Richard A. Messner

Richard Messner

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Phone: (603) 862-1304
Office: Electrical & Computer Engineering, Kingsbury Hall Rm W223, Durham, NH 03824

Dr. Messner was born in Chicago, IL on 24 October 1957. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from Clarkson College of Technology, Potsdam, NY in 1979 and 1981 respectively. From 1981 to 1982 Dr. Messner was a member of the technical staff at the MITRE Corporation working on error correcting codes for the MILSTAR satellite system. In 1982 Dr. Messner received a fellowship and conducted his Ph.D. research in the Applied Optics Branch of the Optical Sciences Division at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. under the direction of Dr. Harold H. Szu. Dr. Messner was awarded the Ph.D. degree in May 1985. In addition to teaching he consults regularly with industry in the areas of optical signal processing, real time digital image processing, and the development of smart visual sensors. Dr. Messner has been a member of the Executive Committee of the New Hampshire Section of the IEEE since 1985. He is a member of IEEE, SPIE, Eta Kappa Nu, and Sigma Xi.

Courses Taught

  • ECE 401: Perspectives in ECE
  • ECE 543: Intro to Digital Systems
  • ECE 618: Junior Laboratory II
  • ECE 634: Signals and Systems II
  • ECE 717/817: Intro Digital Image Processing
  • ECE 791/791H: Senior Project I
  • ECE 792/792H: Senior Project II
  • ECE 900A: R&D Concept to Communication 1
  • ECE 900B: R&D Concept to Communication 2
  • ECE 999: Doctoral Research

Education

  • Ph.D., Engineering Science, Clarkson University
  • M.S., Electrical&Electronic Eng. Tec, Clarkson College
  • B.S., Electrical&Electronic Eng. Tec, Clarkson College

Selected Publications

  • Messner, R. A., Hludik, F., Vidacic, D., & Melnyk, P. (2005). An integrated command control and communications center for first responders. Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C31) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense IV, Pts 1 and 2, 5778, 57-70. doi:10.1117/12.603727

  • SZU, H. H., & MESSNER, R. A. (1986). ADAPTIVE INVARIANT NOVELTY FILTERS. PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE, 74(3), 518-519. doi:10.1109/PROC.1986.13494

  • MESSNER, R. A., & SZU, H. H. (1985). AN IMAGE-PROCESSING ARCHITECTURE FOR REAL-TIME GENERATION OF SCALE AND ROTATION INVARIANT PATTERNS. COMPUTER VISION GRAPHICS AND IMAGE PROCESSING, 31(1), 50-66. doi:10.1016/S0734-189X(85)80075-X