Technical Consulting and Research Support

James S. Hall, Ph.D., P.E.

James S. Hall received the B.S. degree in computer engineering in 1999 from Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.  He was awarded the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in 2007 and 2011, respectively, in electrical and computer engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), Atlanta, Georgia.  Dr. Hall is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Georgia.

Dr. Hall was commissioned as a Cryptologic Officer in the U.S. Navy in 1999.  He served from 1999-2003, primarily leading small detachments of personnel overseas in support of Operations SOUTHERN WATCH, NORTHERN WATCH, ENDURING FREEDOM, and IRAQI FREEDOM.  From 2003 to 2007, he worked as an Electrical Engineer for Harris Corporation in Melbourne, Florida, where he contributed to the design and development of several custom communication systems in various roles including Project Engineer, Lead Digital Engineer, and Lead DSP Analyst.  While working for Harris, he pursued his M.S.-E.C.E. degree through the Distance Learning Program at Georgia Tech.  His Ph.D. studies from 2007 and 2011 were largely funded through a fellowship from the NASA Graduate Student Research Program.  As a part of these studies, he contributed to the field of guided wave structural health monitoring by developing improved imaging algorithms and methods to adaptively estimate and compensate for nonlinear system parameters.  Dr. Hall is currently the sole proprietor of Hidden Solutions, LLC.

Dr. Hall is  a senior member of the IEEE and an associate member of the Acoustical Society of America.  His research interests include digital signal processing (DSP), multichannel signal processing, cryptography, ultrasonics, nondestructive evaluation, and structural health monitoring.

Resume

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