Lindsay O’Brien Quarrie, CEO Space Sciences Corporation
As Technical Program Manager and Research Engineer, Lindsay designed and implemented a $13 million dollar Microelectronics Testing and Technology Obsolescence Program (METTOP) and Radiation Effects Design & Test Laboratory for the Defense Logistics Agency and United States Army at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, New Mexico Tech in Socorro, NM for a diverse range of microelectronics applications and research. Mr. Quarrie conducted extensive research across a spectra of radiation environments concerning nuclear effects on microelectronics and semiconductors collaborating with Sandia National Labs, Los Alamos National Labs and the White Sands Missile range to name a few, on several radiation effects projects and techniques. Mr. Quarrie also provided opportunities for many undergraduate and graduate students in physics, electrical and materials engineering as well as collaboration with the university faculty on various and diverse projects and the publication of several papers.
Hardware Anti-Tamper Shape Memory Alloys, radiation effects, radiation shielding of microelectronics, metaplastic semiconductor composites, environmental testing, Lead Free ResearchAs Member of Technical Staff and Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC) Engineer at Vitesse Semiconductor in Salem, NH, Lindsay led the testing and validation of a family of Vitesse Synchronous Optical Networks/Digital Heirarchy (SONET/SDH) , 10 Gb Ethernet ASICs for key customers such as Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, Ciena, Alcatel and many others.
As Site and Engineering Project Manager at Harris Corporation in Littleton, Massachussetts, Lindsay led the planning and development of the first Broadband Wireless Access Remote Station (Clearburst RS200) for Harris Corporation, designed around the Motorola 860 telecommunications processor.
As Senior Design Engineer at Raytheon Power Design Laboratory in Sudbury, Massachussetts, Lindsay designed the control logic assembly for the Theater High Altitude Air Defense (THAAD) Antennae Equipment Unit.
As Senior Design Engineer at Raytheon Naval & Maritime Systems in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Lindsay led a team as part of the Raytheon buyout of Hughes Corp Defense Systems Segment to design the Ship Self Defense System (SSDS MK II) in Fullerton California with successful transition to production in Portsmouth, RI.
As a Senior Design Engineer at Raytheon Naval & Maritime Systems in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Lindsay designed tuning magnetics for sonar transducers for the MK30 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Program and also assessed electromagnetic interference/electromagnetic compatability EMI/EMC on detection, guidance and navigation and towed array systems. Assessment of power electronics, frequencies and sound pressure levels for the SQQ32 program. Assessment of EMI/EMC on TLAN programs. Assessment of power electronics on F16s for JSTARS program.
As Electrical Engineer with the US Food and Drug Administration Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) Office of Science and Technology (OST) Medical Electronics Branch in Rockville, Maryland, Lindsay provided design support and research for the safety and effectiveness of numerous electronic medical devices winning a congressional mandate design control award and the Engineering Literary Award in the Research Category for research into Power Quality and Electromagnetic Interference/Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMI/EMC) on Medical Devices at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the National Institutes of Health. Lindsay also conducted collaborative research in detecting extremely low magnetic fields to monitor axon activity as a Functional Cross-section of the peripheral nerve.
Education and Professional Associations
In 1994 Lindsay passed the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test and physicals and qualified for both the Air Force Astronaut Program and the Nuclear Power Officer Programs.
Mr. Quarrie is a regular contributor to Military and Aerospace Programmable Logic Devices Conference, MAPLD/NASA Electronics Parts Program (NEPP) as well as a member of the JEDEC JC13 Committee on Radiation Hardness Assurance, the Space Parts Working Group and the Defense Semiconductor Association (DSA).
Mr. Quarrie is a graduate of the University of Miami Electrical and Computer Engineering Program December 1991, a graduate of the Drexel University Master of Science in Electrical Engineering Program in Power Electronics & Power Systems, including 1st year of Drexel MBA courses 1994, Direct Energy Conversion & Electromechanical Energy Conversion George Washington University 1995, Optimization of Power Systems and Power Quality Research 1996 Howard University, Advanced Computer Engineering, Verification of Very Large Digital Systems , Advanced VLSI Design, FPGA Logic Design Techniques, University of Massachussetts Lowell 2001,
Phd in Materials Engineering New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, New Mexico Tech 2010Engineering & Physics of Green Power
Lasers & Optics, Radiation Effects including Soft Error Rate on Semiconductors, Failure Analysis of materials Applications Nanoscience.
Lindsay is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineer IEEE and a graduate of Los Alamos Neutron School 2009 as well as the US Small Business Management Leadership Institute, El Paso Texas 2007.
Lindsay is a Member of Rotary International Socorro, NM.————————————————————————————————-
Avelonia V Quarrie is the CFO and Senior Engineer of Space Sciences Corporation
As Senior Systems and Functional Test Engineer at Bell Labs/Merrimack Valley Works Lucent Technologies in North Andover, Massachussetts, Avelonia developed automated C++ tests for board level functional test of optical amplifier circuit packs used in the Lucent Extreme Long Haul Optical Networks . Developed automated tests using National Instruments Labview and TestStand for systems level test of Optical Networks. Design, failure analysis and testing of SONET/SDH and Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) Optical Networks.
Created drivers for automated control of optical switches, digital bridges, power supplies, Ando attenuators, Ando optical power meters, erbium doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) laser sources, Hewlett Packard (HP) optical multi-wavelength meters, HP optical spectrum analyzers, OmniBer OC-3/12/48 Bit Error Rate Test units, DataCom Tester, Connecticut Technologies Bit Error Rate Testers.
As Senior Systems Engineer at Raytheon Naval & Maritime Systems in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Avelonia developed and conducted hardware-software systems integration tests for submarine combat systems and various other Naval Systems including hardware integration master schedule for the Test and Evaluation Integrated Product Team.
As Project Engineer and Contracting Officer Technical Representative at Entek, Inc. in Alexandria, Virginia, Avelonia managed the research, acquisition, installation and testing of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) equipment for projects in support of the Research, Development and Evaluation Branch for United States Customs wide-scale implementation with cost benefit analyses and technical evaluations for potential projects.
Education
Avelonia Smith Quarrie graduated from Virginia Tech in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering.
