Don J. Rude

.....@virginia.edu
 

      I am currently a doctoral candidate in Systems Engineering. Previously I was working in various fields of the IT industry and hold a Bachelors of Science degree in Computer Science from Frostburg State University (a UMD school) and a Masters of Science in Systems Engineering from UVA. My resume/CV is here for the curious.

My school: The University of Virginia home page
My department: The University of Virginia Department of Systems Engineering
My adviser: Dr. Peter Beling
UVa > SIE > Human-Computer Interaction
The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society :: HFES Student Chapter at UVa
IEEE: Systems, Man, & Cybernetics Society
Research info online:

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. (2012) Quantifying the Impact of Adding Gap Filling Radar Data on Forecaster Wind Assessments, Warnings, and Confidence. Meteorological Applications, 19(3), 355.370. 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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