Joe Keranen

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Joe Keranen is a leading expert in the application of advanced marine and terrestrial geophysical sensing for defense and environmental remediation. His research focuses on the development and deployment of autonomous robotic platforms integrated with multi-sensor arrays to detect, characterize, and discriminate buried and seafloor hazards. Keranen’s major contributions lie in pioneering automated calibration methods for robotic landmine detection systems and advancing 3D marine electromagnetics for littoral applications. His work has been instrumental in improving the detection and discrimination of unexploded ordnance (UXO), reducing false alarm rates through physics-based digital geophysical mapping. Notably, his 2017 study on littoral applications of advanced 3D marine electromagnetics (4 citations) addresses critical infrastructure and hazard detection challenges, including mine countermeasures, UXO surveys, salvage, and underwater pipeline tracking. His 2007 papers on robotic multi-sensor UXO detection and automated calibration (2 citations each) laid foundational groundwork for cost-effective site characterization. Keranen’s research directly supports force protection, humanitarian demining, and environmental cleanup missions, demonstrating a sustained commitment to translating complex sensor physics into practical, deployable solutions for national security and environmental stewardship.

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1. 1
   Littoral applications of advanced 3D marine electromagnetics from remotely and autonomously operated platforms: Infrastructure and hazard detection and characterization

   4 citations · 2017
2. 2
   Applications of a Robotic Multi‐Sensor UXO Detection Platform

   2 citations · 2007
3. 3
   Automated calibration methods for robotic multisensor landmine detection

   2 citations · 2007

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