Curriculum Calendar

Jon Titus works as a freelance technical writer, editor, and sometime designer based in Utah's Salt Lake Valley. His prior experience includes editorial director at Test & Measurement World magazine, editorial director at EDN magazine, and senior technical editor at ECN magazine. Before he moved into the periodical world, Jon helped start the Blacksburg Group Inc. (Blacksburg, Va.) at which he and his colleagues wrote and edited books about computers and electronics, and developed electronic hardware to help teach students about computers and electronics. He has three college degrees, a BS from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, an MS from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a PhD from Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

Embedded systems guru Jack Ganssle is a noted practitioner,  columnist for   Embedded.com, and frequent speaker at the Embedded Systems  Conference. He started developing embedded systems in the early 1970s using the 8008. He has launched and sold three electronics companies, including one of the bigger embedded tool businesses. He has written over 600 articles and six books about embedded systems, as well as one about his sailing fiascos. Jack now gives seminars to companies worldwide about better ways to develop embedded systems.

Randy Frank is president of Randy Frank & Associates, Ltd., a consultancy that focuses on sensors, power, and automotive electronics. At Motorola, he was actively involved in the introduction of highly integrated pressure sensors and accelerometers that used microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology. Previously, he was responsible for the development of the first engine control systems, including all of the sensing aspects, for American Motors and Jeep vehicles, now part of the Chrysler Group. During that time, he taught advanced instrumentation and control at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Randy is a fellow in both the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the author of the book Understanding Smart Sensors, which is in its second edition. The third edition is scheduled for release in 2012.

Clive "Max" Maxfield is six feet tall, outrageously handsome, English, and proud of it. In addition to being a hero, trendsetter, and leader of fashion, he is widely regarded as an expert in all aspects of electronics (at least by his mother). Max received his BSc in Control Engineering in 1980 from Sheffield Hallam University in Sheffield, UK. He began his career as a designer of central processing units (CPUs) for mainframe computers. Over the years, Max has designed everything from silicon chips to circuit boards, and from brainwave amplifiers to steampunk "Display-O-Meters." He has also been at the forefront of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) for more than 20 years. He's the author and/or co-author of a number of books, including Designus Maximus Unleashed (banned in Alabama), Bebop to the Boolean Boogie (An Unconventional Guide to Electronics), EDA: Where Electronics Begins, FPGAs: Instant Access, and How Computers Do Math.

Clive "Max" Maxfield is six feet tall, outrageously handsome, English, and proud of it. In addition to being a hero, trendsetter, and leader of fashion, he is widely regarded as an expert in all aspects of electronics (at least by his mother). Max received his BSc in Control Engineering in 1980 from Sheffield Hallam University in Sheffield, UK. He began his career as a designer of central processing units (CPUs) for mainframe computers. Over the years, Max has designed everything from silicon chips to circuit boards, and from brainwave amplifiers to steampunk "Display-O-Meters." He has also been at the forefront of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) for more than 20 years. He's the author and/or co-author of a number of books, including Designus Maximus Unleashed (banned in Alabama), Bebop to the Boolean Boogie (An Unconventional Guide to Electronics), EDA: Where Electronics Begins, FPGAs: Instant Access, and How Computers Do Math.

Gary Stringham is an embedded systems expert with a specialization in the interface between firmware and hardware. He is the founder of Gary Stringham & Associates LLC. With more than 25 years of industry experience, Stringham focuses on diagnosing and resolving difficult hardware/firmware integration issues and produces solid solutions to prevent future occurrences of those issues. He is the author of Hardware/Firmware Interface Design: Best Practices for Improving Embedded Systems Development. Previously, Stringham was a technical lead at HP, establishing standards in firmware and ASIC designs.

Fanny Mlinarsky has 28 years of experience developing data communication and test products. As President of octoScope (2006–present) she is responsible for the development of wireless test solutions. From 2001 to 2006 she was founder and CTO of Azimuth Systems, the leading wireless test equipment vendor of WiFi, WiMax, and LTE test systems. As VP of Engineering at Scope Communications (now Agilent), Fanny and her team developed network test equipment (1993–2001). She has published more than 50 articles and whitepapers on wireless technologies and standards and is a frequent presenter at industry conferences. She actively participates in industry standards development at IEEE and 3GPP.

Dr. Fitzgerald is founder of A. M. Fitzgerald & Associates, providers of MEMS product development and engineering services. She has over 15 years of hands-on engineering experience in MEMS design, fabrication, and product development and has developed more than a dozen distinct MEMS devices, such as piezoresistive cantilevers, ultrasound transducers, and infrared imagers. She has previously been employed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Orbital Sciences Corp., Sigpro, and Sensant Corp. (acquired by Siemens). She received her Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her doctorate from Stanford University, in Aeronautics and Astronautics. Dr. Fitzgerald holds four patents and serves on the Governing Council of the MEMS Industry Group.

Carol Lenk is an MIT-educated entrepreneur who was a founder of the venture-backed LED developer, Superbulbs, and is currently associated with Reliabulb. She is co-author of the book, Practical Lighting Design with LEDS. She has a BS in Electrical Engineering from MIT and a Masters in Math and Science Education. One of the early pioneers in applying LEDs to general lighting, Lenk has five years of experience in combining theoretical concepts with practical engineering in fields as diverse as optics, thermal modeling, material science, electronics, and mechanical design. She has more than a dozen US and worldwide patents-pending related to LED lighting.

Gary Stringham is an embedded systems expert with a specialization in the interface between firmware and hardware. He is the founder of Gary Stringham & Associates LLC. With more than 25 years of industry experience, Stringham focuses on diagnosing and resolving difficult hardware/firmware integration issues and produces solid solutions to prevent future occurrences of those issues. He is the author of Hardware/Firmware Interface Design: Best Practices for Improving Embedded Systems Development. Previously, Stringham was a technical lead at HP, establishing standards in firmware and ASIC designs.

Rick Goldberg is a technology consultant and journalist who follows signal processing technology. He has been a consultant to Analog Devices, On Semiconductor, M/A-Com, Mercury Computer Systems, Sky Computers, TechOnLine, and other vendors. Early in his career, he worked as a new products editor for Electronic Design and more recently as a contributing editor for EE Times, Portable Design, and EDN. Rick has both a BSEE and an MBA. 

He can be reached at: Rick@RickGoldbergCommunications.com, or 781-721-7425.

Jon Titus works as a freelance technical writer, editor, and sometime designer based in Utah's Salt Lake Valley. His prior experience includes editorial director at Test & Measurement World magazine, editorial director at EDN magazine, and senior technical editor at ECN magazine. Before he moved into the periodical world, Jon helped start the Blacksburg Group Inc. (Blacksburg, Va.) at which he and his colleagues wrote and edited books about computers and electronics, and developed electronic hardware to help teach students about computers and electronics. He has three college degrees, a BS from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, an MS from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a PhD from Virginia Polytechnic Institute.