Education

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.

Masters of Science, Systems engineering, expected Jan 2010. PhD course work started fall 2009. PhD expected Summer 2011.

Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD.

Graduated May 1998 with a Bachelor’s of Science degree. Computer Science Major (3.86 GPA in major) with a Math minor. Delivered multiple entry level computer science class lectures and general math tutoring.

Research Experience

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

August 2006 to present

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 and weather data visualization methods for end users including emergency managers and National Weather Service personnel.

IBM TJ Watson Research Center, Yorktown, NY

Summers of 2007 & 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.

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-managed 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 County data 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 of accounting, sales, and staff management my 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.

Publications

Journal Articles

Rude, D.J., Bass, E.J., Philips, B. (2010) Impact of increased spatio-temporal radar data resolution on forecaster wind assessments, warnings and confidence. American Meteorological Society, Weather and Forecasting (WAF). (Manuscript under review.)

Brotzge, J., Hondl, K., Philips, B., Lemon, L., Bass, E., Rude, D., Andra Jr., D.L. (2009). Evaluation of Distributed Collaborative Adaptive Sensing for Detection of Low-Level Circulations and Implications for Severe Weather Warning Operations. American Meteorological Society, Weather and Forecasting (WAF). (In press.)

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. 2009 IEEE Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. October 11-14, San Antonio, TX.

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, Boston, MA.

Presentations

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, 13^th 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, 24^th 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

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 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)