Donald J. Rude

Department of Systems and

Information Engineering

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA 22904

Education

 

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.

Doctoral candidate in Systems Engineering. Degree anticipated Summer 2013.

 

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.

Masters of Science, Systems Engineering, December 2009. Concentration: Human Factors. Advisor: Dr. Ellen J. Bass. Thesis: “Impact of Increased Spatio-Temporal Radar Data Resolution on Forecaster Wind Assessments, Warnings, and Confidence.”

 

Frostburg State University,  Frostburg, MD.

Bachelor of Science, May 1998. Computer Science major (3.86 GPA in major) with a Math minor. Senior year projects included 3D graphics rendering and partial ADA compiler.

 

Research Experience

 

Department of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

March 2012 to present

Graduate Research Assistant

Conducting research as part of the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing. Investigations include the integration of human modeling techniques with new sensors and detection algorithms to automate the collection of human performance data.

 

Department of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

August 2006 to March 2012

Graduate Research Assistant

Conducting research as part of  the Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA), an Engineering Research Center sponsored by the National Science Foundation. This effort includes developing descriptive decision making models for end users including emergency managers and National Weather Service personnel. These models and associated methodology will quantifying the incremental benefit of adding new data to a human decision process.

 

IBM TJ Watson Research Center, Yorktown, NY

Summer 2007 & Summer 2008

Intern / Co-Op

Research and early development of weather radar information displays. Visualization design rooted in human factors engineering and perception/task based color map selection. Assisted in client consultations,

 

Professional Experience

 

City of Gaithersburg, Maryland

Network Manager August 2003 to August 2006

Network and server administrator also in charge of the Helpdesk. The IT department managed 20 servers handling over 200 desktops and 250 users across 12 locations. Co-manager for the entire department during 13 months without an IT Director. The City’s LAN is comprised of point-to-point fiber connections, WiFi links, ISDN backup network, and WAN links for both private interconnects and the Internet. Microsoft Windows 2000 desktops were all patched using Patchlink, secured with Symantec Anti-virus, managed with Novell Zenworks, and applications distributed using Netware file systems and Novell Zenworks.

 

Federal Department of Transportation, Washington, DC

Web Systems Engineer December 2002 to August 2003

Server administrator for: Sun Solaris systems, Multiple web servers (Apache and IIS), and ColdFusion. Microsoft SQL Server clustering setup with EMC SAN disks.

 

Steem, LLC, Gaithersburg, MD

Founder / Chief Technology Officer February 1999 to December 2002

Partial owner and founder of a web design and hosting firm that specialized in custom software and Internet consulting. Annual sales over $225,000, and peak staff of seven. Outside of operational duties managing accounting, sales, and staff daily tasks included software engineering, network design and administration, server design and installation, and systems administration.

 

Verio, INC, Columbia, MD

Lead Programmer May 1998 to February 1999

Lead Programmer for the Web Design and Development branch. Tasks included Internet application design, specification and proposals to customers as well as development and management of a five person development team to meet customer demands.

 

Honors

 

-        Recipient of the SAIC Scholars Research Stipend, awarded December 2012.

-        Recipient of Systems Engineering Teaching Fellowship for co-teaching of Introduction to Human Factors Engineering course in the Accelerated Masters Program January 2013.

-        Award for the best student paper and oral presentation entitled “Impact of increased spatio-temporal radar data acquisition on forecaster wind assessments“ at the 2009 IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society Conference.

 

Publications

 

Journal Articles

Rude, D.J., Bass, E.J., Philips, B. (2012). Quantifying the impact of adding gap filling radar data on forecaster wind assessments. Meteorological Applications, 19(3), 355–370. doi:10.1002/met.269

 

Cordazzo, J., Mello, U., Novakovskaia, E., Rude, D.J., Treinish, L., Praino, A. (under review) Urban Flood Forecasting using an Integrated Hydrometeorological System Applied to a Practical Case. Journal of Hydrology.

 

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

Bass, E.J, Hogan, B., Rude, D., Philips, B., Westbrook, D., League, C., Brotzge, J., Marsh, P., Riley, R. & Lemon, L. (2011). A method for investigating real-time distributed weather forecaster-emergency manager Interaction. 2011 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. October 9-12, 2011, Anchorage, Alaska, 2809-2815.

 

Rude, D.J., Bass, E.J., Philips, B. (2009) Impact of Increased Spatio-Temporal Radar Data Resolution on Forecaster Wind Assessments. 2009 IEEE Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. October 11, San Antonio, TX. (Received “Best Student Paper Award”.)

 

Philips, B., Westbrook, D., Pepyne, D., Bass, E.J., Rude, D.J., Brotzge, J. (2008) User Evaluations Of Adaptive Scanning Patterns in the CASA Spring Experiment 2007. 2008 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society. July 6-11, (Vol. 5, pp. V156-V159) Boston, MA.

 

Presentations

 

League, C., Philips, B., Bass. E. J., Brotzge, J., Rude, D., Hogan, B., Cravens, E., Tankersley, J., Kuhlman, L. (2011). CASA Alert! How new radar technology supported emergency management decision-making and enhanced communications during the May 10, 2010 Oklahoma tornado outbreak. 2011 National Severe Weather Workshop, Norman, OK, March 3-5, 2011.

 

Philips, B., Przybylinski, R., Brotzge, J., Rude, D.J., Diaz, W., Dolan, B., Bass, E. (2009) The leading edge: using CASA radars to detect lower troposphere winds in quasi-linear convective systems. American Meteorological Society, 13th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface, January 12.

 

Rude, D.J., Bass, E., Philips, B. (2008) Improving Severe Weather Warnings by Modeling Forecaster Decision Making and Radar Data Assessments. Presented at HFES research symposium, Virginia Tech, October 25, Blacksburg, VA.

 

Rude, D.J. (2008). Remote Sensing, Detection and Decision Making:  Lessons from Experimental Weather Radar. Invited talk, IBM TJ Watson Research Center, Aug. 4, Yorktown, NY.

 

Philips, B., Westbrook, D., Pepyne, D., Bass, E., Rude, D.J. (2008) Evaluation of the CASA System in the NOAA Hazardous Weather Test Bed. American Meteorological Society, 24th Conference on IIPS, January 24.

 

Rude, D.J. (2007). Supporting end user decisions in a distributed collaborative sensor network. Presented at the 2007 Graphics and Visualization Student Symposium. IBM TJ Watson Research Center, April 26, Yorktown, NY.

 

Posters

Rude, D., Bass, E., Philips, B., & Quoetone, E. (2011). Decision Making Process for Severe Weather Warnings. Presented at the The 10th International Conference on Naturalistic Decision Making, Orlando, FL, June 1.

 

Cordazzo, J., Mello, U., Novakovskaia, E., Rude, D.J., Treinish, L., Praino, A. (2009) Urban Flood Forecasting using an Integrated Hydrometeorological System. American Meteorological Society, Symposium on Urban High Impact Weather, January 14.

 

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.

 

Novakovskaia, E., Cordazzo, J., Mello, U., Treinish, L., Rude, D.J., Praino, A. (2008) Calibration and Verification of a HydroMeteorological System for Urban Flash Flood Forecasting, Eos Trans. American Geophysical Union, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., H43D-1047, San Francisco, CA.

 

Professional Service

 

Department of Systems and Information Engineering

-       Represented the department at the 2012 UVA School of Engineering Open House.

-       Represented the department at the 2008 Frostburg State University Career Expo.

-       Represented the department at the 2007 Prospective Student Day.

 

Human Factors and Ergonomic Society (HFES)

-       Served as the webmaster of the University of Virginia’s HFES student chapter (2007 to present).

-       Student member (2006 to present)

 

IEEE Computer Society (CS)

-       Student member (2008 to present)

 

IEEE Systems Man and Cybernetics (SMC)

-       Student member (2006 to present)

-       Co-organized “Environmental Decision Support and Visualization Systems” special session at IEEE International Conference (2009)

 

Teaching & Mentoring

 

-        Participant in Tomorrow’s Professor Today program from the Teaching Resource Center at the University of Virginia.

-        Co-taught the Introduction to Human Factors Engineering course in the Accelerated Masters Program Nov 2012 – Jan 2013. Prepared approximately 9 hours of lecture material and related assignment materials.

-        Teaching assistant for graduate level course in Human Factors (SYS 7096). Prepared and presented all materials for three 75 minute meetings on the topic of modeling human judgment.

-        Mentored incoming graduate students multiple times.

-        Mentored REU (Research Experience for Undergraduate) students in 2007, 2009, and 2011.

-        Volunteer work as GED and math tutor 2003 – 2006.

-        Led multiple undergraduate course sessions (as an undergraduate) at Frostburg State University 1997 – 1998.

-        Part time math tutor at Frostburg State University 1995-1996. A paid position with the Student and Education Services Tutoring Center.