Biography
Dr. Art Wagner has designed in the areas of the magnetics and
control of the actuator and the spindle motor for a multitude of disk
drive companies, including Seagate, Maxtor, Maxoptics, Quantum, Conner
Peripherals, IBM, ISS, Priam, Iota, StorCard, and Swan.
Art taught
full time at SJSU for 13 years attaining full professorship with tenure,
then he went into the disk drive industry. He designed in the areas of the
magnetics and control of the actuator and the spindle motor for a
multitude of disk drive companies, including Seagate, Maxtor, Maxoptics,
Quantum, Conner Peripherals, IBM, ISS, Priam, Iota, StorCard, and Swan.
Along the way, Art taught a series of short courses on the moving coil
actuator, the disk drive spindle motor, and perpendicular magnetic
recording. He also taught classes part-time at Santa Clara University on
mechatronics. Presently, he is teaching a class at SJSU. Art received a
bachelor’s degree from Santa Clara University, master’s degree from the
University of Arizona, and a Ph.D. from Oregon State University.
He is a member of the SCV Magnetics Society and a regular attendee at our meetings.
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