{"id":37,"date":"2009-07-20T10:32:11","date_gmt":"2009-07-20T10:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geekroots.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2020-05-12T19:38:35","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T19:38:35","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.ccwilcox.com\/blog\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"CCW\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ccwilcox.com\/ccwlogo_sq.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" hspace=\"8\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Christopher C. Wilcox, PhD<\/p>\n<p>I specialize in many different areas of technology\u00c2\u00a0including mathematical modeling, optics, custom software, website, and mobile app development for Android and iOS.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m currently an electrical engineer with the US Air Force Research Laboratory working in the Laser Division. Prior to this, I worked at the US Naval Research Laboratory in the field of adaptive optics with a focus on the applications for astronomy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spie.org\">SPIE<\/a> Involvement:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fellow Member Status <small><small><a href=\"https:\/\/spie.org\/membership\/explore-membership\/fellows?SSO=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What&#8217;s this?<\/a><\/small><\/small><\/li>\n<li>Information Technologies Committee Chair: 2018 to Present<\/li>\n<li>Strategic Planning Committee Member: 2018 to Present<\/li>\n<li>Publications Committee Member: 2018 to Present<\/li>\n<li>Information Technologies Committee Member: 2015 to 2017<\/li>\n<li>Session Chair for Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications Conference at the SPIE Defense &amp; Commercial Sensing Symposium: 2012 to Present<\/li>\n<li>Confernence Committee Member &#8211; SPIE Optics+Photonics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some interesting links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/1415316\/afrl-researchers-honored-by-spie-society-ex-pair-recognized-for-their-significant-scientific-and-technical-achievements.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AFRL researchers honored by SPIE Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.naefrontiers.org\/Media\/PressReleases16984\/45548.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Academy of Engineering US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spie.org\/x109300.xml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SPIE Press release on NAE USFOE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spie.org\/x86626.xml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Android app for SPIE Field Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nrl.navy.mil\/media\/news-releases\/2011\/dr-christopher-wilcox-named-a-conference-chair-for-spie-brdefense-security-and-sensing-2012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NRL Labstracts article for SPIE Conference Chair<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spie.org\/profile\/Christopher.Wilcox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SPIE Publications<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/10\/06\/technology\/personaltech\/watching-stars-fall-cellphone-in-hand.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Times article on Meteor Shower Calendar app<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spie.org\/x114625.xml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SPIE Conference chair article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Education:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering &#8211; University of New Mexico,\u00c2\u00a0December 2009<\/li>\n<li>Master of Science in Electrical &amp; Computer Engineering &#8211; University of New Mexico, December 2005<\/li>\n<li>Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with a Mathematics Minor &#8211; New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology -\u00c2\u00a0Graduated with Honors &#8211; December 2003<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Very Large Array:<br \/>\n[sphere 226]<\/p>\n<p>Navy Precision Optical Interferometer:<br \/>\n[sphere 254]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christopher C. 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