Abel Guerra's Resume (Last updated July 23rd 2008)

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Abel G. Guerra

Melbourne, Florida 32902 USA


http://Abel Guerra.emurse.com

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CERTIFICATIONS

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FCC 1st Class Commercial Radio telephone w/Radar Endorsement.
United States Coast Guard Aux. Crew and Vessel Examiner.
FCC Amatuer Radio "EXTRA Class"

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EDUCATION

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1983 - 1992

California Polytechnic University

Pomona, California

MSEE,BSEE

  • Electronics Engineering

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WORK EXPERIENCE

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2004 - Present
Sr. Test & Evaluation Engineer 5

Northrop Grumman AGS&BMS

Melbourne

Global Hawk BLK 40 SMU- MP-RTIP Test lead (Melbourne). JSTARS BLOS Performance CQT & IPV4 study. CNS/ATM ARC-210 CQT- SINAD,Performance study. KC-30 Tanker proposal Author. Lead frequency management wrote flight test cards on BACN. PAVE Hawk performance testing. Test lead, CAM for the JUCAS UAV program (from 6/1/04-6/1/05),provided inputs to COD, VCRM and IQT development. JSTARs Test Conductor Training, UHF and Ku Satcom support for the ACI and the Fire Scout UAV program


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1999 - 2004
UAV Avionics Engineer-Global Hawk

Northrop Grumman / Ryan Aeronautical

San Diego, CA.

Airworthyness certification, Multiband Satcom (BER Report)
GPS Jam Study(Report) R-TIP Ant. Analysis
COMM LINK MUX Study UHF Satcom (Test & Analysis)
FOPEN/RTIP RADAR Analysis INMARSAT Link (Lead)
Antenna Modeling (Near Field) EMI & Interop. Analysis(Report)KU and CDL Radome(Spec) 5th Scale UAV Model Ant analysis.

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1995 - 1999
Engineering Specialist

Lockheed Martin- Skunkworks

Palmdale

Antenna Multipath Analysis Imbedded GPS Analysis
EMI Analysis/Reduction SIGINT Array Analysis
Aircraft Power Design Sensor Interoperability
Antenna Modeling Airborne Satellite Communications
ASARII Avionics lead( 6 mo.) Power Upgrade Elect.lead-U-2S
SYERS,SPAN,GLASS,ASAR Abit Antenna Analysis

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1992 - 1995
Antenna Engineer/Design Engineer

Martin Marietta, Advanced Development ops.

Rancho Bernardo, San Diego, CA.

Arbitrary Waveform Chirp Generator design & Demo (DDS)
100 Ghz RADAR T&E, Demo
LO RCS target/Radar T&E Validation (Mission gorge range)
10KW X/Ku TWTA Front end design,
Corpsam Missile RADAR T&E (Death Valley 1994)
HVPS integration, PA Tuning, Power and Spur mitigation,
RADAR Multi path cancellation T&E
Missile pedestal development
Ku/X Mono-Pulse Antenna Engineering
LO RCS RAM/Dielectric development.
Acoustic Transducer T&E
Digital Signal Processing development
Loutch-2 Satcom T&A
Analog & Digital Design- Acoustics
Acoustic Focal beam Array T&E, Warship Demo
Radome Engineering


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1983 - 1992
MTS-Radar Development Group

Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech/NASA

Pasadena, CA. Flt test world wide

AIRSAR SIL-RF Calibrator design, TWT HVPS fabrication. Flight test Crew member- Multi pol. SAR RADAR Operator-Alaska and Scotland and Europran deployment. Soil Dielectric properties analysis lab lead.


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1980 - 1983
Sr. Electronics Technician

Sears Specialty Repair

Pico Rivera, CA.

Repaired HF.VHF and UHF Radio Transcievers,Scanners,CB Radios,and Microwave ovens

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AWARDS AND HONORS

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Ameritec Engineer of the Year 1987
DoD Acievement Award Loch Linnie 1989
NASA AIRSAR Group Achivement Award 1987
Engineering Council Award 2001,2000
Northrop Grumman TAP AWARD 2005

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TRAINING

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American Graduate Institute- Project Management
UCLA - GPS System Design
UCLA- Antenna Design
UCLA- RF/Microwave circuit design
LM Skunkworks- Low Observable design (SECRET)
DoD Information Assurance
USAF- Flight Test Training (EAFB)
JSTARS Flight Crew & Test Conductor

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PUBLICATIONS

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IEEE (4 professional),
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?N=4294758158
Master Thesis:LD 729.6 P5Z99 1992 G83

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RESEARCH

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Hurricane roof damage mitigation experiment - Florida Institute of technology Wind Tunnel 2006-2007- patent in development.
Dielectric profling technique thesis + 2 designs patent in development.

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CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS

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United States Coast Guard Aux.
Melbourne Yacht Club

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COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

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USCG Auxillary BQ, CREW, Vessel Examiner
Carerr Day Presenter since 1992
Civic and Church Special event Photographer

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