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Research Interests:

• Electrical & Electromagnetic Geophysics Data Acquisition and Processing.
• Integration of Geological and Geophysical Data for Mining, Petroleum, Environmental, Water Resource, and Geotechnical applications.
• Development of New Instrumentation and Novel Techniques for High-Accuracy Measurements, and Imaging/Sensing Applications.

Courses:

• G EN 416 - Field Studies in Geophysics
• G EN 448 - Geophysical Exploration and Engineering
• G EN 470 - Computer Methods in Geological Engineering
• G EN 522 - Electrical Exploration Methods and Well Logging Interpretation

Selected Publications

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Books

Corradini, Michael, David Campbell, Micheline Draye, Charles Drummond, Peter Hayward, Linn Hobbs, Edward Lahoda, Robin Rogers, Ben Sternberg, Edwin Zebroski, Research Needs for High-Level Waste Stored in Tanks and Bins at U.S. Department of Energy Sites, 2001, National Academy Press, Washington D.C., 134 p.

Romig, Philllip, Miriam Baltuck, Dwain Butler, Stephen Danbom, William Ghiorse, Janet Herman, Rosemary Knight, Anne Meltzer, James Mercer, James Mitchell, Dale Morgan, Gary Olhoeft, Karsten Pruess, Brian Spies, Don Steeples, Ben Sternberg, Kenneth Watson, Wilford Gardner, Susan Landon, Seeing into the Earth: Noninvasive characterization of the shallow subsurface for environmental and engineering application, 2000, National Academy Press, Washington DC, 129p.

Selected Recent Refereed Journal Papers

1. Sternberg, B. K., O. Krichenko, and S. L. Dvorak, 2008, A New High-Sensitivity Subsurface Electromagnetic Sensing System Part I – System Design, Journal of Environmental & Engineering Geophysics, 13: 247-261.
2. Krichenko, O., B. K. Sternberg, and S. L. Dvorak, 2008, A New High-Sensitivity Subsurface Electromagnetic Sensing System Part II - Measurement Results, Journal of Environmental & Engineering Geophysics, 13: 263-275.
3. Dvorak, S. L. and B. K. Sternberg, 2008, New Absolute Vector Error Correction Technique for a Transmitter/Receiver Module, Science, Measurement and Technology , IET, Vol. 2, No. 5, 359-366.
4. Dvorak, S. L. and B. K. Sternberg, 2008, Extension of an Absolute Vector Error Correction Technique to Wideband, High-Frequency Measurements, Science, Measurement and Technology , IET
5. Sternberg, B. K. and S. L. Dvorak, 2008, Quasi-Reciprocal Mixer as an Absolute Vector Signal Standard at Microwave Frequencies, Science, Measurement and Technology , IET, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 258-267.
6. Sternberg, B. K. and S. L. Dvorak, 2008, New Vector Signal Measuring System, Featuring Wide Bandwidth, Large Dynamic Range, and High Accuracy, Science, Measurement and Technology, IET, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 219-232.
7. Sternberg, Ben K., Tsylya M. Levitskaya, 2005, Measurement of Sheet-Material Electrical Properties: Extending Lumped-Element Methods to 10 GHz, Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) – Science, Measurement and Technology, 123-128.
8. Sternberg, Ben K., Steven L. Dvorak, 2002, Removal of Time-Varying Errors in Network-Analyzer Measurements: System Design, Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) – Science, Measurement and Technology, Vol. 149, No. 1, 22-30.
9. Dvorak, Steven L., Ben K. Sternberg, 2002, Removal of Time-Varying Errors in Network-Analyzer Measurements: Signal Normalization and Test Results, Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) – Science, Measurement and Technology, Vol. 149, No. 1, 31-36.
10. Dvorak, Steven L., Ben K. Sternberg, 2002, Suppression of Phase-Noise Interference Due to Closely Spaced Data and Calibration Signals, Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement,Volume: 51 , Issue: 6 , Dec. 2002, 1157 – 1162
11. Sternberg, Ben K., Tsylya M. Levitskaya, 2001, Electrical parameters of soils in the frequency range from 1 kHz to 1 GHz, using lumped-circuit methods, Radio Science, 36, 4, 709-719.

Recent Patents

1. Sternberg, Ben K., Steven L. Dvorak, August 8, 2006, Real-time noise-suppression method and apparatus therefore, U.S. Patent 7,089,158
2. Dvorak, Steven L., October 21, 2003, Vector signal analysis method and apparatus therefore, U.S. Patent 6,636,816.
3. Sternberg, Ben K., Steven L. Dvorak, August 12, 2003, Real-time error-suppression method and apparatus therefore, U.S. Patent 6,606,583.

Organizations

1. SEG, EEGS, IEE