Background
This is my eighth year as an MSOE faculty member. Prior to joining MSOE I spent 3 years as a professor at Northern Illinois University.
Before joining the academic ranks I enjoyed a thirty
year career in the advanced technology industry spanning the military, industrial, commercial and consumer markets.
I have been involved in basic and applied research, product development, engineering management, and business management.
I have designed or been responsible for the design of over 250 integrated circuits and was responsible for more than $2B of integrated circuits on an annual basis.
I worked directly for Motorola, Harris Corporation, IBM and RCA and indirectly with
every major semiconductor company around the world.
Major Programs and Projects
- Motorola: Microtac, Startac, Droid, Razr
- Motorola: Iridium, Tablets, Set-top Boxes
- Motorola: 1st in the world 3G chipset
- Motorola: 1st in the world LTE chipset
- AMRAAM - Advance Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile
- BAT - Brilliant Anti-Tank Munitions System
- LATS - LWIR Advanced Technology Seeker
General Technology Expertise
- Integrated Circuit (IC) Design
- IC Process Technology
- Computer System Architecture
- Wireless System Architecture
- Embedded Systems (HW and SW)
- FPGA Development
- System-On-a-Chip (SoC) Development
IC Specific Technology Expertise
- Bipolar (JI \& DI), NMOS, CMOS, BiCMOS
- Analog, Mixed Signal, Digital (IIL, TTL, ECL, NMOS, CMOS)
- Low Power, Sub-threshold
- Sampled Data (switched capacitor)
- Radiation Hardened
- Low Temperature (77K = -321.07 °F)
- RF, IF, Baseband, Power Management
- Microcontrollers, Microprocessors, Multi-Processors, DSP, FPGA
Odds and Ends (Misc things I've done over the years)
