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John E. Pinkerton

John PinkertonOffice Phone: 724-847-6519
jep@geneva.edu

Disciplines/Field of Instruction

  • Electrical/Computer Engineering
  • Digital Systems
  • Microprocessors
  • Embedded Computing
  • Digital Signal processing

Degrees Received

  • Ph.D.,1973, University of South Carolina
  • M.S., 1965, University of Wisconsin
  • B.S., 1960, Geneva College

Courses Taught

  • CPE 220 - Digital Systems
  • CPE 303 - Microprocessor Systems
  • CPE 304 - Advanced Digital Logic
  • CPE 490 - Embedded Systems
  • ELE 440 - Digital signal Processing

Presentations/Publications

  • Several Papers on Dust Deposition and Reflectivity, U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1973-1989
  • NASA-Jet Propulsion Lab Technical Research Reports, Variable Bit Rate Voice compression,1995,1996
  • International Activated Carbon Conference: Invited Presentations on various Internet related topics, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

Current Projects

  • Director, Geneva College Center for Technology Development, approximately 80 projects since 1973 to 2007 covering a wide range of technologies.  Total funding (grants/awards/contracts) over that time period were approximately $1,000,000.
  • As Director of Geneva College Center for Technology Development, I was named Lead Engineering Partner in Beaver Keystone Innovation Zone (2005 – present) Grant, providing engineering support to local companies in product research and development activities.

Awards & Distinctions Received

  • NDEA Fellow, University of south Carolina, 1970-71
  • Special Achievement award from USBM for IEEE 3rd prize paper, IAS National Meeting, 1986
  • Teacher of the Year, Geneva College, 1987
  • Scholar of the Year, Geneva College, 1988
  • Special Achievement award, from USBM, best technical publication in an external journal or conference record, 1989
  • Excellence in Scholarship Award, Geneva College, 1993-4
  • ASEE-NASA Summer Faculty fellow, California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1995,1996
  • R&D 100 Award with National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, for Coal Dust Explosibility Meter, Peer reviewed International Award Competition for 100 most Technologically Significant New Products of the Year (Mine Safety Device), by Research and Development Magazine Awards Committee, 2006.

Affiliations, e.g., membership in professional organizations, etc.

  • Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, (member of computer and education groups) (IEEE)
  • American Physical Society (APS)
  • American Association of Engineering Education (ASEE)