KENNETH E. DUDECK 
 
EDUCATION:
 
Masters in Electrical Engineering, Villanova University, 1987.
 Concentration in Electromagnetics, Linear Systems, 
 and Signal Processing.
 
 
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Penn State University, 1981.
 Concentration in Electromagnetics, Microwave Systems, 
 and Antenna Design and Analysis.
 
 
EXPERIENCE:
Academic
 
Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton PA. 1988 - Present 
 Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering:
 
 -Instruction of sophomore level electrical and computer engineering 
 courses in baccalaureate programs
 -Instruction of electrical engineering technology courses in the associate
 degree program
 -Engineering College Representative (local liaison)
 -EET program chairman
 -Various administrative and committee responsibilities
 
 
Industrial (While in Academic Position)
 
 
Naval Air Warfare Center, Patuxent River, MD 1996 - Present
 Consultant (Summers and part-time during school year)
 -Designed and wrote automated measurement software for obtaining microwave
 material properties
 -Developed analytical model for aircraft antenna radome performance
 -Designed and built a free space reflection coefficient measurement system
 
 
Kenneth E. Dudeck, PE, Consultant 1989 - Present 
 -Provide electrical engineering consulting services to local manufacturing
 industries as needed 
 -Manufacturing process development and design
 -PLC specification and programming
 -Magnetic Field Reduction
 
Naval Air Development Center, Warminster, PA Summers of 1990 - 1993
Research Fellow/Consultant:
 -Conducted research on the electrical and magnetic properties of 
 conductive polymers.
 -Designed a free space transmission tunnel
 -Developed customized automation software for micro- and millimeterwave 
 material property characterization.
 -Investigated the effect on the permittivity of polyaniline by varying 
 acid oxidation .
 -Developed a microwave stripline traveling wave measurement system for
 characterizing the reflection and transmission coefficients of 
 multi-layered composite materials
 
 
Industrial (Prior to Academic Position)
 
Damaskos Inc., Chadds Ford, PA. 1982 - 1988
Microwave and Controls Engineer:  (except for 6 months)
-Microwave measurement and analysis of electrical and magnetic properties
 of materials, including thin films
-Design, construction and measurement of low radar cross-section (RCS)
 objects
-Automation and specification of measurement systems which obtain complex
 reflection, transmission, and scattering coefficients
-Design of broadband free space radar absorbing structures
-Design and generation of software used to automate and analyze microwave
 measurements 
-Design of large scale high vacuum deposition machines used to manufacture
 thin films including power distribution, vacuum control, process control,
 data acquisition,process development, and automation
 
General Electric, Aerospace Control Systems Division, Binghamton, NY. 
 10/83 - 3/84
Electromagnetic Interference and Compatibility (EMIC) Engineer:
-EMIC prediction and analysis
-EMI susceptibility and emission measurements, both conducted and radiated,
 of aircraft flight control systems
-EMI reduction design via hardening circuits, filtering, shielding, 
 and grounding
 
Gould Ocean Systems Division, Cleveland, OH. 1981 - 1982
Electrical Engineer, Acoustics Group: 
-Measurement and analysis of torpedo self-noise and its sources
-Measurement of acoustical properties of materials
-Analysis of sonar transducer designs by transmission line theory
 
Applied Research Laboratory at Penn State, University Park, PA. 
Electronics Technician/Student (Part time): 1980 - 1981
-Assembly and testing of signal processing instrumentation for in 
 water torpedo sonar target detection data runs.
 
 
PUBLICATIONS: 
 
Referred Journals:
 
Buckley, L., Dudeck, K., "Complex Dielectric Behavior of Polyaniline 
 at Microwave and Millimeterwave Frequencies," Synthetic Metals, 
 vol. 52, no. 3, pp. 353-361, December 1992.
 
Dudeck, K., Buckley, L., "Dielectric Material Measurements of Thin 
 Samples at Millimeter Wavelengths," IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation
 and Measurement, vol. 41, no. 5, pp. 723-725, October, 1992.
 
Referred Proceedings:
 
Dudeck, K., Grebski, W., “New General Engineering Program with Alternative Energy and Power 
Generation Track at Penn State”, Proceedings of American Society for Engineering Education  
(ASEE) 2011 New England Section of the Annual  Conference ASEE Conference, April, 2011.
 
Choi, J., Dudeck, K., Grebski, W., “Development of Teaching Materials for an Introductory
Freshman Courses in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Technology,” Proceedings of 
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) 2009 Annual Conference ASEE 
Conference, June 2009. 
 
Dudeck, K., Grebski, W.,  “A New Vision for Engineering Technology Programs to 




Strengthen Recruitment and Retention,” Proceedings of American Society for 
Engineering Education (ASEE) 2008 Annual Conference ASEE Conference, June 2008. 
 
Dudeck, K., "Solving Complex Systems Using Spreadsheets: A Matrix Decompositions 




Approach," Proceedings of American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) 2005 
Annual Conference ASEE Conference, June 2005.
 
Dudeck, K., "Designing a Embedded Controllers Course Utilizing a Low Cost 8051 




 Micro-Controller Board," Proceedings of American Society for Engineering Education 
(ASEE) 2003 Annual Conference ASEE Conference, June 2003. 
 
Dudeck, K., Grebsi, W., "Involvement of an Industrial Advisory Committee to Maximize 
Learning," Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Association of Two-Year Colleges Annual 
Conference, April 2001. 
 
Dudeck, K., "Teaching a PLC Course to Industry and Technology Students",Proceedings 
of the ASEE Middle Atlantic Conference, pp.81-84, November 1997.
 
Dudeck, K., Ghorieshi, M., Grebski, W., "Building a Tech-Prep Partnership,"
 Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Association of Two-Year Colleges Annual
 Conference, pp. 16-18, April 1995.
 
Buckley, L., Dudeck, K., "Complex Permittivity Studies of Polyaniline,"
 Proceedings of Materials Research Society, Vol. 269, pp. 579, Spring 1993.
 
Buckley, L., Dudeck, K., "Stability of R-band Complex Dielectric Properties
 of Polyaniline," Proceedings of the American Chemical Society Conference,
 pp. 410-411, August 1992.
 
Dudeck, K., "Microwave Measurement Of Stripline Filter Characteristics
 Using Time Domain Techniques," Proceedings of ASEE Annual Conference,
 pp. 113-117, June 1992.
 
Dudeck, K., "Process Control and Development with Personal Computers,"
 Proceedings of the Instrumentation Society of America, ISA/89 
 International Conference, Philadelphia, PA, pp. 655-659, October 1989.
 
OTHER INFORMATION
 
US citizen, Prior Top Secret security clearance.
Professional Engineer License, PA # PE-041789-E