Experience

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  Ed Dumas Photography

  • Knoxville, TN

  • President

    • Jun 2009 - Present
    • Knoxville, TN

    I am the staff photographer for Theatre Knoxville Downtown, a local community theatre. I also enjoy aviation, nature, and travel photography. To see examples of my work please visit: http://www.eddumasphotography.com

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  NOAA / Atmospheric Turbulence and DIffusion Division

  • Oak Ridge, Tennessee

  • Computer Programmer

    • May 1993 - Present
    • Oak Ridge, Tennessee

    I integrated a DJI S-1000 small UAS into the meteorological research programs for NOAA's Air Resources Laboratory. We have flown over 40 flights that include instrument testing at Knox County Radio Control Society's model flying field, a convective initiation study, and the VORTEX-SE project. I integrated the instruments, flew the aircraft, processed the data, and produced data reports for each of these projects.I have performed mechanical design and hardware & software integration for several generations of the Best Aircraft Turbulence (BAT) probe. I have developed real-time data acquisition and analysis software to measure boundary-layer fluxes of mass, momentum, and energy from several small environmental research aircraft. I participated as a pilot, mechanical engineer, and programmer for multiple research campaigns using full-scale aircraft from 1994-2001. I have also built several custom websites to display real-time meteorological data.For an example of my web programming see: http://www.eddumas.com/kcrc/ For a NOAA Scientist Profile about me, see: http://research.noaa.gov/News/NewsArchive/LatestNews/TabId/684/ArtMID/1768/ArticleID/11686/Dumas-Ed.aspx

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  The Soaring Edge

  • Knoxville, TN

  • President

    • Jan 1986 - Jan 2001
    • Knoxville, TN

    I developed and sold the Sailplane Design Program, which is software that calculates the performance of radio-controlled sailplanes. Programs were sold worldwide from 1986-2001.

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  NASA / Kennedy Space Center

  • Kennedy Space Center, Florida

  • Engineering Co-Op

    • Sep 1987 - Aug 1992
    • Kennedy Space Center, Florida

    Engineering co-op position with the Materials Science Laboratory. Primary responsibility: Computer programming for data acquisition systems to support vibration, thermal, electrostatic, and corrosion testing of flight hardware and ground support equipment for the Space Shuttle program.

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  Tennesee Technological University

  • Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee

  • Engineering Technician

    • Sep 1988 - Aug 1991
    • Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee

    Center for Manufacturing Excellence. Primary responsibility: Setup and operation of data acquisition equipment for high-energy impact testing of composite materials. Experience using strain gauges, fiber optics, high-speed digital storage oscilloscopes, and smart materials.