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Kenneth J. Hintz, Ph.D.
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For 32 years, Dr. Kenneth Hintz served as a tenured faculty in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at George Mason University. During that time he designed and implemented the ABET accredited B.S. in Computer Engineering degree program as well as the M.S. in Computer Engineering Degree Program. During his tenure he taught courses in sensor engineering, image processing, and computer engineering. He retired from Mason in September 2019.
Dr. Hintz' current research interest is in Information Based Sensor Management (IBSM) which was most recently supported by the Naval Postgraduate School. He also developed a new method for pre-shot detection of barreled weapons based on his discovery of cavity induced modulation (CIM) and developed a method of utilizing ground penetrating radars for non-metallic landmine detection based on syntactic pattern recognition. He is also developing methods for the calibrated measurement of light pollution which affects hatchling sea turtles. Before joining GMU, Dr. Hintz was with the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, VA, working in electronic warfare and radar signal processing where he conceived of, designed, and built the original AN/ULQ-16 pulse analyzer. Prior to working at NSWC, Dr. Hintz was with the U. S. Navy as a designated Naval Aviator stationed for 3 years in Rota, Spain flying Electronic Warfare Reconnaissance with Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron Two (VQ-2). During that time he became designated Electronic Warfare Aircraft Commander (EWAC) in both the EC-121 and EP-3E aircraft. Dr. Hintz holds 27 patents, 5 patents pending, is a Fellow of SPIE, a Senior Life Member of IEEE, author of Sensor Management in ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance, Artech House, 2020), and lead author on Microcontrollers: Architecture, Implementation, and Programming (McGraw-Hill, 1992). He received his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Virginia. Dr. Hintz is currently President and founder (2015) of Perquire Research Company (https://perquire.com/index.html) specializing in inventing solutions to difficult problems, primarily in the area of sensors, sensor management, and signal processing. |