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EDUCATION:
B.S.E.E. with Honors, University of
Maryland, 1965 RELATED
EXPERIENCE:
Industrial and Commercial:
Teaching:
CONSULTING
ACTIVITIES:
Numerous
consulting activities include:
PROFESSIONAL
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, MATLAB, Robotics,
Electromagnetic Theory, Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Electronics,
Electro-optics, Fourier optics. CONFERENCES:
NASA Innovations – yearly conference- Session chair. 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- 2002, 2003, 2004,2005 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 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. 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 - 2005,
Prentice-Hall, (Now in Tenth Edition - Published every three years). |
