Eric C. Maass

Biography:

Eric C. Maass is currently Operations Manager for the Wireless Transceiver Products Operation of Motorola SPS. His organization develops and produces integrated circuits and discrete devices for handheld wireless applications, such as cellular phones, pagers, cordless phones, Global Positioning System (GPS), remote control, and wireless LAN.

Eric has also led efforts to develop high speed communications devices, including an 800 MB/sec transceiver called Autobahnª Spanceiverª, a 6 GB/sec optoelectronic datalink called Optobusª, and the 1.585 GHz Receiver IC for a Global Positioning System.

Eric is co-editor of the "Handbook of Fiber Optic Data Communication", published in 1998 by Academic Press. He has published articles on integrated voice recognition technology, advanced statistical methods for reducing variability in semiconductor processing, and has received several patents including Yield Surface Modelingª, a statistical method for yield optimization.

He received his B.A. in Biology from the University of Maryland, his M.S. in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering from Arizona State University, and has completed most coursework towards a PhD in Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, also at A.S.U.

Eric is also a former high school science and mathematics teacher. He also develops and instructs classes for engineers (and occasionally guest instructs classes for high schools) in subjects including electronics, statistics, computer design, semiconductor processing, and team-oriented problem solving.