born american engineer academic widely known inspired winged aerial robot having established international aerial competition received degrees electrical engineering professional career began worked radar based ocean surveillance systems later member research faculty involved time research directing major research programs author patents journal papers book chapters reports developed classes taught retirement recipient pioneer award award scientific culture prize 1990s created tax exempt corporation apply high tech solutions modern organized number expeditions eastern heads engineering consulting company mid-1990s work concentrated inspired micro air vehicle design certified fields including amateur radio diving experimental aircraft design mechanics general contracting home building biography early life born son related prime minister norway attended sixth eighth grades developed appreciation fort hunt high school president fort hunt amateur rocket club built large solid fuel rockets launched artillery range virginia education spent sixth eighth grade later graduated fort hunt high school graduated degrees career research engineer working radar systems washington spent years engineering management capacities atlanta georgia 1970s 1980s primarily developed radar signal processing control hardware interested remote sensing systems ranging tracking endangered species creation realistic soldier training scenarios simulation testing foreign military radar assets late 1980s head interests turned aerial vehicle systems fusion autonomy information technology particular aerial term coined represent aerial vehicles dominated research decades mid-1990s work concentrated inspired micro air vehicle design associate professor teaching classes aerial vehicles design retired september currently holds title emeritus institute created continue research inspired aerial robots remote sensing president pursuit discovery ancient cultures nonprofit educational scientific organization member board directors period years professional activities representative deputy chief referee inaugural year section editor handbook aerial vehicles released nato lecturer istanbul invited lecturer technology brussels technology speaker visiting technology professor nations australia belgium norway sweden turkey mexico consultant responsible defining organizing 1st performed similar duties defining 1st created short course 21st century aerial digital signal processing lecture demonstrations modern radar creator organizer annual international aerial competition joining staff participated design atmospheric flight testing computer controlled space based radar ocean surveillance systems employed washington listed editions engineering america 23rd edition world author reports journal papers book chapters project director worked radar based ocean surveillance systems flew hardware test missions lockheed warning star super began work got contract entry level engineer research engineer project involved methods track endangered species west indian waters kennedy space center directed major research projects career institute directed army effort conducted directed program feasibility non line sight radio acoustic bending radar signals principle detect obstacle masked targets essentially making radars look corners directed program evaluate ground penetration radar detection buried natural gas leaks urban utility systems directed program automated testing captured foreign threat assets system developed design team remained use foreign power nearly decade radar test devices developed military test evaluation purposes united_states including program develop band use testing millimeter wave assets directed efforts pertaining future transportation team invented battery state charge techniques developed electric vehicle systems simulation tools experimented actively blown surfaces passenger vehicles mid-1990s research began focus entirely vehicle systems especially power flight directed efforts agencies private industry pertaining aerial vehicles systems development programs traffic surveillance compound fan design fly atlanta highways order fill surveillance gaps state tower mounted traffic camera system sent traffic accident locations gather relay vital information advance arrival funding resulted cancellation project maiden flight design later marketed military use focus turned smaller vehicle systems fly indoors aid global positioning system gps reference signals contracts air_force internal research development funds design team designed micro air vehicle known recognized unique flight qualities awarded contracts explore feasibility slow flight mars lower atmosphere retired started continued pursue research soon establishing engaged program develop persistent reconnaissance interested competitions helping define organize international events 1st european event subsequent 1st asian demonstration assessment micro aerial vehicle held pacific associate professor 1990s associate professor taught graduate classes emphasis aerial vehicles micro air vehicles parallel teaching duties created team taught short course entitled 21st century aerial taught course campus years engaging single offerings united_states sweden norway turkey nato grants honors awards associate fellow senior member member north_america 1990s served president member international organization received pioneer award highest level recognition systems industry technical contributions recipient award scientific culture given international jury best project coming educational institution world endeavors related awarded creator officially recognized georgia legislative session form senate resolution recognized effort development longest running aerial competition world having responsible moving forward state art aerial occasions past quarter century engaged marine design coral propagation designed built fully automated marine reef propagated coral species collected certified recreational caribbean_sea pacific_ocean developed methods collecting successfully transporting marine invertebrates propagation built flown man rated experimental single seat certified mechanic pilot working ground penetrating radar detection urban gas leaks road buried land mines interested use high technology applications organized half dozen military zone turkish iranian border turkish military escort research ancient artifacts eastern region created non profit corporation apply non traditional technologies field completed training general contracting home building built home later construction georgia church building continuing career completed home design mountains lumber free consisting entirely steel structural members concrete foundation concrete exterior boy scout maintained interest scouting principles years youth attained star rank troop located inducted order arrow brotherhood member lodge largest nation participated activities influenced father sons gold silver palm awards adult advisor transition away unit remains advisory capacity interest languages computers spoken communication formally taught undergraduate school learned basic forth assembly languages support computer based projects designed target processing unit army environment radar operation necessary design hardware language cycle time things available form spoken languages fluent english proficient spanish turkish presence popular media literature widely interviewed quoted print business week radio radio syndicate television discovery channel cnn bbc abc cbs nbc fox worldwide interest especially robots war spawned series televised programming work technical biography subject episode television program invention chronicles number research projects including research based mars surveyor work automated coral propagation featured television programs focused specifically international aerial competition including hour long discovery science channel program entitled quoted news programming regard applications underlying technology military civilian spheres use robotic aircraft increased public interest subject peaked began featured series specials nova episode spies fly bbc special seven ways notoriety aerial robotic research basis fictional character novel air work creator fictitious character actual inventor featured novels patents patent method issued patent battery state charge rapid charging capability method issued patent chemical muscle method issued representative publications test evaluation fully autonomous micro air vehicles december volume number international test evaluation association small flying machines new_york isbn novel approaches miniature flight platforms vol special issue paper inspired insect flight lecture series low number aircraft including applications emerging technology brussels belgium november isbn september autonomous vehicles proceedings vol august feasibility applying radio acoustic techniques non line sight sensing 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