Daniel Schweickart

Daniel L. Schweickart (M'71-SM'86-F'12) received the B.E.E. degree from the University of Dayton, the M.S.E.E. degree from the Ohio State University, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington. In 1974 and 1975, he was a Research Engineer in the High Voltage Laboratory of the Ohio Brass Company's Research Center. In 1976, he was an Electrical Engineer at the U.S. Dept. of Energy's Mound Laboratory. From 1977 to 1980, he was a member of a consulting and facilities design engineering firm, Bosch and LaTour, LLC. Since 1980, he has been an Electrical Engineer for the Energy/Power/Thermal Division of the Aerospace Systems Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory. As a senior staff engineer, his research interests include development of advanced insulation systems for airborne applications, detection and mitigation of insulation breakdown events in aircraft power systems, corona and partial discharge phenomena and insulation testing, and high voltage engineering. Dr. Schweickart is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Ohio.