Engineer Signal Processing
Resume:
Grant Gray
Email: *********@********.***
Address: PO Box 6219
City: Marble Canyon
State: AZ
Zip: 86036
Country: USA
Phone: 928-***-****
Skill Level: Experienced
Salary Range: $90,000
Willing to Relocate
Primary Skills/Experience:
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Educational Background:
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Job History / Details:
Grant R. Gray
PO Box 6219
Marble Canyon, AZ 86036
928-***-**** (cell)
********@*****.***
Education: BA Physics/Mathematics University of Colorado, 1963
M.S. Applied Mathematics/Physics University of Colorado, 1966
Employment history:
11/2007-Present Atmospheric Probing Technologies, LLC (owner)
Consulting: UCAR, CSWR, ATI, UCAR
3/2008-4/2012 Advanced Radar Corporation, Boulder, CO
Radar engineer
Developed Windows XP based radar data acquisition software
Developed system for controlling dual frequency dual polarization
X-band mobile radars for CSWR.
Supported Center for Severe Weather Research (CSWR) in 2009
Vortex II field campaign
12/2001- 11/2007 UCAR
Digital Engineer
Designed precision A/D system for Gulfstream V research aircraft
Developed eye-safety radar for airborne lidar operations
Wrote signal processing/control software for CSWR Rapid Dow
8/2001 - 12/2001 Engineering Consultant, ATI, Binet, NOAA
10/1997 - 8/2001 University of Washington
Research Engineer
Redesigned Convair 580 airborne data acquisition system.
Developed portable S-band vertically pointing Doppler research radar (OPRA).
Specified and directed installation of two generations of Doppler weather radars on NOAA research vessel Ronald H. Brown.
6/1991 - 10/1997 New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMTech)
Radar Scientist/Engineer
Dopplerized compact X-band convection initiation radar.
Redesigned signal processing and display system for NMT wideband multi-polarization radar.
Redesigned NMT lightning interferometer signal processing system.
4/1990 - 6/1991 Engineering Consultant, ATI, NOAA, Lassen Research
7/1966 - 4/1990 National Center for Atmospheric Research
Electronics Engineer
Developed first real-time color-enhanced radar display.
Designed six series of digital Doppler signal processors (RP-2 through RP-7) for NCAR research weather radars.
Designed sky brightness photometer for HAO.
8/1964 - 6/1966 Graduate School, University of Colorado
Teaching Assistant, Dept of Applied Mathematics
Instructor: Calculus I, II, Assembly level programming
6/1963 - 8/1964 Texas Instruments, Inc, Dallas, TX, Electronics Engineer, Apparatus Division
Development of commercial avionics items
Development of helium magnetometer for space missions and for undersea surveillance.
8/1958 - 1/1960 Micro-Dynamics, Inc, Broomfield, CO, Instrumentation Engineer
Developed rocket-born meteorological sounding system
Awards and patents:
1974 NCAR Technology Advancement (color radar display)
1997 US Patent #5,621,410: 'Remote prediction of lightning hazards'
2002 Research Support Incentive for IHOP 2002 (Eyesafe radar development)
2010 US Patent #7,728,765:
'Method and apparatus for clutter filtering staggered pulse repetition time signals'
Additional certifications and interests:
Highest security clearance held: Secret
General Aviation: Commercial license/Instrument rating
Civil: AZ Level II Water Treatment/Distribution Operator
River running: licensed river guide in Grand Canyon
Hiking, skiing, travel
Selected Publications:
Hubbert, John, Greg Maymeris, and Grant Gray. "A simplified approach to staggered PRT clutter filtering." Preprint: 25th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography and Hydrology, Phoenix, Arizona (Jan. 2009.)
Gray, Grant, and Frank Pratte. "An Eye-safety Radar for Lidar Operations" Preprint: 31st
Conference on Radar Meteorology: P5B.9 Seattle, WA (June. 2003)
Pratte, Frank, Grant Gray, and J. Fox. "Airborne proximity radar for laser eye-safety: design and development" Preprint: 31st Conference on Radar Meteorology: P5B.10 Seattle, WA
(June 2003).
Gray, Grant, et al. "Swords into Plowshares: APQ-130 Attack Radar Conversion." Preprint: 27th Conference on Radar Meteorology 27 (Oct. 1995): 124-126. Conversion of an APQ-130 attack radar into a Ku band meteorological radar.
Brook, Marx, Grant Gray, and Paul Krehbiel. "Another look at precipitation measurements from space." Preprints: 27th Conference on Radar Meteorology 27 (Oct. 1995): 86-88. Proposed use of wideband (noise) radar for precipitation measurements using satellite-borne radar.
Gray, Grant R, et al. "A New Programmable Signal Processor for NCAR Meteorological Radars." Preprints: 24th Conference on Radar Meteorology: (Mar. 1989): 447-450. Announcement of the RP-7 floating point programmable signal processor.
Keeler, R Jeffrey, Grant R Gray, and Brian W Lewis. "Pulse compression for Doppler weather radar." Preprints: 24th Conference on Radar Meteorology: (Mar. 1989): 436-438.
Keeler, R Jeffrey, Brian W Lewis, and Grant R Gray. "Description of NCAR/FOF CP-2 Meteorological Radar." Preprints: 24th Conference on Radar Meteorology (Mar. 1989): 589-592.
Gray, Grant, et al "A real-time implementation of staggered PRT velocity unfolding." Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 6.1 (Feb. 1989): 186-187. Confirmation of calculations by D. Zrnic, et al.
Barron, Robert, Grant Gray, and Jon Lutz. "New Features for NCAR Radars." Preprints: 23rd Conference on Radar Meteorology (Sep. 1986): JF346-347.
Gray, Grant, Robert Serafin, and Joseph Boyajian. "Real Time Color Display for Meteorological Radar." Preprints: 16th Conference on Radar Meteorology 16: 21-25. The first real-time color-enhanced display for Doppler radars.
Bilhorn, T.W., Brandauer, C.M., Gray, G.R. 1970: "Sky Brightness Photometer." NCAR Technical Note: 1970. Instrument to measure sky brightness solar diameter from limb of sun for solar chronograph site survey.
Goldstein, Kenneth, and Grant Gray: "Handbook of Magnetic Phenomena." Texas Instruments, Dallas: 1963. Contained guidelines for designing low-magnetic field spacecraft instrumentation.
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