Dennis Silage PhD ECE Temple University

Dennis Silage, PhD
Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Temple University
silage@temple.edu

Office	Room 706 College of Engineering Temple University 1947 North 12th Street Philadelphia, PA 19122 Voicemail: 215-204-6761 Email: silage@temple.edu FAX: 215-204-5960 Alternative email: silage@comcast.net
Education	BSEE, Northeastern University, 1969 MSEE, University of Pennsylvania, 1972 PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 1975
Faculty Appointments	Research Assistant and Associate Professor, Department of Medicine University of Pennsylvania, 1975-1984 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering Temple University, 1977-1984 Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Medicine University of Pennsylvania, 1984-1989 Associate and Full Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Temple University, 1984-
Honor and Awards	Eta Kappa Nu 1967 Tau Beta Pi 1967 Phi Kappa Phi 1968 Sigma Xi 1983 Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 1983 ASEE Zone I Outstanding Campus Representative 1996 ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Distinguished Teaching Award 2006 ASEE National Outstanding Teaching Award 2007 Temple Times Citation: Recognized by the National Outstanding Teaching Award for his significant pedagogical innovations in undergraduate analog and digital communications, capstone senior design and high school outreach programs. College of Engineering, Temple University, Alumni Outstanding Faculty Award 2000 College of Engineering, Temple University, Outstanding Service Award 2007 American Radio Relay League, Atlantic Division Technical Achievement Award 2001
Societies	American Society for Engineering Education Middle Atlantic Section 1996-2002 Chair 1999-2000 Electrical and Computer Engineering Division 2005-2009 Vice Chair and Annual Conference Division Program Chair 2006-2007 Chair 2007-2008 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE Computer Society IEEE Educational Society IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society IEEE Signal Processing Society IEEE Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology Program Evaluator in Electrical Engineering and in Computer Engineering National Association of Radio and Television Engineers
Books	Digital Communication Systems Using SystemVue Da Vinci Engineering Press, Thomson Delmar Publishing 2006 SystemVue models of baseband and bandpass modulation and demodulation systems, time, frequency and code division multiplexing, synchronization and equalization, channel models, and baseband and bandpass signal sampling in digital communication system design. Description Table of Contents (pdf) Embedded Design Using Programmable Gate Arrays Bookstand Publishing, 2008 Embedded design with behavioral synthesis controller-datapath models in Verilog, C-to-Verilog translation, Xilinx LogiCORE blocks and the PicoBlaze 8-bit soft-core processor utilizing the Xilinx Spartan-3E field programmable gate array evaluation boards, the Xilinx ISE WebPACK and applications in digital signal processing, communications and control. Description
Research	Data Acquisition Systems for Anthropometric Manikins Naval Air Warfare Center, Patuxent, MD Sixty-four channel 12-bit sensor data acquisition system for an anthropometric manikin featuring programmable gain analog instrumentation amplifiers and concurrent data sampling using a dual microprocessor environment. Holographic Optical Correlation The Boeing Company, Integrated Defense Systems, Philadelphia, PA Automatic target identification using photorefractive crystals to store FLIR image features; massively parallel optical image processing; characterization of target images and spatial light modulator in MATLAB. Motion Imaging and Tracking Acquisition System National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation Real-time, non-contact measurement of thoracic deflection in anthropometric manikins using illuminated targets and video line scanners. Director of the System Chip Design Laboratory www.temple.edu/scdc Programmable gate arrays in digital signal processing, digital data communication and and software radio using Xilinx Spartan-3/3E, Virtex, Virtex II Pro and Virtex 4 devices and Xilinx XtremeDSP and Xilinx System Generator design environment, supported by the Xilinx University Program.
Courses	EE1113 Electrical Applications Lab EE2613 Digital Logic Design Lab EE3712 Electromagnetic Fields and Waves EE3722 Electromagnetic Wave Propagation EE3612/EE3613 Microprocessor Systems and Lab EE3622/EE3623 Embedded Systems Design and Lab EE4512/EE4513 Analog and Digital Communication Systems and Lab EE4522 Digital Signal Processing EE4542 Telecommunications Engineering EE5512 Digital Communications EE9514 Adaptive Filters EE9524 Digital Image Processing EE642 Speech Processing EE790 Special Topics: Software Radio
Affiliations	American Radio Relay League Technical Coordinator, Eastern Pennsylvania Section 1992-1998 Assistant Director, Atlantic Division 1998-2002 Amateur Extra Class License K3DS Trustee, Temple University Amateur Radio Club K3TU www.temple.edu/k3tu Technical Chairman, Delaware County Amateur Radio Association W3UER www.qsl.net/dcara Technical Chairman and Trustee, Mid Atlantic Amateur Radio Club WB3JOE www.marc-radio.org Life Member, Yeadon Fire Company #1, Station 16, Delaware County PA
University, College and Departmental Service	University Patent and Invention Committee 1988-2001 Chair 1996-2001 University Graduate Board 1999-2005 2007-2010 University Research Policy and Procedures Committee 2007-2010 College Faculty Council 1996-1999 2005-2008 Advisor, Iota Sigma Chapter, Eta Kappa Nu 1989-2008 Associate Chair, Department of Electrical Engineering 1989-1992 Director, Electrical Engineering Technology Program 1999-2003 ABET Coordinator, Electrical Engineering Program 1999-2008
Workshops	Marconi Challenge 2008 Temple University Summer Camp Advanced Robotics 2008 Temple University Summer Camp ASEE 2008 Embedded System Design Using Programmable Gate Arrays Advanced Robotics 2007 Temple University Summer Camp