Meet the Team
Jeff Webb
Technical Leader
Kitware North Carolina
Carrboro, NC
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Rochester Institute of Technology
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Rochester Institute of Technology
Jeff Webb is a technical leader on Kitware’s Computer Vision Team in Carrboro, North Carolina. He has extensive experience developing and integrating technologies for defense and healthcare applications. His work spans perception systems, cyberphysical integration, computational physiology, modeling and simulation, and human-machine interfaces. He leads multidisciplinary research and development programs, guiding projects from initial concepts through implementation, testing, and deployment.
Jeff’s computer vision work focuses on electro-optical, infrared, and event-based sensing for small-target detection and tracking, hostile-fire detection, infrared search and track, and missile seeker applications. He leads efforts in sensor characterization, real-time processing, and deploying AI and machine learning on edge devices. His experience includes integrating sensor systems, evaluating performance, and conducting laboratory and field testing. He serves or has served as principal investigator for multiple government-funded programs advancing sensing, detection, and tracking technologies.
Jeff is also a core developer and maintainer of the open-source Pulse Physiology Engine. He develops models of human physiology, injuries, treatments, and medical devices to support research, medical training, and simulation-based device evaluation. He leads integrations of Pulse with medical hardware and external software, including hardware-in-the-loop systems that support the development and testing of closed-loop control algorithms. He serves or has served as principal investigator for numerous computational physiology programs.
Jeff holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology, where he focused on robotics and electromechanical systems. He is a Certified Scrum Master with experience managing commercial collaborations and large government-funded research programs.
Professional Associations & Service
American Association for Respiratory Care
American Physiological Society
Society for Simulation in Healthcare
Publications
- J. Webb, A. Bray, and R. Clipp, "Design and Implementation of a Generic Circuit Solver for Physiological Lumped-Parameter Modeling," in Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference, 2023. [URL]
- S. Snarski and J. Webb, "Design Considerations for Staring Infrared Search and Track Projectile Tracking Systems," in SENSOR SYSTEM DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT, 2023. [URL]
- J. Webb, J. VanPelt, E. Veenhuis, and S. Snarski, "Development and Analysis of the PitViper Infrared Projectile Tracking System for Direct and Indirect Fire Applications," in TARGETS, BACKGROUNDS, AND DISCRIMINATION, 2023. [URL]
- S. Snarski, R. Barnes, N. Khan, J. Baker, and J. Webb, "Infrared search and track (IRST) for long-range, wide-area detect and avoid (DAA) on small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS)," in Autonomous Systems: Sensors, Processing and Security for Ground, Air, Sea and Space Vehicles and Infrastructure, 2022. [URL]
- J. Webb, A. Bray, H. Scheirich, J. VanPelt, R. Clipp, J. Gerard, and S. Frembgen, "IMPLEMENTATION OF A DYNAMIC AND EXTENSIBLE MECHANICAL VENTILATOR MODEL FOR REAL-TIME PHYSIOLOGICAL SIMULATION," in ANNSIM, 2022. [URL]
- S. Harrison, A. Bulysheva, B. Newman, M. Audette, R. Clipp, J. Webb, and M. Mitchum, "INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY-COUPLED PILOT-CENTERED FLIGHT SIMULATION," in ANNSIM, 2022. [URL]
- R. Clipp, A. Bray, B. Feiger, M. Qureshi, and J. Webb, "Recent Advances in the Pulse Physiology Engine," in SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, 2021. [URL]
- R. Clipp, A. Bray, and J. Webb, "Recent Improvements to Hemorrhage Modeling in Full-Body Physiology Simulation," in Technical Proceedings of the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, 2021. [URL]
- M. Audettea, S. Harrison, M. Frazier, N. Watkins, A. Tinelli, P. Clark, K. Neale, J. Webb, A. Bray, A. Bulysheva, B. Newman, and R. Clipp, "Toward a Coupled Integrative Physiology-Flight-OBOGS Simulation for the Analysis and Mitigation of Hypoxic Events in Fighter Aircraft," in Military Health System Research Symposium, 2021.
- J. Webb, A. Bray, P. Asare, R. Clipp, Y. Mehta, S. Penupolu, and A. Patel, "Computational simulation to assess patient safety of uncompensated COVID-19 two-patient ventilator sharing using the Pulse Physiology Engine," PLoS ONE, Nov. 2020. [URL]
- J. Webb, A. Bray, and R. Clipp, "Parameterization of Respiratory Physiology and Pathophysiology for Real-Time Simulation," in 42nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2020.
- R. Clipp, A. Bray, and J. Webb, "An Integrated Model for Hemorrhagic Shock and Fluid Resuscitation," in Military Health System Research Symposium, 2020.
- A. Bray, J. Webb, A. Enquobahrie, J. Vicory, J. Heneghan, R. Hubal, S. TerMaath, P. Asare, and R. Clipp, "Pulse Physiology Engine: an Open-Source Software Platform for Computational Modeling of Human Medical Simulation," SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine, Mar. 2019. [URL]
- L. Potter, S. Arikatla, A. Bray, J. Webb, and A. Enquobahrie, "Physiology informed virtual surgical planning: a case study with a virtual airway surgical planner and BioGears," in SPIE Medical Imaging, 2017. [URL]
- R. Clipp, A. Bray, R. Metoyer, M. Thames, and J. Webb, "Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic modeling in BioGears," in Proceedings of the International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2016. [URL]
- M. Thames, J. Webb, R. Clipp, J. Carter, Z. Swarm, R. Metoyer, A. Bray, and D. Byrd, "Dynamic response to heat gain and heat loss in the biogears engine," in Proceedings of the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference, 2016.
- Z. Swarm, J. Webb, R. Clipp, J. Carter, M. Thames, and R. Metoyer, "Modeling renal behavior and control in biogears," in Proceedings of the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference, 2016.
- R. Metoyer, B. Bergeron, R. Clipp, J. Webb, M. Thames, Z. Swarm, J. Carter, Y. Gebremichael, and J. Heneghan, "Multiscale Simulation of Insults and Interventions: The BioGears Showcase Scenarios," in Proceedings of the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference, 2016.
- R. Clipp, A. Bray, R. Metoyer, M. Thames, and J. Webb, "Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic modeling in biogears," in Proceedings of the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference, 2016.
- R. Clipp, M. Thames, J. Webb, R. Metoyer, Z. Swarm, and J. Carter, "Integration of a baroreflex model into a whole body physiology engine," in Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference, 2016.
- R. Metoyer, J. Carter, B. Bergeron, A. Baird, A. Bray, R. Clipp, M. Thames, and J. Webb, "A framework for multiscale physiology: towards individualized computer simulation," in Virtual Physiological Human Conference, 2016.
- Y. Gebremichael, R. Clipp, J. Webb, A. Bray, M. Thames, Z. Swarm, J. Carter, and J. Heneghan, "Integration of a spontaneous respiratory driver with blood gas feedback into biogears, an open-source, whole-body physiology model," in Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference, 2015.
- S. Snarski, J. Webb, C. Volpe, A. Menozzi, T. Sherrill, D. Hope, H. Towles, B. Young, C. Stutts, R. Steffes, J. Rittenhour, B. Fisk, R. Clipp, M. Bennett, B. Church, M. TerMaath, B. Kaminski, M. Forgione, J. Beighley, B. Judge, J. Mauger, A. Adams, and M. Larson, "Passive infrared projectile tracking and geolocation of low quadrant elevation (low qe) rockets and mortars: system development and test results," in Military Sensing Symposia Passive Sensors Conference, 2014.
- D. Roberts, A. Menozzi, J. Cook, T. Sherrill, S. Snarski, P. Russler, B. Clipp, R. Karl, E. Wenger, M. Bennett, J. Mauger, W. Church, H. Towles, S. MacCabe, J. Webb, J. Lupo, J. Frahm, E. Dunn, C. Leslie, and G. Welch, "Testing and evaluation of a wearable augmented reality system for natural outdoor environments," in SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2013. [URL]
- W. Walter, J. Webb, M. Smith, E. DeBartolo, M. Bailey, and G. Slack, "Redesigning A College Wide Multidisciplinary Engineering Design Program At Rit," in ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2007.
- J. Webb and W. Walter, "Exploration of a Hybrid Locomotion Robot," in ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, 2007.
