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Dr. Jude R. Nitsche
Dr. Jude R. Nitsche
Email: nitsche@ieee.org
Arlington, VA
March 2014 – Present
Mr. Nitsche provides strategic business development and technical analysis support to companies involved in the conceptualization, design, development and evaluation of high-risk, high-payoff distributed sensing systems.
Applied Physical Sciences Corp – (A Subsidiary of General Dynamics), Senior Vice President
Arlington, Virginia
June 2005 – February 2014
Mr. Nitsche was a member of the APS Board of Directors and was responsible for starting and building the APS Washington Office.
He was also responsible for strategic business development across the company and played a lead role in capturing several major DARPA programs. These programs involved the use of distributed sensors coupled with automated signal and information processing and the conduct of complex ocean tests designed to demonstrate system performance in the harsh environment of their intended operational use.
Arlington, Virginia
January1972 – February 2005
Mr. Nitsche was responsible for building and managing the Sensor Systems and Technologies Department that was located in Arlington, VA. This multi-disciplinary department played a key role in BBN Technologies’ advanced sonar programs for DARPA as well as the successful development and sale of other advanced sensor systems research and products. In response to the world situation at the time, he led the transformation of the department from a focus on deep-water antisubmarine warfare to solving problems involving littoral undersea warfare, urban warfare and homeland security.
Short Biography:
Mr. Nitsche received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from The Catholic University of America and graduate degrees in Fluid Dynamics and High-Speed Gas Dynamics from Catholic University and the University of Rochester, respectively.
As a technical contributor over his career, he has authored or co-authored over thirty papers and presentations published in various technical journals and international proceedings.
He has served as an Adjunct Lecturer (Fluid Dynamics, Underwater Acoustics, Signal Processing and Advanced Sonar Design) and as Chairman of the School of Engineering's Board of Visitors at The Catholic University of America. He is currently a member of the Board of Advisors to the Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering Departments.
Mr. Nitsche is a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America and a Life Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. He is also a member of the Sigma Xi and Tau Beta Pi national engineering honor societies.
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