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
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
Project Lead Afrl Rst
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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