Dr. Portia Banerjee

Dr. Portia Banerjee is a research engineer working with KBR at the Prognostic Community of Excellence (PCOE) of NASA Ames Research Center, CA. She earned her Bachelors of Technology degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from National Institute of Technology Durgapur, India and her Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Michigan State University, USA. She has been associated with nondestructive evaluation and prognostics research in automotive, avionics and energy system applications for over six years. Her research interests include statistical signal processing, image processing, data mining, uncertainty management and reliability analysis tailored towards diagnostic and prognostic applications in structures and autonomous systems. She is currently working on integrated health monitoring and risk assessment of unmanned aviation systems and rover testbeds. She is a member of the AIAA, IEEE, ASNT and PHM societies and the Executive Committee member of ASME NDE Diagnosis and Prognosis Division.