Michael Mayor, MSE, PE

This is an overview of Electronic Systems and Instrumentation Applications. Starting with a brief history and key players the presentation will cover key Electronic Systems Signal Processing Developments and Tools used in the development of Medical and Industrial Instrumentation. This presentation will cover the invention and development of the Computed Tomography (CT) Scan, formerly known as Computed Axial Tomography (CAT) Scan and two of the major applications, Medical Imaging and Industrial Applications. The CT scan is one of the many key applications of Signal Processing and it is unique because it merited one of its inventors, Sir Godfrey Hounsfield, a British Electrical Engineer, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1979.

Biography:

Michael Mayor is an Independent Consultant providing Systems Engineering Services to the Aerospace and Defense Industries in the areas of Secure Information Systems and Secure Communication Networks.

Formerly, he was Vice President / Chief Scientist, Advanced Technology Research, in the Aerospace / Communications Division of ITT Defense Electronics. He conducted Research of Advanced Systems Engineering and Technologies for Secure Communications, Signals Intelligence and Emitter Geolocation Systems for Terrestrial, Airborne and Spaceborne Systems and their Subsystems. These included: Radio Frequency Transceivers, Software Defined and Cognitive Radio Systems, Digital Receivers and Digital Signal Processing algorithms.

Previously, as Technical Director and Principal Engineer he conducted the Design, Development, Field Testing applying Instrumentation and Measurement Technology and, in some instances, Deployment Support, of Secure Communications, Signals Intelligence and Emitter Geolocation Systems.

He authored six patents in Spread Spectrum Communications and Digital Instrumentation. He received the ITT Defense & Electronics Engineered for Life Award, for his technical contributions in Communications, Geolocation and Microelectronics. He is an IEEE Life Senior Member and holds a Master of Science in Engineering (MSE) from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in the State of VA, and a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE).