The following slides were presented at the 2012 Aircraft Airworthiness & Sustainment Conference in Baltimore, Maryland on April 4, 2012. To view all slides, view the .PDF.









Dr. Cynthia Furse is the Associate Vice President for Research at the University of Utah and a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dr. Furse received her Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University in 1994. She has taught electromagnetics, wireless communication, computational electromagnetics, microwave engineering, antenna design, and introductory electrical engineering. Dr. Furse is a Fellow of the IEEE. She was the Engineering Department's Distinguished Professor 2008, Distinguished Young Alumnus, Professor of the Year in the College of Engineering at Utah State University in the year 2000, and the Faculty Employee of the Year 2002. She received the IEEE Harriett B. Rigas award in 2009. Dr. Furse has directed the Utah “Smart Wiring” program, sponsored by NAVAIR, NASA, and USAF, since 1998. She has 9 patents, over 170 professional publications, and has written two books.