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Kenneth Arnett Electronics Engineer Email: karnett@umich.edu Telephone: 936-0885 Fax: 763-5567 Office: 1131 SRB Education: Bachelor of Science in Electricial Engineering University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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Primarily responsible for designing rugged analog electronics for satellite instruments for NASA-GSFC, JPL, JHU-APL, ESA, and ISAS (Japapn) sponsored contracts including: 

• MSX-CEMS
• Huygens-GCMS
• Cassini-INMS
• TOMS
• Planet B-NMS
• TIMED-TIDI
• Rosetta-Rosina-DFMS
• CONTOUR-NGIMS
• MESSENGER-FIPS

 

Experience in designing and testing: 

• switching low voltage power supplies utilizing pulse width modulation, pre-regulator, post-regulator, boost regulator, push-pull oscillator, and free running, resonant, modified Class C oscillator topology
• High voltage power supplies (up to 15kV) for electrostatic deflection systems, ion-pumps, electron multipliers, and micro-chjannel plates
• Custom magnetic devices (both low and high voltage)
• Power switch and in-rush current control
• Custom hybrid design and packaging
• High efficiency power systems, and integrated structural electrical assemblies.

 

Other experience includes: 

• printed circuit board design
• Electronic subsystem integrtion and testing
• High voltage insulator design
• Custom high voltage connector design
• Gamma ray radiation testing and analysis of elctronic parts
• Integration and testing of electronic subsystem with flight sensor
• EMI/EMC testing
• Managing small ($300k) fabrication projects.

• Autodesk AutoCAD
• Autodesk Inventor
• PADS PowerPCB
• McCAD Schematic Capture
• Microsoft Office

Updated: 2008-04-01