Erik Blasch

Program Officer at Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)

Role
Project Lead Afrl Rst at Air Force Research Laboratory
Location
Arlington, VA, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Erik Blasch

Respected international senior materiel leader and multimodal fusionist innovating design of systems using information processing, space-aware tracking, industrial avionics, and human factors designs as:(1) documented in 16 books, 82 patents, and 75 tutorials, as well as 210 journal, 600+ peer-reviewed, and 500+ conference papers;(2) recognized with 12 named awards, 60+ annual awards, and 21 medals; and (3) deployed techniques to two enterprise systems, with 8 licensed products, and 12 programs of record. Technical lead managing diverse teams of 10-50 people for over 30 years, influencing $3B in funding. Experienced engineer with a demonstrated history of working in government administration, military operations, academic settings, and industrial innovation. Known for developments and patents in \"Level 5 information fusion\" for human-machine teaming,\"Multi-Attribute AI Scorecard Table (MAST)\" to measure trust, evidential and information filtering tracking for \"Pattern of Life\" analysis, Physics-Enhanced Machine Learning through Dynamic Data Driven Applications Systems designs, as well concepts in the books on image fusion, deep learning for synthetic aperture radar, blockchain, and data fusion systems. Other roles include military officer, academic professor, professional society president, and entrepreneur. Skilled in mathematical modeling, computer science, software development, systems engineering, and test/evaluation.

Experience

  1. Project Lead Afrl Rst

    Air Force Research Laboratory

    Jan 2022 — Present · Dayton, OH, US

    Campaigns (1) Commercial GEO and (2) Fog and Edge

Education

  • Wright State University

    PhD - ABD - Human Factors, Psychology

    1999 — 2001

  • Georgia Institute of Technology

    PhD - ABD, Mechanical Engineering

    1993 — 1995

  • Georgia Institute of Technology

    MS, Health Science

    1994 — 1995

  • Wright State University

    MS Econ, Economics

    1998 — 1999

  • UW School of Medicine and Public Health

    MD, Medicine

    1995 — 1997

  • Wright State University

    MBA, Finance

    1997 — 1998

  • Georgia Institute of Technology

    MS, Industrial Engineering

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison

    PhD-ABD, Mechanical Engineer

    1995 — 1999

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    BS, Mechanical Engineering (2) , Economics (14)

    1988 — 1992

  • Parkview High School, Lilburn, GA

    Valedictorian, Honor

  • Wright State University

    Master's degree, Electrical Engineering

    1997 — 1997

  • USAF Air War College

    Master of Science - MS, Strategy

Skills

  • R&D
  • C
  • Dod
  • Statistics
  • C++
  • Research and Development (R&D)
  • Image Processing
  • Security Clearance
  • Communications Audits
  • Software Engineering
  • Mathematical Modeling
  • Computer Science
  • Program Management
  • Data Mining
  • Machine Learning
  • Matlab
  • U.s. Department of Defense
  • Robotics
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Signal Processing
  • Military
  • Information Architecture
  • Systems Engineering
  • Simulations
  • Algorithms
  • Neural Networks
  • Computer Vision
  • Engineering Mathematics
  • Software Development
  • Sensors
  • Operations Research
  • Latex

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