EDUCATION
Contact Information
WORK EXPERIENCE
Academic
Associate Professor - Engineering, Colorado State University Pueblo Pueblo, CO. Currently teaching classes in engineering which include Problem Solving for Engineers, Digital Circuit Logic, and Engineering Circuit Analysis. Also teaching classes in the Electronics Engineering Technology program which include Electrical Fundamentals and Senior Project Seminar. [8/97 - present]Visiting Assistant Professor - Electronics Engineering Technology, University of Southern Colorado, Pueblo, CO. Courses taught include DC Circuits, Electronics I, Electronic Devices and Control, Electrical Fundamentals, Introduction to Microprocessors, Linear Systems. Supervised students for senior design projects. [8/94 - 12/95] [Part-time 1/96-5/97]
Tutor, Academic Advancement Programs, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. Tutored students in calculus, circuit analysis, and electronics. Advanced certification by the College Reading and Learning Association. [1/92 - 5/94]
Industrial
Senior Engineer, AlliedSignal Technical Services Corporation, Colorado Springs, CO. Responsible for maintenance and support of security system at Falcon Air Force Base and communication systems for the Air Force Satellite Control Network. Responsibilities included system evaluation, upgrades and design. Experience includes a fiber optic intrusion detection system (FO IDS) and fiber optic communication links. [5/96 - 7/97]
Electrical Engineering Trainee, Cooperative Education (4 quarters), United States Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory, Ft. Rucker, AL. Participated in the design and implementation of physiological experiments and data analysis. The experiments involved the testing of dynamic visual acuity. [1/80 - 8/81]
Electronics Technician, United States Air Force. Responsible for repair of a phased array radar system, which searched for and tracked satellites and provided early warning for sea launched ballistic missiles. Maintenance responsibilities included transmitter and receiver modules and a digital signal processor. [5/73 - 5/77].
Research
NASA Summer Faculty Fellowship, Researched and developed a high frequency QRS electrocardiograph. The electrocardiograph was developed using LabWindows™/CVI. System elements included R-wave detection, ECG signal averaging, signal noise power estimation, digital FIR bandpass filter design, signal power spectral density estimation, and a 60 Hz adaptive noise canceler. A patent on the electrocardiograph was applied for in July 2001. [6/99 - 8/99, 6/00 - 8/00, 6/01 - 8/01, 6/05 - 8/05]
Graduate Research Assistant, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. Research in modeling the evoked potential as a sum of decaying exponentials. This included algorithmic implementation using both least squares and maximum likelihood methods and also determining the number of exponential signals to use in the model. [1/88 - 12/89]
Graduate Research Assistant, Hillenbrand Biomedical Research Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. Designed and built a small portable heart monitor with a liquid crystal display. This included the design of an analog amplifier and assembly language programming of an 8-bit microprocessor to run the LCD display and store digitized signals. Completion of this prototype was cause for a further grant of $357,583 for design of next generation prototype. The monitor received U.S. patent #4,606,352 and led to the 1993 founding of Technology Transfer Inc., currently marketing the monitor (see http://www.ttic.com). [5/83 - 10/84]
PUBLICATIONS
Todd T. Schlegel, M.D., Walter B. Kulecz, Ph.D., Jude L. DePalma, Ph.D., Alan H. Feiveson, Ph.D., John S. Wilson, B.S.E, M. Atiar Rahman, M.D., Michael W. Bungo, M.D, “Real-time 12-Lead High Frequency QRS Electrocardiography for Enhanced Detection of Myocardial Ischemia and Coronary Artery Disease”, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, March, 2004.
Jude L. DePalma and Jorge I. Aunon, "Transient Modeling of the Evoked Potential" , 13th IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, October, 1991.
PRESENTATIONS
Schlegel, T.T., Kulecz, W., DePalma, J.L. and Moradi, S. A real-time multichannel high frequency QRS electrocardiograph for sensitive and early detection of myocardial ischemia and infarction. Second International Workshop on Non-Invasive Hemodynamic, Autonomic and Vascular Monitoring (Austrian Society of Cardiology, p. 12), Graz, Austria, Oct., 2001.
Schlegel, T.T., Arenare, B., Kulecz, W. and DePalma, J.L. A real-time 12-lead high frequency QRS electrocardiograph for early diagnosis of myocardial ischemia and infarction. 18th Annual Frontiers of Cardiology, Winter Park, CO, January 2-5, 2002. (Note: Winner of Best Research Paper Award at the conference).
HONORS
IEEE Millennium Medal
IEEE Region 5 Outstanding Student Branch Counselor, 2001
NASA Exceptional Technology Achievement Medal, 2005
NASA Space Act Award – NASA Inventions and Contributions Board, 2002
NASA – Johnson Space Center Exceptional Software Award, 2004
Cobe Laboratories Fellow in Biomedical Engineering, 1983-1984.
Tau Beta Pi - National Engineering Honor Society.
Eta Kappa Nu - Electrical Engineering Honor Society.
Tau Alpha Pi - Engineering Technology Honor Society.
Golden Key National Honor Society.
ACTIVITIES
IEEE
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Education Society, Signal Processing Society
Chapter Chair - Signal Processing Society, Pikes Peak Section, 2004 - present
Faculty Sponsor – Colorado State University-Pueblo (1994 - present). Supported and initiated activities include design contest, robotics contest and paper contest, student branch involvement in the CSU-Pueblo engineering design contest for middle and high school students, and Thanksgiving food drive.
Student Activities Chair - Pikes Peak Section (1/96 - present). Organized and set up two workshops for student branch officers for the Pikes Peak and Denver sections.
Region 5 Conference 2001 - Organized all student activities for the conference held in Colorado Springs.
Coordinated college’s involvement and support for local school District 60's participation in the BattleBots IQ Competition. 2001
Coordinating the college support for local schools competing in the Future City Competition, sponsored by National Engineers Week, with the Gear Up program. 2001-2002.
Engineering Mentor for Trinity Lutheran School in the Future City Competition, 2001 – present.
CSU-Pueblo Engineering, Science, and Design Contest Committee, 1997 – present.
Taught geometry at Trinity Lutheran School, 1999/2000, 2002/2003.
President's Scholarship Committee, 1998-present.
First Year Experience Task Force, 2004-2005.
Faculty Senate
Curriculum and Academic Policies Board 1999
Committee on Committees 2000-present
Colorado Faculty Advisory Council representative, 2003 - 2005
Faculty Representative, CSU System Board of Governors, 2005