Stephen Paul Linder

Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755 USA

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 ENGINEERING OF MECHATRONIC SYSTEMS: architecture, design and construction of intelligent machines, including robotics and biomedical systems.

Education   

 

Northeastern University

 Boston, MA
1998 PH.D., Computer Systems Engineering concentrating in software design of adaptive autonomous, intelligent systems that reject faults and disturbances. Emphasis on estimation theory and qualitative modeling and qualitative control of dynamic system behavior. Thesis title Robust Qualitative and Quantitative Methods for Disturbance Rejection and Fault Accommodation.
 

Northeastern University

 Boston, MA
1995 Master of Science in Computer System Engineering specializing in Engineering Software Design with GPA of 3.9/4.0. Concentrations in software engineering and application of machine learning, including neural networks and fuzzy logic, to intelligent control and pattern recognition. Thesis title: Q2 Symbolic Reasoning about Noisy Dynamic Systems.
 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology		 Cambridge, MA
1982 Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. Concentrated in electronic control systems, signal and systems analysis and bioengineering. Thesis title: Twilight Simulation: A Device for Laboratory Study and Proposals for Applications in Chronobiology Research.
 
Stuyvesant High School		 New York, New York
1976 Stuyvesant High School is a New York City exam school specializing in science and mathematics.

Employment

  Dartmouth College Hanover, NH
2003 -

Research Scientist/Visiting Professor
Research Fellow for the Institute for Security Technology Studies (ISTS) and faculty member in Computer Science. Developing new technologies for adaptively assessing the health and fitness of personnel responding to an emergency, and developing medical simulation technologies for the training of responders to large scale medical emergencies. Patent Application filed for: Systems and methods for noninvasively monitoring baroreflex response and nominal blood volume.  Have taught courses in Robotics, Software Design, Computer Graphics and Artificial Intelligence.   
  SUNY at Plattsburgh Plattsburgh, NY
1999 -2003 Assistant Professor
Faculty member in Computer Science.  Teaching classes in embedded systems, software engineering and software engineering project. Received Redcay teaching Award for development of course material related to intelligent transportation.  Office of Naval research subcontract for “Research and Development of Maneuvering Target Tracker Technology for improving Intercept Solutions”, funding for 2000 - 2001 is approximately $200,000.
  Applied Research Laboratory  of Penn State State College, PA
1998 - 1999 Research Associate
Conducted research in the automation of underwater vehicles. Developed new sensor data fusion techniques which dramatically improve the tracking of weaving underwater targets. Participated in the development of software engineering techniques for the design of intelligent control systems.
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA

1998

Track Coach
Coached the middle and long distance runners of the MIT women's outdoor and indoor track and field team. Six runners set personal records and broke school records in four events and finished the season as All New England. More details can be found on their webpage.

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NCAA Division I All New England 4x800 relay team of Leah Nichols, Tanya Zelevinsky , all-American Debbie Won and Robin Evans

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  Advanced Mechanical Technology, Inc. Newton, MA

1990 - 1994

 Chief Electrical Engineer
Designed and implemented mechatronic systems for the intelligent testing of friction, material wear and forces. Designed analog and digital hardware and wrote embedded software for 8 and 16-bit microcontrollers. This technology was used to automate pin-on-disk tribometers, portable impact tester for playground surfaces, a multi-axis force, torque sensor for automobile wheels, and multi axis force and pressure platforms. Solicited and received several SBIR grants to fund research.
  Acorn Technology System, Inc. Sudbury, MA

1985 - 1989

 Project Engineer
Designed and implemented intelligent control systems for Scanning Electron Microscopes (SEMs). Projects include automating focusing and stigmation correction of SEM image; digital control of electron optics; real time digital image capture, storage and enhancement; and microprocessor control of high voltage electron gun supplies. Managed system integration of a new SEM model, incorporating the functions of a SEM and energy disperse system.

Here is an AMRAY 1830i that I help design. This was the first first computer controlled SEM ever made in the United States; however, marketing in 1988 thought no one ever by a $150,000 instrument without a front panel of buttons and knobs. Theses machines are still used in many research facilities around the country.

The electron column is on the left, the keyboard is used for annotation of the image. On the right is a camera for taking Polaroid pictures.

  M.B.I. Incorporated Newton, MA

1984 - 1985

 Senior Electrical Engineer
Managed the design, production, and testing of electronic hardware in the company's IBM PC communication peripherals product line. Provided software support to manufacturing for product testing.
  R.N.F. Incorporated Cambridge, MA

1983 - 1984

 Senior Software Engineer
Developed educational software for the home market. Responsible for the development of algorithms for real time graphics and animation. Software written in assembly language for ROM-based products. Published products: Fraction Fever, and Hop-along Counting.
  IBM Cambridge, MA

1982 - 1983

 Electronic Design Engineer
Worked as an intern for Nathaniel Rochester, who was the chief architect of IBM's first scientific computer (701) and of the prototype of its first commercial computer (702), as well as being the developer of symbolic assembly language programming and working on the Whirlwind project at MIT. I was responsible for the hardware development and documentation of two micro-controller based modules used as part of a proof-of-concept portable computer that included a one handed chord keyboard. This work predated lap top computers by many years.
 
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