Bio

In May of 2022, I graduated as a Schulze Innovation Scholar from the University of St. Thomas (Saint Paul, MN).

I am interested in developing sensing and imaging technologies that can increase access to basic diagnostic healthcare.

Education & Certifications

  • Bachelor of Science, University of St. Thomas (Saint Paul, MN), Physics (2022)
  • Bachelor of Science, University of St. Thomas (Saint Paul, MN), Computer Science (2022)
  • Bachelor of Arts, University of St. Thomas (Saint Paul, MN), Business Administration (2022)

Contact

  • Academic
    benfrey@stanford.edu
    University - Student Department: Applied Physics Position: Graduate

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All Publications

  • Multi-stage investigation of deep neural networks for COVID-19 B-line feature detection in simulated and in vivo ultrasound images Frey, B., Zhao, L., Fong, T., Bell, M., Drukker, K., Iftekharuddin, K. M. SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2022

    View details for DOI 10.1117/12.2608426

    View details for Web of Science ID 000838048600007

  • Semicomputational calculation of Bragg shift in stratified materials PHYSICAL REVIEW E Frey, B., Snyder, P., Ziock, K., Passian, A. 2021; 104 (5): 055307

    Abstract

    The fiber Bragg grating (FBG) may be viewed as a one dimensional photonic band-gap crystal by virtue of the periodic spatial perturbation imposed on the fiber core dielectric material. Similar to media supporting Bloch waves, the engraved weak index modulation, presenting a periodic "potential" to an incoming guided mode photon of the fiber, yields useful spectral properties that have been the basis for sensing applications and emerging quantum squeezing and solitons. The response of an FBG sensor to arbitrary external stimuli represents a multiphysics problem without a known analytical solution despite the growing use of FBGs in classical and quantum sensing and metrology. Here, we study this problem by first presenting a solid mechanics model for the thermal and elastic states of a stratified material. The model considers an embedded optical material domain that represents the Bragg grating, here in the form of an FBG. Using the output of this model, we then compute the optical modes and their temperature- and stress-induced behavior. The developed model is applicable to media of arbitrary shape and composition, including soft matter and materials with nonlinear elasticity and geometric nonlinearity. Finally, we employ the computed surface stress and temperature distributions along the grating to analytically calculate the Bragg shift, which is found to be in reasonable agreement with our experimental measurements.

    View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevE.104.055307

    View details for Web of Science ID 000720935300005

    View details for PubMedID 34942809

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