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Conrad J. Poelman, Ph.D. Email: cjpresume_at_stellarscience_dot_com Microsoft Word version of resume. Summary Dr. Poelman provides strong analytical and communications skills, experience directing and coordinating technical development, and hands-on understanding of software development processes. His research has focused on image understanding, 3D modeling, and advanced space situational awareness data exploitation, with additional experience using neural networks and working with physics-based modeling and simulation systems. He has 14 years of experience programming in C on UNIX systems, 10 years of object-oriented programming in C++, as well as experience with STL, Lisp, COBOL, Fortran, Java, Windows NT, VMS, user interface design, object-oriented databases, database-driven web interfaces, client-server data architectures, XML object persistenace and communication, and integration of multiple complex commercial off-the-shelf packages. Experience Chief Scientist Stellar Science Ltd Co, Albuquerque, NM, July 1999 - Present Lead teams developing numerical and analytical scientific software in fields in including space situational awareness, laser effects modeling, experimental data reduction, and orbital geometry computation for satellite and laser predictive avoidance. Develop and extend existing software tools such as the Intelligence Data Analysis System for Spacecraft (IDASS) to perform fusion of heterogeneous data types such as optical imagery, radar imagery, signatures, and 3D CAD models with other all-source intelligence information. Develop numerical optimization algorithms for satellite motion analysis, and provide algorithm and software development expertise to Air Force Research Laboratory scientists and engineers. Lead Scientist for Advanced Data Exploitation Air Force Research Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM, July 1995 - July 1999 Managed scientific research contracts, created analysis algorithms, developed software modules, and performed design and requirements review for an intelligence data fusion software tool that uses space surveillance imagery to assess the health and status of on-orbit satellites. Integrated commercial database, 3D graphics, image processing, and user interface packages. Supervised research project demonstrating analysis of multi-spectral signatures of deep-space satellites, research project to convert faceted geometry descriptions to combinatorial solid geometry (CSG) CAD models. Served as U.S. State Department Technology Safeguard Monitor to protect U.S. technology during overseas satellite launches. Visiting Research Scientist NHK Research Laboratories, Tokyo, Japan, Summer 1993 Developed software for automatic construction of 3D computer models for use in video animation systems. Software Developer AAVID Engineering Corporation, Laconia, NH, part time, January 1987 - August 1990 Developed custom sales, payroll, accounting, and process-tracking software for a small heat-sink manufacturing company. Research Assistant Strategic Defense Initiative Organization, Arlington, Virginia, Summer 1989 Investigated an alternative propulsion system for the National Aerospace Plane. Researched the effects of injecting superheated hydrogen into a hypersonic airflow. Analyzed launch vehicle payload and range capabilities. Education Ph.D. in Computer Science Carnegie Mellon University, August 1990 - July 1995 First student to graduate from class of 34 Ph.D. candidates at world's top-ranked computer science graduate school. Graduate-level courses included computer hardware, programming systems, theory of computation, computational geometry, artificial intelligence, advanced robot perception, and Japanese. Teaching assistant for undergraduate software engineering courses. Image processing research under Prof. Takeo Kanade emphasized analysis of motion in image sequences. Developed a real-time active vision system that uses a camera mounted on a pan-tilt mechanism to track a person moving about the room. Devised the paraperspective factorization method for automatically building 3D object models from image sequences. B.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics B.S. in Computer Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology, August 1986 - May 1990 Double-majored while active in fraternity, ROTC, and intramural athletics. Completed aerospace engineering and computer science courses including artificial intelligence, natural language processing, programming languages, operating systems design, control systems, and rocket propulsion; also three semesters of Russian, humanities concentration in political science. Undergraduate research project investigated resilience of composite aircraft and spacecraft materials after impact by blunt objects. GPA 4.8/5.0. Publications
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