NORBERT OWONA
THE DRIFTER

Norbert Owona was born in Yaounde, Cameroon. He received the Diplome d' Etudes Generales Universitaires (DEUG A, math. and phys.) from the University of Paris-Orsay, France, in 1988, while studying in the Classes Preparatoires aux Grandes Ecoles at Lycee Marcellin Berthelot, Saint Maur. In the spring of 1989, he passed the entrance exam to the Ecole Europeenne des Hautes Etudes des Industries Chimiques de Strasbourg (E.H.I.C.S),Strasbourg, France, which he attended until 1991. In the spring of 1992, he transferred to the University of Kentucky, Lexington, where he earned the BSEE in 1993, the MSEE in 1995, and the MSMFG (Master of Science in Manufacturing Systems Engineering) in 1997 while pusuing PhD studies in EE..

He was with the Center for Robotics and Manufacturing Systems (CRMS), University of Kentucky, from May 1993 to December 1995 where he was successively involved with the design of a bearing alert system for trailers, with surface mount technology (SMT), and finally, as a graduate research assistant. Since August 1994, he has held a research assistantship through the Parallel Computational Electromagnetic Laboratory at the University of Kentucky.

A steering committee member of AWARE, and a member of Eta Kappa Nu, The Golden Key, NSBE, ASQC, SME, and ISHM, Mr. Owona is currently pursuing his PhD studies in ME at Southern Methodist University, and has co-authored the following articles:

Degrees

• DEUG A, June 1988
• BSEE, Aug. 1993
• MSEE,"Full wave analysis and lumped element characterization of microwave circuits and micro SMT interconnects", University of Kentucky, May '95
• MSMFG, "Optimization of Electronic Manufacturing Assembly Lines", University of kentucky, Aug. '97.

Affiliations

• IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers)
• SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers)
• NSBE (National Society of Black Engineers)
• ASQC (American Society for Quality Control) Vice-Chair
• ISHM (International Society for Hybrid Microelectronics)
• AWARE (Alliance Working to Achieve Racial Equality) Steering Comitte member
• ETA KAPPA NU
• THE GOLDEN KEY HONOR SOCIETY

Selected publications

• G. Thompson, J. W. Phillips, M. Lhamon, S. Cheah, H. Lim, R. Francis, C. Petrie, J. Fisher, H. Kietz, N. Owona, P. French, J. P. Phillips, M. Reynolds, J. Daugherty, B. Williams, J. Beaver, G. Mckinney, P. Ramaiya, M. Bond, J. Hollman, T. Newman, R. O'Hara and L. Hassebrook,"Multi-channel Data Acquisition and Speech Recognition System," University of Kentucky EE Technical Report, CSP-93-005, 93(5), 1-32, (September 1993).
• L. Hassebrook, J. D. Baird, C. L. Blair, M. W. Brown, R. D. Combs, J. M. Fisher, B. P. Moser, N. A. Owona, T. A. Reed, B. S. Thompson, J. A. Wells, "Automated Part Inspection and Transport System Part 2" Under preparation for University of Kentucky EE Technical Report, CSP-93-004, 93(4), (September 1993).
• N. Owona, "Placement Accuracy Studies on the CRMS Quad100 Pick and Place Machine", CRMS Technical report, Dec. 1994.
• N. Owona and S. Gedney, "EFIE treatment of TE and TM plane wave illuminations of perfectly conducting cylinders with PV-WAVE", University of Kentucky Electrical Engineering Technical Report # EMG-95-003, March 1995.
• N. Owona and S. Gedney, "On circuit modeling optimization using HP-EESOF ", University of Kentucky Electrical Engineering Technical Report # EMG-95-007, July 1995.
• S. Gedney (1), N. Owona(1), F. Lansing (2), R.T. Kihm (3), and K. Virga (3), "Simulating large microwave circuits with the parallel planar generalized Yee algorithm", to be S. Gedney (1), N. Owona(1), F. Lansing (2), R.T. Kihm (3), and K. Virga (3), "Simulating large microwave circuits with the parallel planar generalized Yee algorithm", presented at the IEEE-MTT international symposium, 1996

(1) Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
(2) Spacecraft Telecommunications Equipment Section, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
(3) Radar & Communications Systems, Hughes Aircraft Company, El Segundo, CA

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