Dr. Kristen Donnell

Woodard Associate Professor of Excellence; Interim Director, Center for Infrastructure Engineering Studies (CIES)

Electrical Engineering

 

Kristen M. Donnell received her B.S.E.E. degree in May 2001 from Colorado State University, her M.S.E.E degree in December 2003 from the University of Missouri-Rolla, and her Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) in December 2010. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Missouri S&T and the Director of the Microwave Sensing Laboratory. Her current research interests include thermography, frequency selective surfaces, materials characterization, and microwave and millimeter wave nondestructive testing. Prior to starting her Ph.D. work, Kristen was employed by Raytheon Company, Tewksbury, MA, from 2003 to 2006 as a Systems Engineer and Electrical Engineer. Dr. Donnell is a Senior Member of IEEE and has been involved with the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society since 2007. She currently serves as the Vice President of the Finance Committee and the Chair of the Distinguished Lecturer Program.

Selected Publications

  • Wilcox, L. and K.M. Donnell, “Modified Thermographic Signal-to-Noise Ratio for Nonuniform Heating Applications”, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Jan. 2024, DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2024.3350148.
  • Mahmoodi, M., M.T. Al Qaseer, and KM. Donnell, “Adjustable Resolution for Localized FSS-Based Sensing by Synthetic Beamforming”, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Feb. 2022, DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2022.3151151.
  • Zou, X, A. Mirala, L.H. Sneed, M.T.Al Qaseer, and K.M. Donnell, “Detection of CFRP-concrete interfacial debonding using active microwave thermography”, Composite Structures, vol. 260, 2021, DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2020.113261.
  • Manzoor, Z., M.T. Ghasr, and K.M. Donnell, “A Comprehensive Bi-Static Amplitude Compensated Range Migration Algorithm (AC-RMA)”, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, DOI: 10.1109/TIP.2021.3100679, 2021.
  • Mirala, A., M. T. Al Qaseer, and K.M. Donnell, “Efficient Health Monitoring of RAM-Coated Structures by Active Microwave Thermography”, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 10.1109/TIM.2021.3060596, 2021.

Selected Awards

  • 2023 IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society Distinguished Service Award,
  • 2021 IEEE Region 5 Outstanding Educator,
  • 2020 IEEE St. Louis Section Outstanding Educator,
  • Missouri University of Science and Technology 2017 Faculty Service and 2014 Faculty Teaching Awards,
  • Nominated for a 2017 Missouri University of Science and Technology Inspirational Woman Award,
  • IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society 2012 Outstanding Young Engineer,
  • Teaching Commendation for 2012-2013 academic year,
  • Outstanding Teaching Award for 2011-2012, 2019-2020 academic years and 2022 calendar year

Research Interests:

Microwave and thermographic nondestructive testing, embedded sensing, high frequency sensing, frequency selective surfaces, materials characterization, antenna design, modulated scatterers/antennas

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Education:
  • PhD in Electrical Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) (Dissertation: Development of Embedded Modulated Scatterer Technique: Single- and Dual-Loaded Scatterers)
  • MS in Electrical Engineering, University of Missouri – Rolla (UMR) (Thesis: Microwave Reflection Properties of Mortar Exposed to Chloride Solutions: Measurements and Modeling)
  • BS in Electrical Engineering, Colorado State University (CSU)