Ri-Chee Chou, Ph.D.

Dr. Chou has research, development, and teaching experience in electromagnetics, antennas, propagation, radar scattering, RF, and millimeter-wave systems, as well as in the areas of sensors and robotics. His technical expertise includes antenna and antenna array design, real-time passive millimeter wave imaging systems, and electromagnetic wave propagation and scattering. Additionally, Dr. Chou has experience in the management of military programs and rapid development of technology for use in military applications.

Dr. Chou is currently serving as the Program Manager for Exponent’s Professional Engineering Support Services contract with the U.S. Army Rapid Equipping Force (REF). This program provides a variety of engineering and technical support to the REF, including Exponent engineers embedded in Iraq and Afghanistan, working closely with the REF in providing science and technology solutions to mission essential operational problems. Other prior technical and management responsibilities at Exponent include the development of custom antennas and bi-directional amplifiers for use on sonar buoys for the Network Enabled Anti-Submarine Warfare program, and the development of robotic and semi-autonomous ATV’s for the Advanced Robotic Controller program. Dr. Chou has also served as the Sensors Lead for the first phase of the U.S. Army’s Object Force Warrior program as well as the U.S. Navy’s Maritime Munitions Interdiction program.

Prior to joining Exponent, Dr. Chou was a Senior Technical Staff Member of Deskin Research Group in Sunnyvale, California, with primary responsibility of Satellite Antenna Manager for the Leo One communications satellite system. Previous to that, he was a Senior Scientist in the Passive Remote Sensing Group at ThermoTrex Corporation in San Diego, California where he served as the Chief Engineer of the Passive Microwave Camera program. Dr. Chou was also formerly a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and a member of the ElectroScience Laboratory at The Ohio State University, where he taught courses in electromagnetics theory and performed NASA sponsored research in RCS computations of the electromagnetic scattering from jet engine inlets and other cavities.

• Senior Technical Staff Member; Leo One Satellite Antenna Manager, Deskin Research Group, 1998–2002
• Senior Scientist, ThermoTrex Corp., 1992–1998
• Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, The Ohio State University, 1987–1992
  

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (member)