Argonne National Laboratory

Alexander Heifetz

Principal Electrical Engineer

Biography

Alexander Heifetz is a Principal Electrical Engineer with Nuclear Science and Engineering (NSE) Division. He received BS in Applied Math and Engineering Science, MS in Physics, and PhD in Electrical Engineering, all from Northwestern University. Dr. Heifetz first joined Argonne as Director’s Postdoctoral Fellow. His current research is on non-destructive evaluation of additively manufactured metals and concrete, machine learning for thermal hydraulic sensing, and development of advanced sensors for high temperature molten salt. Dr. Heifetz has published over 70 journal and conference proceedings papers, and has three granted US patents. He shared the Best Paper Awards at the 2019 and 2020 IEEE International Conferences on Electro/Information Technology (EIT). Dr. Heifetz is a member of Northwestern Argonne Institute for Science and Engineering (NAISE), and he is an Adjunct Professor with the Civil, Materials and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. X. Zhang, J. Saniie, A. Heifetz, ​“Detection of defects in additively manufactured stainless steel 316L with compact infrared camera and machine learning algorithms,” JOM 72(12), 4244-4253 (2020).
  2. X. Zhang, J. Saniie, W. Cleary, A. Heifetz, ​“Quality control of additively manufactured metallic structures with machine learning of thermography images,” JOM 72(12), 4682-4694 (2020).
  3. A. Heifetz, D. Shribak, X. Zhang, J. Saniie, Z.L. Fisher, T. Liu, J.G. Sun, T. Elmer, S. Bakhtiari, W. Cleary, ​“Thermal Tomography 3D Imaging of Additively Manufactured Metallic Structures,” AIP Advances 10(10), 105318 (2020).
  4. A. Heifetz, M. Strow, Y. Liu, P. Bevington, P. Zapol, S. Bakhtiari, A. Bentivegna, ​“Monitoring of dielectric permittivity in accelerated alkali-silica reaction concrete with microwave backscattering,” Materials and Structures 53(5), 1-11 (2020).
  5. A. Heifetz, D. Shribak, X. Huang, B. Wang, J. Saniie, R. Poncirolli, E.R. Koehl, S. Bakhtiari, R.B. Vilim, ​“Transmission of images on high-temperature nuclear-grade metallic pipe with ultrasonic elastic waves,” Nuclear Technology, 1-13 (2020).
  6. A. Heifetz, D. Shribak, X. Huang, B. Wang, J. Saniie, J. Young, S. Bakhtiari, R. Vilim, ​“Transmission of Images with Ultrasonic Elastic Shear Waves on a Metallic Pipe using Amplitude Shift Keying Protocol,” IEEE Transactions in Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control 67(6), 1192-1200 (2020).
  7. S. Bakhtiari, H-T Chien, A. Heifetz and T. W. Elmer, ​“Nondestructive testing research and development efforts at Argonne National Laboratory—An overview,” Materials Evaluation 76 (7), 911-920 (2018).
  8. A. Heifetz and R.B. Vilim, ​“Eigendecomposition model of resistance temperature detector with applications to S-CO2 cycle sensing,” Nuclear Engineering and Design 311, 60-68 (2017).
  9. Z. Zhou, J. Yablon, M. Zhou, Y. Wang, A. Heifetz, M.S. Shahriar, ​“Modeling and analysis of an ultra-stable subluminal laser,” Optics Communications 358, 6-19 (2016).
  10. A. Heifetz and R.B. Vilim, ​“Turbine bypass, mass inventory, and mixed-mode generator power control of S-CO2 recompression cycle,” Nuclear Technology (2015).
  11. E.-W. Bai, A. Heifetz, P. Raptis, S. Dasgupta, R. Mudumbai, ​“Maximum likelihood localization of radioactive sources against a highly fluctuating background,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 62(6), 3274-3282 (2015).
  12. M. Weinstein, A. Heifetz, R. Klann, ​“Detection of nuclear sources in search survey using dynamic quantum clustering of gamma-ray spectral data,” European Physical Journal Plus 129 (11), 239 (2014).
  13. M. Alamaniotis, A. Heifetz, A.C. Raptis, L.H. Tsoukalas, ​“Fuzzy-logic radioisotope identifier for gamma spectroscopy in source search,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 60(4), 3014-3024 (2013).
  14. R.B. Vilim, Y.S. Park, A. Heifetz, W. Pu, S. Passerini, A. Grelle, ​“Monitoring and diagnosis of equipment faults,” Nuclear Engineering International 58, 24 (2013).
  15. N. Gopalsami, S. Liao, T.W. Elmer, E.R. Koehl, A. Heifetz, A.C. Raptis, ​“Passive millimeter-wave imaging with compressive sensing,” Optical Engineering 51 (9), 091614-1-091614-9 (2012).
  16. S. Liao, N. Gopalsami, T.W. Elmer, E.R. Koehl, A. Heifetz, K, Avers, E. Dieckman, A.C. Raptis, ​“Passive millimeter-wave dual-polarization imagers,” IEEE Transactions on Intrumentation and Measurement 61(7), 2042 (2012).
  17. S. Liao, N. Gopalsami, E. R. Koehl, T. W. Elmer, A. Heifetz, H.-T. Chien, A.C. Raptis, ​“Nuclear radiation-induced atmospheric air breakdown in a spark gap,” IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 40(4), 990-994 (2012).
  18. S. Liao, N. Gopalsami, A. Heifetz, T.W. Elmer, P. Fiflis, E.R. Koehl, H.T. Chien, A.C. Raptis, ​“Microwave remote sensing of ionized air,” IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters 8 (4), 617-620 (2011).
  19. X. Liu, S.C. Tseng, R. Tripathi, A. Heifetz, S. Krishnamurthy, M.S. Shahriar,” White light interferometric detection of unpolarized light for complete Stokesmetric optical coherence tomography,” Optics Communications 284(14), 3497-3503 (2011).
  20. S. Liao, N. Gopalsami, A. Venugopal, A. Heifetz, A.C. Raptis, ​“An efficient iterative algorithm for computation of scattering from dielectric objects,” Optics Express 19(4), 3304-3315 (2011).
  21. A. Heifetz, H.T. Chien, S. Liao, N. Gopalsami, A.C. Raptis, ​“Millimeter-wave scattering from neutral and charged water droplets,” Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 111 (17), 2550-2557 (2010).
  22. A. Heifetz, S.C. Kong, A.V. Sahakian, A. Taflove, V. Backman, ​“Photonic nanojets,” Journal of computational and theoretical nanoscience 6 (9), 1979 (2009).
  23. N. Gopalsami, H.T. Chien, A. Heifetz, E.R. Koehl, A.C. Raptis, ​“Millimeter wave detection of nuclear radiation: An alternative detection mechanism,” Review of Scientific Instruments 80(8), 084702 (2009).
  24. A. Heifetz, J.T. Shen, M.S. Shahriar, ​“A simple method for Bragg diffraction in volume holographic gratings,” American Journal of Physics 77(7), 623-628 (2009).
  25.  X. Liu, A. Heifetz, S.C. Tseng, M.S. Shahriar, ​“High-speed inline holographic Stokesmeter imaging,” Applied Optics 48(19), 3803-3808 (2009).
  26. H. Subramanian, P. Pradhan, Y. Liu, I.R. Capoglu, X. Li, J.D. Rogers, A. Heifetz, D. Kunte, H.K. Roy, A. Taflove, V. Backman, ​“Optical methodology for detecting histologically unapparent nanoscale consequences of genetic alterations in biological cells,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105(51), 20118-20123 (2008).
  27. S.C. Kong, A.V. Sahakian, A. Heifetz, A. Taflove, V. Backman, ​“Robust detection of deeply subwavelength pits in simulated optical data-storage disks using photonic jets,” Applied Physics Letters 92(21), 211102 (2008).
  28. A. Heifetz, J.T. Shen, S.C. Tseng, G.S. Pati, J.K Lee, M.S. Shahriar, ​“Angular directivity of diffracted wave in Bragg-mismatched readout of volume holographic gratings,” Optics Communications 280 (2), 311-316 (2007).
  29. A. Heifetz, J.J. Simpson, S.C. Kong, A. Taflove, V. Backman, ​“Subdiffraction optical resolution of a gold nanosphere located within the nanojet of a Mie-resonant dielectric microsphere,” Optics Express 15 (25), 17334-17342 (2007).
  30. A. Heifetz, K. Huang, A.V. Sahakian, X. Li, A. Taflove, V. Backman, ​“Experimental confirmation of backscattering enhancement induced by a photonic jet,” Applied Physics Letters 89(22), 221118 (2006).
  31. A. Heifetz, G.S. Pati, J.T. Shen, J.K. Lee, M.S. Shahriar, C. Phan, M. Yamamoto, ​“Shift-invariant real-time edge-enhanced VanderLugt correlator using video-rate compatible photorefractive polymer,” Applied Optics 45 (24), 6148-6153 (2006).
  32. J.K. Lee, J.T. Shen, A. Heifetz, R. Tripathi, M.S. Shahriar, ​“Demonstration of a thick holographic Stokesmeter,” Optics Communications 259(2), 484-487 (2006).
  33. A. Heifetz, J.T. Shen, J.-Kwon Lee, R. Tripathi, M.S. Shahriar, ​“Translation-invariant object recognition system using an optical correlator and a super-parallel holographic random access memory,” Optical Engineering 45(2), 025201 (2006).
  34. H.N. Yum, P.R. Hemmer, A. Heifetz, J.T. Shen, J.-K. Lee, R. Tripathi, M. S. Shahriar, ​“Demonstration of a multiwave coherent holographic beam combiner in a polymeric substrate,” Optics Letters 30(22), 3012-3014 (2005).
  35. M.S. Shahriar, J.T. Shen, M.A. Hall, R. Tripathi, J.K. Lee, A. Heifetz, ​“Highly polarization-sensitive thick gratings for a holographic Stokesmeter,” Optics Communications 245(1-6), 67-73 (2005).
  36. A. Heifetz, L.R. Ritter, W.E. Olmstead, V.A. Volpert, ​“A numerical analysis of polymerization waves,” Mathematical and Computer Modeling 41(2-3), 271-285 (2005).
  37. K. Rivkin, A. Heifetz, P.R. Sievert, J.B. Ketterson, ​“Resonant modes in dipole-coupled lattices,” Physical Review B 70(18), 184410 (2004).
  38. A. Heifetz, A. Agarwal, G.C. Cardoso, V. Gopal, P. Kumar, M.S. Shahriar, ​“Super-efficient absorption filter for quantum memory using atomic ensembles in a vapor,” Optics Communications 232 (1-6), 289-293 (2004).

CONFERENCE PAPERS

  1. A. Heifetz, D. Shribak, Z. Fisher, W. Cleary, ​“Detection of defects in additively manufactured metals using thermal tomography,” Proceedings of TMS 2021 Annual Meeting (2021).
  2. B. Wang, J. Saniie, S. Bakhtiari, A. Heifetz, ​“Ultrasonic Communication in Solid Channels using OFDM,” Proceedings of 2020 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 1-3 (2020).
  3. X. Huang, J. Saniie, S. Bakhtiari, A. Heifetz, ​“Performance Evaluation of High-Temperature Ultrasonic Communication System,” Proceedings of 2020 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 1-3 (2020).
  4. X. Huang, J. Saniie, S. Bakhtiari, A. Heifetz, ​“Software-Defined Ultrasonic Communication System Based on Time-reversal Signal Processing,” Proceedings of 2020 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 1-4 (2020).
  5. X. Zhang, J. Saniie, A. Heifetz, ​“Neural Learning Based Blind Source Separation for Detection of Material Defects in Pulsed Thermography Images,” Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Electro-Information Conference (EIT), 112-116 (2020). (Best Paper Award)
  6. X. Huang, J. Saniie, S. Bakhtiari, A. Heifetz, ​“Contoured PPM-EMAT Design for Ultrasonic Communication on Metallic Pipe Channels,” Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Electro-Information Conference (EIT), 206-210 (2020).
  7. A. Cabral, S. Bakhtiari, T.W. Elmer, A. Heifetz, D. Lisowski, L.B. Carasik, ​“Measurement of Flow in a Mixing Tee Using Ultrasound Doppler Velocimetry for Opaque Fluids,” Transactions of the American Nuclear Society 121(1), 1643-1645 (2019).
  8. A. Heifetz, X. Huang, D. Shribak, S. Bakhtiari, J. Saniie, R. Vilim, ​“Communication in a Nuclear Facility with Elastic Waves Excited with Ultrasonic LiNbO3 Transducers on Pipes,” Transactions of the American Nuclear Society 121(1), 508-510 (2019).
  9. A. Heifetz, J.G. Sun, D. Shribak, T. Liu, T.W. Elmer, P. Kozak, S. Bakhtiari, B. Khaykovich, W. Cleary, ​“Pulsed Thermal Tomography Nondestructive Evaluation of Additively Manufactured Reactor Structural Materials,” Transactions of the American Nuclear Society 121(1), 589-591 (2019).
  10. X. Huang, J. Saniie, S. Bakhtiari, A. Heifetz, ​“Time reversal signal processing for ultrasonic communication through metal channels,” Proceedings of 2019 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 623-626 (2019).
  11. X. Huang, J. Saniie, S. Bakhtiari, A. Heifetz, ​“Pulse shaping and matched filters for EMAT communication system,” Proceedings of 2019 IEEE International Conference on Electro-Information Technology (EIT), 1-4 (2019). (Best Paper Award)
  12. B. Wang, J. Saniie, S. Bakhtiari, A. Heifetz, ​“Ultrasonic communication systems for data transmission,” Proceedings of 2019 IEEE International Conference on Electro-Information Technology (EIT), 1-4 (2019).
  13. A. Heifetz, X. Huang, R. Ponciroli, S. Bakhtiari, R. Vilim, J. Saniie, ​“Transmission of Information Using Elastic Waves on Metal Pipes in Nuclear Facilities,” Proceedings of Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control, and Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2019), Pages 49-58, (2019).
  14. X. Huang, J. Saniie, S. Bakhtiari, A. Heifetz, ​“Ultrasonic communication system design using electromagnetic acoustic transducer,” Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 1-4 (2018).
  15. B. Wang, J. Saniie, S. Bakhtiari, A. Heifetz, ​“Software defined ultrasonic system for communication through solid structures,” Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology (EIT), 0267-0270 (2018).
  16. X. Huang, J. Saniie, S. Bakhtiari, A. Heifetz ​“Applying EMAT for ultrasonic communication through steel plates and pipes,” Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology (EIT), 0379-0383 (2018).
  17. A. Heifetz, S. Bakhtiari, N. Gopalsami, T.W. Elmer, S. Mukherjee, ​“Long-range monostatic remote sensing of geomaterial structure weak vibrations,” AIP Conference Proceedings 1949 (1), 030004 (2018).
  18. S. Bakhtiari, T. Gonnot, T. Elmer, H.T. Chien, D. Engel, E. Koehl, A. Heifetz, ​“Evaluation of microwave cavity gas sensor for in-vessel monitoring of dry cask storage systems,” AIP Conference Proceedings 1949 (1), 110004 (2018).
  19. B Wang, J Saniie, S Bakhtiari, A Heifetz, ​“Architecture of an ultrasonic experimental platform for information transmission through solids,” Proceedings of 2017 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 1-4 (2017).
  20. A. Heifetz, S. Bakhtiari, J. Lu, I.S. Aranson, V.M. Vinokur, A.F. Bentivegna, ​“Development of microwave and impedance spectroscopy methods for in-situ nondestructive evaluation of alkali silica reaction in concrete,” AIP Conference Proceedings 1806 (1), 120003 (2017).
  21. A. Heifetz, S. Bakhtiari, J. Lu, A. Bentivegna, Nondestructive evaluation of alkali-silica reaction in high-strength concrete for aging structures sustainability,” Transactions of the American Nuclear Society 116, 453-456 (2017).
  22. A. Heifetz, S. Bakhtiari, H.T. Chien, K. Prozument, S.K. Gray, R.M. Williams,”Finite-Difference Time-Domain modeling of Free Induction Decay signal in chirped pulse millimeter wave spectroscopy,” 71st International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Urbana, IL (2016).
  23. M. Alamaniotis, A. Heifetz, A.C. Raptis, L.H. Tsoukalas, ​“Background spectrum estimation for low count spectra using kernel-modeled Gaussian processes,” Transactions of the American Nuclear Society 106, 273-274 (2012).
  24. N. Gopalsami, S. Liao, T. Elmer, A. Heifetz, A.C. Raptis, ​“Compressive sampling in active and passive millimeter-wave imaging,” 2011 International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, 1-2 (2011).
  25. N. Gopalsami, T.W. Elmer, S. Liao, R. Ahern, A. Heifetz, A.C. Raptis, M. Luessi, D. Babacan, A.K. Katsaggelos, ​“Compressive sampling in passive millimeter-wave imaging,” Passive Millimeter-Wave Imaging Technology XIV, SPIE 8022, 80220I (2011).
  26. N. Gopalsami, S. Liao, E.R. Koehl, T.W. Elmer, A. Heifetz, H.-T. Chien, A.C. Raptis, ​“Passive millimeter wave imaging and spectroscopy system for terrestrial remote sensing,” Passive Millimeter-Wave Imaging Technology XIII, SPIE 7670, 767003 (2010).
  27. N. Gopalsami, A. Heifetz, H.T. Chien, A.C. Raptis, ​“Terahertz subwavelength structures for sensing and NDE,” AIP Conference Proceedings 1211, 557-563 (2010).
  28. M.S. Shahriar, X. Liu, S. Tseng, A. Heifetz, ​“Heterodyned optical coherence tomography for complete Stokesmetric imaging,” Frontiers in Optics, FThQ7 (2008).
  29. A. Heifetz, S.C. Tseng, M.S. Shahriar, ​“An inline automated Stokesmeter,” 2008 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science (QELS), 1-2 (2008).
  30. P. Pradhan, V. Turzhitsky, A. Heifetz, D. Damania, H. Subramanian, H.K. Roy, and V. Backman, ​“Measurement of optical disorder strength due to the nanoscale refractive index fluctuations of tissues/cells: Inverse Participation Ratio (IPR) analysis of Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) images,” Biomedical Optics, PDPBTuF5 (2008).
  31. P. Pradhan, V. Turzhitsky, H. Subramanian, A Heifetz, D. Damania, J.L. Hoogheem, M.J. Jung, H.K. Roy, V Backman, ​“Inverse Participation Ratio (IPR) analysis of Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) images: Quantification of optical disorder strength due to nanoscale refractive index fluctuations of tissues/cells, APS Meeting Abstracts (2008).
  32. J.T. Shen, J.-K. Lee, A. Heifetz, G. S Pati, R. Tripathi, J. Donoghue, S. Tseng, M. S. Shahriar, ​“Poly (Methyl Methacrylate)-based material for thick holographic memory plates and ultra-narrow filters,” Frontiers in Optics, FTuJ4 (2005).
  33. J.K. Lee, J.T. Shen, A. Heifetz, R. Tripathi, M.S. Shahriar, ​“Spectrally scanned polarimetric imaging using a thick holographic Stokesmeter,” Frontiers in Optics, FTuZ5 (2005).
  34. M.S. Shahriar, J.-K. Lee, J.T. Shen, A. Heifetz, R. Tripathi, ​“Demonstration of a thick holographic Stokesmeter,” Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CFP3 (2005).
  35. M.S. Shahriar, J.T. Shen, R. Tripathi, J.K. Lee, A. Heifetz, ​“Spatio-angular parallelism in a holographic correlator and random access memory,” Frontiers in Optics, FWC7 (2004).
  36. MS Shahriar, JT Shen, JK Lee, R Tripathi, A Heifetz, ​“Holographic Stokesmeter utilizing the polarization dependency of thick holographic substrates,” Frontiers in Optics, FWT6 (2004).
  37. A. Heifetz, P.R. Sievert, J.B. Ketterson, ​“Dipolar modes of discrete assemblies of spins,” APS Meeting Abstracts, W16. 009 (2002).

PATENTS

  1. R.B. Vilim and A. Heifetz, ​“Transient multivariable sensor evaluation,” granted US Patent 9,574,903 (2017).
  2. N. Gopalsami, A. Heifetz, H.T. Chien, S. Liao, E.R. Koehl, A.C. Raptis, ​“Radar detection of radiation-induced ionization in air,” granted US Patent 9,086,487 (2015).
  3. N. Gopalsami, S. Liao, T.W. Elmer, E.R. Koehl, A. Heifetz, A.C. Raptis, Compressive passive millimeter wave imager, granted US Patent 8,941,061 (2015).