Invention of the Year Award: 2007
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Meet the 2007 Recipients
Information Science
The team that won the top prize in the Information Science category developed a technology called Markerless Motion Capture, which is a way to analyze and express human motion in mathematical terms. This model marks an advancement from previous human motion capture methods, which use passive markers that are attached to different body parts of the subject and are therefore intrusive in nature. It has important applications in different areas such as biomechanics, surveillance, computer animation and human-computer interaction.
The team included Clark School Professor Rama Chellappa (above), electrical and computer engineering, and graduate student Aravind Sundaresan.
Physical Science
Fire protection engineering Chair and Professor Marino di Marzo and Professor Amr Baz, mechanical engineering, were runners-up in the physical science category for their work, “Integrating Sensor Monitoring the Allowable Heat Exposure Time for Firefighters.”