*    Patented, designed, built and tested prototype for selective glare reduction ocular.

*    Developed several white  paper concepts for ladar scene simulator design alternatives (ongoing).

*    Derived and wrote the requirements document for cockpit simulator used in a hardware-in-the-loop test facility.  Received letter of commendation.

*   Revealed new methods for spatial/temporal noise reduction in LCD and thermal imaging arrays.

*   Won funds for follow-up study after writing proposal on ultraviolet laser projector system for testing aircraft missile warning system.  Modeled atmospheric scattering phenomena and algorithms for same project.

*   Developed procedure for fast MTF testing of imaging sensors using slit-scan method with a digital signal analyzer and electronic worksheet.  Developed user-friendly PC software models, reduced analysis time 50%.

*   Led R & D project in optical signal and image processing.  Managed contract with university.  Increased throughput of optical correlator design by 30 times and identified new interface technology.

*   Led proposal development team in optoelectronics.  Combined small projects for industrial recovery brochure reporting, leading to estimated government grade increase of 25%.

*   Taught integrated optics part of company in-house course.  Taught calculus at community college (TCJC).

*   Consulted with Dallas Tan, Inc. as measurements advisor, prevented sale of equipment which would violate FDA regulations on tanning beds.

*   Designed/built erasable optical recording system using HeNe laser and bistable thin films (VO₂, etc.).  Investigated nonlinear optical films for laser optical power limiting.  Built a pilot production laboratory for holographic optical elements.

*   Obtained patent awards for several concepts arising from optical processing research. Performed experiments with laser-induced photorefraction for phase conjugation and pattern recognition.  

*   Discovered/published new applications for the liquid crystal light valve.

*   Determined the causes of catastrophic laser damage in a YAG laser range finder and in GaAs diode lasers.

*   Discovered causes of dielectric breakdown in thin films; operated thin film evaporation and sputtering equipment for associated studies

 

 

LUMITRONICS: Owner/consultant, established 1999

BAE SYSTEMS TECHNICAL SERVICES:  Technical advisor: Department of Simulation and Signatures

GENERAL DYNAMICS - FORT WORTH:  Engineering specialist in the Sensors, Processors and Displays Section of the Avionics Department (Company now Lockheed-Martin)

LTV MISSILES & ELECTRONICS:  Senior Scientist in the Research Department

US ARMY MISSILE COMMAND (Physical Sciences Lab):  Research Physicist for the Solid State and Physical Electronics Group

 

 

Twenty six publications in journals and some proceedings.  Eighteen invention disclosures (nine patented).  Scores of research/design white papers for government customer.  Elected Assc. member Sigma Xi, honorary research society; Graduate Research Award for physics (Auburn); NASA Fellowship Recipient.  Certificates of appreciation from the US Army Missile Command.  (See publications link above for specific listing)

 

 

Zemax optical design, MathCad, MatLab/Simulink, Excel, Power Point, Front Page Web design, Office/publication programs like Draw, Paint, Word.