Upcoming Presentators
Presentations will be held every other Friday at 7:00 pm (EST). Please review the presenters and their topics below. If you are interested please join us live and make sure to ask questions on tricider.
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10/20
An Introduction to the Earth’s Ionosphere
12/4
mmW Topics
Virtual Tour of mmW RF lab
11/6
The Hunt for Water at the Lunar Poles
Major Dan Emmons
Major Dan Emmons is an Assistant Professor in the Applied Physics Department of the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. He specializes in plasma chemistry and remote sensing of ionospheric disturbances. Through an ROTC scholarship, he received a BS in physics from San Diego State University and commissioned into the Air Force with an initial assignment in the Human Effectiveness Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Brooks City-Base, Texas. Subsequently, he attended AFIT for an MS degree in applied physics and received a follow-on assignment to the Space Vehicles Directorate of AFRL at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. In 2014 he returned to AFIT for a physics PhD and joined the Applied Physics faculty in 2017.
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Francis Pearce
Quick Bio:
US Army 1994-1997 Combat EngineerGraduated DeVry University Long Beach with BSEET 2001Hired at Qualcomm March 01Been here ever since.Projects worked on:1st every Qualcomm GSM/UMTS project1st Smart wireless Card with 4G enabledWorked on 4G LTE phone implementation and the Rx front end for multiple projectsCurrently on the mmW/Sub6 5G implementation team for QualcommHelped design specialty test stations for 4GPatent-pending for 5G design implementationDay to day, I test phone performance and make sure that it works and runs according to the design specifications. Assign tasks to tech staff and make sure the lab runs smoothly. I also have been a technical manager since 2005.
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William Bluethmann
Under Construction