Jason Amsden

About

My area of interest is in the application of computational and compressive techniques to improve spectroscopic instrument design. Spectroscopic measurements are a convolution of the instrument response and the desired spectrum. Conventional spectroscopic instruments are designed such that the instrument response is a delta function and the measurements are essentially the desired spectrum. However, this design approach can limit the spectrometer performance. I use a different approach by designing the system response to maximize parameters of interest such as throughput and resolution, and then computationally deconvolve the system response from the measurements to achieve a spectrum – thus improving instrument performance.

Education

• Ph.D. Boston University, 2008
• Associate Research Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Selected publications

• Aloui T, Serpa RB, Ross D, Francini S, Wu C, Lee K, et al. Corrigendum to u201cA super-resolution coded aperture miniature mass spectrometer proof-of-concept for planetary scienceu201d [Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 507 (2025) 117368] (International Journal of Mass Spectrometry (2025) 507, (S1387380624001799), (10.1016/j.ijms.2024.117368)) (Accepted). International Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 2026 Oct 1;528.
• Rambo CR, Amsden JJ, Serpa RB, Aloui T, Ye J, Muller D, et al. Graphene edges modulate field-emission performance of graphenated carbon nanotubes. Carbon. 2026 Jul 31;258.
• Rambo CR, Serpa RB, Parker CB, Amsden JJ, Bernardes JC, Glass JT. Tuning Electrochemical Performance of Graphenated Carbon Nanotubes Through Atomic Layer Deposition of TiO2. Energy Technology. 2026 Feb 1;14(2).
• Serpa RB, Aloui T, Ross D, Keogh J, Parker CB, Denton MB, et al. Versatile system for ion energy measurements generated by pulsed laser ionization: Insights into electron-ion dynamics. Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic Spectroscopy. 2025 Sep 1;231.
• Serpa RB, Keogh JA, Jablonski T, Parker CB, Goetz SM, Denton MB, et al. Control system for an underwater coded aperture miniature mass spectrometer. Green Analytical Chemistry. 2025 Jun 1;13.
• Aloui T, Serpa RB, Abboud N, Horvath KL, Keogh J, Parker CB, et al. A super-resolution proof of concept in a cycloidal coded aperture miniature mass spectrometer. Rapid communications in mass spectrometryu202f: RCM. 2025 May;39 Suppl 1:e9477.
• Aloui T, Serpa RB, Ross D, Francini S, Wu C, Lee K, et al. A super-resolution coded aperture miniature mass spectrometer proof-of-concept for planetary science. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 2025 Jan 1;507.
• Aloui T, Vyas R, Francini S, Serpa RB, Horvath KL, Keogh J, et al. Spectral Reconstruction Improvement in a Cycloidal Coded-Aperture Mass Spectrometer. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. 2024 May;35(5):855u201361.
• von Windheim T, Gilchrist KH, Parker CB, Hall S, Carlson JB, Stokes D, et al. Proof-of-Concept Vacuum Microelectronic NOR Gate Fabricated Using Microelectromechanical Systems and Carbon Nanotube Field Emitters. Micromachines. 2023 Apr;14(5):973.
• Horvath KL, Piacentino EL, Serpa RB, Aloui T, Vyas R, Zhilichev Y, et al. Design considerations for a cycloidal mass analyzer using a focal plane array detector. Journal of mass spectrometryu202f: JMS. 2022 Jul;57(7):e4874.