Kevin Geary, Ph.D.

3011 Malibu Canyon Road
Malibu, CA 90265
(310) 922-7219
email@kevingeary.com

 

OBJECTIVE:      Apply and further develop technical and leadership skills in the fields of photonics and                                 applied electromagnetics.

Education:      University of California, Los Angeles  (GPA: 3.9)                                        
                           PhD: Electrical Engineering; emphasis in photonics,                                              (2006)
                                    minors in electromagnetics and biomedical engineering

   MS: Electrical Engineering; emphasis in photonics                                                 (2002)

   ASSERT Fellowship                                                                                             (2002)

                    University of California, Berkeley                                             
                           BS: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science                                                  (2000)


Experience:    Applied Electromagnetics Laboratory Researcher                  (6/2006 to present)
                       HRL Laboratories, Malibu, CA  (formerly Hughes Research Lab)

·      Designed and tested compact multi-band antennas for GPS, SDARS, PCS and AMPS automotive applications

·      Proposed a high energy electromagnetic pulse tolerant RF receiver front end, based on an RF-photonic link and a lithium niobate cascade grating electro-optic modulator

·      Developed, fabricated, and characterized a single and multiple lens W-band camera system for passive millimeter wave imaging.  Employed camera for demonstrating the hidden weapons detection capabilities of unamplified zero-biased Sb-based backward tunnel diodes developed under the DARPA MIATA program

·      Built a 22-29 GHz ultrawideband radar testbed for automotive collision avoidance applications


                       Millimeter Wave and Optoelectronics Laboratory Researcher   (8/2000 to 6/2006)
                       University of California, Los Angeles

·      Designed and tested high-performance, low-loss polymer electro-optic modulators based on novel etchless waveguide fabrication techniques such as photobleaching, poling-induced writing, and stress-induced writing

·      Investigated the nonlinear refractive index of electro-optic polymer waveguides and optical fibers using spectral phase interferometry and spectral broadening

·      Built and operated a high-power terahertz confocal imaging system with applications to homeland security and biomedical imaging

·      Developed two-dimensional optical mode transformers to improve the coupling efficiency of optical fibers to polymer lightwave circuits

·      Performed gas sensing based on frequency modulation spectroscopy

·      Analyzed the arm length mismatch of electro-optic Mach-Zehnder modulators and its applications to broadband optical systems such as time-stretching

·      Demonstrated a phased array antenna system based on an electro-optic RF phase shifter array

·      Characterized ultrafast LT-GaAs photoconductive switches and InP HEMTs using near-field optical heterodyning techniques

·      Integrated high-frequency MMIC power amplifiers to polymer electro-optic phase modulators

·      Studied DC bias drift phenomena in cross-linked and side-chain polymer electro-optic modulators


                   Biomedical Engineering Researcher and Teaching Assistant   (1/2003 to 6/2006)
                        University of California, Los Angeles

·      Performed hypericin-based photodynamic therapy, fluorescence spectroscopy, and two-photon imaging of pancreatic cancer

·      Designed a two-photon autofluorescence bronchoscope system for tumor detection

·      Proposed a micro-loopless antenna for high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging of the brain

·      Developed an integrated laser tattoo removal system with proposal for patent

·      Examined the role of laser systems in current and future biomedical applications


                   EUV Interferometry Researcher                                         (1/1999 to 8/2000)
                        Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA

·      Analyzed the effects of aberrations in refractive optical systems as a function of image capture size and distance from the optical axis

·      Operated interferometry experiments of extreme ultraviolet lithographic optical systems in the Advanced Light Source synchrotron facility

·      Performed mask design and layout using CAD software tools for fabrication of silicon image plane and object plane masks used in phase-shifting point diffraction interferometry

                    Sustaining and Systems Engineer                                      (5/1997 to 8/1999)
                         Aspect Telecommunications, San Jose, CA

·      Designed, developed, and tested system performance monitoring tools to measure CPU processor usage for troubleshooting and benchmarking purposes using C/C++, PERL, Visual Basic, and Java

·      Implemented a trace tool for a call center voice subsystem

·      Assessed critical WinSock issues involving high-bandwidth call center processes

                    Network Technician                                                       (6/1996 to 9/1996)
                         Bay Telephone Services, Inc., Milpitas, CA

·      Implemented telecom network physical layers for city, public, and private corporations

 

LEADERSHIP:
                        HRL Laboratories Colloquium Committee Representative                         (2006 to present)
                        Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society Chairman and Undergraduate Mentor             (2005 to 2006)

UCLA Graduate Science Journal Editor                                                       (2004 to 2006)
            UCLA Engineering Graduate Student Association Chairman                          (2003 to 2006)

Church Choir Guitarist and Music For Healing Community Volunteer          (2003 to present)

UCLA Engineering Graduate Student Association Vice President                   (2000 to 2001)

UC Berkeley Student Orientation Staff Member                                           (1997 to 1998)

UC Berkeley Resident Hall President                                                                      (1997)

UC Berkeley Resident Hall Vice-President                                                              (1996)


CITizenship:     U.S. Citizen
                       Born on November 21, 1978 in Alameda, CA USA

 

REFERENCES:    Professor Harold R. Fetterman
                       UCLA Electrical Engineering Department
                       M.S. and Ph.D. thesis advisor
                       Email: fetter@ee.ucla.edu

                       Additional references available upon request.