Karl B.
Electrical Engineer, PCB Design, Altium ECAD, Electromagnetics PhD.
Spring Lake,
United States
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About
- Contract PCB Designer
- 20 Years defense and government contracting (8 full time)
- 12 Years as a professor teaching PCB design and electronics
- RF/Microwave/Antenna Experience
- Prefer Altium Designer
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- 20 Years defense and government contracting (8 full time)
- 12 Years as a professor teaching PCB design and electronics
- RF/Microwave/Antenna Experience
- Prefer Altium Designer
Experience
- Associate Professor Grand Valley State University · Full-time Aug 2014 – Present 12 yrs 3 mos Grand Rapids, MI, USA Electronics, Embedded Electronics, PCB Design, Embedded Programming
- Contract and Consulting BT Engineering LLC · Contract Jan 2011 – Present 15 yrs 10 mos Spring Lake, MI, USA Contract and Consulting Company
Education
- University of Michigan Ph.D., Applied Electromagnetics 2003 – 2007
- University of Michigan BSE-EE, Electrical Engineering 1999 – 2002
Other experience
- GVSU Biology Dept. Developed volumetric mapping imager for difficult-to-reach animal burrows
- CERDEC, US Army RF lead for development of compact, low-cost, active-element scanned arrays (AESA) and novel PCB packaging concepts at S- through K-bands
- Boeing Defense, Space & Security Division RF lead for development of compact, secure, beacon monopulse cooperative radar tracking system for command-guided hypersonic and supersonic projectiles
- Baxter Medical RF lead for FMEA and modeling of RF-assisted polymer welder for biomedical application
- Picometrics Inc FMEA, Modeling, and design for DC-50GHz photodetector launchers
- Neuropeak Pro Inc Performed economic analysis and redesign of wireless respiration and heart-rate sensors for sports performance optimization
- GVSU Chemistry Dept. Developed of low-cost fluorescence lifetime decay spectrophotometer for material measurements
- GVSU Chemistry Dept. Designed and fabricated digitally adaptable anti-alias filtering for laser diffusion measurements
- GVSU Physic Dept. Developed of low-cost quantum tunneling microscope for student laboratory use
- GVSU Chemistry Dept. Developed low-cost speed-of-sound measurement system for low-pressure and plasma chambers
- AFRL Sensors Directorate Development of conformal EMI shielded coating for microwave PCB using vapor phase deposition and atomic layer deposition. Achieved >70dB suppression with conformal coating
- AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate Composites Branch Development of lightweight, inexpensive EMI/HEMP/HPM shielded enclosures for aircraft applications. Achieved a 60% reduction in weight, 50% reduction in cost, while providing >90dB of shielding effectiveness for signals 100MHz to 18GHz at incident powers of 150MW
- Twisted Traces, Elk Grove IL Design and test of rapid-turn prototypes for RF energy harvesting circuits used in novelty beer bottle labels
- Mutsumi Electronics Corp., Novi MI) Redesign of LTE communication module for automotive infotainment application
- Digital Sign Solutions, Zeeland MI Hardware and software development for digital scoreboards
- Medallion Instrumentation Systems Inc., Spring Lake MI Design and testing of infotainment and video display modules for watercraft, heavy trucks, and military vehicles using NXP and Renesas graphics processors and DDR memory. Many contracts.
- Picatinny Arsenal, US Army Design of Non-GPS local position and orientation coordinate referencing system
- BioFire Technologies, Broomfield CO Hardware development and testing of embedded systems for multisensory biometric identification for use in firearms
Licenses & Certifications
- OPSEC Program Manager Civilian Sep 2019 – Present
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Age: 45
Joined: November 5, 2026
Last seen: November 5, 2026
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Spring Lake, MI, United States