Adam Zielinski, Ph.D.
Resume

EDUCATION: 
  • Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Wroclaw Technical University, Poland, 1971 
  • M.Eng. in Electrical Engineering, Wroclaw Technical University, Poland, 1967 
  • B.Eng. in Electrical Engineering, Wroclaw Technical University, Poland, 1964 
LANGUAGES: English, Polish, Japanese

CITIZENSHIP: Canadian

WORK EXPERIENCE:

July 1991-present
Professor
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Victoria, Canada

July 1992-June 1993 
Honorary Research Fellow
School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
University of Birmingham, England

1991
Associate Professor
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Victoria, Canada

July 1990-August 1991
Acting Chair
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Victoria, Canada

January-April 1989
Acting Chair
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Victoria, Canada

1985
Chairman
Electrical Engineering Program
Memorial University, Canada

1985-1991
Associate Professor
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Victoria, Canada

1984-1985
Chairman
Electrical Engineering Program
Memorial University, Canada

1983
Visiting Faculty
Department of Electrical Engineering
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

1982-1983
Visiting Faculty
Center for Engineering Research
University of Hawaii, USA

1974-1975
Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering
Memorial University, Canada

1974-1975
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering
Memorial University, Canada

1980-1985
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of New Brunswick, Canada

1972-1974
Research Fellow
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

1967-1972
Assistant Professor
Wroclaw Technical University, Poland

Awards

1999 Innovative Teaching Award from the University of Victoria

1990 Wighton Fellowship (National) $3,000 from The Sandford Fleming Foundation

1989 Outstanding Teacher of Engineering Students at University of Victoria Award Diploma from the Engineering Institute of Canada Vancouver Island Branch

1974 - 1975 Post-doctorate Fellowship $12,000/yr. from the University of New Brunswick

1972 - 1974 Research Fellowship $8,000/yr. From the Japanese Government

INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE:

  • U.S. Naval Research Lab 
  • Faculty of Medicine and Psychology Department 
  • Memorial University of Newfoundland 
  • Ice Engineering Ltd., St. John’s 
  • C-CORE, St. John’s 
  • Nordco Ltd., St. John’s 
CONSULTING WORK PERFORMED FOR THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:
  • Remotec Ltd., St.John’s 
  • Canadian Astronautics Ltd., Ottawa 
  • National Petroleum and Marine Consultants, St. John’s 
  • Geomarine Associates Ltd., St.John’s 
  • Ecological and Resource Consultants Ltd., Fredericton 
  • Monitoring Systems Ltd., Fredericton 
  • EDT Manufacturing Ltd., Victoria 
  • Capital Regional District (CRD), Victoria 
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
  • Electronics 
  • Linear Systems 
  • Instrumentation 
  • Communications 
  • Analog and Digital Filters 
  • Underwater Acoustic Systems 
  • Random Signals  
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
  • Underwater Acoustic Systems 
  • Acoustic Communication and Telemetry 
  • Electronic Instrumentation; Medical Instrumentation 
  • Signal Acquisition and Processing 
RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTSYear(s) Amount Source Title

2000 $8,250 UVic Innovative Teaching

2000 $7,100 UVic Wighton Product Development

2000 $15,000 NRC MART

2000-03 $3,200 UVic Faculty Research

2000 $2,000 Uvic/IDC Prototype Development

1996-00 $ 86,200 NSERC Research Grant

1993-96 $ 60,000 NSERC Research Grant

1992-93 $ 1,800 AUCC Travel Grant (Europe ’92)

1992-93 $ 1,508 UVIC Travel Grant

1992-93 $ 1,200 UVIC Research Grant

1992-93 $ 20,100 NSERC Individual Operating Grant

1992-93 $ 22,235 NSERC Individual Operating Grant?

1991-92 $ 1,508 UVIC Travel Grant

1991-92 $ 1,200 UVIC Research Grant

1991-92 $ 1,200 UVIC Research Grant

1991-92 $ 22,235 NSERC Individual Operating Grant

1991-92 $ 2,500 IOS Studies of Breaking Waves (with Dr. D. Farmer)

1990-91 $ 5,500 IOS Studies of Breaking Waves (with Dr. D. Farmer)

1990-91 $ 7,480 IOS Arctic Research Project (with Dr. D. Farmer)

1990-91 $ 10,780 SCBC GREAT Award (to D. Menemenlis)

1990-91 $ 1,515 UVIC Travel Grant

1990-91 $ 900 UVIC Research Grant

1990-91 $ 22,235 NSERC Individual Operating Grant

1990 $ 24,177 CIBA/GEIGY Validation Study of Electronic Dolorimeter

1990 $ 25,674 Apple Canada Improvements to Education Electronic Simulation Foundation Laboratory at the Faculty of Engineering (in equipment)

1990 $ 3,000 CIBA/GEIGY Patent for Electronic Dolorimeter

1990 $ 15,900 SCBC MART Award (Dolorimeter)

1989-90 $ 29,000 SCBC Development of an Electronic Guiding System for the Visually Impaired

1989-90 $ 6,850 CIBA/GEIGY Development of Electronic Dolorimeter

1989-90 $ 1,500 UVIC Travel Grant

1989-90 $ 1,460 UVIC Research Grant

1989-90 $ 15,800 NSERC Individual Operating Grant

1989 $ 1,346 UVIC Travel Grant

1989 $ 1,925 UVIC Vice-President’s Teaching Software Grant

1989 $ 75,000 Apple Canada Establishment of Education Electronic Simulation Foundation Laboratory at the Faculty of Engineering (in Equipment)

1988-89 $ 1,050 UVIC Travel Grant

1988-89 $ 1,725 UVIC Research Grant

1988-89 $ 15,800 NSERC Individual Operating Grant

1988 $ 958 UVIC Vice-President’s Teaching Software Grant

1988 $ 58,584 BC Science Cooperating Researcher in Council A.G.A.R. Research Grant Awarded to EDT Manufacturing Limited

1988 $ 904 EDT Sonolite Designs Manufacturing Limited

1987-88 $ 2,600 UVIC Research Grant (with L. Peake)

1987-88 $ 1,040 UVIC Research Grant

1987-88 $ 74,940 NSERC Equipment Grant

1987-88 $ 15,800 NSERC Individual Operating Grant

1987 $ 2,520 Federal Gov’t. Challenge ’87 Program

1986-87 $ 900 Federal Gov’t. Work Study Program

1986-87 $ 1,281 UVIC Travel Grant (2nd)

1986-87 $ 1,081 UVIC Travel Grant

1986-87 $ 800 UVIC Travel Grant

1986-87 $ 1,200 UVIC Research Grant

1985-86 $ 800 UVIC Travel Grant

1985-86 $ 40,000 NSERC/UVIC President’s General Grant

1985 $ 67,000 NSERC Shared Equipment and Facilities (University Industry Program)

1985 $100,000 Canadian Micro- Loan of VLSI Design Work Electronics Corp. Station (co-applicant) — Memorial University

1984-87 $ 52,800 NSERC Individual Operating Grant

1984 $ 13,780 BIO Research, Bottom Roughness Estimates Dept. of Supply Using Acoustic Probing And Services (principal investigator)

1982-83 $ 3,000 NSERC International Collaborative Research

1982-83 $ 2,600 NSERC Travel Grant

1981-82 $ 48,000 NSERC PRAI Grant (Project Director)

1980 $ 8,000 NORDCO Co-op student’s salary

1979-82 $ 25,000 NSERC Individual Operating Grant

1979-81 $ 24,000 C-CORE Graduate Fellowships

1979 $ 99,000 Federal Dept. Ultrasonic Methods for of Fisheries Inspection of Fish Fillets (co-investigator)

1978-81 $141,000 NSERC Strategic (principal investigator)

1977-79 $ 18,000 C-CORE Graduate Fellowships

1976-77 $ 4,500 NSERC Individual Operating Grant

Memberships and Offices Held in Learned and Professional Societies

University of Victoria Faculty Association, Member, 1986

Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of the Province of British Columbia Member, 1985

The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)

  • Chairman, 1982 
  • Vice-Chairman, 1980-81 
  • Executive Officer of Newfoundland and Labrador Section, 1977-80 
  • Senior Member, 1979 
  • Member, 1977-79 
Marine Technology Society, Member, 1978-84

Association of Professional Engineers of Newfoundland, Member, 1976-85

PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS (from 1980)

Year(s) Contribution

2001, February Member of the Scientific Committee for 30th Winter School on Molecular and Quantum Acoustics

2000, October 1-3 Member of Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board Visiting Team to Simon Fraser University

2000, June 5-9 Session Chair, PACON 2000 Conference, Honolulu

2000, May 23-26 Chairing a Session on 17th Symposium on Hydroacoustics, Jurata, Poland

1998, May Session Chair, XVth Symposium on Hydroacoustics?

1998, June 15-19 Session Chair, PACON 1998 Conference, Seoul

1998, Feb. 23 Paper Review for IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

1997, May 12-16 Chair, Session on International Symposium on Hydroacoustics and Ultrasonics, Jurata, Poland

1997, March 5 Paper Review for Oceans ’97

1996, May Chair, Session on XIIIth Symposium on Hydroacoustics, Gdynia - Jurata, Poland

1996, June Chair, Session on Ocean Acoustic Systems at the Pacific Congress on Marine Technology, PACON '96

1995, May 16-19 Chair, Session on XIIth Symposium on Hydroacoustics, Gdansk, Poland

1994, July Chair, Session on Ocean Acoustic Systems at the Pacific Congress on Marine Technology - PACON '94

1994, December 23 Review of a paper submitted to IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

1994, December 23 Review of a Grant Application to Science Council of British Columbia

1994, December12 Review of a NSERC Grant Application

1993, October 18 One day Tutorial "Underwater Acoustic Systems" in conjunction with the OCEAN "93 Conference (with R. Coates)

1992, June Chairman of a Session on Underwater Acoustic Systems, Pacific Congress on Marine Technology, PACON 92, Kona, Hawaii

  1. Reviewer of two submissions for the book "Recent Advances in Marine Technology" 
1991, Decemebr Member of the Board of Delegates for the Pacific Congress on Marine Science and Technology International

1991, December IAG Special Commission on Marine Positioning (ISCOMAP), President of Working Group #2 - Acoustic Methods

1991, May Chair, Session on Audio Processing, IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Communications and Signal Processing

1990, November Member of Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board visiting team to McMaster University

1990, October Chairman of a Session on Acoustic and Bathymetry at the International Symposium on Marine Positioning, Florida

1990, July Chairman of a Session on Underwater Remote Sensing, Pacific Congress on Marine Technology, PACON 90, Japan

1990, June Member of International Editorial Board for Marine Geodesy Journal and Associate Editor (Underwater Remote Sensing)

1990, March Reviewer for Electronics Letters

1990, February Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

1990, January Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on ASSP

1989, October Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control

1989, June Reviewer for Science Council of B.C. grant applications

1989, January Paper reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing

1989, January Reviewer for Science and Technology Development Fund application

1989, January Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

1988, November Member of Canadian Accreditation Board visiting team to University of Waterloo

1988, July Book Review for Prentice Hall

1988, July Member, Technical Program Committee, ISCAS '89

1988, June Session Chairman at Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Vancouver, 1988

1988, May Chairman of a Session on Acoustic Systems, Pacific Congress on Marine Technology, PACON 1988, Honolulu

1988, January Paper reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing

1987, December Paper reviewer for Electronic Letters

1986, November Member of Canadian Accreditation Board visiting team to McGill University

1986, March Chairman of a Session on Ocean Acoustics, Pacific Congress on Marine Technology, PACON 86, Honolulu

1985, March NSERC, review of a proposal for CRD grant

1984, April Pacific Congress on Marine Technology - PACON 84, Session Chairman, Honolulu

1983, December International Journal of Microcomputer Applications - paper review

1982, April C-CORE, Report on CODAR - review

1981-82 Advisory Committee on Continuing Engineering Education (CEE) to the Director of CEE, Memorial University of Newfoundland

1980, July The Large System Engineering Conference, Session Chairman, St. John's

1980 IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering - paper review

1980 Associate Editor for the IEEE Newfoundland and Labrador Section Newsletter