, Optics Letters, Vol. 29, No. 13, pp 1476-78, July, 2004
  34. “Microstructural Analysis of Random Hole Optical Fibers”, Gary Pickrell, Dan Kominsky, Roger Stolen, Fred Ellis, Jeong Kim, Ahmad Safaai-Jazi, and Anbo Wang, Photonics Technology Letters, Vol. 16, No. 2, pg 491-93, 2004
  35. “Self-compensating fiber optic flow sensor system and its field application”, Wei Peng, Gary R. Pickrell, Juncheng Xu, Zhengyu Huang, Dae Woong Kim, Bing Qi, Anbo Wang, Applied Optics, Vol. 43, No.8, pp.1752-1760, 2004
  36. “Single-Crystal Sapphire-Based Optical High Temperature Sensor For Harsh Environments”, Yibing Zhang, Gary Pickrell, Bing Qi, and Anbo Wang, Optical Engineering, Vol. 43, No. 1, pg 157-64, July, 2004
  37. “Single Crystal Sapphire Fiber-Based Strain Sensor For High Temperature Applications”, Hai Xiao, Jiangdong Deng, Gary Pickrell, Russell G. May, and Anbo Wang, Journal of Lightwave Technology, Volume 21, No. 10, pg 2276-83, 2003.
  38. “Novel Data Processing Techniques for Dispersive White Light Interferometer”; Bing Qi, Gary Pickrell, Juncheng Xu, Po Zhang, Yuhong Duan, Wei Peng, Zhengyu Huang, Russell G May, Anbo Wang, Optical Engineering Vol. 42, No. 11, pg 3165-71, 2003
  39. “Generation of Random Hole Optical Fibers”, Dan Kominsky, Gary Pickrell and Roger Stolen, Vol. 28, Issue 16, 1409-11, Optics Letters, August 2003
  40. “Optical Time-Domain Reflectometry Interrogation of Multiplexed Low-Reflectance Bragg Grating Based Sensor System” Po Zhang, H. H. Cerecedo-Núñez, B. Qi, G. Pickrell, and Anbo Wang, Optical Engineering, Vol. 42, No. 6 1597-1603, June 2003.
  41. “A New Generation Of Low Mass Kiln Furniture”, S. Matthews and G. Pickrell, The American Ceramic Society Bulletin, vol. 78, no.2, pp 77-78, 1999
  42. “Corrosion Kinetics of Silicon Nitride In Dry Air Containing Sodium Nitrate Vapors”, Tawei Sun, Gary R. Pickrell and Jesse J. Brown, Jr., J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 77 [12] 3209-14 (1994).


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