Biography:Bruce Lusignan

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Lusignan in rural Peru, satellite dish installation project.

Bruce Lusignan (born 1936)[1] is an emeritus[2][3] professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University[4][5] and a visiting professor at Portland State University.[6] He earned his B.S.E.E ('58), M.S.E.E. ('59) and Ph.D. ('63) degrees from Stanford.[6] In the early 1960s, he worked in radio astronomy at Stanford.[7][8] He has been director of Stanford's Communication Satellite Planning Center[9][10] and Stanford's Center for International Cooperation in Space.[5] He has also owned a small company designing cellular phones and pagers.[11]

His areas of specialization are communications satellites, telephone switches, cellular networks and the related signal processing problems.[6] He is inventor or co-inventor on 16 patents, including devices for metering power,[12] RF signal reception,[13] satellite transceivers,[14] alarm systems for cellular base stations,[15] tone generators for telephony,[16] and VSAT terminals.[17]

He has worked on designs for reusable launch vehicles[9] based on the Black Horse concept.[18] and has helped direct planning efforts for international cooperation on Mars exploration with the then-Soviet Union.[4][19][20][21] He led later post-Soviet cooperation in planning for an international Mars mission that included a space logistics function for ICBMs: using missiles such as the SS-18 to pre-position fuel and other supplies in Earth orbit, and Russia's Energia booster to send the supplies to Mars ahead of the crew.[22]

Lusignan also takes a strong interest in the politics and issues that arise in economic development,[6] including sustainable development in Africa,[10] earthquake relief and reconstruction in Peru,[23] and rural telecommunications in the Middle East.[24] For a number of years he ran EDGE – "Ethics of Development in a Global Environment"[25] – a weekly seminar at Stanford about issues in international conflict, trade, environmental sustainability, and amelioration of poverty and racism.[2][5]

In 1982, he was one of a number of professors who, with the support of their institutions, openly defied restrictions on use of otherwise-publicly available materials rationalized via the Arms Export Control Act.[26]

References

  1. ↑ "Bruce Lusignan". International House/Adelfa Alumni Reunion Newsletter: 99–101. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Bruce Lusignan". Portland State University. 
  3. ↑ "Stanford University Affiliated Faculty in Latin American Studies". Faculty & Staff (Stanford, CA: Stanford University). 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Bruce B. Lusignan". Faculty & Research. Stanford School of Engineering. 2007. http://engineering.stanford.edu//research/layout.php?sunetid=lusignan. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Bruce Lusignan – associate professor". Faculty. Stanford Electrical Engineering Department. 2007. http://www-ee.stanford.edu/Faculty/Lusignan_Bruce.html. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Bruce Lusignan". Faculty Research Interests and Publications. Portland State University. http://www.ece.pdx.edu/Faculty/Lusignan.php. 
  7. ↑ "Start 'Em Early". Life: 118. September 14, 1962. https://books.google.com/books?id=z00EAAAAMBAJ&q=bruce.lusignan&pg=PA118. 
  8. ↑ Bruce Lusignan (1963). Detection of solar particle streams using high-frequency radio waves. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Department of Electrical Engineering. https://books.google.com/books?id=hYMFAAAAIAAJ&q=bruce.lusignan. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Space: the free-market frontier". Space: the free-market frontier. Cato Institute. 2002. p. 79. ISBN 1-930865-19-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=KutVoTerSxsC&q=bruce.lusignan&pg=PA79. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Parallel programs (schedule)". Pacific West Coast Regional Summit on Africa. Women's Intercultural Network. 1999. http://www.win-cawa.org/MainFiles/summit/parallelSched.html. 
  11. ↑ Keith Bradsher (NY Times) (June 23, 1991). "Cellular Phone Calls Easy Pick for Unintended Ears". Lakeland Ledger: p. 10A. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3ElIAAAAIBAJ&dq=bruce-lusignan&pg=1305%2C1013065. 
  12. ↑ Lusignan, Bruce B. & Behruz Rezvani, "Solid state electric power usage meter and method for determining power usage", US patent 5391983, issued Feb 21, 1995
  13. ↑ Shen, David H.; Chien-Meen Hwang & Bruce B. Lusignan et al., "Radio frequency signal reception using frequency shifting by discrete-time sub-sampling down-conversion", US patent 5640698, issued Jun 17, 1997
  14. ↑ Lusignan, Bruce B., "Method and system for transceiving signals using a constellation of satellites in close geosynchronous orbit", US patent 5930680, issued Jul 27, 1999
  15. ↑ Lusignan, Bruce B., "Radio data protocol communications system and method", US patent 4972507, issued Nov 20, 1990
  16. ↑ Lusignan, Bruce B.; James Sytwu & Amr Badawi, "Pulse code modulated digital telephony tone generator", US patent 4571723, issued Feb 18, 1986
  17. ↑ Lusignan, Bruce B., "Very small aperture terminal & antenna for use therein", US patent 5745084, issued Apr 28, 1998
  18. ↑ Lusignan, Bruce B (19–25 May 1996). "An international single stage to orbit". International Symposium on Space Technology and Science. 20. Gifu, Japan; JAPAN. pp. 910–915. 
  19. ↑ "Group of Scientists Propose Quick, Cheap Flight to Mars". Times-Union (Warsaw, IN). Jul 2, 1991. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=96Y_AAAAIBAJ&pg=3014,256272&dq=bruce-lusignan&hl=en. 
  20. ↑ Harry F. Rosenthal (AP). "Quicker, Cheaper Journey to Mars?". Gainesville Sun (Gainesville, FL): pp. 1A,8A. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GEpWAAAAIBAJ&dq=bruce-lusignan&pg=4327%2C9014925. 
  21. ↑ AP (June 26, 1991). "Cheaper Flight to Mars Proposed". Reading Eagle. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6vkhAAAAIBAJ&pg=1125,5536112&dq=bruce-lusignan&hl=en. 
  22. ↑ "Students plan Mars mission in 20 years". News Release. Stanford University. June 8, 1993. http://news.stanford.edu/pr/93/930608Arc3218.html. 
  23. ↑ "Stanford Will Plan Peru City in Quake Area". Los Angeles Times: p. B5. Apr 28, 1971. https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/601538112.html?dids=601538112:601538112&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Apr+28%2C+1971&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Stanford+Will+Plan+Peru+City+in+Quake+Area&pqatl=google. 
  24. ↑ "Stanford Working for Iran TV". The News and Courier (Charleston, SC). June 26, 1975. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-BlZAAAAIBAJ&pg=1739,5284737&dq=bruce-lusignan&hl=en. 
  25. ↑ "Ethics of Development in a Global Environment". Stanford University. July 27, 1999. http://www.stanford.edu/class/e297b/. 
  26. ↑ Robert C. Owen (Jan 13, 1982). "Police state for scientists?". Record-Journal. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oNdHAAAAIBAJ&dq=bruce-lusignan&pg=5880%2C1305928. 

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