Tristan J. Tayag
Texas Christian University
Department of Engineering
TCU Box 298640
Fort Worth, TX 76129
PH: (817) 257-7126
FAX: (817) 257-7704
T.Tayag@tcu.eduTristan Tayag has been a member of the faculty of the Department of Engineering at Texas Christian University since August 1997. He received his B.S.E.E. and M.S.E. degrees from the Johns Hopkins University in 1986 and 1987, respectively. Tristan spent a year and a half as an associate engineer at the Applied Physics Laboratory before earning the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Virginia in 1991. From 1991 to 1997, Tristan worked at the Army Research Laboratory where he served as team leader of the Integrated Optics Team.
Research Interests
- Digital signal and image processing
- Computed tomography
- Interferometric sensing
- Fluorescence Microscopy
- Biomechanics
Teaching Interests
- Digital Signal Processing
- Optical Fiber Communications
- Signals and Systems
- Electromechanics
- Electromagnetics
- Electrical Circuits
Student Research Assistants
- Pankaj Kumar - Interferometric velicometry
- Heather Carlson - Hand tendon gliding resistance characterization
- Lauren C. Del Gallego - Rotating wall vessel bioreactors
- John Stalcup - Characterization of total knee prosthetics
- M. Cullen Johnson - Dynamic Fluorescent imaging
- Cameron Ghassemi - Optical characterization of collagen tissue
- Anantheswar Chennareddy-Gari - Simulation of particle motion in RWV bioreactors
Patents
"Method and system for stabilizing and demodulating an interferometer at quadrature", T.J. Tayag and C.A. Belk, U.S. Patent Application, issued July 2003.
"Self-imaging waveguide devices for wavelength division multiplexing applications", T.J. Tayag and T.E. Batchman,U.S. Patent No. 5,862,288, issued 19 January 1999.
"Easily manufacturable optical self-imaging waveguide devices",T.J. Tayag,U.S. Patent No. 5,640,474, issued 17 June 1997.
Selected Publications
"FiberWire is superior to stainless steel for tension band fixation of transverse patella fractures," P. B. Wright, V. Kosmopoulos, R. E. Cote', T. J. Tayag, and A. D. Nana, Orthopaedic Research Society 55th Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV (February 2009).
"Enlarging and reconstruction the flexor tendon sheath reduces gliding resistance," S. Simmons, V. Kosmopoulos, M. Roso, H. Carlson, R. E. Cote, T. J. Tayag, and R. E. Bunata, Orthopaedic Research Society 55th Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV (February 2009).
"Gliding Resistance Testing System for Flexor Tendon Repair Research," H. Carlson, S. Simmons, M. Roso, R. Bunata, T. J. Tayag, and R. E. Cote', Texas Christian University: Student Research Symposium, Ft. Worth, TX (April 2008).
"Dynamic Fluorescence Microscopy," L. C. del Gallego, T. J. Tayag, and S. D. Dimitrijevich, Texas Christian University: Student Research Symposium, Ft. Worth, TX (April 2007).
"Feedback Optimization for Cell Aggregation - Tissue Growth in Rotating Wall Vessel Bioreactors," T. J. Tayag, M. C. Johnson, E. Ettingerand, and S. D. Dimitrijevich, University of North Texas Health Science Center: Research Appreciation Day, Ft. Worth, TX (April 2006).
"Fluorescence Imaging within Rotating Wall vessel bioreactors," M. C. Johnson, T. J. Tayag, and S. D. Dimitrijevich, Texas Christian University: Student Research Symposium, Ft. Worth, TX (April 2006).
"Optical Characterization of Human Tissue Equivalents," C. S. Ghassemi, T. J. Tayag, and S. D. Dimitrijevich, Texas Christian University: Student Research Symposium, Ft. Worth, TX (April 2006).
"Computer simulation of rotating wall vessel bioreactor," A. Chennareddy Gari and T. J. Tayag, IEEE MetroCon 2005, Arlington, TX (September 2005).
"Tissue remodeling and contraction - In vitro studies," J. Shankardas, T. J. Tayag, and S. D. Dimitrijevich, IEEE MetroCon 2005, Arlington, TX (September 2005).
"Digital demodulation algorithm for the interferometric characterization of RFMEMS structures," R. A. Weber, T. J. Tayag, and L. J. Shannon, Proceedings of the SPIE: Interferometry XII - Techniques and Analysis, vol. 5531, pp. 315-322, Denver, CO (August 2004).
"Digital demodulation of an interferometer for the characterization of vibrating microstructures," B. D. Pitt, T. J. Tayag, and J. L. Nelson, Proceedings of the SPIE: Advance Semiconductor Characterization Tech. for Optics, Semiconductors, and Nanotechnologies, vol. 5188, pp. 61-70, San Diego, CA (August 2003).
"An algorithm for the digital demodulation of an interferometer," B. D. Pitt, T. J. Tayag, and M. L. Nelson, ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference, Arlington, TX (March 2003).
"An optical fiber interferometer for measuring the in situ deflection characteristics of MEMS structures," T. J. Tayag, E. S. Kolesar, B. D. Pitt, K. S. Hoon, J. Marchetti, and I. H. Jafri, Opt. Engineer., vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 105-111 (January 2003).
"An optical system to characterize the gross contractile response of a tissue-equivalent collagen matrix," J. Kern, S. D. Dimitrijevisch, T. J. Tayag, B. D. Pitt, T. H. Summers, and D. G. Davis, Proceedings of the SPIE: Optical Technologies to Solve Problems in Tissue Engineering, vol. 4961, pp. 244-249, San Jose, CA (January 2003).
"Quantum-noise-limited sensitivity of an interferometer using a phase generated carrier demodulation scheme," T. J. Tayag, Opt. Eng. Lett., vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 276-277 (February 2002).
"Spatial power splitting and combining based on the Talbot effect", T.J. Tayag, M.B. Steer, J.F. Harvey, A.B. Yakovlev, and J. Davis, IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Lett., vol 12, no. 1, pp. 9-11 (January 2002).
"Polarization separation/combination based on self-imaging", D.M. Mackie, T.J. Tayag and T.E. Batchman, Opt. Eng., Vol. 40, No. 10, pp. 2265-2272 (October 2001).
"Monolithic integration of 1.3 μm Stark-ladder electroabsorption waveguide modulators with multimode interference splitters," L. J. Harrison, T. J. Tayag, G. J. Simonis, M. Stead, G. W. Euliss, and R. P. Leavitt, IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett. vol. 12, no. 6, pp. 657-659 (June 2000).
"Experimental confirmation of phase relationships of multimode interference splitters using a shearing type near-field Sagnac interferometer",S.Kareenahalli, M. Dagenais, D. Stone, and T. Tayag, IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., vol.9, no. 7, pp. 937-939 (July 1997).
"A manufacturable technique for implementing low-loss self-imaging waveguide beamsplitters", T. J. Tayag, D. M. Mackie, and G. W. Bryant, IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 7, no. 8, pp. 896-898 (August 1995).
"A pixellated grating array using photoelectrochemical etching on a GaAs waveguide", E. J. Twyford, T. J. Tayag, N. M. Jokerst, and P. A. Kohl, IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 7, no. 7, pp. 766-768 (July 1995).