Brief Resume

Rodney Lynn Kirlin

Statistical Signal Processing

PhD/EE,  Fellow of IEEE

An extensively published industrial and academic award recipient in Canada and the US.  A

researcher and consultant with excellent problem-solving and algorithm development skills

applicable to statistical detection, estimation and presentation within diverse applications typical of

communications, sonar, seismology and radar.

OBJECTIVE:  Employment or consulting, algorithm development in a professional environment compatible with any of my Statistical Signal Processing skills and interests accrued over many years.

EDUCATION: BS-MS/EE, U. Wyoming, 1962-63; PhD/EE, Utah St. U., 1968

Citizenship: US and Canadian

GENERAL BACKGROUND:

High level security clearance (Raytheon), expired Jan. 2011. Many years of university-industrial contractual projects, algorithm development, performance analysis and testing with software, statistical signal and array processing as applied to 1D, 2D and 3D data, images,  speech/hearing, eeg, sonar, HF radar, seismic, communications and DC power conversion by randomized switching.  Published approximately 70 refereed journal papers and 200 consulting contract reports in all the above areas and others. Fellow of IEEE.

EMPLOYMENT:

Recent consulting,  2-3days/week, 2013-current, has been with DVM Systems, 3115 35th Ave., Greeley, CO 80634, detecting ovulation and parturition or other activities in dairy cows  via radio-transmitted body temperatures and accelerations.  Ref: Mr. Kevin Wild, CEO, (970) 576-6189, kevin.wild@dvmsystems.com

 Previous:

1.  Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, AZ (Feb. 2006-Nov. 2007), Sr. Multi-Discipline Engineer, radar. Matlab algorithm development of Clutter statistics modeling and simulation, rain detection, height-above-ground determination.

2.  Rincon Research Corp., Tucson, AZ (Sep2004-Feb 2006), Communications Specialist developing geolocation algorithms including probability regions.

3.  Private Consulting with Manning Applied Technology, Troy, ID (2001--)l signal processing problems in novel interferometers: spectral resolution, noise suppression, sampling.

4.  University  of Victoria (1987-) ; professor in ECE, course development in pattern recognition, adaptive filters, MATLAB approach to random processes.  Research and consulting as below.  Supervised development of LabView in some coursework.

5.  University of Wyoming(1969-1986);  professor in EE, including leave to FPS (next), course development in signal and image processing, communication theory

6.  Floating Point Systems (1978-79); supervision and design of image and signal processing software packages; senior  software applications engineer. 

7.  Datel (Wyoming,1968-69); designed computer peripherals and data communications; systems analysis manager.

8.  Boeing (1965-66); Advanced Space Communications Technology; staff research engineer. Design and analysis of all aspects communications.

9.  Martin-Marietta (1963-4); Ground data transmission system design, electromagnetic pulse. Reliability, EMP analysis and simulation.

Prior CONSULTING:  1) 1981-98; seismic signal processing for Amoco Research Lab , contributed to several patents/applications; 2) 1978-94; sonar signal and array processing algorithm development for US and Canadian Naval organizations intermittently; 3) 1971-99; various other signal/image processing and communications contracts for government and industry.  I had my own incorporated consulting company 1987-2003, managing many contracts and occasionally several employees.

AWARDS:

COMPUTER SKILLS: WORD, EXCEL, MATLAB, FORTRAN, accounting, general internet.

LICENSES: Previous Professional Engineer, Wyoming (1982-88), British Columbia (1987-2002)