Don J. Rude // RudeDude

.....@virginia.edu

My family: A Beach Wedding

      I am currently pursuing a Masters and Ph.D. in Systems Engineering. Previously I was working in various fields of the IT industry and hold a bachelors degree in Computer Science from a UMD school, Frostburg State University. My resume/CV is here for the curious.


Active Research: CASA - End User Integration group - Don J. Rude
My school: The University of Virginia home page
My department: The University of Virginia Department of Systems Engineering
My advisor: Dr. Ellen J. Bass
UVa > SIE > Human-Computer Interaction
The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society :: HFES Student Chapter at UVa
IEEE: Systems, Man, & Cybernetics Society
My "Researcher ID" page
My research library on Zotero.org


Selected publications:
Masters Thesis (2009): Impact of increased spatio-temporal radar data resolution on forecaster wind assessments, warnings, and confidence

Archival Journals:
Rude, D.J., Bass, E.J., Philips, B. (early release) Quantifying the Impact of Adding Gap Filling Radar Data on Forecaster Wind Assessments, Warnings, and Confidence. Meteorological Applications. doi:10.1002/met.269

Brotzge, J., Hondl, K., Philips, B., Lemon, L., Bass, E., Rude, D., Andra, D. (2010). Evaluation of Distributed Collaborative Adaptive Sensing for Detection of Low-Level Circulations and Implications for Severe Weather Warning Operations. Weather and Forecasting, 25(1), 173-189.

Peer Reviewed Conference Publications:
Rude, D.J., Bass, E.J., Philips, B. (2009) Impact of Increased Spatio-Temporal Radar Data Resolution on Forecaster Wind Assessments. Presented at the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics., San Antonio, TX. (Received "Best Student Paper Award".)

Posters:
Rude, D.J., Bass, E., Philips (2009). CASA's Impact on Radar-Based Wind Assessments. American Meteorological Society, Fourth Symposium on Policy and Socio.Economic Research, January 12.


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