CURRICULUM VITA

 

                                                             DENIS W. FERMENTAL

                                                             dferment@eecs.tufts.edu

 

 

ACADEMIC RANK:                Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

 

DEGREES:

 

1965       Ph.D.             Electrical Engineering, Northeastern University

Thesis Title:                 AOrthogonal Signaling Pulses with the Same Autocorrelation@

1962       M.S.              Electrical Engineering, Northeastern University

1958       B.S.               Electrical Engineering, Tufts University

 

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS:

 

Control Theory, Analog Electronics, Digital Electronics

 

APPOINTMENTS AT TUFTS:

 

1988‑1996                    Chairman, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Department

1967‑present                 Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering (Sabbatical 9/79‑1/80)

1963‑1967                    Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering

1958‑1963                    Instructor of Electrical Engineering

 

INDUSTRIAL   CONSULTING:

 

2002                            Technical Consultant, Foley Hoag Law Firm

1980‑1999                    Control Engineering Consultant, Draper Laboratories, Cambridge MA

1965‑1989                    Consultant for United Electric Controls Company, Watertown MA

 

SUMMER EFFORTS:

 

1983‑1993                    Research Engineer, Draper Laboratories, Cambridge MA

1971‑1982                    Research Engineer, United Electric Controls Company, Watertown MA

1958‑1970                    Research Engineer, Air Force Balloon Astronomy Project,

                                                    Electrical Engineering Department, Tufts University

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

 

1988‑1997                    Academic Advisor to IEEE

1984‑1985                    Academic Advisor to Tau Beta Pi (for Douglas Preis)

1977‑1978                    Treasurer, Sigma Xi

1971‑1974                    Educational Activities Committee and Member of General Committee for

                                                    NEREM‑71, NEREM‑72, NEREM‑73, and NEREM‑74.

PUBLICATIONS:

 

"A Decomposition of the Jeffcott Rotor", D.W. Fermental, E. Cusson, and P. LaRocco, 2nd International Symposium on Magnetic Bearings, July 1990, Tokyo, Japan.

 

"Performance Comparison Between Centralized and Decentralized Control of the Jeffcott Rotor", P. LaRocca, D.W. Fermental, and E. Cusson, 2nd International Symposium on Magnetic Bearings, 1990, Tokyo, Japan.

Draper Report CSDL‑C‑6319, Mk 5 Steller Tracker Functional Description, September 1992, (103 pages)

 

Draper Report CSDL‑P‑2920, The Jeffcott Rotor:  Its Decomposition and Control, February 1990, (79 pages)

 

Draper Report CSDL‑R‑2131, Documentation on the Software to Implement the MARK 6 Inertial Platform Control Laws, April 1989 (262 pages)

 

Draper Report CSDL‑R‑1987, An Analysis of the Gimbal Lock Avoidance Control Loop in the Control System for the MARK 6 Inertial Measurement Unit, October 1986 (156 pages)

 

GRANTS RECEIVED:

 

 

HONORS AND AWARDS:

 

Outstanding Faculty Award, Tufts University, 1996-1997

Lillian Leibner Award for Excellence in Teaching, Tufts University, 1977

Eta Kappa Nu (1966‑  )

Dolbear Scholarship, Tufts University, 1958

Tau Beta Pi   (1957‑  )

 

SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES IN WHICH REGISTERED:

 

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Sigma Xi

 

TUFTS COMMITTEES AND ACTIVITIES:

 

1997                Subcommittee of Curriculum Committee (College of Engineering)

1993                40‑40‑20 Committee

1991‑1992        Lillian Leibner Award Committee

1989‑1990        Academic Standing Committee (College of Engineering)

1988‑1996        Executive Committee of the College of Engineering

1988‑1996        Chairs Committee

1987‑1988        Medford Computer Communications Task Force

1984‑1985        Academic Awards (substitution for Douglas Preis)

1984                Academic Standing Committee (College of Engineering)

1984                Advisor Committee on Faculty Personnel (for Prof. R. Reuss, Geology), Spring1984

1983‑1985        Policy and Programs Committee for the Graduate School

1980‑1982        Assisted at Tufts/Boston Technical High School college orientation and electrical engineering                        laboratory program

1980‑1981        Committee on Governance and Administration

1979                Search Committee for Engineering Dean

1978‑1981        Computer Services Committee

1978                Advisory Committee on Libraries (substitution for Arthur Pike), Fall 1978

1976‑1979        Curriculum Committee (College of Engineering)

1976‑1979        Policy and Programs Committee (Arts and Sciences)

1976‑1978        Educational Policy Committee

1975‑1979        Financial Aid and Undergraduate Admissions Committee, (Chairman, 1976‑1978)

1973‑1975        Committee for New Structure for Graduate School

 

 

 

OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES:

 

1994    Delegate to the State Democratic Convention

1996    Delegate to the State Democratic Convention