Objective
Study, learn and creatively solve fascinating problems utilizing my education and industry strengths in physics, engineering and computer science.
Academic Achievements
Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio
| 2006 D.E. | Doctor of Engineering (GPA: 3.83) Dissertation: "On Disturbance Estimation and Its Applications in Health Monitoring" |
| 2003 M.S.E.E. | Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering (GPA: 3.83) Thesis: "A Java Based Interactive Control Design and Tuning Platform" |
| 2002 B.S.E.E. | Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering (GPA: 3.82 Summa Cum Laude) |
| 2002 B.A.Phy | Bachelor of Arts in Physics (GPA: 3.82 Summa Cum Laude) |
| 2002 Min.C.S. | Minor in Computer Science |
Honors
Awards
- Graduate Assistantship throughout graduate school through NASA and industry grants
- Presidential Tuition/Stipend Scholarship for Doctoral studies
- $50,000 from the Industrial Technology Institute Validation Fund towards the project entitled "Commercialization of Advanced Control Technologies"
certifications
Industry Experience
Lockheed Martin
| 2009 - present | Senior Control Systems Engineer |
| 2007 - 2009 | Senior Embedded Software Engineer |
Thermo Fisher Scientific
| 2007 - 2007 | Software Engineer |
Interfaced nuclear radiation detectors with management software;
systematized government specifications into product requirements;
and provided cost reduction analysis
Dearborn, Inc
| 2006 - present | Electrical and Software Engineer |
Analyzed and automated machines;
modeled, designed, simulated and implemented custom advanced feedback control algorithms;
solved estimation and signal processing problems;
implemented estimation and control algorithms in PLC hardware;
taught PLC introductory course;
developed specialized business software;
counseled digital business workflow; and
managed computer networks
ADRC Technologies
Wrote proposals for technical and business funding;
developed and implemented advanced control algorithms in test pilots;
advised technical specifications for patent attorneys; and
provided consulting solutions for engineering and computer systems
Center for Advanced Control Technologies (CACT)
| 2002 - 2006 | Graduate Research Assistant |
Researched and developed unique advanced estimation and feedback control algorithms;
published and presented novel algorithms to industry and academia;
managed joint research projects among Cleveland State University, NASA and industry;
designed and developed computer aided control design software; and
periodically taught graduate level classes including Linear Systems and Control Theory
Advanced Engineering Research Lab (AERL)
| 2001 - 2002 | Graduate Research Assistant |
Assisted a
NASA Glenn space power grant,
programmed DSP's (
TI) for signal processing and feedback control algorithm development,
brainstormed space power projects with NASA researchers, and
cooperated with industry power company
Core Technology
Western Enterprises
| 1999 - 2002 | Research and Development Electrical Engineer |
Designed and brainstormed products;
programmed micro-controllers in assembly and C;
designed schematics;
developed embedded software;
developed GUI software;
built and tested prototypes;
troubleshot circuits; and
interfaced with board manufacturers
Cleveland State University
| 1998 - 2002 | Physics Professor Teaching Assistant |
Graded papers;
conducted labs; and
aided students
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Designed web pages; and
maintained and updated sites
Cinecast Productions
| 1995 - 1996 | Video and Audio Technician |
Edited recordings;
managed video and audio equipment
Engineering tools
Hardware tools
Software tools
| General Purpose: | Scala, Ruby, Mathematica, Perl, bash, Java, AAo, C, Visual Basic, C++, Fortran and Objective-C |
| Frameworks: | Rails, Processing, Prototype, Script.acul.us, Cocoa, JFC, Swing, vba.Excel |
| Engineering: | Mathematica, MathCAD, Simulink, Matlab, Maple |
| Embedded: | Assembly (PIC, DLX, MPASM, DirectSoft), C (HI-Tech), VHDL (Altera) |
| Web: | Ruby on Rails, HTML, JavaScript, JQuery, Camping, CSS, XML, CGI, MySql, Apache, AJAX, Tomcat, Hibernate |
| Database: | MySQL, SQLite, Ruby on Rails, Access, Excel |
| Document Formatting: | AAo, LaTeX, bibtex, HTML, XML, XSLT, XPath, markdown, Word styles |
| Text editors: | Vim, TextMate, Eclipse |
| Suite: | Keynote, Pages, Appleworks, Powerpoint, Word 2007, Excel 2007 |
| Scripting: | Ruby, JavaScript, Perl, VBA, Shoes, bash, Applescript |
| Operating Systems: | MacOS X, Linux/Unix, WinXP, Win2k |
| Collaboration Tools: | Git, Subversion, MediaWiki, WordPress ClearCase, |
| Design Tools: | Omnigraffle Illustrator, Photoshop, |
major software projects
| dlxasm | A machine code assembler for the DLX machine |
| simtk | Real time Java dynamic system simulation for control design. |
| AAo | A markup language, primarily used to organize and typeset articles, reports, books and blogs. |
| aao2x | A general hierarchal based markup language processor with grammar |
| aao2tex | A specialized version aao to latex converter |
| aaopost | A powerful weblog client based on aao and the metaweblog api |
| aaobrowser | A system to manage and publish large collections of aao files |
| shemaiah | Online collaborative project management and logging application |
| EBERT | Excel batch edit and reporting tool |
| Elos | Dynamic English language style checker |
| ipost | iTunes and iPhoto gallery generators |
| aaojs | A dynamic aao viewer built in javascript |
| hurl | File viewer and project launcher |
| simbox | Real time dynamic system simulation for control design. |
| equationbox Text based mathematical typesetting system with operator structure inference | |
Professional service
- Reviewer for ACC 2005-2008 papers
- Reviewer for Textbook Optimal State Estimation: Kalman, H Infinity, and Nonlinear Approaches
- Associate Editor for ISA Contributed Papers to ACC 2007
- Reviewer for Elsevier Transactions 2008
Organizations
| IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 10 year member |
| ISA | Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society, 5 year member |
| SPS | Sigma Pi Sigma, Society of Physics Students, 3 year member |
| APS | American Physics Society, 3 year member |
| NEOAC | North Eastern Ohio Apple Corps, computer club 20 year member |
| CCFC | Campus Crusade for Christ, President, 4 year member |
| IF | International Friends, Treasurer, 3 year member |
| SGC | Sovereign Grace Church |
Activities and Interests
- Electronics hobbyist
- Programming languages
- Computer technology enthusiast
- Philosophy, theology, culture
- Reading, writing
- Organization, documentation
- Running, biking, swimming, skiing
Publications
Patents
- WO/2007/035559 Controllers, Observers, and Applications Thereof
Dissertation
- Aaron J. Radke, "On Disturbance Estimation and Its Applications in Health Monitoring", Ph.D. Dissertation, Cleveland State University, December, 2006
Thesis
- Aaron J. Radke, "A Java Based Interactive Control Design and Tuning Platform", Masters thesis, Cleveland State University, July, 2003
Conference papers
- Dan Simon, Optimal State Estimation: Kalman, H Infinity, and Nonlinear Approaches, Wiley-Interscience, June 23, 2006
- Rob Miklosovic, Aaron J. Radke, Zhiqiang Gao, "Discrete Implementation and Generalization of the Extended State Observer", Proc. of the 2006 American Control Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 14-16, 2006
- Aaron J. Radke, Zhiqiang Gao, "A Survey of State and Disturbance Observers for Practitioners", Proc. of the American Control Conference ACC/IEEE, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 14-16, 2006
- Aaron J. Radke, Rob Miklosovic, Brian Fast, "Feed Forward Filters for State and Disturbance Estimation", Submitted to the 46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, LA, December 12-14, 2007
- Aaron J. Radke, "A Novel Disturbance Estimation Algorithm for Health Diagnosis of Dynamic Systems", 52nd International Instrumentation Symposium, ISA, Cleveland, OH, May 7-11, 2006
- Rob Miklosovic, Aaron J. Radke, "High Performance Tracking Control for the Practitioner", Proc. of the 2007 American Control Conference, New York, NY, July 11-13, 2007
- Brian Fast, Rob Miklosovic, Aaron J. Radke, "MEMS Gyroscope Rate Sensing with Disturbance Rejection Control", Submitted to the 46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, LA, December 12-14, 2007
Technical reports
- Aaron J. Radke, "On General Second Order Settling Time Approximations", Telios Control Technologies, May, 2004
- Aaron J. Radke, "On Bandwidth for Transient Characteristics of SISO LTI Systems", Telios Control Technologies, May, 2004
- Rob Miklosovic, Aaron J. Radke, "Differential Equation discretization", Telios Control Technologies, 2005
- Rob Miklosovic, Aaron J. Radke, "Automatic Conversion of Continuous Filters for Discrete Implementation", Telios Control Technologies, 2005
Proposals
- Rob Miklosovic, Aaron J. Radke, Zhiqiang Gao, "Commercialization of Advanced Control Technologies", November, 2005
Presentations
- Aaron J. Radke, "Edwin Abbot's Flatland as a framework for teaching linear system concepts", Cleveland State University, April, 2004
- Aaron J. Radke, "Ethical Implications of Naturalistic Worldviews", http://www.uscwm.org/insight/ , Insight (INtensive STudy of Integrated Global History and Theology), Stony Glen Campus, Madison, OH, September 8, 2008
- Aaron J. Radke, "Truth and the Rise of Modern Science", http://www.uscwm.org/insight/ , Insight (INtensive STudy of Integrated Global History and Theology), Stony Glen Campus, Madison, OH, February 23, 2008
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