Now retired, Mr. Gilbert received the B. in electrical engineering with a minor in magnetic material science from the University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio in 1985 and the M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin in 1987. Master's thesis: "A PC-based Time Delay Spectrometry System."Formerly a Technical Fellow with Medtronic, Boulder, Colorado where he worked in the R&D Engineering group designing and developing surgical devices from 2006 to 2015, Mr. Gilbert returned to his role as a consultant for 7 more years before retiring. Prior to Medtronic he worked on a variety of research and development projects including Electro-Motive Division of General Motors on advanced A.C. traction motor control, Digisonix, LLC formerly of Cummins Engine Company on active noise cancellation and adaptive control systems, and as an independent consultant on adaptive hybrids, ultrasonic medical devices, electrophysiology devices, ultra-high-end audio signal processors, and mass flow sensors.A senior member of the IEEE Circuits and Systems, Instrumentation and Measurement, Signal Processing, and Engineering in Medicine and Biology Societies and a former long-time member of the Audio Engineering Society.Specialties: Analog and digital signal processing, power electronics, systems modeling