1989-96   Trainee in Molecular Biophysics and Cardiovascular Bioengineering,

1996-97   Senior Fellow and Instructor ('96,'97) for graduate course in Biomedical Optics (BIOEN 561, lab & lecture), Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

1997-00   Research Scientist at the Human Interface Technology Laboratory, Box 352142, 215 Fluke Hall, College of Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-2142

Present   Research Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, and Adjunct Research Assistant Professor, Bioengineering,

Honors and Awards:

Co-author for the "2004 BEST JOURNAL PAPER AWARD" from the ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control - Smithwick et al., (2004) vol. 126: 88-101.

Recipient of NIH R21 Industry-Academic Partnerships for Development of Biomedical Imaging Systems award for "Image-guided catheter biopsy of peripheral lung cancer," starting September 2004

Recipient of NSF Bioengineering Major Research Instrumentation development award for "Second Generation True 3D Display System," starting September 2004.

NSF National Press Release in May 2004 on the Wearable Low Vision Aid project, see http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=100390&org=NSF&from=news and a companion press release by the UW at www.uwnews.org/article.asp?articleID=4459.

Recipient of NIH R21/R33 Phased Innovation Award for "Ultrathin and Flexible Endoscope and Bronchoscope Development for Early Cancer Imaging," starting August 2003.

Technical Committee of the Society for Information Display - Display Systems, 2002 to present.

Co-author of the "Best Conference Paper Award" at IEEE Virtual Reality (VR 2002), March 2002.

Recipient of Photonics Initiative Award in Micro-optic Fabrication from the Washington Technology Center, starting January 1, 2000 (1 year).

Recipient of Bioengineering Research Grant from the NSF program Research to Aid Persons with Disabilities, starting March 1, 2000 (4 years).

Recipient of MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) Project Award from the Washington Technology Center, starting July 1, 1999 (1 year).

Recipient of Biomedical Engineering Research Grant from The Whitaker Foundation, starting January 1, 1999 (3.5 years).

Invited plenary speaker at SC98, ACM/IEEE Supercomputing Conference, Orlando, Florida, November 7-13, 1998.

Invited poster at the Engineering Foundation Conference on Nanofabrication & Biosystems, Kona, Hawaii, May 5-12, 1994.

Recipient of NIH Predoctoral Training grants in Molecular Biophysics 1989-'93 & Cardiovascular Bioengineering 1994-'96.

President of the student chapter of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) at the University of Washington 1989-1990.

President of the Bioengineering Students' Association (BESA), University of Washington 1989-1990.

Publications:

Soper, T.D., Atmosukarto, I., Glenny, R.W., and Seibel, E.J. (in press) Interactive 3D interface for guiding an ultrathin catheterscope within the peripheral lung. 18th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software & Technology, UIST 2005, Seattle, WA, Oct. 23-26, 2005, 2-page abstract, poster, and movie are included in the conference proceedings.

Barhoum, E.S., Johnston, R.S., and Seibel, E.J. (2005) Optical modeling of an ultrathin scanning fiber endoscope, a preliminary study of confocal versus non-confocal detection. OSA Optics Express 13(19): 7548-7562.

Seibel, E.J., Fauver, M., Rahn, J.R., Meyer, M.G., Patten, F.W., Neumann, T., and Nelson, A.C. (2005) Three-dimensional microscopy of absorption-stained nuclei for cancer screening. in Frontiers in Optics / Laser Science XXI, Topical Meetings on CD-ROM (The Optical Society of America, Washington, DC, 2005) presented in Tucson, AZ, October 2005, paper number FTuU4.

Johnston, R.S. and Seibel, E.J. (2005) 1.6 mm diameter scanning fiber endoscope. in Frontiers in Optics / Laser Science XXI, Topical Meetings on CD-ROM (The Optical Society of America, Washington, DC, 2005) presented in Tucson, AZ, October 2005, paper number FTuG5.

Fauver, M., Seibel, E.J., Rahn, J.R., Meyer, M.G., Patten, F.W., Neumann, T., and Nelson, A.C. (2005) Computed tomography at the subcellular level for early detection of lung cancer. 11th World Conference on Lung Cancer, Barcelona, Spain, 3-6 July 2005, Paper # P-361, Lung Cancer, 49(suppl.2): S210-S211.

Seibel, E.J., Soper, T.D., Johnston, R.S., and Glenny, R.W. (2005) Ultrathin laser scanning bronchoscope and guidance system for peripheral lung. 11th World Conference on Lung Cancer, Barcelona, Spain, 3-6 July 2005, Paper # P-178, Lung Cancer, 49(suppl.2): S162.

Seibel, E.J., Brown, C.M., Kundrat, M., and Reinhall, P.G. (2005) Modeling optical fiber dynamics for increased efficiencies in scanning fiber applications. Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Applications V. Proc. SPIE vol. 5691: 42-53.

Fauver, M., Seibel, E.J., Rahn, J.R., Meyer, M.G., Patten, F.W., Neumann, T., and Nelson, A.C. (2005) Three-dimensional imaging of single isolated cell nuclei using optical projection tomography. OSA Optics Express 13(11): 4210-4223. (Cover figure for this May 30, 2005 issue is from this article - see www.opticsexpress.org)

Bryant, R.C., Seibel, E.J., Lee, C.M., Schroder, K.E. (2004) Low-cost wearable low vision aid using a handmade retinal light scanning microdisplay. Journal of the SID (Society for Information Display) 12/4(1): 397-404.

Johnston, R.S. and Seibel, E.J. (2004) Scanning fiber endoscope prototype performance. in Frontiers in Optics / Laser Science XX, Topical Meetings on CD-ROM (The Optical Society of America, Washington, DC, 2004) held in Rochester, NY, October 2004, paper #FWM2.

Schowengerdt, B.T. and Seibel, E.J. (2004) True 3D displays that allow viewers to dynamically shift accommodation, bringing objects displayed at different viewing distances into and out of focus. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 7(6): 610-620.

Bryant, R.C., Lee, C.M., Burstein, R.A., Seibel, E.J. (2004) Engineering a low-cost wearable low vision aid based on retinal light scanning. Society for Information Display SID 2004 Technical Digest, vol. 35: 1540-1543.

Kelly, J.P., Schowengerdt, B.T., Seibel, E.J., and Furness, T.A.III. (2004) Accommodation to a Confocal Scanning Laser Ophthalmascope. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, ARVO 2004 Abstracts (B437), April 25-29, 2004, Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Fauver, M., Seibel, E.J., Rahn, J.R., Patten, F.W., Nelson, A.C. (2004) Development of micro-optical projection tomography for 3D analysis of single cells. Three-Dimensional and Multi-Dimensional Microscopy: Image Processing and Acquisition XI, Proc. SPIE, vol 5324: 171-181.

Schowengerdt, B.T., Seibel, E.J., Silverman, N.L., Furness, T.A.III (2004) Stereoscopic retinal scanning laser display with integrated focus cues for ocular accommodation. Stereoscopic Displays and Applications XV, Proc. SPIE & IS&T, vol. 5291: 366-376.

Smithwick, Q.Y.J., Reinhall, P.G., Vagners, J., Seibel, E.J. (2004) A nonlinear state space model of a resonating single fiber scanner for tracking control: theory and experiment. Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, vol. 126: 88-101. Won Best Paper for ASME Journal in 2004

Toufaili, F.M., Seibel, E.J., McIntyre, D.J. (2004) Virtual Vision Loss Simulator. The 12th Annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, MMVR12, vol. 98: 388-390.

Wang, W.-C., Panergo, R., Seibel, E., Reinhall, P. (2003) A SU-8 based optical waveguide cantilever scanner. The 12th Intl. Conf. on Polymer Optical Fiber, Conference Proceedings, Seattle, WA, Sept. 14-17, 2003, pp.98-101.

Hoffman, H.G., Richards, T.L., Magula, J., Seibel, E.J., Hayes, C., Mathis, M., Sharar, S.R., Maravilla, K. (2003) A magnet friendly virtual reality fiberoptic image delivery system. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 6(6): 645-648.

Silverman, N.L., Schowengerdt, B.T., Kelly, J.P., Seibel, E.J. (2003) Engineering a retinal scanning laser display with integrated accommodation depth cues. Society for Information Display SID 2003 Technical Digest, vol. 34: 1538-1541.

Smithwick, Q.Y.J., Vagners, J., Reinhall, P.G., Seibel, E.J. (2003) Modeling and control of the resonant fiber scanner for laser scanning display or acquisition. Society for Information Display SID 2003 Technical Digest, vol. 34: 1455-1457.

McQuaide, S.C., Seibel, E.J., Kelly, J.P., Schowengerdt, B.T., Furness, T.A.III (2003) A retinal scanning display system that produces multiple focal planes with a deformable membrane mirror. Displays, vol. 24: 65-72.

Lin, S.-K.V., Seibel, E.J., and Furness, T.A.III (2003) Testing visual search performance using retinal light scanning as a future wearable low vision aid. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, two-volume special issue on Mediated Reality. 15(2): 247-265.

Schowengerdt, B.T., Seibel, E.J., Kelly, J.P., Silverman, N.L., Furness, T.A.III (2003) Binocular retinal scanning laser display with integrated focus cues for ocular accommodation. Stereoscopic Displays and Applications XIV. Proc. SPIE & IS&T, vol. 5006: 1-9.

Wang, W-C., Fauver, M., Ho, J.N., Seibel, E.J., Reinhall, P.G. (2003) Development of an optical waveguide cantilever scanner. Opto-Ireland 2002: Optics and Photonics Technologies and Applications. Proc. SPIE, vol. 4876: 72-83.

Seibel, E.J., Fauver, M., Crossman-Bosworth, J., Smithwick, Q.Y.L., Brown, C.M. (2003) Microfabricated optical fiber with microlens that produces large field-of-view, video rate, optical beam scaning for microendoscopy applications. Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Applications III, Ed. I. Gannot, Proc. of SPIE, Vol. 4957: 46-55.

Chinthammit, W., Seibel, E.J., Furness, T.A.III (2003) A shared-aperture tracking display for augmented reality. Presence 12(1): 1-18.

Smithwick, Q.Y.J., Vagners, J., Reinhall, P.G., Seibel, E.J. (2002) Modeling and control of the resonant fiber scanner of a novel scanning scope. EMBS/BMES Conference, Proceedings of the 2nd Joint. vol 2: 977-978.

Seibel, E.J., Frank, S.S., Fauver, M., Crossman-Bosworth, J., Senour, J.R., and Burstein, R. (2002) Optical fiber scanning as a microdisplay source for a low-cost, wearable low vision aid. Society for Information Display SID 2002 Technical Digest, vol. 33: 338-341.

McQuaide, S.C., Seibel, E.J., Burstein, R., Furness, T.A. III (2002) Three-dimensional virtual retinal display using a deformable membrane mirror. Society for Information Display SID 2002 Technical Digest, vol. 33: 338-341.

Fauver, M., Crossman-Bosworth, J., Seibel, E.J. (2002) Microfabrication of fiber optic scanners. Optical Scanning II, Proc. SPIE vol. 4773: 102-110.

Wang, W-C, Fauver, M., Ho, J.N., Seibel, E.J., Reinhall, P.G. (2002) Micromachined optical waveguide cantilever as a resonant optical scanner. Sensors and Actuators A (Physical) 102: 165-175.

Lee, C.M., Schroder, K.E., and Seibel, E.J. (2002). Efficient image segmentation of walking hazards using IR illumination in wearable low vision aids. Sixth Intl. Symposium on Wearable Computers IEEE ISWC 2002, 127-8.

Seibel, E.J., Smithwick, Q.Y.L., Crossman-Bosworth, J., Myers, J.A. (2002) Prototype scanning fiber endoscope. Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Applications II, Ed. I. Gannot, Proc. of SPIE, Vol. 4616: 173-179.

Smithwick, Q.Y.L. and Seibel, E.J. (2002) Depth enhancement using a scanning fiber optical endoscope. Optical Biopsy IV, Ed. Robert R. Alfano, Proc. of SPIE Vol. 4613, 222-233.

Chinthammit, W., Seibel, E.J., Furness, T.A. (2002) Unique shared-aperture display with head or target tracking. IEEE VR2002 (Winning a best paper award for conference) 247-254.

Seibel, E.J. and Smithwick, Q. Y. L (2002). Unique features of optical scanning, single fiber endoscopy. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine 30(3): 177-183.

Brown, C. M., Fauver, M. E., Reinhall, P. G., and Seibel, E. J. (2001) Mechanical design and analysis for a scanning fiber endoscope. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. New York, NY, 11-16 November 2001, BED-Vol. 51: 165-166.

Frank, S. S. and Seibel, E. J. (2001) Design of a vibrating fiber display for a wearable low vision aid. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. New York, NY, 11-16 November 2001, BED-Vol. 51: 189-190.

Seibel, E. J., Frank, S. S., Kloeckner, K. W., and Furness, T. A. III (2001) Decision-based design of a wearable low vision aid. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. New York, NY, 11-16 November 2001, BED-Vol. 51: 193-194.

Kelly J. P., Turner, S., Pryor, H. L., Viirre, E. S., Seibel, E. J., Furness, T. A. III. (2001). Vision with a scanning laser display: comparison of flicker sensitivity to a CRT. Displays 22(5): 169-175.

Andersen, J. and Seibel, E. (2001). Real-time hazard detection via machine vision for wearable low vision aids. 5th Intl. Symposium on Wearable Computers IEEE ISWC 2001, 182-3.

Schowengerdt, B.T., Kelly, J.P., Seibel, E. J., and Furness, T. A. III. (2001) Strong accommodation bias to a collimated retinal scanned light display. Society for Information Display 2001 (SID 2001) Digest of Technical Papers, 32:610-613.

Seibel, E.J., Gau, C-C., McQuaide, S., Weghorst, S.J., Kelly, J.P., and Furness, T.A.III (2001) Augmented retinal light scanning display for low vision: effect of text color and background on reading performance. Optical Society of America's Topical Meeting on Vision Science and Its Applications, Technical Digest p.51-54.

Smithwick, Q.Y.J., Seibel, E.J., Reinhall, P.G, and Vagners, J. (2001) Control aspects of the scanning single fiber flexible endoscope. Proceedings of SPIE Volume 4253 International Symposium on BiOS 2001, Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Applications, 4253: 176-188.

Seibel, E.J. and Smithwick, Q.Y.J. (2000) Unique features of scanning fiber optical endoscopy. Presented at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society, BMES. Seattle, WA, 12-14 Oct. 2000, Annals of Biomedical Engineering. vol 28 suppl. 1, S-40.

Seibel, E.J., Smithwick, Q.Y.J., Brown, C.M., and Reinhall, P.G. (2001) Single fiber flexible endoscope: general design for small size, high resolution, and wide field of view. Proceedings of the SPIE Volume 4158 Biomonitoring and Endoscopy Technologies. 29-39.

Kleweno, C.P., Seibel, E.J., Viirre, E.S., Kelly, J.P., and Furness, T.A.III. (2001). Controlled performance evaluation of the virtual retinal display as a low vision computer interface. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development. 38(4): 431-442.

Brown, C., Seibel, E., Reinhall, P. (1999). Design analysis for a scanning fiberoptic endoscope. SPIE's Regional Meeting on Optoelectronics, Photonics, and Imaging. November 1-2, 1999, Bellevue, Washington. Opto Northwest Conference Proceedings, SPIE, p. 57.

Kleweno, C., Seibel, E., Kloeckner, K., Viirre, E., and Furness, T. A. (1999) Evaluation of a scanned laser display as an alternative low vision computer interface. Technical Digest of Vision Science and Its Applications Topical Meeting. February 19-22, Santa Fe, NM.

Kloeckner, K., Furness, T., Viirre, E., Seibel, E., and Pryor, H. (1999). Design of a prototype low vision aid using a scanned laser display. Technical Digest of Vision Science and Its Applications Topical Meeting. February 19-22, Santa Fe, NM.

Seibel, E. J. and Pollack, G. H. (1997) Imaging 'intact' myofibrils with a near-field scanning optical microscope. Journal of Microscopy 186(3): 221-231.

Seibel, E. J. (1996) Development of a near-field scanning optical microscope for imaging biological samples in physiological buffer. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Washington.

Seibel, E. J. and Pollack, G. H. (1996) Single myofibril imaged in physiological buffer by lateral shear-force microscopy. Biophys. J. 70: A430.

Seibel, E. J. and Pollack, G. H. (1995) Near-field scanning fluorescence microscopy of a single myofibril in physiological buffer. Biophys. J. 68: A292.

Seibel, E. J. (1990) Validation of a method for measuring small color differences in pigmented contact lenses. Optometry & Vision Science. 66: 48-55.

Seibel, E. J., Trilsch, W. R., and Lee, D. (1988) Evaluating soft contact lens quality: a manufacturer's perspective. Am. J. Optometry & Physiological Optics. 65: 298-307.

Patents:

Seibel, E.J. Smithwick, Q.Y.J., Furness, T.A.III (issued 2003) Image acquisition with depth enhancement. U.S. Patent #6,563,105

Parker, D.E., Duh, B.-L., Furness, T.A., Prothero, J.D., Seibel, E.J. (issued 2002) Alleviating motion, simulator, and virtual environmental sickness by presenting visual scene components matched to inner ear vestibular sensations. U.S. Patent #6,497,649.

Seibel, E. J. and Furness, T. A. III. (issued 2001) Miniature Image Acquisition System using a Scanning Resonant Waveguide. U.S. Patent #6,294,775.