Joseph Arendt's Resume

Currently looking for employment.

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I am currently looking for a position doing optics research or scientific computer programming.

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12/99 -     Project Staff, Image Processing Group
3/03        The Cleveland Clinic Foundation,
           Department of Biomedical Engineering,
           Cleveland, OH  44195

           Developed a method of combining diffuse reflectance
             and laser-induced intrinsic fluorescence spectroscopy
             for detection of papillary tumors of the urinary bladder.
           Examined the role of ceroid, elastin, and collagen in the
             in vitro diagnosis of coronary atherosclerotic
             lesions by intrinsic fluorescence.
           Performed a small scale in vivo experiment to determine
             if the method of diagnosing coronary atherosclerotic
             lesions worked in a clinical environment.

6/99 -     Visiting Scientist, 
11/99      Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory
           Massachusetts Institute of Technology
           77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA  02139-4307

           Improving an Excitation-Emission Matrix (EEM) instrument.
           Incorporated a mathematical routine for extracting intrinsic
             fluorescence from measured fluorescence and reflectance
             of bladder spectra.

1/92 -     Research Assistant, Image Processing Group
5/99       The Cleveland Clinic Foundation,
           Department of Biomedical Engineering,
           Cleveland, OH  44195

           Investigated natural fluorescence (autofluorescence) and
             reflectance spectroscopy for detecting cancer and
             precancerous conditions in the bladder, colon, and esophagus.
           Captured red, green, and blue optically-filtered images with a black-and-white
             CCD camera, then constructed color images with digital image processing.
           Analyzed fluorescence and reflectance spectra with principal component
             analysis with logistic regression.
           Developed a fluorescence spectroscopy method for diagnosing
              papillary tumors.
           Modified spectroscopy equipment used in the operating room to
             take white-light reflectance spectra.
           Wrote C programs for spectral analysis.

12/86 -    Assistant Staff Member, Radar Signature Analysis Group
12/91      MIT Lincoln Laboratory,
           Lexington, MA  02173

           Determined atmospheric infrared absorption by comparing measurements
             of stars by NASA's IRAS satellite to infrared signatures measured
             by a surveillance airplane.
           Wrote and modified software as part of a team extracting pulses in an array
             of data captured by infrared sensors flown at a high altitude.
           Analyzed the spectral response of various digital filters for
             above application with final selection of 4-pole Butterworth filter.
           Programmed in C using Numerical Recipes mathematical library.

1/86 -     Grader for Nonlinear Electric Circuits, Dept. of Elect. Eng.
8/86       University of Wisconsin - Madison,
           College of Engineering,
           Madison, WI  53706

           Developed, administered, and graded homework sets.

8/84 -     Electrical Engineering Co-op Position, Kitchen and Bath Products
12/84      Kohler Company,
           Kohler, WI  53044

           Designed an infrared-sensor-operated, microprocessor-controlled
             handwashing station.
           Coordinated construction of handwashing station prototype, which
             was then granted product development status.
           Implemented modified alarm clock module as time for bath
             filling system using discrete logic circuitry.

9/82 -     Tutor, Math-Science Learning Center
5/84       University of Wisconsin-Platteville,
           Dept. of Mathematics, Platteville, WI  53818

           Staffed learning center instructing students in calculus and physics.

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