Curriculum Vitae

Education:

2001-2006

University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, UK.

Ph.D. Electronic Engineering & Informatics, Space Science Centre. “GENALM - An Associative List Memory Neural Network to detect sequence similarity in DNA database searches”

1999-2000

University of the West Indies (U.W.I), St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago.

1 year M.Phil. Research Electrical & Computer Engineering “Formulation of a Computer-Based Model of a Steel-Pan using Finite Element Analysis”

1996-1999

University of the West Indies (U.W.I), St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago.

B.Sc. Degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering (Electronics Option) with First Class Honors.

Work Experience:

Aug 2010 – present

Assistant Professor, Computer Science, The State University of New York at Oswego, Oswego, NY

May 2010 – July 2010

Research Associate, Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
  • Design and implement the control and Data Acquisition and Control system for a Pixel Array Detectors

May 2006 – May 2010

Postdoctoral Associate, Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
  • Design and implement the control and Data Acquisition and Control system for a Pixel Array Detector used to measure X-ray diffraction at the Linear Coherent Light Source (LCLS)

Oct 2000 – July 2005

Teaching Assistant, Engineering, Engineering and Information Technology, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton.
  • Supervised and corrected tutorials in Circuits and Electronics Yr.1
  • Supervised and corrected laboratory exercises for Foundation Yr. Engineering
  • Supervised Laboratory Exercises in Communication Systems for M.Sc. Digital Electronics
  • Helped design, prepare and supervise laboratory exercises Communication Systems for final Year Engineering

Oct 1999 - July 2000

Lecturer, Electrical & Computer Engineering, U.W.I.
  • Prepare course notes and Lecture Level I Digital Electronics Course.
  • Design digital control systems for use in external research.
  • Develop, supervise and correct Laboratory Exercises for Level II and III Digital Electronics Courses.

Publications:

  • H. T. Philipp, M. Hromalik, M. Tate, L. Koerner and Sol M. Gruner “Pixel array detector for X-ray free electron laser experiments”. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 13 December 2010.
  • L. Koerner, H. Philipp, M. Hromalik, and M. Tate. “X-ray tests of a pixel array detector for coherent x-ray imaging at the LINAC coherent light source”. Journal of Instrumentation, 4(03):P03001, 2009.
  • H. T. Philipp, L. J. Koerner, M. S. Hromalik, M. W. Tate, S. M. Gruner, “Femtosecond radiation experiment detector for x-ray free-electron laser (XFEL) coherent x-ray imaging”. IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symposium Record (2008 Nucl. Sci. Symposium, talk N14-5, Dresen, Germany, 19 - 25 Oct., 2008; DOI 10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774709)
  • M. S. Hromalik, H. T. Philipp, L. J. Koerner, M. W. Tate and S. M. Gruner, “Data acquisition and control for the LCLS pixel array detector” Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, NSS '07. IEEE Volume 3,  pp 1744 - 1750, 2007.
  • H. Phillip, L. Koerner, M. Hromalik, M. W. Tate and S.M. Gruner, “Pixel Array Detector for the Capture of Femtosecond Duration X-ray Images” SPIE Optics + Photonics Conference, San Diego, CA, August 26-30, 2007.
  • Seferiadis G., M. Pouchet (Hromalik). M.P. Gough, “FPGA implementation of a delay-line readout system for a particle detector”, Elsevier Measurement, Jan. 2006.
  • M.P.Gough, A.Buckley, T.D.Carozzi, S.I.Klimov, V.E. Korepanov, N. Huber, G. Seferiadis, M. Pouchet (Hromalik), E.Chambers, “Electron Correlation in Space Plasmas” Union of Radio Scientists International, New Delhi, Oct. 2005.
  • Pouchet (Hromalik) M., G. Seferiadis, N. Huber, M. P. Gough. “A counter-based field programmable gate array implementation of the one-bit autocorrelation and cross-correlation functions”, Rev. Sci. Instrum., 76, Sep. 2005.
  • Seferiadis G., M. Pouchet (Hromalik), M. P. Gough, “Microchannel plate position read-out system using field programmable gate arrays”, Rev. Sci. Instrum., 76, May 2005.
  • Bezerra, E.A., M .Pouchet (Hromalik), N, Calazans, F.Moraes, M.P. Gough, “An Adaptable HW/SW Environment for Laboratory Teaching in IT Courses”, IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference – FIE’2002, Boston, USA, Nov. 6-9, 2002.
  • Bezerra, E.A., M. Pouchet (Hromalik), M.P. Gough, F.Moraes, “RECKON – A Reconfigurable Prototyping kit for Engineering and IT Laboratory Based Courses”, Configurable Computing Symposium – SCR’2001, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2001.

Conference Presentations:

  • “Data acquisition and control for the LCLS pixel array detector” IEEE Symposium on Nuclear Science, Honolulu, Hawaii, Oct 29th -Nov 5th 2007
  • “FPGA PAD and Other Detector Developments at Cornell” e 2010 Synchrotron Radiation Instrumentation (SRI) Conference in Chicago on September 21st 2010.

Projects:

  • DAQ and Control System for the Single Particle Scattering Experiment Femtosecond X-ray Detector
  • Novel FPGA Implementation of the Autocorrelation Function
  • FPGA-based Neural Network implementation of an Associated List Memory for Genetic Database Searching
  • FPGA Implementation of Delay-Line Readout System for a Satellite Based Particle Detector
  • Hardware Implementation of Image Compression techniques using Reconfigurable Systems
  • Reckon: A Java Based FPGA/Microcontroller System For Reconfigurable Hardware/Software System Solutions
  • Formulating a Computer-Based MATLAB model of a Steel-Pan
  • Real-Time Monitoring System of a Laboratory Animal using FPGAs
  • A Video-Based Track and Field Timer using Xilinx FPGAs