C L I F F O R D  L.  L A U R E N C E, Ph.D.

Colorado Springs, CO -- 719-266-1318, -- clifford@clifflaurence.us

OPERATING SYSTEMS EXPERIENCE

                               Windows                    OS/2                  Java Virtual Machine

COMPUTER LANGUAGES EXPERIENCE

                               Java              C/C++         Pascal           JavaScript, HTML           OpenGL

                               Assembly Language Programming

                                  - Intel x86 microprocessor

                                  - Motorola 68000 microprocessor

                                  - MC68HC11 microcontroller

EDUCATION               

                               Ph.D. - Electrical Engineering, Rice University, 1972

                               B. S. - Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1964

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Nov. 2004 – Jan. 2005          Colorado Technical University, Colorado Springs.        Adjunct Senior Lecturer

Colorado Springs, CO           Teaching of Communications Systems I including signal analysis (EE 443)

Nov. 2003 – Feb 2004           DeVry University, Colorado Springs.                              Adjunct Senior Lecturer

Colorado Springs, CO Teaching of introductory college physics and laboratory (PHYS 202 and 202L)

Sept. 2001 – May 2003        UT Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.                         Senior Lecturer

Austin, Texas Teaching of junior/senior courses in engineering electromagnetics

microprocessor architecture and programming

May 98 – June 2001 IBM Software Group System Performance.                        Advisory Software Engineer

Austin, Texas            - Java performance analysis (Java 1.1.x, 1.2.x, 1.3.0, and JavaOS)

                                - Java benchmarking using JMark 2.0, Caffeine Mark 3.0

                                - Designed, developed, coded, tested, and ran Java Swing Benchmarks

                                - Code analysis and code redesign of Java programs and C++ support code for Windows

and OS/2 systems

                                - Extensive use of performance analysis tools

Sept. 1991 - May 98             UT Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.                         Senior Lecturer

Austin, Texas                      Teaching of junior/senior courses in computer graphics, numerical methods, and

microprocessor architecture and programming

July 1989 - Sept. 1991          McDonnell Douglas Space Systems Co.                                      Staff Engineer

Houston, Texas Designed a large-scale flight software test facility                                                 

                                          Coordinated European Space Agency Interface to Space Station

Jan. 1988 - April 1989           Tracor Aerospace, Inc., Advanced Engineering                        Engineer-Scientist

Austin, Texas                      Developed and designed laser warning receiver systems                                       

Nov. 1982 - Dec. 1987          Lockheed Austin Division                                              Data Systems Engineer

Austin, Texas                      Maintained real-time software, Wrote proposals

Sept. 1985 - 1988                UT Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.         Senior Lecturer (part time)

Austin, Texas Teaching of junior/senior level course in "Lasers and Optical Engineering"

Dec. 1978 - April 1982          University of Houston, Energy Laboratory                       Staff Research Scientist

Houston, Texas                   Analyzed and designed large-scale solar-thermal power systems                          

Sept. 1973 - Nov. 1978         Aerospace Corporation                                         Member of the Technical Staff

El Segundo, California          Technical direction of the development of a multiband infrared space based telescope

                                          Designed and analyzed central-receiver type solar energy systems.

COURSES TAUGHT AT UT Austin ECE Department as Senior Lecturer

EE348              Optics and Laser Engineering

EE325              Engineering Electromagnetics

EE383P            Fourier Optics (graduate course)

EE332              Computer Graphics (2D graphics on Macintosh).

EE332              Computer Graphics (3D graphics on IBM PC using OpenGL).

EE319K            Microprocessor Programming (Motorola 68000)

EE319K            Microprocessor Programming (Motorola MC68HC11 micro-controller)

EE319K            Microprocessor Programming (Motorola MC68HC12 micro-controller)

EE312              Introduction to Programming Languages (Pascal)

EE312              Introduction to Programming Languages (C++)

EE360C            Object Oriented Programming and Data Structures in C++.

EE332K            Numerical Methods

AT DeVry University, Physics 202 and 202L, Introductory College Physics and Laboratory

AT Colorado Technical University, Communication Systems EE443

PUBLICATIONS

The Laser Book, A New Technology of Light, Clifford L. Laurence, Prentice-Hall Press, New York, 1986.

"A Design Method for Optimizing Collector Systems for Small Solar Central Receivers",  R.B. Bannerot and C.L. Laurence, Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 102, p. 240, November, 1982. 

"Visible CW Optical Parametric Oscillator Using Barium-Sodium Meta-Niobate," C.L. Laurence and F.K. Tittel, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 42, p. 2137, 1971.

"Prediction of the Tuning Characteristics of an Optical Parametric Oscillator Using Parametric Fluorescence," C.L. Laurence and F.K. Tittel, Opto-Electronics, Vol. 3, p. 1, 1971.

"Measurements of Photon Correlations of Second Harmonic Generated Light," F. Davidson, J. Klebba, C. Laurence, and F. Tittel, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 17, p. 117, 1970.

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS AND PAPERS

"Heliostat Systems - Technical and Economic Assessment,"  A.F. Hildebrandt and C.L. Laurence, Solar Technology Assessment Project, Vol. IX, Florida Solar Energy Center, Orlando, Florida, November, 1981. 

"A Design Method for Optimizing Collector Systems for Small Solar Central Receivers,"  R.B. Bannerot and C.L. Laurence, Winter Annual Meeting, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York, December, 1979. 

"Short Term Effects of Cloud Transits on the Barstow Central Receiver Pilot Plant,"  C.L. Laurence, Annual Meeting, American Section of the International Solar Energy Society, Phoenix, Arizona, June, 1980. 

"Collector Field Optimization Report (RADL ITEM 2-25) - 10MWe Solar-thermal Pilot Plant - Solar Facilities Design Integration," L.L. Vant-Hull, F.W. Lipps, C.L. Laurence, and M.W. Walzel, U.S. Department of Energy, McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Corp., Energy Foundation of Texas, October, 1979. 

"A User's Manual for the University of Houston Computer Code - RCELL: Cellwise Optimization for the Solar Central Receiver Project,"  C.L. Laurence and F.W. Lipps, Energy Laboratory, University of Houston, U. S. Department of Energy, SAN/0763-3, December, 1980.

"A User's Manual for the University of Houston Computer Code - IH: Collector-Receiver Performance Analysis by Individual Heliostats,"  C.L. Laurence and F.W. Lipps, Energy Laboratory, University of Houston, U.S. Department of Energy, SAN/0763-5, April, 1982. 

"Design of a Continuous Wave Optical Parametric Oscillator,"  C.L. Laurence, Electro-Optical Systems Design Conference, New York, NY, September, 1970.