Bruce Mckee Email & Phone Number

Ithaca, Ny, Us

Ithaca, Ny, Us

*Manage and maintain Phonetics Laboratory and Computational Linguistics Lab Linux servers, as well as Sound Booth and laboratory PCs, audio equipment.*Manage and publicize campus-wide access to Cornell University's database of Linguistics Data Consortium language corpora.*Develop MATLAB Graphical User Interface-based signal analysis software for linguistics speech analysis, and maintain that software under Git configuration management. *Install, configure, and maintain Apache servers and their CMS (Drupal) and CQPweb applications in the Computational Linguistics Laboratory and the Phonetics Laboratory. *Planned, shot, and edited lab experiment videos for a faculty submission to a new multi-media academic journal. *Researched and characterized MRI-safe microphones for use in Cornell’s 3T MRI machine, and developed algorithms for removing MRI noise from audio recordings. *Characterized run-time characteristics of fMRI analysis code running on the Cornell Red Cloud Cluster*Maintain & update the Phonetics Laboratory web page, and support faculty, staff, and graduate students in their everyday work.*Help graduate and undergraduate students with Windows, MacOSX, and Linux-related problems.

Took Cornell courses as a Continuing student to broaden my technical skills in computer science and statistics. Courses taken thus far include:CS 1110 - Introductory Computing Using PythonINFO SCI 1300 - Introductory Design & Programming for the Web (front-end design with HTML, CSS, & Javascript)INFO SCI 2300 - Intermediate Design & programming for the Web (Back-End design with PHP & SQLite)STSCI 2100 - Introductory StatisticsSTSCI 2110 - Statistical Methods for the Social SciencesSTSCI 4030 - Linear Models with MatricesSTSCI 4110 - Categorical VariablesSTSCI 4140 - Applied DesignSTSCI 4780 - Bayesian Data Analysis

*Developed a graphical touch-screen controller for a pressurized carbon dioxide ice cream machine.*In consultation with the Principle Investigator and Project Engineer, evaluated Single Board Computers (SBCs) & developed a GUI (Graphical User Interface) specification.*Wrote all control software for a BeagleBone Black SBC using PyQt & Python running under Debian Linux.*Worked with the Project Engineer on interfacing the BeagleBone with: -An off-the-shelf pressure controller/sensor via an RS-232 connection-Temperature sensors via the BeagleBone's A/D interfaces and third-party interface boards-I2C-controlled solenoids that turned heaters on/off*Worked with the Project Engineer on developing and testing process control algorithms.*Prepared detailed documentation on the specification; reasons behind design choices; and the revised GUI specification.*The controller and the ice cream machine have been working flawlessly since June, 2019

*Scripted, produced, shot, and edited a process tutorial video for the manufacturer of a new dry-film photolithographic film material. All video was shot on location in the Cornell Nanoscale Facility. *Created biocompatible microfabricated flex circuits for the Boston Retinal Implant Project. Projects involved: -CAD (Mentor Graphics, LinkCAD, AutoCAD); -Contact lithography with Karl Suss MA6 and ABM contact aligners; -Thermal and sputtered metal deposition; -Gold electroplating; -E-beam and thermal evaporation of aluminum, titanium, chromium, and gold; -Ion beam milling; -Parylene deposition & laser cutting; -Oxygen plasma etching -Optical, SEM, profilometer, and 4-point electrical measurements on samples.

Video producer, educator, and voice-over artist - project highlights include: *Produced, edited, and wrote/performed voice overs for a series of General Chemistry Safety Training Videos for the Cornell Nanoscale Facility. *Scripted, produced, shot, and edited product video for DJ Devcorp (now DJ Microlaminates). *Developed program announcement and software training videos for TST-BOCES School Library System. *Authored & conducted video production courses for teachers and non-profit agencies. *Produced Public Service Announcements, Documentaries, and TV shows as a volunteer Certified Video Producer at Ithaca's PEGASYS Public Access Station.

Researched and designed biomedical ultrasound blood flow measurement devices that met 9001 standards, wrote NIH SBIR proposals that brought in >$2 million in R&D grant funding. This allowed development of three different biomedical/medical flow measurement technologies that are now in commercial production, and two other human-use flow measurement technologies currently in development.

Developed innovative new technology for in-situ damage detection, and wrote or co-authored NASA and DOD SBIR proposals that lead to > $2.5Million in R&D funding. Research projects included developing MATLAB-based signal pattern recognition software for analyzing damage induced changes to aircraft modal vibrations; eddy current and Magnetic sensors for detecting damage in underground fuel storage tanks; and crack-detecting electromagnetic sensors that could be embedded into aircraft fasteners and aircraft jet engine parts.

Atlanta, Georgia , Us

Completed course work towards PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, with a concentration on signal and image processing, pattern recognition, systems, controls, and electroacoustics.

Wrote Unix image display/analysis software for engineering workstations in C/X-Windows/ Sunview. Supported image-based pattern recognition algorithm development and developed image feature extraction algorithms for a proprietary SIMD parallel processing computer. Supervised R&D projects in automated one-dimensional signal detection & analysis.

Developed image-processing algorithms for LANDSAT data processing. Performed analysis and communications-link monte carlo simulations for communications satellites.

Taught undergraduate electrical engineering courses (Signals and Systems, Communications) at Villanova's night school.

Bs, Ba, Engineering & Liberal Arts

Ms, Electrical Engineering

Continuing Education In Statistics, Statistics