Gary J Hovey

Gary J. Hovey received the B.E.E. degree from Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, in 1983 and the M.A.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, in 1997. His research interests are in digital and real-time systems. He joined the National Research Council's Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory (DRAO), Penticton, BC, in 1983. As a Systems Engineer he led the development of several instrument projects and is now head of the Astronomy Technology Research Group at the DRAO. He is also NRC's Liaison Engineer for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Project and is a member of the Canadian SKA Consortium board. Mr. Hovey was a co-recipient of an NRC Outstanding Achievement Award in 2009 for contributions to the Canadian Galactic Plane Survey.