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Henniker, Nh

Adjunct Faculty teaching The Way of Science

Concord, Nh

Associate Professor of Math and Physics

Rindge, Nh

Adjunct faculty teaching math

Chestnut Hill, Ma

Performed signal and image analysis on hypertemporal datasets using Fourier transforms, wavelets, and principal component analysis. Primary languages used were IDL and Matlab.Developed celestial background programs to simulate the radiance and appearance of celestial objects in the visible and IR. Primary languages were Intel Visual Fortran/Visual Studio and IDL.

Nashua, Nh

At MRC, I worked on, and from 1996, was the Principal Investigator for, the Celestial Background Scene Descriptor (CBSD) program. The CBSD models are a set of FORTRAN codes that simulate the UV to infrared radiometric brightness of all celestial objects at the focal plane of a sensor. Modules include the contribution from the Zodiacal light (the solar system dust), stellar point sources modeled as both catalog objects and a statistical distribution of stars (log N – log S, distributions), HII regions, the Sun, Moon, the planets and their satellites, and the asteroids. CBSD is a component in both the SSGM and BEST simulation tools. The work was done under contract to the Air Force Research Lab with MDA funding.I also was program lead for the RAPTORS program, a decision aid that demonstrates the degradation of target signal-to-noise due to atmospheric and celestial backgrounds. Sponsored by the Air Force Research Lab RAPTORS was a distribution tool for the AFRL measurement data and atmospheric and celestial models as they relate to target detection.In addition I also wrote several proposals responding to BAAs and SBIR solicitations.I provided network support for the Nashua office, which included network architecture and Cisco PIX firewall and router programming running Cisco IOS.Worked on simulating satellite data downlinks to optimize data rates and minimize data loss under contract to Northrup-Grumman in Azusa. Primary languages were Matlab and C/C++.Principal investigator for an Army SBIR Phase I to create a user interface for the Army Research Lab’s COMBIC, combat aerosol program. Primary languages were C++ and Fortran.Developed software to analysis the IRAS satellite asteroid database, calculate asteroid orbits, and associate observations with known asteroids. Primary languages were Pascal and Fortran.

Brookline, Ma

At Ontar I worked on a variety of programs primarily funded under the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program, with contracts originating from the Army and Navy. These contracts involved image processing, model development, sensor analysis, and building user interfaces. I worked directly with the development and testing of models for atmospheric propagation, sea surface modeling, target modeling, first-principles cloud simulation and fractal-assisted terrain and cloud modeling. These models simulated clutter for IRST and FLIR sensors for algorithm development and testing, and one project was to simulate the response of seeker sensor while under operation. User-friendly interfaces provided access to software which integrated a variety of different models in a self-consistent and physically meaningful way. The image analysis contracts involved sub-pixel point source detection for IRST algorithm development (for the Navy), and detection/recognition of land vehicles and helicopters in FLIR imagery (for the Army). I also worked on a line of commercial software, initially called PCTRAN and later renamed to Oncore. The software provided DOS users a system to easily access and use the Phillips Lab codes LOWTRAN7 and MODTRAN. I was involved in developing the software interfaces and handling customer support.

Columbia, Md

At BDM, I did system design studies for the Department of Defense, which included wide area networks, security systems, state of the art computing evaluation, and sensor evaluation. I also was involved in several design projects including a compact digital data recorder (DARPA), an RF modem (commercial), and remote telescope position readout (University of Toledo). For these projects I did digital design work and the development of embedded operating systems. The programs were done in assembly and a cross compiler for an Intel 8051 microcontroller. The telescope readout was programmed directly into EEPROM.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics

Dissertation titled "Mapping Stellar Surface Features". As a graduate student at the University of Toledo, I studied the characteristics.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Physics

Starting sophomore year I was a teaching assistant for the physics department teaching astronomy and physics lab courses.