H. Howard Coleman

Goal: Development of software for personal communication and information access; in particular, development which takes advantage of the rapidly-changing capabilities and availability of the Internet and Internet-related technologies.

1/96 - Present: Interval Systems, Inc., Austin, TX

Contract development of Windows (Win32s, Windows 95, Windows NT) interface for Interval Systems' cross-platform, electronic commerce application.

6/94 - 12/95: Quadralay Corporation, Austin, TX

Responsible for all Windows (Win32s, Windows NT, Windows 95)-specific development of the company's cross-platform (Macintosh, UNIX, Windows) product line, including:

• GUI design
• Inter-application communications
• Installation packages

Coding primarily in C and C++, using commercial and company-proprietary class libraries, including MFC, Rogue Wave, zApp, and Metrowerks' PowerPlant.

7/93 - 5/94: FASTMAN, Inc., Austin, TX

Adaptation and implementation of company's proprietary, wavelet-based compression and processing techniques.

• C, C++, and 80x86 assembler implementation of compression package in Windows- based demo app built using Borland's OWL
• Numerical simulations of wavelet-based signal detection and parameter estimation techniques in government-funded studies.

1980 - 1981, 1982-1985: E-Systems, Garland, TX

Developed and simulated signal analysis algorithms for detection and parameter estimation in high-speed, real-time data acquisition systems.

1981 - 1982: ARCO Exploration Co., Plano, TX

Design and analysis of field data quality assessment tools and techniques for seismic reflection profiling equipment.

1975 - 1976: Tracking and Communications Development Division, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX

Participated in specification and evaluation of Space Shuttle communications system. Designed microprocessor-based signal acquisition unit for EVA suit prototype.

1985 - 1993: University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX - Ph.D. in Astronomy

Dissertation title: Continuum Spectra of Supermassive Accretion Disks

1974 - 1975: Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA - M.S.E.E.

1970 - 1973: Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA - B.S.E.E (Summa cum laude).

1973: University Medal, Louisiana State University

1986-1989: University Fellow, University of Texas - Austin

1990-1992: NASA Graduate Student Research Program Fellow