Kagan's Brief Bio

Associate Professor, Dynamics and Control
Mechanical Engineering Department (Dynamics & Control)
Oregon State University

Phone: (541) 737-9899
Fax: (541) 737-2600
E-mail: kagan.tumer@oregonstate.edu
URL: htp://engr.oregonstate.edu/~ktumer
Office: 426, Rogers Hall
Mailing address: Mechanical Engineering Department, 204 Rogers Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-6001

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Professional

• From July 1997 to September 2006 I was a senior research scientist in the Intelligent Systems Division, NASA Ames Research Center, where I led a group in Learning and Control in Complex systems and managed a project in Complex Systems Research.
  
• During the 1996-97 academic year I was a research associate in the Electrical and Computer Engineering, at The University of Texas, and a visiting professor in the Electrical engineering Division at the University of Texas, San Antonio.

Education

• I received my PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering, from The University of Texas in May 1996. My advisor was Joydeep Ghosh.
• I received my MSE in Electrical and Computer Engineering, from The University of Texas in August 1992.
• I graduated with a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering, from George Mason University in May 1989.

Misc

• I am a Senior member of IEEE.
• I hold one patent: Spectroscopic detection of cervical pre-cancer using radial basis function networks. US patent no. 6,135,965 (Oct. 2000). Inventors: K. Tumer, N. Ramanujam, R. Richards-Kortum and J. Ghosh.

• Soccer: I play and watch soccer, particularly during the world cup (2010 qualifying) and the European Championships (Euro 2008).
• Aikido: I hold the rank of "third kyu" from Suginami Aikikai, San Francisco.
• Sailing: Both cruising and racing are great fun. I sail on San Francisco Bay, one of the most challenging and fun places to sail. I am also exploring the Pacific northwest sailing grounds such as the San Juan Islands, Puget Sound and Portland.

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