Publications - D. Gurkan

Interoperable Smart Sensors & Networking Lab (ISSNet)

College of Technology 230D Technology Bldg. Houston TX 77204-4020

Publications

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

1. P. K. McKneely, F. Chapman, and D. Gurkan, “Plug-and-Play and Network-Capable Medical Instrumentation and Database with a Complete Healthcare Technology Suite: MediCAN,” 2007 Joint Workshop on High Confidence Medical Devices, Software, and Systems and Medical Device Plug-and-Play Interoperability (HCMDSS - MD PnP 2007), 25-27 June 2007 in Boston, MA.

2. D. Gurkan, X. Yuan, D. Benhaddou, F. Figueroa, and J. Morris, “UH-SSST: A Sensor Networking Testbed with IEEE1451 Compatibility for Space Exploration,” TridentCom 2007.

3. D. Gurkan, X. Yuan, D. Benhaddou, F. Figueroa, and J. Morris, “Sensor Networking Testbed with IEEE 1451 Compatibility and Network Performance Monitoring,” IEEE Sensor Applications Symposium 2007.

4. R. Franzl, P. McKneely, F. Chapman, D. Gurkan, “Application of Sensor Networking Standardization Efforts to the Implementation of a Bed-Side Health Monitoring System,” HSEMB 2007.

5. A. Bhambri, D. Gurkan, “Characterization of an Optical Fiber Sensor to Monitor Typical Frequency Components of Heartsounds,” HSEMB 2007.

6. D. Gurkan, A. Mickelson, D. Benhaddou, and Z. Pan, “NSF Grantee Presentation: Results of a Collaborative Remote “Optical Circuits” Laboratory Implementation,” accepted to the NSF Grantee poster presentation at the ASEE Annual Conference, Hawaii, June 2007.

7. F. Attarzadeh, V. Gallardo, D. Gurkan, and E. Barbieri, “Teaching and Graduate Assistants Training,” ASEE-GSW, February 2007.

8. Richard Franzl, D. Gurkan, D. Benhaddou, and A. Mickelson, “E-Learning Laboratories for Optical Circuits: Separation of Imperfections in Technology and Teaching Methodologies,” International Journal of Modern Engineering (IJME) - INTERTECH International Conference, October 2006.

9. Anh Nguyen, D. Gurkan, “Optical CDMA Code Collision and Translation Performance Analysis,” Proceedings of the 31st Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), October 2006.

10. S. Chacon, D. Benhaddou, D. Gurkan, “Secure Voice over the Internet Protocol (VoIP) using Virtual Private Networks (VPN) and Internet Protocol Security (IPSec),” IEEE Region 5 Technical, Professional, and Student Conference, April 2006.

11. S. Chacon, D. Benhaddou, D. Gurkan, “Experimental Design of a Laboratory for Voice Over IP using SIP,” ASEE-GSW, March 2006.

12. D. Benhaddou, D. Gurkan, H. Kodali, E. McKenna, A. Mickelson and F. Barnes, “Online Laboratory for Optical Circuits Courses: Effective concept mapping,” ASEE-GSW, March 2006.

13. D. Gurkan, F. Attarzadeh, D. Benhaddou, V. Gallardo, and S. Chacόn, “Learning-Centered Laboratory Instruction for Engineering Technology,” ASEE-GSW, March 2006.

14. F. Attarzadeh, D. Benhaddou, D. Gurkan, and R. Khalili, “Innovative Improvements to Engineering Technology Laboratory Education to Engage, Retain and Challenge Students of the 21st Century,” ASEE-GSW, March 2006.

15. D. Gurkan, D. Starodubov, and X. Yuan, “Monitoring of the Heartbeat Sounds using an Optical Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor,” 4th IEEE International Conference on Sensors, A3L-C, Irvine, November, 2005.

16. V. Wongvilaivarin, D. Gurkan, H. Malki, "Wireless Communication Application of J2ME for a Restaurant Carry-Out Ordering Scheme," accepted for oral presentation at the 3rd International Conference on Computing, Communications and Control Technologies (CCCT ‘05), Austin TX, July 2005.

17. E. McKenna, R. Direen, F. Barnes, D. Gurkan, A. Mickelson, and D. Benhaddou, “E-learning Environmental Design of a Distributed Online Laboratory for Optical Circuits Courses,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Portland, OR, May 2005.

18. D. Gurkan, E. Cumberbatch, M. de Pass, H. Morris, “Identification of Semiconductor Parameters from Gate Capacitance Data,” 4th Southern California Applied Mathematics Symposium (SoCAMS), May 2004.

19. S. Kumar, D. Gurkan, A. E. Willner, K. Parameswaran, M. Fejer, “All-optical half adder using a PPLN waveguide and an SOA,” Optical Fiber Communications Conference’04, Los Angeles, CA, March 2004.

20. P. Ebrahimi, D. Gurkan, A. B. Sahin, D. S. Starodubov, and A. E Willner, “Experimental demonstration of multiple-wavelength hard limiting receiver for reducing MAI noise in a 2-D time and wavelength O-CDMA system,” European Conference on Optical Communications’03, Rimini, Italy, September 2003.

21. D. Gurkan, S. Kumar, A. B. Sahin, A. E. Willner, K. R. Parameswaran, M. M. Fejer, D. S. Starodubov, J. Bannister, P. Kamath, and J. Touch, “All-optical wavelength and time 2-D code converter for dynamically reconfigurable O-CDMA networks using a PPLN waveguide,” Optical Fiber Communications Conference’03, paper FD, Atlanta, GA, March 2003.

22. A. B. Sahin, P. Saghari, L. Yan, D. Gurkan, and A. E. Willner, “Bias-induced diversity-detection (BIDD) technique for robust transmission of subcarrier-multiplexed channels,” Optical Fiber Communications Conference’03, Atlanta, GA, March 2003.

23. C. Yu, Z. Pan, Y. Wang, Y. W. Song, D. Gurkan, M. C. Hauer, D. Starodubov, and A. E. Willner, “Polarization-insensitive four-wave mixing wavelength conversion using a fiber Bragg grating and a Faraday rotator mirror,” Optical Fiber Communications Conference’03, Atlanta, GA, March 2003.

24. J. E. McGeehan, S. Kumar, D. Gurkan, J. Bannister, J. Touch, and A. E. Willner, “Optical time-to-live (TTL) decrementing and subsequent dropping of an optical packet,” Optical Fiber Communications Conference’03, Atlanta, GA, March 2003.

25. D. Gurkan, S. Kumar, A. E. Willner, K. R. Parameswaran, and M. M. Fejer, “Simultaneous and independent label swapping of multiple WDM channels in an all-optical packet-switched network using PPLN waveguides as wavelength converters”, European Conference on Optical Communications’02, paper 5.5.7, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2002.

26. D. Gurkan, M. Hauer, A. B. Sahin, Z. Pan, S. Lee, A. E. Willner, K. R. Parameswaran, and M. M. Fejer, “Demonstration of multi-wavelength all-optical header recognition using a PPLN and optical correlators,” European Conference on Optical Communications’01, paper We.B.2.5, ranked 1st in optical networking category and upgraded to invited lecture status after submission, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, October 2001.

27. D. Gurkan and A. E. Willner, “Transient behavior of L-band and C-band EDFAs in add/drop multiplexed 40-channel WDM network,” Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics’01, paper CThH5, Baltimore, MD, May 2001.

28. P. Ebrahimi, M. C. Hauer, Q. Yu, R. Khosravani, D. Gurkan, D. W. Kim, D. W. Lee and A. E. Willner, “Statistics of polarization dependant gain in Raman fiber amplifiers due to PMD,” Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics’01, paper CtuJ1, Baltimore, MD, May 2001.

29. M. C. Cardakli, D. Gurkan, S. A. Havstad, and A. E. Willner, "Variable-bit-rate header recognition for reconfigurable networks using fiber-Bragg-grating tunable optical correlators," Conference on Optical Fiber Communications’00, paper TuN2, Baltimore, MD, February 2000.

30. M. C. Cardakli, D. Gurkan, S. A. Havstad, A. E. Willner, K. R. Parameswaran, M. M. Fejer, and I. Brenner, "All-optical time-slot-interchange and wavelength conversion using difference-frequency-generation and FBGs," Conference on Optical Fiber Communications '00, Post-Deadline paper PD-34, Baltimore, MD, February 2000.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

1. D. Gurkan, A. Mickelson, and D. Benhaddou, "Remote Laboratories for Optical Circuits," Special Issue on Online Laboratories of the IEEE Transactions on Education, November 2007.

2. S. Kumar, A. E. Willner, D. Gurkan, K. R. Parameswaran, and M. M. Fejer, “All-optical half adder using an SOA and a PPLN waveguide for signal processing in optical networks,” Optics Express, Vol. 14, Issue 22, pp. 10255-10260, 2006.

3. C. Yu, Z. Pan, Y. Wang, Y. W. Song, D. Gurkan, M.C. Hauer, D. Starodubov, and A. E. Willner, “Polarization-Insensitive All-Optical Wavelength Conversion Using Dispersion-Shifted Fiber With a Fiber Bragg Grating and a Faraday Rotator Mirror,” IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 16, no. 8, August 2004.

4. A. E. Willner, D. Gurkan, A. B. Sahin, J. E. McGeehan, and M. C. Hauer, “All-optical header recognition for optically-assisted routing in next-generation optical networks,” invited paper, IEEE-OSA Optical Communications Magazine, May 2003.

5. D. Gurkan, S. Kumar, A. E. Willner, K. R. Parameswaran, and M. M. Fejer, “Simultaneous label swapping and wavelength conversion of multiple independent WDM channels in an all-optical MPLS network using PPLN waveguides as wavelength converters,” Special Issue on “Optical Networking,” IEEE-OSA Journal on Lightwave Technology, November 2003.

6. J. E. McGeehan, S. Kumar, D. Gurkan, S. M. R. Motaghian Nezam, J. Bannister, J. Touch, and A. E. Willner, “All-optical decrementing of a packet’s time-to-live (TTL) field and subsequent dropping of a zero-TTL packet,” Special Issue on “Optical Networking,” IEEE-OSA Journal on Lightwave Technology, November 2003.

7. M. C. Cardakli, D. Gurkan, S. A. Havstad, A. E. Willner, K. R. Parameswaran, M. M. Fejer, and I. Brenner, ”Tunable all-optical time-slot-interchange and wavelength conversion using difference-frequency-generation and optical buffers,” IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 14, no. 2, February 2002.

8. A. E. Willner, M. C. Cardakli, O. H. Adamczyk, Y-W. Song, D. Gurkan, “Key building blocks for all-optical networks,” The Institute of Electronics, invited paper, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE) Trans. On Communications, Vol. E83-B, No. 10, October 2000, pp. 2166-2177.