Theme 9
Dr. Artem Saakian
EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
D.Eng, Doctoral Degree in Electrical Engineering 2002
UNIVERSITY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS – St. Petersburg, Russia, USSR
MS++ in Electrical Engineering 1976
NATIONAL POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY of ARMENIA (former Yerevan Polytech Inst),USSR
BS (Radio Engineer) in Electrical Engineering (Honor diploma) 1972

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

US Navy Civilian Retired, Self Employed 2021 – up to now

Electronics Engineering Consultant 2019 – 2021
AMEWAS, Inc., California, MD, USA

Sr. Electronics Engineer 2005 – 2019
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, Antennas and Radar Systems Division, Patuxent River, MD, USA

Adjunct Professor 2006 – 2012
FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Patuxent Graduate Center, Patuxent River, MD, USA

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL, Dept of ECE, Lowell, MA, USA
Visiting Doctoral Researcher Feb-Sept, 2000

MICROWAVE ENGINEERING CORPORATION, North Andover, MA, USA

Career Note: Prior to 1993, significant experience was gained as: Director of the Graduate School;
Chairman of the Department of Telecommunication Systems; and Assistant Professor, at the State
Engineering University of Armenia, SEUA (former Polytechnic Institute) in Yerevan, Armenia.

CERTIFICATES, AWARDS AND GRANTS

• Certificate of Achievements – from Commander of Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division,
• DoD Level-III Certificate in SPRDE (Systems Engineering),
• Certificate of Award – from Avionics National Director, Dept of Navy, USA,
• Certificate of Award – from the President of SEUA and Dept of Higher Education of Armenia.
• Received grants as principal investigator for the following projects:
❖ “Novel Approach in HF Antennas Installation on Complex Platforms" – R&D project funded by
NISE-219 Program, NAVAIR, Navy FY-12/13,
❖ “Analysis and Enhancement of the Antenna Test Range Measurements" – R&D project funded by
NISE-219 Program, NAVAIR, Navy, FY-14/17,
❖ “Diversity Signal Reception Analysis for Dynamic LOS RF Communications Links” – R&D project
funded by NISE-219 Program, NAVAIR, Navy, FY-18/19
List of Publications is available upon request