Kenneth J. Hintz, Ph.D.
Ken is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at George Mason University who has worked extensively with the University’s Office of Technology Transfer. Prior to joining George Mason University, Ken was with the U. S. Navy as a designated naval aviator. Ken also worked in electronic warfare and radar signal processing with the Naval Surface Warfare Center, where he designed and built the AN/ULQ-16, variations of which are still in production. Ken’s current research interest is in pre-shot detection of barreled weapons based on his recent discovery of cavity induced modulation and syntactic pattern recognition applied to ground penetrating radar images for landmine detection and classification. Ken’s other research interests are in information-based real-time sensor management, X-ray, thermal, and visual image processing, as well as computer architectures and algorithms for real time signal processing. He also researches trace metals and nutrients in coral reefs.
Ken earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University and a Masters of Science and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Virginia. Ken holds 16 patents and is a Fellow of SPIE (the International Society for Optics and Photonics), a Senior Life Member of IEEE, and the lead author on a book on Microcontrollers.
Ken is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at George Mason University who has worked extensively with the University’s Office of Technology Transfer. Prior to joining George Mason University, Ken was with the U. S. Navy as a designated naval aviator. Ken also worked in electronic warfare and radar signal processing with the Naval Surface Warfare Center, where he designed and built the AN/ULQ-16, variations of which are still in production. Ken’s current research interest is in pre-shot detection of barreled weapons based on his recent discovery of cavity induced modulation and syntactic pattern recognition applied to ground penetrating radar images for landmine detection and classification. Ken’s other research interests are in information-based real-time sensor management, X-ray, thermal, and visual image processing, as well as computer architectures and algorithms for real time signal processing. He also researches trace metals and nutrients in coral reefs.
Ken earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University and a Masters of Science and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Virginia. Ken holds 16 patents and is a Fellow of SPIE (the International Society for Optics and Photonics), a Senior Life Member of IEEE, and the lead author on a book on Microcontrollers.
