Allan Tate Mense

Biography

• Presently I am a research associate in the Physics Department at the University of Arizona Prior to this I as an instructor in the SIE Department teaching Statistical courses in Applied Reliability, Design of Experiments and multivariate quality control. I have als o been working in increasing interaction between UofA and Ratheon Missile Systems.
• Former Principal Engineering Fellow Raytheon Missile Systems: Principal advisor to the director of systems engineering responsible for technical reviews for all missile systems. Chief reliability engineer within the company with responsibility for development of Bayesian analysis techniques, design margin analysis, and application of statistical techniques in product design...
• Former Engineering Fellow Raytheon Missile Systems: Chief Engineer for Robust Design & Affordability department within Systems Design & Performance directorate and Chief Scientist for Space Technology for AMD/DEW product line. Developed concept of Key Performance Characteristics (KPC) to reduce variability of products and production costs. Senior member of RMS Modularity Action Working Group to implement modularity throughout RMS, reduce cycle-time and improve product design reliability. Co-developer and instructor for Raytheon-wide course on Statistical Design Methods and Statistical Design of Experiments. Systems architect for space based kinetic energy interceptor constellation. Extensive work with SM3 and SM6 design engineers on determining critical design parameters and potential production variability problems.  Former chief engineer for Army Air Defense in the Directed Energy Weapons product line. Co-inventor of the RMS DIRCM (Silent Eyes) concept.
• Lead systems engineer for Motorola in satellite & spacecraft integration, systems engineer for largest commercial satellite communications network undertaken in USA SATCOM (Iridium & Teledesic), responsible for requirements flow-down, operation in space environment and satellite system reliability & availability.
• Chief scientist in SDIO in DOD (present day MDA). Maintained technical purview over all $3 billion SDIO programs. Negotiated international MOU’s and MOA’s. Coordinated complex, multifaceted, programs as DOD representative to intelligence agencies and National labs as well as other non-DoD agencies. Headed up work in survivability of space assets and similar SAR programs.
• Vice President for Research and Professor of Physics, Florida Institute of Technology: Operated as chief technology officer and business development / marketing director for entire university. Negotiated all agreements with industry, state and federal governments, and all international organizations and industries. Responsible for 7 major research labs and university computer center; also held position of Professor of Physics. Increased research funding level by 400% in 3 years. Also served as one of only 4 operating officers of FIT incorporated and shared fiduciary responsibility for entire university.
• Project manager and systems designer in aerospace industry. Delivered unique high-tech hardware on time and within cost.  Knowledgeable of actual project development and delivery of products that require leading-edge technology. (McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company)
• Manager of space radiation effects group on satellite telecommunications systems. Motorola Six Sigma Black Belt in statistics.
• Staff member on former Science & Technology Committee in U.S. House of Representatives. Oversight for $! billion on Department of Energy programs.
• Member U.S. Army Science Board, Member Arny Researh Boad in Nat'l Academy of Engineers
• Member Board of Directors Arizona Optical Industries Association
• Registered Professional Engineer in State of Arizona and Certified Reliability Engineer with ASQ.

Degrees

• M.S. Systems & Management Science Engineering
• Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States
• Principal components in Quality Control
• Ph.D. Plasma Physics / Nuclear Engineering
• University of Wisconsin -, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
• Divertor Design and Impurity Control in a Tokamak Fusion Reactor
• M.S. Nuclear Engineering
• University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
• Wave solutions of Neutron Diffusion Equation - experimental Determination
• B.S. Engineering Physics
• University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
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