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283-3774
(University of Houston/Clear Lake) |
EDUCATION:
B.S.E.E. with Honors,
University of Maryland, 1965
Ph.D. Rice University, Electrical Engineering, 1972
RELATED EXPERIENCE:
Industrial and Commercial:
Consultant
1973-1977
Lockheed
Electronics Staff Engineer
SEISCO
International Researcher
University
of Houston - Clear Lake
Presently Professor and Chair of Engineering
1974-Present
Adjunct or Part-Time Professor (Rice)
ACTIVITIES:
Numerous consulting
activities include:
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design
of microprocessor-based systems |
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electrical
and electronic design |
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interpretation
of the National Electrical Code |
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expert
witness in various legal cases involving electrical accidents that may
have resulted from violations of OSHA or other safety codes or unsafe workplace practices. |
REGISTRATIONS AND
ORGANIZATIONS:
Professional Engineer -
Texas
Master Electrician –
Houston and Texas and other cities and states
Member of National
Electrical Code Panel No. 2, (National Fire Protection Association)
PROFESSIONAL
SOCIETIES:
American Society for
Engineering Education
American Association for
the Advancement of Science
Association for Computing
Machinery
Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers
National Fire Protection
Association
HONORARY SOCIETIES:
Eta Kappa
Nu, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi
OTHER DUTIES:
Association for Computing
Machinery -Chairman (1984)
IEEE Clear Lake Chapter,
various positions including:
Treasurer (1983-84);
Chairman (1985-86)
Thesis Advisor for several
graduate students each semester (UHCL)
TEACHING AND
UNIVERSITY SERVICE:
Memberships
American Society for
Engineering Education
IEEE Education Society
Samples of Service
President Faculty Senate UHCL
2002-2003
Chairman Computer Engineering Program (1992-Present)
International Affairs
Committee (1990-Present)
Faculty Development
Committee and Piper Teaching Award Committee
Coordinator - Computer
System Design Program (1988-89)
Member of Computer Systems
Engineering Committee (1989)
Policy and Curriculum
Committee - Chairman (1985-86)
Dean Search Committee and
Robotics Committee (1984)
Faculty Senate (1982)
Samples of Courses
Taught
Advance Engineering
Mathematics with MATLAB, Advanced Microcomputers, Biomedical Engineering,
Computer Graphics, Signals and Linear Systems, Digital Signal Processing,
MATLAB, Robotics, Electromagnetic Theory, Quantum Mechanics, Quantum
Electronics, Electro-optics, Fourier optics.
CONFERENCES:
NASA Innovations –
yearly conference- Session chair several times.
Joint Applications in
Instrumentation Process and Computer Control ‑ various positions
Joint Applications in
Instrumentation Process and Computer Control - various positions including: Co-Chairman
1984, Program Chairman 1993
IEEE Video Conference on
Fiber Optics - Moderator 1985
Computer Development
Conference - Chairman 1983
EXAMPLE SHORT
COURSES AND SEMINARS:
“Robots in the Operating Room
and the Doctor’s Office,” Mexico 2001, NASA 2005
"Design and
Implementation of a reliable IntraNet with Windows
NT," Mexico 1997
"Applications of
Microcontrollers in Systems Design", Shri Lanka
1993
"The Motorola MC68332
Microcontroller", Mexico 1992
"Space applications
at NASA-JSC", Japan 1991
"Applications of
Microcontrollers", Japan 1991
"The Motorola
MC68030," Motorola, Austin 1988
"Electrical Design
and the National Electrical Code," Union Carbide 1984
"Master Electrician's
Training Course," (various dates)
"The Motorola
MC68020," various dates and locations.
"Selection and
Applications of Modern Microprocessor Systems," NASA 1983
"Applications of 16-
and 32-bit Microprocessors," Rice University 1983
"VLSI
Microprocessors," Boumerdes, Algeria - June 1982
"Applications of the
National Electrical Code," Republic of South Korea (1982)
SAMPLES OF RESEARCH
ACTIVITIES:
ISSO
(Institute for Space Systems Operations) grant for "Model-based Control of
Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Motor for Space Robotics" with Dr. James Dabney
and other grants- 2002-2008
ISSO
(Institute of Space Systems Operation), Rice University, and NASA- 4 year
grant- starting 1999 for
“Development of quantum-cascade laser based biosensor
technology".
TQM (Total Quality
Management) grant for Remote train/robot control 1998- Present
Consultant- Rice
university project- Laser Diode environmental monitor, 1996- Present
High Technology
Laboratories Award for Robotics Research, 1992-Present
Co
director- High
Technology Laboratories (1994-1998)
Grant Award for research in
Japan, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Feb. to May 1991)
Grant Award - Motorola,
Inc., "Applications of Microcontrollers," (1989-1990)
Melrose Thompson Award to
attend Robotics Conference
Tunable Laser Diodes with
Rice research group (1988-89) - Ongoing work also.
NASA (Johnson Space
Center) Contract "Applications of Microprocessors," (1983)
UH/CL Grant for 32-bit
microprocessor system (1986-1987)
NSF Grant Award with John
Clark (Rice, EE); "A Study of Evoked Volume Conductor Field Potentials
from Peripheral Nerve and the Spinal Cord,"(1981-85).
Grant Award - UH/CL
"Microcomputer-based Energy Management Systems," (1979-1980)
OTHER HONORS AWARDS
OR GRANTS:
UHCL Distinguished and Endowed
Professor 2005-2007
Piper teaching award
finalist 2002; Nominated in 2004, 2011, 2012
President's
Distinguished Research Award (UHCL) 2002
Patent
granted with D. Seitz, et. al.
for fluid heating unit - 2001
President's Distinguished
Teaching Award (Enron) 1999
Finalist for Piper
Teaching Award in 1996
"Star" Award at
UHCL in 1995
Nominated for the Piper
Teaching Award; finalist in 1992
Nominated for
Distinguished Research Award (UH/CL) in 1992
Neumann Cultural
Enrichment Award - study of the French language, 1987
Technical Educator of the
Year 1987 - awarded by the Clear Lake Council of Technical Societies
Prentice Hall grant for
work on textbook The Motorola MC68020 and MC68030 Microprocessors, 1986.
OTHER LANGUAGES:
French (Mostly reading)
PUBLICATIONS:
1. "Switching phenomena in Lithium
Drifted Silicon p-i-n Diodes," Ph.D. Thesis,
Rice University, October 1971.
2. T. L. Harman et al, "Numerical
Computation of the External Potential Field of the Isolated Active Purkinge Strand in a Volume Conductor," 1973. SWIEECO
Proceedings.
3. T. L. Harman, T. A. Rabson and T. K. Gaylord, "Effects of Intrinsic Region
Width in SI(Li) p-i-n
Diodes," Solid State Electronics, Vol. 17, pp. 408-411, 1974.
4. T. L. Harman et al, "A Comparison
of Two Methods of Determining the Extracellular Potential Field of an Isolated Purkinge Strand in a Volume Conductor," IEEE
Transactions, Biomedical Engineering, Vol. BME-22, pp.174-183, May 1975.
5. Minicomputers and Microprocessors, IBM
Corporation, Federal Systems Division, Houston, Texas, 1976.
6. J. W. Clark, E. C. Greco and T. L.
Harman, "Experience with a Fourier Method for Determining the
Extracellular Potential Fields of Excitable Cells with Cylindrical
Geometry," Critical Reviews in Bioengineering, CRC Press, Inc., 1978.
7. E. C. Greco, J. W. Clark and T. L.
Harman, "Volume-Conductor Fields of the Isolated Axon," Mathematical
Biosciences, Vol. 33, pp.235-236, 1977.
8. "Trends in Computer-Based Energy
Management Systems," Second Annual Conference on Computer Developments,
University of Houston-Clear Lake, December 1980.
9. T. L. Harman, R. Kadri,
"The Design of a Microprogrammed Controller
Using the AM29116 Bipolar Microprocessor," Fourth Annual Conference on
Computer Developments, University of Houston-Clear Lake, November, 1982.
10. T. L. Harman, B. Lawson,
"Real-Time Multi-Tasking Operating Systems for 16-bit
Microcomputers," Fourth Annual Conference on Computer Developments,
University of Houston-Clear Lake, November 1982.
11. "Survey and Applications of VLSI
Microprocessors," International Conference on Semiconductors at INELEC, Boumerdes (Algiers), Algeria, June 1982.
12. "Designing with
a 16-bit Micro-programmable Processors - the AM 29116," with R. Kadri. Fifth Annual Conference on Computer Developments,
University of Houston-Clear Lake, November 1983.
13. T. L. Harman, et al,"Design
with the Motorola MC68010," Fifth Annual Conference on Computer
Developments, University of Houston-Clear Lake, November 1983.
14. "The Automated Office," with
J. Meier. Fifth Annual Conference on Computer Developments, University of
Houston-Clear Lake, November, 1983.
15. "Potential Field From an Active Nerve in an Inhomogeneous Aniostropic
Conductor: The Forward Problem." With O. B. Wilson, J. W. Clark and N. Ganapathy. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering,
December, 1985.
16. "Potential Field From an Active Nerve in an Inhomogeneous Anisotropic Volume
Conductor: The Inverse Problem." With O. B. Wilson, J. W. Clark, N. Ganapathy and S. Cabrera. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical
Engineering, December, 1985.
17. Introduction to Robotics Book Review,
IEEE EXPERT, May, 1986.
18. "Survey of Robotics
Research," Robex 86 (NASA), 1986.
19. "Embedded System Design with
Considerations for 32-bit Microcontrollers," with Alan Clapp. AIAA
conference, 1991.
20. "Perceptual Linear Prediction and
Neural Networks for Speech Analysis," with Sheryl Knotts
and James Freeman. International Simulation Technology conference, Houston, Fall 1992. JAIPCC Conference (2 papers), UH/CL March 26,
1993.
21. "Continuous Emissions Monitoring
Techniques for Environmental Compliance and Productivity," with Dianne Wieman
22. ."Effects of Tether Stretch
Dynamics on a Tethered Satellite Yo-Yo Control Law," with James Dabney, et. al.
23. "Robot control from sequential
image planes of a 3D object," with Premkumar, et. al., International Symposium on Optical Instrumentation
and Applied Science, San Diego, SPIE Vol. 2018, July 1993.
24. "Analyzer Installations with Long
Term Maintenance Considerations," with Dianne Wieman,
Instrument Society of America International Conference, Chicago, September
1993.
25. "Creating Complex Timing
Functions: Microcontroller Timer Unit or PLD," with Alan Clapp. IEEE
MICRO, Vol. 14, No. 2, April 1994, pp. 70-78.
26. "Laser range precision for robot
applications," with Premkumar and Nguyen.
Optical Society of America Laser Science Conference, Dallas Texas, October
1994.
27. "Robot vision: laser range for
depth perception," with Premkumar and Nguyen.
Optical Society of America Laser Science Conference, Dallas Texas, October
1994.
28. "Development of an Embedded
Control System for Compact Diode Laser Gas Sensor" with George Smayling et. al., Rice Quantum
Institute Colloquium, September, 1997.
29. "Embedded Control and Data
Acquisition for a Compact Difference-Frequency Laser Spectrometer" Darrin Leleux and I presented a poster describing our research at
the Rice Quantum Institute's Summer Research Colloquium.
30. "Dynamic Simulation Software for
the Scorbot ER-VII Robot", with A. Izad et. al., Summer Computer
Simulation Conference, Reno, Nevada, July 1998.
31. "Applications of MATLAB to the
Design and Visualization of Antenna Radiation Patterns", with James
Dabney, Innovations '98, March, 1998
32. "Dynamic Simulation Software for
the Scorbot ER-VII Robot", with A. Izad et. al., Innovations '98,
March, 1998.
33. Contributor to Comprehensive
Dictionary of Electrical Engineering, CRC Press, 1999.
34. "Process Control for NT Testbed," with D. Gebremichael, et. al., Innovations '99, April 1999 (Abstract and presentation.).
35. “Adaptive filtering applications to
real-time laser spectroscopy,” D.P. Leleux, T. L.
Harman, F.K.Tittel, Optical Society of America Annual
Meeting, Providence, RI, October, 2000.
36. “A Systems Approach to Embedded
Microprocessor Testing,” T. L. Harman, James B. Dabney, and Charles S. Haynes,
Innovations 2001, Houston, TX, April 2001.
37. “Applications of Kalman
filtering to real-time trace gas concentration measurements,” with D.P. Leleux, F.K. Tittel, et. al.,
Optical Society of America Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA, October 2001.
38. “Applications of Kalman
filtering to real-time trace gas concentration measurements,” with D.P. Leleux, F.K. Tittel, et. al., Applied
Physics B 74,85-93 (2002).
39. “Digital Signal Processing Application- Image
Processing & Recognition,” with J.J. Chakkungal, Innovations 2002, May
2002.
40. "Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Motor
Modeling: State of the Art and Future Directions" with James Dabney
accepted by the International Conference on Signals, Systems, and Information
Technology held in Tunisia, March 2003
41. Dabney, J. B., Ghorbel,
F. H., and Harman, T. L., “Issues in piezoelectric ultrasonic motor modeling,”
Innovations 2003, Houston, Texas, May 2, 2003.
42. "A Personal View of the NEC Code
Making Panel 2", Journal of the International Association of Electrical
Inspectors, July/August 2003.
43. "Atmospheric Formaldehyde
Monitoring in the Greater Houston Area in 2002" with Robert F. Curl, Frank
K. Tittel, Jinhai Chen, et al., Applied
Spectroscopy, Vol. 58, Number 2, 2004.
44. "Go Tankless…and
Stay in Hot Water", Journal of the
International Association of Electrical Inspectors, March/April 2004.
45. “Dynamic Response Modeling of
Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Motors", Dabney, J. B., Ghorbel,
F. H., and Harman, T. L., Accepted by ASME Congress, November 2005.
46. “Model Based Torque Control of
Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Motors”, Dabney, J. B., Harman, T.L., Ghorbel, F. H., and Chakkungal, J., International Mechanical
Engineering Conference, Chicago, Illinois, November, 2006.
47. “Stable Torque Regulation of Piezoelectric
Ultrasonic Motors”, Dabney, J. B., Harman, T.L., Ghorbel,
F. H, American Society of Civil Engineers, Earth and Space 2008, Long Beach,
CA, March, 2008
48. H. Wang, L. Li, G. Song, J. B. Dabney,
and T. L. Harman, “Nonlinear fault tolerant control of a space truss structure
with MR damper,” Earth and Space 2010, Honolulu, Hawaii, March 14 – 17, 2010
TEXTBOOKS:
1. The Motorola MC68020 and MC68030
Microprocessors, T.L. Harman, Prentice-Hall, 1989.
2. Microprocessori, 68020/68030, Italian language
version of textbook published in English as The Motorola MC68020 and MC68030
Microprocessors , Prentice Hall International, 1990.
3. The Motorola MC68332 Microcontroller,
T. L. Harman, Prentice-Hall, 1991.
4. The Motorola MC68000 Microprocessor
Family, Harman and Hein, Prentice-Hall, 2nd edition 1996. (A Dutch version of
the first edition has been published.)
5. Advanced Engineering Mathematics with
MATLAB, 2nd Ed., PWS Publishers, 2000. (With Dabney and Richert)
6. Simulink User’s Guide, Prentice Hall
Publishers, 1998. (With James Dabney)
7. Mastering Simulink 4, Prentice Hall,
2001. (With James Dabney)
8. Guide to the National Electrical Code
- 2011, Prentice-Hall, (Now in 11th Edition - Published every three
years).