Prof. VITALICE K. ODUOL Short CV

Prof. VITALICE K. ODUOL,
B. Eng.(Hons.), M.Eng., Ph.D (McGill), MIEEE, MSPIE
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering (Communications Systems), McGill University, Montréal, Canada, 1992
M. Eng., Electrical Engineering (Communications Systems), McGill University, Montréal, Canada 1987
B.Eng. (Honours), Electrical Engineering, McGill University,Montréal,Canada – 1985
KACE Alliance High School, Kikuyu – 1980
EACE Alliance High School, Kikuyu – 1978
CPE Obambo Primary School, Siaya – 1974
SOFTWARE
MS Word
MS EXCEL
MS Project
MS Powerpoint
MATLAB
MATHCAD
VisSim/Comm
SystemView (ELANIX)
MAX + PLUS II (Altera)
OPNET Modeler/Radio
AND Others
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
External Examiner: 2005 –
Light Current Courses,
Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and
Technology
Member:
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
International Society for Optical Engineers (SPIE)
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, Nairobi, Kenya Dec. 2003 – Present
Senior Lecturer, Electrical & Information Engineering (Dec. 2003 – Present)
· Teaching and research in telecommunications engineering and computer science
· Supervising student projects.
Chairman, Dept. of Electrical & Information Engineering (March 2005 – Present)
· Administrative and academic head

CT TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS, Woodbury, Connecticut, USA Jan.2002 – Dec. 2003
Technical Consultant: Telecommunications System design, simulation, development, and product performance validation.
TRANSWITCH CORPORATION, Shelton, Connecticut, USA Feb. 1998 - Dec. 2001
Principal Engineer, R&D Product Definition and Architecture
· Conducted R&D work in telecommunication systems modeling, analysis and simulation to evaluate telecommunication product
architectures for design and development of new products.
· Developed Engineering Application Notes and Product Application Notes
· Performed analysis of telecommunications standards and developed algorithms and methods to implement them in telecommunications
products.
COMSAT CORPORATION, Clarksburg, Maryland, USA Jan.1997 – Jan. 1998
Senior Member of Technical Staff, R&D Satellite Systems Engineering
· Analysed RF interference between satellites and used these as inputs in the coordination of satellite systems.
· Performed RF interference analysis between Japan’s MTSAT system and other nearby satellites to determine the possibility of
frequency sharing. Analysis done for Ku-band, Ka-Band, and L-band, using ITU-R recommendations (e.g. Rec.S.740)
· Prepared satellite system filing for submission to ITU (ApS4 format)
· Developed a timing synchronization and frequency control method for a TDMA system to be used on a VSAT satellite network
INTELSAT , Washington, DC, USA Dec. 1994 – Jan. 1997
Senior Communication Systems Engineer, R&D
· Initiated the integration of wireless local loop (WLL) and satellite systems using VSATs to provide rural communication services on
INTELSAT satellites. Proposed a system-level architecture for the design of an integrated WLL/VSAT system.
· Contacted telecommunication operators in Latin America, Eastern Europe and Africa to get them to participate in an INTELSAT
sponsored WLL/VSAT integration. Gathered data to determine the sizes of VSATs needed in each country.
· Analyzed VSAT and WLL systems to determine the best method of integration that eliminates the duplication of functionalities.
· Provided technical inputs to the ITU-R standards activities (Task Group 8/1)
· Performed satellite and wireless link budget analysis to determine the traffic capacities of the WLL/VSAT systems.
· Performed experiments on NASA’s ACTS satellite system using the concept of wide area diversity (WAD) to improve the availability
of meshed VSAT networks. Results of this work were presented at the “NASA ACTS Results Conference” (Sept.11-13,1995). This
work also involved rain fading attenuation modeling and assessment.
UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, Nairobi, Kenya Aug. 1992 – Dec. 1994
Lecturer, Electrical and Electronic Engineering
· Taught telecommunication and electronics courses and supervised student projects.
· Participated in the Electrical Engineering Departmental Team developing curricular for industrial participants.
· Prepared and updated the Departmental teaching timetable.
MPB TECHNOLOGIES, INC, Montréal, Canada Oct. 1989 – Jul.1992
Communications Systems Engineer
· Designed multicarrier demodulator/demultiplexers(MCDD) for satellite on-board processing.
· Presented seminars on satellite on-board processing to the staff of MPB Technologies.
· Designed and developed a low-probability of intercept (LPI) radio system.
· Conducted research on meteor burst communications, the results of which were presented at the IEEE Military Communications
Conference (MILCOM’90)
McGILL UNIVERSITY, Montréal, Canada Jun.1986 – Oct.1989
Research Associate and Teaching Assistant
· Taught classes as assigned by Supervisor
· Assisted in teaching courses in [tele]communications systems
· Conducted tutorials for classes taught by my thesis Supervisor
· Was research associate (while at the same time pursuing potgraduate studies) in [tele]communications systems. Conducted research
on adaptive error control methods in communications systems, using a special class error-correcting of codes.
PUBLICATIONS: DR. V. K. ODUOL
1 Meteor Burst Communications in the Post 2000 Era, C. Marriott, V. Oduol, A. Ghosh, B.Tailor, IEEE Military Communications
Conference, 1990. MILCOM '90, Conference Record, A New Era. 1990 IEEE, 1990 Pages: 359 -363 vol.1, INSPEC Accession Number:
3916310
PDF Full-Text (524 KB):
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel2/125/3396/00117442.pdf?isNumber=3396
2 Data Flow and Buffer Management in a Multi-Channel Data Link Controller, S. Varada, V. Oduol, A. Shelat, Conference on Local
Computer Networks, 1999. LCN '99, Pages: 132-141
INSPEC Accession Number: 6431008
PDF Full-Text (120 KB):
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/6517/17401/00802007.pdf?isNumber=17401
3 Performance Evaluation of the Generalized Type-II Hybrid ARQ Scheme with Noisy Feedback on Markov Channels, V.K. Oduol,
S. D. Morgera, IEEE Transactions on Communications, Volume: 41 Issue: 1 , Jan. 1993 Pages: 32 – 40, INSPEC Accession Number:
4443210
PDF Full-Text (612 KB):
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel1/26/5545/00212362.pdf?isNumber=5545
4 Soft-Decision Decoding Applied to the Generalized Type-II Hybrid ARQ Scheme, S. D. Morgera, V.K Oduol,. IEEE Transactions on
Communications, Volume: 37 Issue:4, April 1989 Pages: 393 –396, INSPEC Accession Number: 3393976
PDF Full-Text (296 KB): http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel1/26/797/00020121.pdf?isNumber=797
5 Soft-Decision Decoding Applied to the Generalized Type-II Hybrid ARQ Scheme, S. D. Morgera, V. Oduol, IEEE International
Conference on Communications, vol.2, 1988, ICC '88 Pages: 637 –641. Digital Technology - Spanning the Universe. Conference Record.,
INSPEC Accession Number: 3286644
PDF Full-Text (236 KB):
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel4/720/553/00013641.pdf?isNumber=553
6 Block Code Performance Using Soft-Decoding and the Eigenstructure of the Code Correlation Matrix, V. K. Oduol [Under Review]
IEEE Transactions on Communications, and the IEEE International Conference on Communications.
7 Exact Excessive Bit Error Rate (EBER) Computation Reduces the Frequency of False Alarm Declarations in Automatic Protection
Switching (APS) in SONET/SDH Transmission Systems, V. K. Oduol, [Under Review] International Conference on Computer
Communication Networks [ICCCN]
8 Signal Detection and False Alarm Rates For QPSK Modulators in Satellite VSAT Networks with Transponder Hopping, V. K.
Oduol, [Under Review] International Journal of Satellite Communications.
9 Rain Fade Mitigation, A. Dissanayake, V.Oduol, NASA ACTS Results Conference, Sept. 11-13,1995
10 “Satellite on-Board Processing”, V. K. Oduol, Seminar Presentation at MPB Technologies, Montreal, Canada, October 1991.
11 “Integration of Wireless Local Loop (WLL) and VSATs For Rural Communications”, V. K. Oduol, Presentation at INTELSAT,
Washington, DC, May 1996.