Communication and Networks Instructors
 

                                                      

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COMMUNICATION and NETWORKS INSTRUCTORS

Dr. Michael Caloyannides

Course Instructor: 380

Michael Caloyannides is currently the Chief Scientist at Ideal Innovations Inc. He worked at the highest technical levels at Rockwell International for 13 years on a broad spectrum of technologies including the design and implementation of a full Sigint system for a then US ally; at that time he was also granted a US patent on high speed modem design. He subsequently worked as chief scientist for an Agency of the US Government where he oversaw a large number of classified efforts. He was awarded the Scientist of the Year award, the Meritorious Officer award, and five separate Certificates of Exceptional Accomplishment. Caloyannides earned his PhD at Caltech in Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics and Philosophy.

Dr. Harvey M. Gates

Course Instructor: 350, 351

Dr. Harvey M. Gates has a dual appointment as Associate Professor Adjunct in the Department of Interdisciplinary Telecommunications and in the Department of Aerospace Sciences, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He specializes in graduate-level data and computer communications. Gates teaches both in-class as well as TV and Internet distance learning with the Center for Advanced Engineering and Technology Education. He is also the principal of his consulting practice in Boulder, CO, where he currently works with both commercial and defense related telecommunication initiatives. Gates has co-authored two books and has written numerous journal and conference publications. He holds a B.S., M.S., and a Ph.D. all in the field of Electrical Engineering.

Dr. Lawrence N. Goeller

Course Instructor: 310


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Office of Programs Analysis and Evaluation

Larry Goeller is a government civilian working for the Office of the Secretary of Defense in the Office of Programs Analysis and Evaluation (OSD/PA&E), as an analyst for the Cost Analysis Improvement Group (CAIG). Dr. Goeller's areas of effort chiefly involve military satellite communications systems, and he has performed analyses on Advanced EHF, the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), and the Transformational Satcom (TSAT) program among others. He has also worked on terrestrial systems such as the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS). Without divulging sensitive information, he brings his specific knowledge of these and other programs, as well as a general technical knowledge of the communications field, to the course. He received his doctorate in Physics from Rice University in 1986.

Gary Huckell

Course Lecturer: 302

Dr. Stephen D. Huffman

Course Lecturer: 261, 302

Dr. Stephen D. Huffman is vice president and chief technology officer for the MITRE Corporation.  Dr. Huffman joined MITRE in 1988 and has held a variety of positions. Most recently, he served as vice president of MITRE’s Washington Command, Control and Communications (WC3) Center where he was responsible for MITRE’s work for selected senior customers focused on DOD transformation. As the Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Huffman is responsible for the formulation and management of MITRE’s $60 million research and development program. Dr. Huffman develops MITRE’s corporate strategic technology investment plan and works across MITRE to ensure corporate-wide collaboration in the execution of the program and in the dissemination and application of the results.

Dr. Eric E. Johnson

Course Instructor: 340

Dr. Eric E. Johnson has been a key contributor to HF radio automation for two decades, both in the US and in the NATO Beyond-Line-of-Sight Communications working group.  He chairs the Government/industry Technical Advisory Committee that guides the development of US Military Standards and was the author or editor of four of the current generation of US and NATO standards for HF protocols and modems. Dr. Johnson is the lead author of Advanced High-Frequency Radio Communications.  He is Professor and Director of the Computer Engineering Faculty in the Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at New Mexico State University.

James Mazzei

Course Coordinator and Instructor: 302

Heywood Paul

Course Lecturer: 302

 

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