Laser & Optical Programs Worked by Jimmie Allison
SUMMARY: Mr. Allison has thirty five years of electrical engineering experience. Work has included DOD strategic missile programs, DOJ non lethal laser programs and military R&D laser programs to include various airborne laser programs. 10+ years includes many programs associated with the United States Air Forces AFRL/DEL Laser programs. Experience includes leading small engineering teams responsible for the design and development of embedded laser control systems, high current pulse power laser diode drivers, high power CW laser power supplies, PWM power converters and amplifiers for laser system support, Single and three phase power distribution systems including design for 400Hz aircraft power and high power autonomous thermal management systems.
- As a Research Engineer for Vista Photonics Inc., he was
responsible for the design, development and production of supporting
instrumentation electronics for trace gas detection instruments utilizing
both spectral absorption and photo acoustic technologies for NASA, DOE,
DOA and DOD. Embedded control systems design included autonomous thermal
control subsystems, power supply and power distribution subsystems, active
band pass filter sections, autonomous pressure control subsystems covering
pressures from 20 TORR to atmospheric with fractional TORR precisions and
autonomous temperature control subsystems requiring stabilities of
thousandths of a degree. He completed both the hardware designs and
all software developments for the autonomous pressure and temperature
control subsystems. Links to NASA’s ISS
program:
Multi-Gas Monitor / Optical Life Gas Analyzer, OLGA
- As an employee of Boeing LTS filling the Senior
Electrical Engineer of the AFRL/DELS/ScorpWorks
group, he directly supported the AFRL/DELS laser based programs where he
was the electrical/electronics lead responsible for
the design, development and 1st article production of equipment for the
front line “War Fighters”. Some of the more relevant programs worked
are:
Seek Smoke ANDE ACCM LED Beacon PHaSR
- As Senior Electrical Engineer
for Decade Optical Systems, he lead small electrical/electronics
design team that directly supported several laser programs for the
AFRL/LADI and AFRL/DELS branches as well various DOD related agencies and
NASA. As the electrical team lead he was responsible for the design,
development and production of laser systems for the various programs for
Decade Optical Systems. Some of the more relevant programs worked
are:
Commercial Green HCSSL SSL NASA Green