Co-Founder, LiveWire Innovation
Distinguished Professor, Elect & Computer Engineering

u0029376@utah.edu

Publications

• ENERGY: Cody LaFlamme, Cynthia Furse & Joel B. Harley (2022). Ground Faults in Photovoltaics: Sstdr for Characterization, Detection, and Location. ASME 2022 49th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation (QNDE2022), San Diego, CA., 08/2022
• ENERGY: Cody LaFlamme & Evan Benoit, Ayobami Edun, Cynthia M. Furse, Michael A. Scarpulla, Joel B. Harley (2022). Quantifying the Environmental Sensitivity of SSTDR Signals for Monitoring PV Strings. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics (JPV). Vol. 12(1)., 01/2022
• ENERGY: Evan Benoit & Cynthia Furse (2021). A Broadband S/SSTDR-VNA for Energized Circuits. IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting., 12/04/2021
• ENERGY: Cynthia Furse & Evan Benoit, Samuel Hansen (2021). Towards a Spread Spectrum VNA. IEEE Conference on Antenna Measurements and Applications (2021 IEEE CAMA)., 11/15/2021
• ENERGY: Alexander Charters & Paul K. Kuhn, Hunter Ellis, Dawn Sweeny, Marc Fobair, Joel Harley, Cynthia Furse (2021). Feasibility of using SSTDR to Monitor Battery Cell Degradation. Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation (QNDE)., 07/28/2021
• ENERGY: Farhad Elyasi Chamazkoti & Evan Benoit, Dawn Sweeney, Cynthia Furse (2021). Machine Learning for Spread Spectrum Time-Domain Reflectometry Impedance Measurement. Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation (QNDE)., 07/28/2021
• ENERGY: Ayobami S. Edun & Cody LaFlamme, Michael A. Scarpulla, Cynthia M. Furse, Joel B. Harley (2021). Health Monitoring of Solar Arrays with Spread Spectrum Time Domain Reflectometry and Variational Autoencoders. Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation (QNDE)., 07/28/2021
• ENERGY: Cody LaFlamme & Ayobami Edun, Evan Benoit, Michael Scarpulla, Joel Harley, Cynthia Furse (2021). Baseline Signal Learning for SSTDR Fault Detection in Photovoltaic Strings. Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation (QNDE)., 07/28/2021
• ENERGY: Zachary K. Wilkerson & Ayobami S. Edun, Michael A. Scarpulla, Cynthia M. Furse, Joel B. Harley (2021). Scale Transform Signal Processing for Reducing the Effect of Rain on SSTDR Signals. ICEAA 2021 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications., 05/17/2021
• ENERGY: Samuel Kingston & Evan Benoit, Ayobami S. Edun, Farhad Elyasi Chamazkoti, Dawn E. Sweeney, Joel B. Harley, Paul K. Kuhn, Cynthia M. Furse (2021). SSTDR Methodology, Implementations, and Challenges. Sensors -- Special Edition on RF Sensors., 05/2021
• ENERGY: Ayobami S. Edun & Samuel Kingston, Cody LaFlamme, Evan Benoit, Michael R. Scarpulla, Cynthia M. Furse, Joel B. Harley (2021). Detection and Localization of Disconnections in a Large-Scale String of Photovoltaics using SSTDR. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics (JPV). Vol. 11(4), 1097-1104., 04/2021
• ENERGY: Ayobami S. Edun & Cody LaFlamme, Samuel Kingston, Cynthia M. Furse, Michael A. Scarpulla, Joel B. Harley (2021). Anomaly detection of SSTDR signals using Variational Autoencoders. IEEE Sensors Journal., 01/06/2021
• ENERGY: Hunter Ellis & Cody Laflamme Cynthia Furse, James Nagel (2021). Describing Asymmetric Faults with Multiconductor Transmission Lines for SSTDR. National Radio Science Meeting (NRSM), Jan. 4-9, 2021., 01/04/2021
• ENERGY: Hunter Ellis & Cody LaFlamme, James R. Nagel, Joel Harley, Cynthia M. Furse (2021). Multiconductor Transmission Lines and Asymmetric Fault in SSTDR Measurements. IEEE Sensors Journal., 01/2021
• ENERGY: William Berger & Cynthia Furse (2021). Spread Spectrum Techniques for Measurement of Dielectric Aging on Low Voltage Cables for Nuclear Power Plants. IEEE Trans. Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation. Vol. 28(3), 1028-1033., 01/2021
• ENERGY: Cynthia Furse, Moussa Kafal, Reza Rezzaghi & Yong-June Shin (2021). Fault Diagnosis for Electrical Systems and Power Networks: A Review. IEEE Sensors Journal. Vol. 21(2), 888-906., 01/2021
• ENERGY: Ayobami S. Edun, Naveen Kumar Tumkur Jayakumar, Samuel Kingston, Cynthia Furse, Michael Scarpulla & Joel Harley (2021). Spread Spectrum Time Domain Reflectometry with Lumped Elements on Asymmetric Transmission Lines. IEEE Sensors Journal. Vol. 21(2), 921-929., 01/2021
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Cynthia Furse (2020). How to Be a Great Advocate for Women in Engineering. IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine. Vol. 62(6), 98-103., 12/2020

Presentations

• ENERGY: Cynthia Furse, “Arcs and Sparks: Finding Faults on Aging Electrical Wiring”, EmergingTrends in Industry 4.0 (ETI 4.0), May 19, 2021, OP Jindal University, India, 05/19/2021 INDIA
• ENERGY: Cynthia Furse, “Arcs and Sparks: Finding Faults on Aging Electrical Wiring “, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Bennett University, India online workshop on “Recent Advancement in RF and Microwave Circuits and Devices”, April 8, 2021, 04/08/2021 INDIA
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Cynthia Furse, “Women Inventors Who Changed the World,” University of Utah Online talk for Intl. Women’s Week, 3/10/2021, 03/10/2021