Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae

(Updated June 28, 2000)

1. Name and date of birth: James J. Whalen, February 16, 1935

2. Academic rank: Professor

3. Degrees:

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 1969.

Dissertation: Mixing and Energy Relaxation in Indium Antimonide.

M.S.E., Electrical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 1962.

Master's Essay: The Microwave Wheatstone Bridge

B.E.E. (with distinction), Electrical Engineering, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, 1958.

4. Years of Service on this faculty:

Assistant Professor: September 1, 1970 to August 31, 1977

Associate Professor: September 1, 1977 to August 26, 1981

Professor: August 27, 1981 to present

Chairman: August 31, 1995 to August 30, 1998

5. Other related experiences:

Ninety Day Summer Appointment to staff of National Environmental Satellite Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Suitland, Maryland, June - August 1970.

Associate Research Scientist, Carlyle Barton Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. Sept. '61 - May '70.

U.S. Naval Officer, NSA, Ft. Meade, Maryland, August '58 - August '61.

6. Consulting, Patents, etc.

McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Corporation; St. Louis, MO (1975-1979).

VISEX; Buffalo, NY (circa: 1980)

Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY (circa: 1980-1983)

Universal Energy Systems, Dayton, OH (circa: 1981-1983)

Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA (circa: 1984-1985)

Southeastern Center for Electrical Engineering Education, Orlando, FL (1984-1993)

Northeast Consortium for Engineering Education, Syracuse, NY (1992-present)

7. State(s) in which registered

Not registered in any state. Certified by the National Association of Radio and Telecommunications Engineers (NARTE) as an Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Engineer initiallyhttp://www.ee.buffalo.edu/people/faculty/j_whalen in 1989 and renewed annually to present.

8. Selected Publications:

1. James J. Whalen, and C.R. Westgate, "Temperature Dependence of the Energy Relaxation Time in n-InSb," Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 15, pp. 292-294, November 1969.

2. James J. Whalen, and C.R. Westgate, "Temperature Dependence of the Conversion Loss and Response Time of InSb Mixers," IEEE Trans. Electron Devices, vol. ED-17, pp. 310-319 April 1970.

3. James J. Whalen, "The RF Pulse Susceptibility of UHF Transistors," IEEE Trans. Electromagnetic Compatibility, vol. EMC-17, pp. 220-225, November 1975.

4. James J. Whalen, and Philip T. Glinski, "The QP Triangle - A Graphical Method for Bias Design," IEEE Trans. Education, vol. E-19, pp. 46-53, May 1976.

5. James J. Whalen, "A Comparison of DC and RF Pulse Susceptibilities of UHF Transistors," IEEE Trans. Electromagnetic Compatibility, vol. EMC-19, pp. 49-56, May 1977.

6.. James J. Whalen, and Carmen Paludi, "Computer-Aided Analysis of Electronic Circuits: The Need to Include Parasitic Elements," International Journal of Electronics, vol. 43, pp. 501-511, 1977.

7. James J. Whalen, Mark C. Calcatera, and Mark L. Thorn, "Microwave Nanosecond Pulse Burnout Properties of GaAs MESFETs," IEEE Trans. Microwave Theories and Techniques, vol. MTT-27, pp. 1026-1031, December 1979.

8. James J. Whalen, Joseph G. Tront, Curtis E. Larson, and James M. Roe, "Computer-Aided Analysis of RFI Effects in Digital Integrated Circuits," IEEE Trans. Electromagnetic Compatibility, vol. EMC-21, pp. 291-297, November 1979.

9. Joseph G. Tront, James J. Whalen, Curtis E. Larson, and James M. Roe, "Computer-Aided Analysis of RFI Effects in Operational Amplifiers," IEEE Trans. Electromagnetic Compatibility, vol. EMC-21, pp. 297-306, November 1979.

10. Ta Fang Fang, James J. Whalen, and Gordon K.C. Chen, "Using NCAP to Predict RFI Effects in Linear Bipolar Integrated Circuits," IEEE Trans. Electromagnetic Compatibility, vol. EMC-22, pp. 256-262, November 1980.

11. Gordon K.C. Chen and James J. Whalen, "Macromodel Predictions for EMI in Bipolar Operational Amplifiers," IEEE Trans. Electromagnetic Compatibility, vol. EMC-22, pp. 262-265, November 1980.

12. James J. Whalen, Robert T. Kemerley and Elisee Rastefano, "X-Band Burnout Characteristics of GaAs MESFETs," IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. MTT-30, pp. 2206-2211, December 1982.

13. Yue-Hong Sutu and James J. Whalen, "Statistics for Demodulation RFI in Operational Amplifiers," 1983 IEEE International Electromagnetic Compatibility Symposium Record, pp. 220-225, Washington, D.C., August 23-25, 1983. (IEEE Catalog No. 83CHI838-2)

14. James J. Whalen, "Determining EMI in Microelectronics - A Review of the Past Decade," Proceedings of the 6th Symposium & Technical Exhibition on Electromagnetic Compatibility, pp. 337-344, Zurich, Switzerland, March 5-7, 1985. (Invited)

15. Kanon Liu and James J. Whalen, "The Combined Effects of Internal Noise and Electromagnetic Interference in CMOS VLSI Circuits," Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Electromagnetic Compatibility, The Institution of Electronic and Radio Engineers Publication No. 81, pp. 303-322, September 1988.

16. Hamid Ghadamabadi and James J. Whalen, "Parasitic Capacitances Can Cause Demodulation RFI to Differ in Inverting and Noninverting Operational Amplifier Circuits," 1991 IEEE International Electromagnetic Compatibility Symposium Record, pp. 151-156, IEEE Publ. No. 91CH3044-5, 1991.

27 James J. Whalen, "The NARTE EMC Credentials Certification Examination," 1993 IEEE International Electromagnetic Compatibility Symposium Record, pp. 5-9, IEEE Pub. No. 93CH3310-0, 1993.

Study Guide for Electromagnetic Compatibility Engineers, The SCEEE Press, 1101 Massachusetts Ave., St. Cloud, FL 34769, 1993. (with Woodrow W. Everett, III and Woodrow W. Everett, Jr.).

9. Scientific and professional societies of which a member:

Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

10. Honors and awards:

A prize paper award was received for the paper "Computer-Aided Analysis of RFI Effects in Operational Amplifiers" at the 3rd Symposium and Technical Exhibition on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Rotterdam, Netherlands, May 1-3, 1979. The 500 guilders prize monies were shared with J.G. Tront (Ph.D. SUNY/Buffalo September 1978) and C.E. Larson and J.M. Roe of the McDonnell Douglas Co.

Inducted into The Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars, Baltimore, Maryland on May 30, 1985.

Selected for Inclusion in "Who's Who in Frontiers of Science and Technology," 2nd edition, 1985 published by Marquis Who's Who, Chicago, Illinois.

Inclusion in "American Men and Women of Science" 16th edition, edited & compiled by the Jacques Cattell Press, New York, NY, (renewal)

Awarded Certificate of Achievement by the Electromagnetic Compatibility Society of the Institute of the Electrical and Electronic Engineers “For developing and teaching the NARTE workshop at IEEE EMC Society Symposia” on August 27, 1998 at the 1998 IEEE EMC Symposium at Denver, CO.

Awarded Certificate of Achievement by the Electromagnetic Compatibility Society of the Institute of the Electrical and Electronic Engineers “For significant contributions to the success of the annual EMC Symposium Experiment Demonstrations Forum since its inception and for promoting EMC education within our community” on August 5, 1999 at the 1999 IEEE EMC Symposium at Seattle, WA.

11. Subjects or courses taught during the most recent academic year by terms:

Fall 1999 EE 312 Basic Electronic Instrumentation Lab

EE 352 Introduction to Electronics Lab

Spring 2000 EE 311 Electronic Devices & Circuits II

EE 458 RF/Microwave Lab

12. Other assigned duties

Undergraduate Program Committee

13. Programs to improve teaching and professional competence:

Member of the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Credentials Certification Panel which advises the National Association of Radio and Telecommunications Engineers (NARTE) on the Certification of EMC Engineers; Head of Sub-Committee which prepares EMC Certification Exam.

Conducted Workshop #8 "Preparing for the NARTE EMC Exam" at the 1993 IEEE EMC Symposium at Dallas, TX on August 13, 1993.

Conducted Workshop WS2D "Preparing for the NARTE EMC Exam" at the 1994 IEEE EMC Symposium at Chicago, IL on August 26, 1994.

Conducted Workshop WS1D "Preparing for the NARTE EMC Exam" at the 1995 IEEE EMC Symposium at Atlanta, GA on August 14, 1995.

Conducted Workshop W4 "NARTE Exam Review Workshop" at the 1995 IEEE EMC Symposium at Santa Clara, CA on August 19, 1996.

Conducted Tutorial T2 "Preparing for the NARTE Exam" at the 1997 IEEE EMC Symposium at Austin, TX on August 18, 1997.