John T MacDonald

Dr. John T MacDonald

Visiting Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering

Room 256, Koch Center for Engineering and Science
812-488-2291
jm993@evansville.edu

Dr. John Thurlow MacDonald is a Visiting Professor of Electrical Engineering. John is a Licensed Professional Engineer and a Senior Member of the IEEE. Dr. MacDonald has extensive experience in industry as a electronic hardware designer and software engineer. He has worked in the automotive, consumer appliance, telecommunication, and medical electronic sectors.

Education:

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2008
  • Bachelor of Science (BS) in General Engineering, Harvey Mudd College, 1985

Experience:

  • Adjunct Professor, Electrical Engineering Technology, College of Lake County
  • Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology, DeVry University, Chicago, IL
  • Software Engineer, Motorola Solutions, Schaumburg, IL
  • Senior Engineer, Digital Appliance Controls, Emerson Corp., Elgin, IL
  • Project Engineer, Eaton Controls Division, Carol Stream, IL

Specialization:

  • Wireless Communication Systems and Robust Networks
  • Embedded Control Systems.

Publications:

  1. Sharma and J. T. MacDonald, “A Bayesian approach to super-resolution of multi-modal MR images,” Proceedings if the IEEE-EMBC Conference, 2014.
  2. T. MacDonald and S. Sharma, “Incorporating anatomical modeling into the biomedical curriculum.” Educators Session Presentation at the BMES Annual Meeting BMES2014, 2014.
  3. T. MacDonald and S. Sharma, “Developing a physical model for multi-modal mammographic image registration in the temporal domain.” Poster Presentation at the BMES Annual Meeting BMES2013, 2013.
  4. T. MacDonald. Udayan Das, “Digital tv transition: A case study in dynamic spectrum management,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Electronic Communication and Instrumentation (e-Manthan 2012), 2012.
  5. T. MacDonald and D. R. Ucci, “Exploiting commercial cellular networks for nano-satellite communications,” Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Military Communication Systems, MILCOM2010, 2010.
  6. T. MacDonald, D. R. Ucci, and J. L. LoCicero, “Isolating multi-path effects from the position estimate residuals in GPS receivers,” Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Military Communication Systems, MILCOM2008, 2008.
  7. T. MacDonald, “A survey of spectrum utilization in Chicago.” Report to the Wireless Interference Laboratory of the Illinois Institute of Technology, 2007.
  8. T. MacDonald and D. A. Roberson, “Spectrum occupancy estimation in wireless channels with asymmetric transmitter powers,” Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks and Communications Conference, CrownCOM2007, 2007.
  9. T. MacDonald and D. R. Ucci, “Interference temperature limits of IEEE 802.11 protocol radio channels,” Proceedings of the IEEE Region V Electro-Information Conference, EIT2007, 2007.
  10. T. MacDonald, D. R. Ucci, and D. A. Roberson, “Location estimation of isotropic transmitters in wireless sensor networks,” Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Military Communication Systems, MILCOM2006, 2006.
  11. A. Roberson, C. S. Hood, J. L. LoCicero, and J. T. MacDonald, “Spectral occupancy and interference studies in support of cognitive radio technology deployment,” Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Networking Technologies for Software Defined Radio, November 2006.
  12. McHenry, D. McCloskey, D. Roberson, and J. MacDonald, “Chicago spectrum occupancy measurements November 2005.” Report for the WIL of IIT, 2006.