Publications

Published in peer reviewed journals

    1. Choi, S. Jo, M. Bae, J., P., J., Y. Joo, ” A Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor Image Sensor with Increased Dynamic Range Using Feedback Reset Mechanism, Sensor Letters, vol.13, pp 658-662, 2015.
    2. Joo, H. Kim, S. Jung, ” A CMOS 802.15.4a transmitter for sub-GHz application,” Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 53, Issue 8, pp. 1919–1921,  2011.
    3. Rhee, D. Park, Y. Joo, “Analysis and Design of a Robust Floating Point CMOS Image Sensor,” IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 9, Issue 5, pp. 578 – 585, 2009.
    4. Park, J. Rhee, Y. Joo, “Wide Dynamic Range CMOS Image Sensor Using Self-Reset Technique,” IEEE Electron Device Letters, vol. 28, Issue 10, pp.890-892, 2007.
    5. Rhee, Y. Joo, “Dual Mode Wide Dynamic Range CMOS Active Pixel Sensor,” IEE Electronics Letters, vol. 41, Issue 24, pp.1322-1323, 2005.
    6. Kim, D. Park, Y. Joo, “All-digital low-power CMOS pulse generator for UWB system,” IEE Electronics Letters, vol. 40, Issue 24, pp.1534 – 1535, 2004.
    7. Jung, M. Brooke, N. Jokerst, J. Liu, Y. Joo, “ Parasitic Modeling and Analysis for a 1 Gb/s CMOS Laser Driver” Trans. on Circuit and Systems – II, vol. 51, pp.517-522, 2004.
    8. Rhee, Y. Joo, “Wide dynamic range CMOS image sensor with pixel level ADC”, vol. 39, issue 4, pp. 360 –361, IEE Electronics Letters, 2003.
    9. Jokerst, M. Brooke, S. Cho, S. Wilkinson, M. Vrazel, S. Fike, J. Tabler, Y. Joo, S. Seo, D. Wills, A. Brown, “The heterogeneous integration of optical interconnections into integrated microsystems “IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, vol. 9, issue 2, pp.350 –360, 2003.
    10. Jokerst, M. Brooke, J. Laskar, S. Wills, A. Brown, M. Vrazel, S. Jung, Y. Joo, J. Chang, “Microsystem optoelectronic integration for mixed multisignal systems,” IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, pp.1231-1239, vol. 6, Issue 6, 2000.
    11. Joo, J. Park, M. Thomas, K. Chung, M. Brooke, N. Jokerst, D. Wills, “Smart CMOS Focal Plane Arrays: A Si CMOS detector array and sigma delta analog to digital converter imaging system,” IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, vol. 5, no. 2, pp.296-305, 1999.
    12. Bergman, J. Chang, Y. Joo, B. Martinpour, J. Laskar, N. Jokerst, M. Brooke, B. Brar, E. Beam III, “RTD/CMOS nanoelectronic circuits: Thin-film InP-Based resonant tunneling diodes integrated with CMOS circuits,” IEEE Electron Device letters, vol. 20, no. 3, pp.119-122, 1999.

Refereed conference proceedings (refereed by paper, presenter underlined, student starred)

  1. Aboytes, M.*; Chavez, H.*; Krishnaiyer, K.; Stankus, S.*; Taherkhorsandi, M.*; Castillo-Villar, K.; and Chen, F. Improving Radio Frequency Identification Accuracy in a Warehouse Setting. In proceedings of the 2016 IIE Engineering Lean and Six Sigma Conference, San Antonio, TX, September 14-16, 2016.
  2. Castillo-Villar, K. K., Cabrera-Rios, M., Persans, M.W., De Yoe, H.R. Engaging Minority Students in Sustainable Bioenergy and Water Quality through an Education and Research Network. In proceedings of the ASEE’s 123rd Annual Conference and Exposition, New Orleans, LA, June 26-29, 2016
  4. Chávez, H.*, Stankus, S.*, Castillo-Villar, K. K., & Feng, Y. A Simulation-based Optimization Approach to Modeling a Fast-track Emergency Department. In proceedings of the 2015 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC), Nashville, Tennessee, May 30 – June 2, 2015.
  5. *Taherkhorsandi, M.*, & Castillo-Villar, K. K. Optimal Reliable Network Planning of a Radio Frequency Identification System. Abstract accepted in the 2015 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC), Nashville, Tennessee, May 30 – June 2, 2015 (Paper under preparation).
  6. Vásquez-Doria, J., Chen, F. F., Wan, H., & Castillo-Villar, K. K. Improving Order Processing Workflow through Value Stream Mapping: A Case. Abstract accepted in the 2015 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC), Nashville, Tennessee, May 30 – June 2, 2015 (Paper under preparation).
  7. Castillo-Villar, K. K., & Turek, S. Assessing Measurement Uncertainty in 3D Laser-Based Scanners through Experimental Design and Analysis. Abstract accepted in the 2015 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC), Nashville, Tennessee, May 30 – June 2, 2015 (Paper under preparation).
  8. Smith, N. R., Manzano, M.,Castillo-Villar K.K., & Rivera-Morales, L*. A Bi-objective Model for Local and Global Green Supply Chain. In proceedings of the 2014 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, Orlando, Florida, USA, December 12, 2014. IEEE Catalog Number: CFP14ADP-USB, ISBN: 978-1-4799-4553-5.
  9. Chavez, H.* & Castillo-Villar K.K. A Preliminary Simulated Annealing for Resilience Supply Chains. Paper on proceedings of the IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence 2014, Orlando, Florida, USA, December 12, 2014.
  10. Gonzalez-Ramirez, R.G., Miranda, P.; Voss, S., Castillo-Villar K.K. & Bearzotti, L., (2014), A Continuous Berth Allocation and Quay Crane Assignment. Paper on Proceedings of the 2014 CiLOG, International Congress of Logistics and Supply Chain, Mexico City, Mexico, November, 2014.
  11. Kibria, A*, Castillo-Villar, K.K. & Millwater, H., (2014), A Simulation-based Optimization Method for Modeling of tiurbine Enginer Sustainment. Paper on Proceedings of 2014 INFORMS Workshop on Data Mining and Analytics, San Francisco, USA, November 8, 2014.
  12. Chukukere, A.*, Castillo-Villar, K. K. & Wan, H. (2014). Improving Operations through Dynamic Value Stream Mapping and Discrete-Event Simulation. Paper on the 2014 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC), Institute of Industrial Engineers, Montreal, Canada, May 31- June 3.
  13. Hernando, G.*, Castillo-Villar, K.K. & Herrera, L. (2014). A Column Generation Approach to Schedule Constrained Routing Parcels in Megacities. Paper on the 2014 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC), Institute of Industrial Engineers, Montreal, Canada, May 31- June 3.
  14. Sadia Quader* & Castillo-Villar K.K. (2014). A Study of the Performance of Bucket Brigades when dealing with Multiple Aisles in Warehouses. Paper on the Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM) Conference 2014, San Antonio, TX, May 20-23.
  15. Castillo-Villar, K. K. & Herbert J. F. (2014). A Preliminary Study of the Impact of the Genotype Representation on the Performance of a Genetic Algorithm Applied to a Supply Chain Network Design Problem. Paper submitted to the Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM) Conference 2014, San Antonio, TX, May 20-23.
  16. Chavez, Hernan*, Castillo-Villar, K. K., Herrera, Luis & Bustos, A. (2014). Simulation-based Optimization Model for Supply Chains with Disruptions in Transportation. Paper submitted (on Jan 16th) to the Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM) Conference 2014, San Antonio, TX, May 20-23.
  17. Herbert-Acero, F., Martínez-Torres, J., Probst, O. M., Méndez-Díaz, S., Valenzuela, M., Réthoré, P.E. & Castillo-Villar, K. K. (2014). Aerodynamic Optimization of Small Wind turbine Rotors Base don NACA 4-Digit Airfoils by Computational Intelligence Algorithms. The European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2014. The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), March 10-13, Barcelona, Spain.
  18. Sadia Quader*, Castillo-Villar K.K., (2013). A State-of-the-Art Matrix Analysis of Bucket Brigade. Paper presented at the Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference 2013, Institute of Industrial Engineers, San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 18-22, 2013.
  19. Castillo-Villar, K. K., Smith, N. R., & Simonton, J. L. (2011). Enhancing performance through statistical analysis: a case study in the glass industry. Paper presented at the 32nd Annual National Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management, Lubbock, Texas, USA, October 19-22, 2011, CD-ROM.
  20. Castillo-Villar, K. K., Smith, N. R., & Simonton, J. L. (2010). Cost of Quality in supply chain design: A preliminary study. Paper presented at the 31st Annual National Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management, Rogers, Arkansas, USA, October 13-16, 2010, CD-ROM.
  21. Castillo-Villar, K. K., Smith, N. R., & Simonton, J. L. (2010). Toward Integrating Cost of Quality in Supply Chain Network Modeling. Paper presented at the Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Institute of Industrial Engineers, Cancun, Q.R., México, June 5-9, 2010.
  22. Castillo-Villar, K. K., & Simonton, J. L. (2009). Cost of Quality: Interdisciplinary Cooperation Between Accounting and Quality Function. Paper presented at the 30th Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management, Springfield, MO, USA, October 14-17, 2009, CD-ROM.
  23. Castillo-Villar, K. K., Simonton, J. L., & Smith, N. R. (2009). Performance Improvement in the Glass Melting Process Through Statistical Analysis. Paper presented at the 30th Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management, Springfield, MO, USA, October 14-17, 2009, CD-ROM.

Abstracts and talks in conference

  1. Koppa, Y. Joo, “Compact, low cost CMOS integrated SPR Biosensor system”, IEEE Sensors, pp1-4, 2013.
  2. Koppa, Y. Joo, ” Improvised NanoSPR Biosensor System Utilizing Gold Nanorods,” ISCAS, pp.2397-2400, 2012.
  3. Li, S. Jung, Y. Joo, P. Gui, “A Current-Steering DAC-Based CMOS Ultra-Wideband Transmitter With Bi-Phase Modulation,” ISCAS, pp. 2545-2548, 2012.
  4. Koppa, D. Park, Y. Joo, S. Jung, “A 105.6dB DR and 65dB peak SNR self-reset CMOS image sensor using a Schmitt trigger circuit,” IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, pp.1-4, 2011.
  5. Koppa, Y. Joo, “A High Sensitive SPR Biosensor System Utilizing Gold Nanorods,” IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems, pp.309-312, 2011.
  6. Koppa, Y. Joo, M. Venkataramasubramani, and L. Tang, “Nanoscale Biosensor Chip,” IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, pp.268-271, 2010.
  7. Park, Y. Joo, S. Koppa, “ A Simple and Robust Self-Reset CMOS Image Sensor,” IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, pp.680 -683, 2010.
  8. Karandikar, S. Jung, S. C. Lee, P. Gui, Y. Joo, “Design of an Analog Correlator for 22-29GHz UWB Vehicular radar system using improved high gain multiplier architecture, “IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, pp.930 -933, 2010.
  9. Kim, Y. Joo, S. Jung, “Analytical Model of Pulse Combined UWB Pulse Generator,” International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies, pp 1413 – 1418, 2009.
  10. Li, S Jung, M. Lu, P. Gui, and Y. Joo, “A Current-Steering DAC-Based CMOS Ultra- Wideband Impulse Generator,” International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies, pp.971-975, 2009.
  11. Joo, H. Kim, S. Jung, “A Tunable Pulse Generator for Sub-GHz UWB Systems,” IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, pp.292-296, 2009.D. Park, J. Rhee, Y. Joo, “Wide Dynamic Range and High SNR Self-Reset CMOS Image Sensor Using a Schmitt Trigger,” The 7th IEEE Conference on Sensors, pp.294-296, 2008.
  12. Chang, T. Merkin, S. Jung, J. Gao, Y. Joo, “A CMOS 5th Derivative Impulse Generator for an IR-UWB Transmitter,” 49th IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Accepted, 2006.
  13. Shenoy, S. Jung, J. Gao, and Y. Joo, “CMOS Optical Transimpedance Amplifier Design for PAM Application”, IEEE IASTED, pp. 70-73, Nov., 2006.
  14. Merkin, S. Jung, J. Gao, Y. Joo, “A CMOS Ultra-Wideband Differential Low Noise Amplifier”, IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC), pp. 417-420, Dec., 2006.Kim, Y. Joo, and S. Jung, ”A Tunable CMOS UWB Pulse Generator,” IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband , pp. 109 – 112, 2006.
  15. B. Merkin, S. Jung, S. Tjuatja, Y. Joo, D. S. Park, J-B Lee, “An Ultra-Wideband Low Noise Amplifier with Air-suspended RF MEMS Inductors,” IEEE  International Conference on Ultra-Wideband, pp.459 – 464, 2006.
  16. Maxwell, S. Jung, H. Doh, J. Gao, Y. Joo, “A Two-Stage Cascode CMOS LNA for UWB Wireless System,” 48th IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, pp. 627 – 630, August 7-10, 2005.
  17. Kim, Y. Joo, S. Jung, “Digitally Controllable Bi-Phase CMOS UWB Pulse Generator,” IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband, pp. 442-445, Sept. 5-8, 2005.
  18. Kim, Y. Joo, “Fifth-Derivative Gaussian Pulse Generator for UWB System,” IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit, pp. 671 – 674, Jun. 12-14, 2005.
  19. Doh, Y. Jeong, S. Jung, Y. Joo, “Design of CMOS UWB Low Noise Amplifier with Cascode Feedback,” 47th IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, vol. 2, pp.II-641 -644, 2004.
  20. Vishwakarma, S. Jung, Y. Joo, “Ultra Wideband CMOS Low Noise Amplifier with Active Input Matching,” IEEE Conference on Ultra Wideband Systems and Technologies, pp 415 – 419, May. 2004.
  21. Wang, C. Ha, C. B. Park, Y. Joo, “CMOS Focal-plane-array for Analysis of Enzymatic Reaction in System-on-chip Spectrophotometer,” Proceedings of SPIE, pp.67-75, vol. 5301, Jan. 2004.
  22. Rhee, D. Wang, N. J. Tao, Y. Joo, “CMOS image sensor array for surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy,” Proceedings of SPIE, pp.34-41, vol. 5301, Jan. 2004.
  23. Chung, Y. Joo, “Novel digital logic gate for high performance CMOS imaging system,” Proceedings of SPIE, pp.294-302, vol. 5301, Jan. 2004.
  24. Kim, D. Park, Y. Joo, “Design of CMOS Scholtz’s Monocycle Pulse Generator,” IEEE Conference on Ultra Wideband Systems and Technologies, pp.81-85, Nov. 16-19, 2003.
  25. Chung, J. Rhee, Y. Joo, “ A new low switching noise CMOS logic circuits for single-chip CMOS imaging system,” IEEE International Conference on Sensors, pp1136-1140, 2003.
  26. Rhee, Y. Joo, “A New wide-dynamic-range ADC for FPA applications,” Proceedings of the SPIE, vol. 4796, pp. 263-270, 2003.
  27. Wang, C. Ha, C. B. Park, Y. Joo, “Spectrophotometer on a focal-plane-array chip for the high-throughput analysis of enzymatic reaction,” IEEE LEOS, vol. 1, pp. 19 – 20, Oct. 26-30, 2003.
  28. Rhee, Y. Joo, “A new wide dynamic range fixed point ADC for FPAs,” 45th IEEE MWSCAS Conference, vol. II, pp. 243 -245, August 2002.
  29. Joo, K. Lee, S. Seo, N. Jokerst, M. Brooke, ”A modulator design for smart pixel multispectral imaging arrays,” IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 2000 13th Annual Meeting, vol. 1, pp. 171-172, 2000.
  30. Lee, S. Seo, S. Huang, Y. Joo, W. Doolittle, S. Fike, N. Jokerst, M. Brooke, A. Brown, ”Design of a smart pixel multispectral imaging array using 3D stacked thin film detectors on Si CMOS circuits,” IEEE LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, pp. I57-I58, 2000.
  31. Joo, M. Brooke, N. Jokerst, “Compact current input oversampling modulator design for a scalable high frame rate focal plane arrays,” IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, vol. 5, pp.9-12, 2000.
  32. Vrazel, J. Chang, M. Brooke, N. Jokerst, Y. Joo, L. Carastro, G. Dagnall, A. Brown, ”Analysis of alignment tolerant hybrid optoelectronic receivers for high density interconnection substrates,” IEEE Electronic Components & Technology Conference, pp. 223-230, 2000.
  33. Jokerst, M. Brooke, J. Laskar, S. Wills, A. Brown, O. Vendier, S. Bond, J. Cross, M. Vrazel, Thomas, M. Lee,  S. Jung, Y. Joo, J. Chang, “Smart photonics: Optoelectronics integrated onto Si CMOS circuits,” IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 1999 12th Annual Meeting , vol. 2, pp. 423-424, 1999.
  34. Joo, S. Fike, M. Thomas, K. Chung, M. Brooke, N. Jokerst, D. Wills, “High speed, smart focal plane processing using integrated photodetectors and Si CMOS VLSI sigma delta analog to digital converters,” IEEE LEOS Summer Tropical Meetings, pp. 55-56, 1998.
  35. Joo, S. Fike, K. S. Chung, M. Brooke, N. Jokerst, D. Wills, “Application of massively parallel processors to real time processing of high speed images,” Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Massively Parallel Processing Using Optical Interconnections, pp. 96-100, 1997.
  36. Cat, A. Gentile, J. Eble, M. Lee, O. Vendier, Y. Joo, D. Wills, M. Brooke, N. Jokerst A. Brown, “SIMPil: An OE integrated SIMD architecture for focal plane processing applications,” Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Massively Parallel Processing Using Optical Interconnections, pp. 44-52, 1996.