Dr. Sylvie Buteau Profile

Dr. Sylvie Buteau

Defence Scientist at DRDC Valcartier

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Proceedings Article | 24 April 2020 Presentation + Paper

Biological Detection, Identification and Monitoring (Bio DIM) in contested urban environment: leveraging standoff, point and UAS mounted particle counter/collector payload

Sylvie Buteau, Blake Beckman, Denis Nadeau, Blaine Fairbrother

Proceedings Volume 11416, 114160G (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2558183

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Clouds, Surveillance, Particles, Environmental sensing, Aerosols, Environmental monitoring, Standoff detection

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Detection, Identification and Monitoring (DIM) of hazardous chemical, biological, and radiological material is a critical component to Situational Awareness. Timely generated information just before and following a positive detection will lead to the most appropriate Course of Action (COA). The Technical Cooperation Program (TTCP) orchestrated a series of experiments to understand the operational limitations of new technologies in a Contested Urban Environment (CUE). One of the urban challenges occurred in Montreal, Canada in September 2018 where several technologies including a suite of biological DIM sensors were deployed. The urban environment adds complexity to the already challenging DIM task with potential line-of-sight limitations, changing wind conditions, complex communication spectrum, limited maneuverability, etc. The biological DIM suite deployed at this event included standoff, fixed point, mobile point and sampling, and identification sensing assets. The event revealed that the combination of various types of technologies might increase the overall system effectiveness. BioSense, a standoff technology, demonstrated its capacity to perform bio threat surveillance in urban environments having different constraints: short to long ranges; day and night operation; presence of various background sources; multiple surveillance areas without a deployment site having a line-of-sight on all of them and GPS-denied environment. The dedicated Chemical/Biological (CB) Sensor Data Viewer generated an integrated view of the available information from all sensors in real-time and provided a subset of this information to a central common operating software. The Class I mini UAS was equipped with an optical particle counter and filter collector membrane that was targeted to the appropriate location based on the cloud detected by the standoff sensor; and then, material classification obtained in near-real-time from the standoff spectral Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF) interrogation was confirmed by simple post-processing of samples collected by the UAS.

Proceedings Article | 24 October 2016 Paper

Biological material detection identification and monitoring: combining point and standoff sensors technologies

Sylvie Buteau, Susan Rowsell

Proceedings Volume 9995, 99950B (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2241133

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Laser induced fluorescence, Clouds, Situational awareness sensors, Ultraviolet radiation, Surveillance, Aerosols, Atmospheric particles, Environmental sensing, Particles

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Proceedings Article | 16 October 2013 Paper

Evaluation of adaptive algorithms for detection and classification of fluorescent aerosols in the atmosphere

Pierre Lahaie, Jean-Robert Simard, Sylvie Buteau

Proceedings Volume 8901, 89010A (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2028680

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Signal detection, Detection and tracking algorithms, Photon counting, Interference (communication), Aerosols, Signal to noise ratio, Signal processing, Databases, Atmospheric modeling

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Proceedings Article | 16 October 2013 Paper

Standoff detection of bioaerosols over wide area using a newly developed sensor combining a cloud mapper and a spectrometric LIF lidar

Sylvie Buteau, Jean-Robert Simard, Gilles Roy, Pierre Lahaie, Denis Nadeau, Pierre Mathieu

Proceedings Volume 8901, 890109 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2028681

KEYWORDS: Laser induced fluorescence, Clouds, Ultraviolet radiation, Sensors, Surveillance, Aerosols, LIDAR, Atmospheric particles, Standoff detection, Spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 13 October 2011 Paper

BioSense/SR-BioSpectra demonstrations of wide area/early warning for bioaerosol threats: program description and early test and evaluation results

Jean-Robert Simard, Sylvie Buteau, Pierre Lahaie, Pierre Mathieu, Gilles Roy, Denis Nadeau, John McFee, Jim Ho, Susan Rowsell, Nicolas Ho, François Babin, Daniel Cantin, Dave Healey, Jennifer Robinson, Scott Wood, Jack Hsu

Proceedings Volume 8189, 81890E (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.894631

KEYWORDS: LIDAR, Aerosols, Laser induced fluorescence, Clouds, Calibration, Defense and security, Scattering, Atmospheric modeling, Sensors, Surveillance

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Proceedings Article | 12 May 2011 Paper

Characterization of laser induced fluorescence from background aerosols in a maritime environment

Sylvie Buteau, Jean-Robert Simard, Denis Nadeau

Proceedings Volume 8018, 801803 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.886977

KEYWORDS: Laser induced fluorescence, Aerosols, Atmospheric particles, Humidity, Sensors, Signal detection, Climatology, LIDAR, Environmental sensing, Signal processing

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Proceedings Article | 12 October 2010 Paper

Bioaerosol standoff detection and correlation assessment with concentration and viability point sensors

Sylvie Buteau, Jean-Robert Simard, Susan Rowsell, Gilles Roy

Proceedings Volume 7838, 78380J (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.864685

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Clouds, Laser induced fluorescence, Atmospheric particles, Particles, Signal to noise ratio, Aerosols, Luminescence, LIDAR, Spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 5 May 2010 Paper

Short-range lidar for bioagent detection and classification

Nicolas Hô, Frédéric Émond, François Babin, Dave Healy, Jean-Robert Simard, Sylvie Buteau, John McFee

Proceedings Volume 7665, 76650A (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.849722

KEYWORDS: Luminescence, Prototyping, Sensors, Aerosols, Databases, LIDAR, Head, Surveillance, Data acquisition, Pulsed laser operation

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2009 Paper

Bioaerosols standoff detection simultaneously refereed with particle concentration (ppl) and viability units (ACPLA)

Sylvie Buteau, Jean-Robert Simard, Susan Rowsell

Proceedings Volume 7484, 748408 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.830360

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Clouds, Laser induced fluorescence, Aerosols, LIDAR, Atmospheric particles, Particles, Luminescence, Signal to noise ratio, Defense and security

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Proceedings Article | 25 September 2007 Paper

Spectrally resolved laser-induced fluorescence for bioaerosols standoff detection

Sylvie Buteau, Laurie Stadnyk, Susan Rowsell, Jean-Robert Simard, Jim Ho, Bernard Déry, John McFee

Proceedings Volume 6756, 675608 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.732389

KEYWORDS: Clouds, Laser induced fluorescence, Sensors, Aerosols, Atmospheric particles, Luminescence, Signal detection, Standoff detection, Defense and security, LIDAR

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An efficient standoff biological warfare detection capability could become an important asset for both defence and security communities based on the increasing biological threat and the limits of the presently existing protection systems. Defence R&D Canada (DRDC) has developed, by the end of the 90s, a standoff bioaerosol sensor prototype based on intensified range-gated spectrometric detection of Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF). This LIDAR system named SINBAHD monitors the spectrally resolved LIF originating from inelastic interactions with bioaerosols present in atmospheric cells customizable in size and in range. SINBAHD has demonstrated the capability of near real-time detection and classification of bioaerosolized threats at multi-kilometre ranges. In spring 2005, DRDC has initiated the BioSense demonstration project, which combines the SINBAHD technology with a geo-referenced Near InfraRed (NIR) LIDAR cloud mapper. SINBAHD is now being used to acquire more signatures to add in the spectral library and also to optimize and test the new BioSense algorithm strategy. In September 2006, SINBAHD has participated in a two-week trial held at DRDC-Suffield where different open-air wet releases of live and killed bioagent simulants, growth media and obscurants were performed. An autoclave killing procedure was performed on two biological materials (Bacillus subtilis var globigii or BG, and Bacillus thuringiensis or Bt) before being aerosolized, disseminated and spectrally characterized with SINBAHD. The obtained results showed no significant impact of this killing process on their normalised spectral signature in comparison with their live counterparts. Correlation between the detection signals from SINBAHD, an array of slit samplers and a FLuorescent Aerosol Particle Sensor (C-FLAPS) was obtained and SINBAHD's sensitivity could then be estimated. At the 2006 trial, a detection limit of a few tens of Agent Containing Particles per Liter of Air (ACPLA) was obtained for a 15-m thick cloud of live BG located at a range of 400 m.

Proceedings Article | 26 April 2007 Paper

Compact chamber for the spectroscopic analysis of fluorescent aerosols

Bernard Déry, Jean-Robert Simard, Réal Vallée, Gilles Roy, Hugo Lavoie, Sylvie Buteau

Proceedings Volume 6554, 65540O (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.719599

KEYWORDS: Aerosols, LIDAR, Telescopes, Luminescence, Spectroscopy, Laser energy, Pulsed laser operation, Laser induced fluorescence, Sensors, Defense and security

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Proceedings Article | 25 October 2006 Paper

Bioaerosols laser-induced fluorescence provides specific robust signatures for standoff detection

Sylvie Buteau, Jean-Robert Simard, Bernard Déry, Gilles Roy, Pierre Lahaie, Pierre Mathieu, Jim Ho, John McFee

Proceedings Volume 6378, 637813 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.686010

KEYWORDS: Luminescence, Laser induced fluorescence, Signal detection, LIDAR, Aerosols, Sensors, Clouds, Standoff detection, Defense and security, Biological detection systems

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Proceedings Article | 5 November 2005 Paper

Standoff detection of natural bioaerosols by range-gated laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy

Sylvie Buteau, Jean-Robert Simard, Gilles Roy

Proceedings Volume 5995, 59950D (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.629604

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Aerosols, Laser induced fluorescence, Atmospheric optics, Spectroscopy, LIDAR, Luminescence, Atmospheric modeling, Calibration, Signal detection

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Proceedings Article | 9 December 2004 Paper

The Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite (NEOSSat)

Brad Wallace, Frank Pinkney, Robert Scott, Donald Bedard, Jim Rody, Martin Levesque, Sylvie Buteau, Tom Racey, Doug Burrell, Aaron Spaans, Alan Hildebrand

Proceedings Volume 5578, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.567077

KEYWORDS: Satellites, Asteroids, Sensors, Surveillance, Stars, Radar, Space operations, Charge-coupled devices, Sapphire, Defense and security

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Proceedings Article | 24 May 1999 Paper

Frequency modulation of Er-doped fiber lasers using a piezo-mounted fiber grating: prospect for distributed leak monitoring

Sylvie Buteau, Pierre Galarneau, Real Vallee

Proceedings Volume 3611, (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.349272

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Spectroscopy, Carbon monoxide, Chemical elements, Modulation, Sensors, Reflectivity, Frequency modulation, Output couplers, Laser spectroscopy

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Conference Committee Involvement (3)

Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNE) Sensing XVIII

11 April 2017 | Anaheim, CA, United States

Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNE) Sensing XVII

19 April 2016 | Baltimore, MD, United States

Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNE) Sensing XVI

21 April 2015 | Baltimore, MD, United States

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