William Arthur Blake
137 Lane P
Clearview City, KS 66019

Work Experience:

•  NASA JPL (Jet Propulsion Lab) Intern in IFSAR Phenomenology and Product Verification Group (June 2007 - Aug 2007)

•  CReSIS (Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets) Graduate Research Assistant (Sept 2005 - May 2007)

•  Owner of The Computer Doctor business (April 2004 - )

•  Honeywell Intern (June 2001 - Aug 2005)

School Experience:

•  Qualification Exam completed for a Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering (Ph.D. E.E)  (Spring 2007)

•  Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering (B.S. CoE.) from The University of Kansas with EECS departmental honors (Fall 2005)

•  DFSS (Design for Six Sigma) Certified (May 2005)

•  Trained in Six Sigma for Software Development (May 2004)

Leadership Experience

•  Electrical Lead of the UAV Avionics Group

•  President of Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) (2006-2007)

•  Vice President of Tau Beta Pi (TBP) (2005-2006, 2006-2007)

•  Social Chair of the CReSIS Student Organization (CSO) (2006-2007)

•  IEEE chair for Engineering Expo (2005 - 2006)

•  Honeywell Mintern Alumni Association President (2004-2005)

Awards, Achievements and Associations:

•  NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship recipient for research in "Using InSAR to Determine Glacial Basal Conditions" for 2007-2008

•  Parkins Scholarship Recipient (2006-2007)

•  IEEE, AOPA, Tau Beta Pi, Golden Key, National Deans List, Honeywell Mintern Alumni Association, CReSIS Student Organization, Kansas UAV Consortium

•  National Dean List (2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005)

•  Golden Key Honor Society (Top 15%) of all KU students (2004)

•  Tau Beta Pi (Top 1/8, 12.5%) of the Engineering (2004)

•  Eta Kappa Nu (Top 1/4, 25%) of Electrical and Computer Engineers (2005)

•  Honeywell Mintern Alumni Association Co-Founder

•  Private Pilot

Affiliations:

•  Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

•  Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA)

•  Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society (TBP)

•  Eta Kappa Nu Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society (HKN)

•  Golden Key International Honor Society

•  Honeywell Mintern Alumni Association

•  CReSIS Student Organization (CSO)

•  Kansas UAV Consortium

Publications:

•  Blake, W., Siegele, K., Burns, R., "A UAV Avionics System to Facilitate VHF Depth Sounding and SAR", Accepted for publication, IGARSS 2007