Christopher G Lowrie Phone; 321-773-4792
Email; clwindsurf[at]aol.com
OBJECTIVE:
To provide over 15 years of research and design experience, to ensure new product development meets customer specifications and company profit goals.
EDUCATION:
Florida Tech. (F.I.T.); Melbourne Fl. Electrical and Computer Engineering PH.D Grad 12/07
Optoelectronics, Photonics and Electro optics, solid state devices, Nanotechnology, Quantum electronics, Signal processing, Electromagnetics.
Software skills; Matlab, fortran Simulink, ADS, LabView, Ansoft Maxwell electromagnetics
DePaul University M.S. Applied Physics 1994
Lasers, Fiber Optics, Thesis; Polarization switching in a Nd_Yag Laser
University of Illinois; BSEE, Electromagnetics 1981
Senior project; Microwave Phased Antenna Array using pin diode phase shifters and microstrip
PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE:
US Air Force- (civilan employee,) 6/2009- Present
Laser engineering research and Electro-Optical sensors development, High power lasers
Florida Tech (F.I.T.), Adjunct Prof., Physics Dept, teaching quantum mechanics class 2009
Electro Optics Imaging, Inc. , Melbourne, FL 2008
Senior Engineer, Image processing and tracking algorithm development, high power (kw) fiber laser spectral and coherent combiners, laser propagation thru turbulent atmosphere, white paper and proposal generation
F.I.T. Research Engineer, Part-time while in Ph.D. program 2006-07
Infarred antenna array with diode detection for power generation, novel tunneling diodes R&D
F.I.T. Center for Hydrogen Research, Part-time while in Ph.D. program 2005-06
Electro optics research lab work, Atomic Force Microscopy, developed a Optical hydrogen sensor, Laser processing of materials, nanocrystaline silicon LED and laser development
generation, Atomic force microscopy, Laser material processing, materials for Hydrogen storage
Soneticom, Melbourne Florida Part-time while in Ph.D. program 2004
Signal processing algorithms using Matlab code for a transmitter location systems using TDOA, receiver system test and debug.
F.I.T. / Boeing Corp contract: Part-time while in Ph.D. program 2002-2003
Signal processing algorithms for detecting and classifling signals of interest, Matlab.
Intersil Corp/Airnet, Inc. (formerly Harris Semiconductor) 1999-02
RF Communications Applications Engineer
• Signal Processing of Transceiver communications systems and simulation using Matlab.
• Responsible for base band thru I.F.receiver and transmitter design.
• Baseband to IF digital up and down converters (decimators & interpolators), DAC, ADC, Quadrature modulators used in wide bandwidth multicarrier transmitter and receiver design.
• Lead Systems Engineer responsible for a new Baseband Predistortion ASIC chip used in transmitter linearization for RF power amplifier linearization. AM-AM and AM-PM effects
• Computer modeling for ASIC design, involving Matlab simulation for system level ASIC hardware design. Applications support of ASIC chip sets for wireless communications product line. Technical business case support for new ASIC chip design.
• Baseband DSP digital filtering and modem design for wireless communications using matlab
Northwestern University; 1997-99
Electrical Engineering, fiber optics communications lab, Nonlinear optics, lasers
Northrop Grumman Corp, Rolling Meadows, (1982-1990) and again (1996-1997)
Software Engineer - Electronic Systems Advanced Technology Division
• System design and prototype test, RF thru baseband transceiver design. Modem design for a proposed OFDM system for the Army, budget links, channel fading models. RF tag system concept and prototype design.
• Electro-optic Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM); Focal plane array tracking system, performed system level computer modeling and simulation using Matlab.
National Semiconductor 1994-96
Sr. Applications Engineer - Wireless Communications; Strategic Business Unit
• RF Communication semiconductors for Cellular Wireless; Phase Locked Loop (PLL) design for TDMA and CDMA. DECT cordless phone chipset, LNA and mixer applications.
Technical Leader for Neural Network Signal Processing ASIC chip, in collaboration with Stanford University.
Motorola Corporation Schaumburg, IL. 1990-92
Senior Engineer - Commercial Land Mobile Div, R&D. QAM Digital Radio.
• Transmitter Linearization using quadrature feedback. Baseband through R.F. design and test.
Northrop Grumman, Rolling Meadows 1982-90
Senior Engineer - Electronic Systems Division
• Electron Microwave Device R&D
• Design and Product Development of Microwave devices.
• Project leader for several Microwave products.
• Developed and published results for a fast-wave amplifier (8,16,45Ghz) Peniotron. Large signal TWT linearization 6-18 Ghz involving electron beam to helix optimization for ultra broadband amplifier design.
• CFA crossed field electron gun design, for increased cathode efficiency and laminar electron flow.
• Orotron oscillator (94 Ghz) R&D, resonator and grating design and test.
• Responsible for device design, construction and testing of prototypes for the US Air Force involving proposal writing, client contact and client presentations.
• Projects include Computer Simulations (Fortran) involving numerical electromagnetic computations for microwave and electron beam design, also impedance matching.
• Broadband microwave equalizer with adjustable frequency response. Microwave/ RF components design; waveguide filter coupler, microstrip, waveguide circulator, magnetic design, waveguide impedance matching transitions.
• Computer coding for Microwave device simulation. White paper proposals for novel microwave devices.
• B-2 Stealth Project: Two years in antenna design, narrow and wide bandwidth antennas; microwave patch, spiral, slot, & horn antennas. Phased Array Antennas. Antenna Pattern measurements, microwave impedance and phase matching.
• Low observable RCS antennas, electromagnetic characterization of RCS materials.
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