Christy Blomeke

blomekec@purdue.edu

Research Assistant, Department of Industrial Technology

Ph. D. Student
Purdue University, Industrial Technology

Advisory Committee:
    Stephen J. Elliott, Ph.D. - Chair


Master of Science
Purdue University, December 2004, Youth Development & Ag Education
Thesis: An Evaluation of Retinal Imaging Technology for 4-H Beef and Sheep Identification
Advisory Committee:
    Clint Rusk, Ph.D, Co-Chair
    Mark Balschweid, Ph.D, Co-Chair
    Stephen Elliott, Ph.D
 

B.S.
Purdue University, May 2002, Genetic Biology, Minor: Psychology

 

About Christy

Christy is a Ph. D student in the Department of Industrial Technology, and a member of the Biometrics Standards, Performance, & Assurance Laboratory. She received her Masters degree in Ag & Extension Education in December 2004, and B.S. degree in Genetic Biology in May 2002. She has been involved with conducting biometric research for 1 year.

Current Research Interests
       • Bacterial Transmission on Biometric Devices
       • Iris Recognition Technology

Previous Research Projects
       • Signature Verification and Forgery Attempts
       • Retinal Imaging Technology for Livestock Identification

Research & Teaching Assistantships

       • Graduate Teaching Assistant, IT 345 Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) : (Fall 2007 – Present)

       • Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Youth Development & Agricultural Education:
             • June 2006 – August 2007
             • May 2003–December 2004

Journal Articles

 

(Accepted) Wagler, S.E., Rusk, C.P, Blomeke, C.R., Richert, B.T., Talbert, B.A, and Latour, M.A. (2007)  Classroom Evaluation of an Elementary Swine Curriculum: There’s A Pig In My Classroom.  Journal of Ag Education.

Rusk, C.P., Blomeke, C.R, Balschweid, M.A., Elliott, S.J., & Baker, D. (2006).  An Evaluation of Retinal Imaging Technology for 4-H Beef and Sheep Identification.  Journal of Extension.

Conference Proceedings

 

(Accepted)  Blomeke*, C.R., Elliott, S.J., & Walter, T.  (2007, October 9 - 11).  Bacterial Survivability and Transferability on Biometric Devices.  Paper to be presented at the 41st Annual  International Carnahan Conference on Security Technology (ICCST), Ottawa, Canada.

Blomeke*, C.R., Howell, B.M., & Elliott, S.J. (2006).  Perceptions of Retinal Imaging Technology for Identifying Livestock Exhibits.  Proceedings of the 40th Annual International Carnahan Conference on Security Technology (ICCST) (pp.144-150). Lexington, U.S.A.

Posters

Blomeke, C.R., Padfield, J.R., Bane, C.J., & Elliott, S.J.  Dynamic Signature Verification and Forgery.  Presented at the 2007 Annual Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS) Information Security Symposium, West Lafayette, IN.