Founders - Terry E. Riemer - Innovative Electronic Technologies

IET Founders

Dr. Terry E. Riemer, PhD EE

As the President of IET, Dr. Riemer co-founded the company to fill a need in the marketplace by merging groundbreaking theoretical solutions with innovative algorithmic expertise.

Dr. Riemer provides clients with unparalleled and powerful solutions to solve complex scientific problems in the areas of Analog/Digital Electronics, Communications Systems, and Digital Signal and Image Processing.

An expert in his field, Dr. Riemer is credited with more than 30 peer-reviewed publications, and he served as a member of the textbook technical review committees for McGraw-Hill and Wiley, Inc. in the areas of Digital Signal Processing and Electronics.

Dr. Riemer has applied theoretical solutions to everything from oil and gas equipment failures, to crop identification and crop health distribution for government strategic planning purposes, to biomedical devices (including custom hearing aid devices), to expert witness patent testimony for companies such as Shell Oil, Texaco, NASA, and others. By leveraging software tools such as Altium Designer, LabVIEW, MATLAB, and Simulink. Dr. Riemer and IET are able to model physical systems, execute on well-conceived strategy, and devise groundbreaking concepts.

Key Areas of Expertise:

Information Theory: Signal Dimensionality and Coding
Communications Systems: Analog (AM and FM), Digital (CDM, PWM, PCM, Spread Spectrum, Wi-Fi, GPS, and 5G Cell)
Digital Signal Processing: Audio (Holography), Image (Enhancement and Noise Reduction)
Electronics Systems Design: Analog and Digital Communications, Audio and Imaging Systems, Data Acquisition Systems, Embedded Systems, PCB design and layout
Biomedical Instrument Design

Education:

Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, December 1974

- Major: Digital Signal Processing, Communications Systems and Electronics
- Thesis Title: Optimum Constrained Image Restoration Filters
- Thesis Advisor: Dr. Claire D. McGillem

Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana

M.S. Electrical Engineering, May 1967

- Thesis Title: Adaptive Equalization for a Time-Division Multiplex System
- Thesis Advisors: Dr. Edward T. Williamson and Professor James A. Cronvich

Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana

B.S. Electrical Engineering, May 1965

Professional:

Innovative Electronic Technologies, LLC – 2008 to Present

Co-Founder
New Orleans, Louisiana
http://www.ietrnd.com

- Experienced in building physical models of complex systems, developing custom-tailored algorithms to provide actionable information, developing electronic proof of concept prototypes for intellectual property protection for numerous clients
- Designed and developed sensor electronics for Invocon for application by NASA in Space Exploration Program
- Developed pipeline tracking system for UUV (Unmanned Underwater Vehicle) for client in the oil & gas industry
- Provided expert witness opinions for patent infringement lawsuits

Sygnology, LLC – 2014 to Present

Co-Founder, President/CEO, Member Board of Directors, and Shareholder
New Orleans, Louisiana
https://www.sygnology.com

- Developed Signal Processing, Identification, and Classification tools for Shell Oil Company
- Developed advanced algorithms to scan data of Gulf of Mexico Deep Water assets to identify precursors of wear and damage and equipment failure anomalies that indicate End of Life
- Developed a Near Real-Time Asset Monitoring System to scan Gulf of Mexico Deep Water assets

Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering (Retired) – 1973 to Present

Graduate Faculty Member
University of New Orleans, Louisiana

- Department of Electrical Engineering
- Appointed to Graduate Faculty – Graduate Thesis Research Advisor – Created the curriculum and taught selected graduate courses in Advanced Communications Systems Design, Digital Signal Processing, Digital Audio Signal Processing, Audio System Design, Signal Analysis, and Analog / Digital Electronics

Biomedtronics, LLC – 2000 to 2011

Co-Founder, Chief Electrical Engineer, Member Board of Directors, and Shareholder
New Orleans, Louisiana

- Researched, designed, developed, and manufactured electronic embedded control systems for medical instruments in the areas of skin treatment, drug delivery, hearing aids, biomechanics, and motion capture for numerous clients
- Developed proprietary Digital Signal Processing algorithm to compute intra-renal flow for kidney perfusion experiments using the Venturi principle flow catheter
- Provided expert opinions for patent litigation cases in the GPS asset tracking industry

Kresge Speech & Hearing Research Labs – 2003 to 2006

LSU Medical School, LSU Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, Louisiana

- Developed a high-frequency acoustic translator for the hearing impaired

Sigtek – 1995 to 2003

President/CEO, Founder, Chief Electrical Engineer
New Orleans, Louisiana

- Provided research, design, and development support for microdermabrasion, multiple organ hibernation and perfusion system, cardiac transporter, pneumatic transporter, and electroporation and iontophoresis instrumentation
- Provided research, design, and development support for numerous new medical devices

Cardio Rythms, LLC – 2001 to 2002

Chief Electrical Engineer
Metairie, Louisiana

- Researched, designed, and developed wireless electrocardiogram sensor embedded system prototype

HEC, Inc – 1992 to 1998

Houston, Texas

- Engaged in the development of a microcomputer-based vehicle management system, including evaluation of battery and associated charging system components, leading to numerous patents

Naval Biodynamics Laboratory – Summers 1989, 1990 and 1991

Michoud Facility, New Orleans, Louisiana

- Participated in NAVY/ASEE Summer Faculty Research Program
- Performed research in developing techniques for digital processing of evoked-potential EEG signals

Kiff Industries – Summers 1986 -1988

Harahan, Louisiana

- Engaged in an entrepreneurship with an oil well logging company to develop a high-temperature high-fidelity seismic well logging tool

Outer Ear, Inc. – 1980 to 1984

New Orleans, Louisiana

- Engaged in an entrepreneurship to develop an acoustic holographic signal processor for use in the broadcast and recording industries

Kresge Speech and Hearing Research Labs – Summers 1978 and 1979

LSU Medical School, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana

- Developed filtering and feature extraction techniques for speech processing

Texaco, Inc., Research & Technical Department – 1974 to 1975

Bellaire Research Laboratories
Bellaire, Texas

- Developed and implemented two-dimensional digital filtering and display techniques for seismic data processing

NASA Michoud Assembly Facility – 1966 to 1967

New Orleans, Louisiana

- Contracted by Boeing to work on various communications problems for the Saturn V Rocket Booster Stage

Publications (abridged):

Marc W. Losh, Terry E. Riemer, and Russell E. Trahan, Jr., “Level Independent Detection of Signal Saturation in Sensor Data,” Digital Signal Processing, Vol. 4, 1994, pp. 189-197.

Ben-Chung Jan, Juan A. Henriquez, Terry E. Riemer, and Russell E. Trahan, Jr., “The Modified Window Correlation Technique for Estimation of Arbitrary Time Delays in Multi-channel Multi-event Systems,” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 93, No.3, March, 1993, pp. 1466- 1470.

David A. Cespedes Mohrke, Robert J. Porter, Jr., Terry E. Riemer, and Russell E. Trahan, Jr., “Exponential Transient Component Analysis for Speech Modulation Decomposition,” Proceedings of the IEEE Southeastcon ’92, April 12-15, 1992 (Paper both presented and published in Conference Proceedings).

Juan A. Henriquez, Terry E. Riemer, and Russell E. Trahan, Jr., “A Phase-Linear Audio Equalizer: Design and Implementation,” Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, September 1990, pp. 653- 666.

Juan A. Henriquez, Terry E. Riemer, and Russell E. Trahan, Jr., “A New Technique for the Design and Implementation of a Phase-Linear Digital Audio Equalizer,” Presented at the 85th Audio Engineering Society Convention, Los Angeles, November 3-6, 1988. Abstracted in the Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, Vol. 36, No. 12, December 1988, pp. 1022.

T.E. Riemer and R.E. Trahan, Jr., “Design of a Phase- Linear Audio Equalizer,” Presented at the 74th Audio Engineering Society Convention, New York City, October 1983, Paper No. 2045 (G-5).

T.E. Riemer and J.K. Cullen, Jr., “Comparison of Spectral Estimate Distortions Produced by Selected Data Window Functions in Speech Signals,” presented at the 50th Anniversary Celebration Conference of the Acoustical Society of America, June 11 – 15, 1979, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Abstract published in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 65, Supplement No. 1, Spring 1979.)

T.E. Riemer and C.D. McGillem, “Optimum Constrained Image Restoration Filters,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace Electronics, Vol. AES-13, pp. 136- 146, March 1977.

T.E. Riemer and C.D. McGillem, “Ghost Suppression in Image Restoration Filtering,” presented at the International Conference on Communications (ICC’75), June 16-18, 1975, San Francisco.

C.D. McGillem, T.E. Riemer, and G. Mobasseri, “Resolution Enhancement of LANDSAT (ERTS) Imagery,” presented at the Conference on Machinge Processing of Remotely Sensed Data, June 3 – 5,1975, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907.

C.D. McGillem and T.E. Riemer, “Moiré Patterns and Two- Dimensional Aliasing in Line Scanner Data Acquisition Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Geoscience Electronics, Vol. GE-12, No. 1, pp. 1-8, January 1974.