Professional Employment History

• Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Professor (with tenure) of Electrical Engineering 1997 - present 
• Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Chancellor of the Prescott, AZ Campus, University Vice President, Professor (with tenure) of Electrical Engineering 1995 - 1997 
• Triangle Coalition for Science and Technology Education - Executive Director and CEO 1994 - Responsible for general management and programs in K-12 mathematics and science education. 
• The MITRE Corporation - Chief Engineer, Civil System Division 1989-1990; Chief Scientist, Washington Group 1990-1991; Consulting Engineer, Center for Advanced Aviation System Development 1991- 1994 -- Tasks include evaluation and guidance of internal R&D program, development of senior technical staff, creation of linkages with universities and external research organizations, support of air traffic flow management projects, program planning for intelligent vehicle/ highway systems, peer review of sponsored projects, technical consulting services. 
• Oregon Graduate Center - President 1985-1986; Professor 1985-1989 (there is no faculty tenure at the Oregon Graduate Center). 
• Polytechnic Institute of New York - Professor (with tenure) 1983-1985; Dean of Engineering 1983-1984. 
• National Science Foundation - Director(SES), Division of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering  1980-1982. 
• Case Western Reserve University - Professor of Systems Engineering (with tenure) 1976-1983; Chairman, Department of Systems Engineering 1976-1980; Acting Chairman, Department of Computer Engineering 1976-1977. 
• University of Minnesota - Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering (with tenure) 1969-1976; Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering 1966-1969; Director, Hybrid Computer Laboratory 1969-1976; Acting Associate Director and Associate Director for Hybrid Systems, University Computer Center 1974-1976. 
• Numerous part time industrial and government consulting projects during full time academic appointments. 

Selected Honors and Awards

• International Federation of Automatic Control, Advisor since 1999
• Member, Eta Kappa Nu since 1996 
• IEEE Richard Emberson Award 1991 
• International Federation of Automatic Control Outstanding Service Award 1990 
• Oregon Graduate Center Outstanding Teacher Award 1987-88 and 1988-89 
• IEEE Centennial Medal 1984 
• Distinguished Member, IEEE Control Systems Society since 1983 
• Case Centennial Scholar, Case Western Reserve University 1980 
• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (for "technical leadership in systems engineering") since 1980 
• Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (for "contributions to systems engineering and engineering education") since 1979 
• John A. Curtis Lecture Award of Computers in Engineering Division of the American Society of Engineering Education for the outstanding paper presented at the 1975 ASEE Annual Meeting. 

Selected Professional Society Leadership Positions

• International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) - President 1993-1996; President-Elect 1990-1993; Vice President and Chairman of Executive Board 1987-1990; Member of IFAC Council 1987-1999; Honorary Editor 1975-1981; IFAC Journal AUTOMATICA Associate Editor 1974-1990, member of Editorial Board 1975-1987, Deputy Chairman of Editorial Board 1979-1983. 
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. - Board of Directors member 1982-1985 as Director of Division I (1982-1983) and IEEE Vice President for Technical Activities (1984-1985); IEEE Executive Committee (1984-1985); IEEE Control Systems Society President 1981; IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control Editor 1975-1979. 
• American Automatic Control Council (AACC) - Ex-officio Director 1981-1987. 

Additional Professional Activities

• Member Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Airways Science Research Advisory Council 1992-1994. 
• Guest Editor IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology (Special Issue on Air Traffic Control), Vol. 1, No. 3., September 1993. 
• Member Eta Kappa Nu Vladimir Karapetoff Eminent Members Award Jury 1992. 
• Member Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding Young Electrical Engineer Jury Award of 1991. 
• Member Industrial Advisory Committee, University of Virgina Center for Engineering Risk Management 1991-1994. 
• Member EECS Department Industrial Advisory Council, Northwestern University 1990-1994. 
• Co-Guest Editor IEEE Transactions on Education (Special Issue on Teaching Automatic Control), Vol. 33 No. 3, August 1990. 

• Yavapai Regional Medical Center Board of Trustees (Arizona) member 1999-2004
• Hunter Mill District Education Advisory Committee (Fairfax County School System) member 1993-1994
• Beaverton (Oregon) Sister Cities Foundation, Inc. Board Chairman 1986-88, Board member 1986-89
• Brooklyn (New York) Tech High School Advisory Committee member 1984-1985
• Long Island College Hospital Board of Regents (Brooklyn, NY) member 1984-1985

Selected Recent Keynote Lectures

• "From Academic Control Science to Systems Engineering", Macedonia St. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, May 25, 2001
• "Aviation Infrastructure in Developing Countries", IFAC Workshop on Developing Countries, Ohrid, Macedonia, May 22, 2001
• "What We are Not Teaching our Engineering Students", Turkish National Conference on Automatic Control, Istanbul, October 15, 1998
• "Research Issues in Free Flight", IFAC Symposium on Large Scale Systems, Patras, GR, July 15, 1998
• "What's New in Air Traffic Control", IEE Divisional Lecture, London, May 6, 1997. 
• "Systems Research in Air Traffic Control", IEEE Singapore International Conference on Intelligent Control and Systems, Singapore, July 7, 1995. 
• "Present and Future Trends in Air Traffic Control", Society of Instrument and Control Engineers, Tokyo, August 3, 1994. 
• "What is Missing in Control Systems Education - An Industrial View", Japanese Professors of Control Engineering, Tokyo, August 1, 1994. 
• "Evolution of Air Traffic Control", Institute of Measurement and Control Jubilee Celebration, London, March 17, 1994. 
• "Air Traffic Management: The Control Engineering Paradigm", IEEE Regional Conference on Aerospace Control Systems, Los Angeles, May 27, 1993. 
• "Systems, Man and ATC", IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, October 20, 1992. 
• "Transitioning Innovations into Large Scale Systems" Conference on Computers in Industry, Alexandria, Egypt, May 5, 1992. 
• "An American Perspective on Robotics Developments and Applications", 5th Latin American Control Conference, Havana, Cuba, February 1992. 
• "Intelligent Control of University/ Industry Coooperation in Intelligent Control", IFAC/ IEEE Symposium on Distributed Intelligent Systems, Arlington, VA, August 14, 1991.