Project: 3D biometrics scanning
Short Title: 3D scanning
Faculty Mentors: Beiwen Li, Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering
Graduate student mentors: Micah Mundy (mmundy@iastate.edu)
REU Interns : Amy Gilhoi, Rebekah Young, Tim Yu
Description: Dr. Beiwen Li’s 3D optical sensing laboratory has developed a high-speed precision 3D scanning system that can capture the 3D surface geometry in micrometer scale within a few seconds. We are interested in testing its accuracy and effectiveness as a novel 3D scanner for biometrics information such as fingerprints. Students will be responsible for: (1) learning to conduct microscale 3D scanning of fingerprints; (2) testing its accuracy by comparing with 3D scanning results from conventional optical scanners; (3) using the 3D scanning result to build 3D solid models for 3D printing. At the end of project, a conference paper will be prepared and submitted to 2024 SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing Conference.
