Dr. Bob joined Applied Research and Innovation Services (ARIS) in 2013 after 25 years of leadership positions in applied research. Along with BSc and MSc degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Calgary and a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Alberta, with over 10 patents in the area of fiber optic communications systems from his PhD thesis.
Dr. Bob has nearly 40 years of experience in academia and applied research and has broad experience in a variety of subjects including telecommunications, numerical modeling, radio and optical physics, and many others. Some of his recent projects include drone supported airborne GHG emission quantification, drone supported foreign object detection on commercial airport runways, environmental acoustic noise cancellation systems and modeling of electro-hydraulic plasma for oil well remediation.
He developed and managed an ISO accredited lab testing radio frequency in food animal traceability, along with serving on ISO mirror committees for animal traceability equipment and new standards for remotely piloted aerial systems.
Dr. Bob leads the Independent Researchers (IR) group at ARIS, focusing mainly on applied research in information and hardware technologies. IR resources include PCB fabrication, including in-house surface mount capability, software, firmware, signal processing, radio systems and general communication system design.
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SAIT is located on the traditional territories of the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) and the people of Treaty 7 which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the Tsuut’ina and the Îyârhe Nakoda of Bearspaw, Chiniki and Goodstoney.
We are situated in an area the Blackfoot tribes traditionally called Moh’kinsstis, where the Bow River meets the Elbow River. We now call it the city of Calgary, which is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta.