Rick Sturdivant

Dr. Rick Sturdivant has 29 years of industry experience developing products and services for telecommunications, wireless and military systems. He is a recognized expert in the field of Transmit/Receive (T/R) modules for phased array radar and communication systems. His website is ricksturdivant.com.

Education:

Ph.D. Colorado State University

M.A. Biola University

M.S. Univ. of Calif., Los Angeles

B.S. Calif. State Univ., Long Beach

B.A. Vanguard University

Patents and Articles:

Dr. Sturdivant holds seven U.S. patents and has five pending. He has published 54 journal and conference articles on engineering of systems and components. He has also author several books and book chapters.

Career Summary:

Dr. Sturdivant founded MPT, Inc in 2003 and currently serves as its CTO. MPT provides products and services for phased arrays used in radar and communication systems as well as support components such as beam forming networks, high power amplifiers, low noise amplifiers, up/down converters, and digital receivers. He has taught engineering courses at Azusa Pacific University and Cal Poly Pomona.

He worked at Hughes Aircraft Company and then Raytheon Systems developing radar system components and modules. He designed the world's first radar Tile Array Module for which he was awarded the Engineering Excellence Award by Hughes Aircraft Company. He then worked for Multilink Corporation and helped grow the company to its public offering in 2002. At Multilink, he was instrumental in developing the world's first Ball Grid Array (BGA) modulator driver (Mach-zehnder) at 12.5Gb/S. Since 2003, he has started several successful technology companies that provide products and services in the radio frequency and wireless markets.

Professional Activities:

Dr. Sturdivant regularly presents at conference workshops and other venues. For several years he has been a guest lecturer for a course on T/R Modules for Phased Array Radar at Georgia Tech Research Institute. In addition, he has been an invited speaker to IEEE local chapters such as the local MTT-S chapter in San Diego, CA and the joint MTT-S and AP-S in Baltimore, MD. He has also taught professional development courses in the U.S. and Asia.

Personal:

Rick has been married for 30 years and is the father of a daughter and son. He is an amateur radio operator and enjoys astronomy and fly fishing.