REFERENCE WORKS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Walter L. Elden, P.E. (Ret)
611 Mimosa Ct.
Melbourne, FL 32940
321-242-9401
https://home.cfl.rr.com/welden/HICAT/Page08.html
BEE (with Honors), University of Florida, 1958
MSEE, University of Houston, 1962
Professional Engineer License, Florida, 1974 - 1998
Guest Speaker, U of Florida, U of Central Florida, U of South Carolina
Patent Disclosure, Martin Co., Voice Encoding Technique
Project Engineer - U2 HICAT Data Acquisition System, 1965 (See Example Below)
System Architect - $2 B Defense Messaging System Proposal, 1994, 2 M Users Worldwide, Small, Med, Large Military Bases - Voice, Data, Message, Video, Encrypted
IEEE - Student ‘57, Member ‘58, Senior Member ‘95, Life ‘96
Officer - Space Electronics and Telemetry Group, IRE 1963-65
Founder/Chair - First Professional Activities Committee in IEEE, Orlando, 1973-74
IEEE Member Conduct Committee, 1996-98
IEEE Ethics Committee, 1996-98
Author of Ethics Articles In The INSTITUTE, 1996-98
IEEE USA Salary Survey Committee, 1995-1997
IEEE Employment Guidelines Committee, 1995
IEEE Florida Council, 1995-98
IEEE Professional Engineer of the Year, Orlando, 1974
IEEE USA Citation of Honor for Ethics Work, 1998
Currently, conducting research on Professional Status of IEEE for future Internet Publications
U2 HICAT DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM, PROJECT ENGINEER
1965 (AN EXAMPLE)
THE U2 WHICH THE HICAT DATA ACQUISITION WAS FLOWN IN IS NOW AT THE
US AIR FORCE MUSUEM IN DAYTON, OHIO
After being flown 285 times around the world for 18 months and operated in conditions of the worst air turbulence possible, the HICAT PCM system flown aboard a U2 aircraft, experienced not a single failure.