Jim Howland

Director, Electronic Systems and Technologies
Mitre

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James Howland is a Technical Director of MITRE’s E530, Electronic Systems and Technology division. E530 works across MITRE’s C3I Federally Funded Research and Development Center sponsors, and is dedicated to technical expertise focused on communications, electromagnetics, sensors, and signal processing technologies. He previously served also as the corporate program lead for several counter improved explosive devices programs for both the DoD and intelligence communities.

Mr. Howland previously served as an associate director in MITRE’s Washington C3 Center, from October 2002 to October 2006. In that capacity he was responsible for the communications, networking, and signal processing technical departments and served as a technical director in W900. In that capacity he was responsible for technology support and W900 technical center support to the intelligence community. He was responsible for expanding the WC3 laboratory and hands-on work programs and assisted in developing the corporate laboratory and capital equipment resources. Prior to his assignment as a director, Mr. Howland was a responsible for the direction of WC3’s Signal Processing Center as a department manager.

As a member of the Technical Staff , Group Leader, then Principal Engineer from 1983 to 1998, he led the development of a several communications, antenna, and microwave system design and development programs. Responsible for the design and development of analog, RF, and microwave circuits and systems.  Specific concentration on VHF, UHF, and L-band anti-jam, satellite and data communications systems for ground-to-ground, air-to-ground, and ground-to-space applications.  Mr. Howland has expertise in wireless communications protocols including AMPS, GSM, and CDMA.  Extensive experience with passive RF and microwave filter design, single and multiple element antenna design, propagation measurements and analysis, radar analysis, SAR imaging systems, PLL and DDS synthesizer design, amplifier design and heterodyne receiver design.  CAD/CAE design and simulation experience with EEsof, SPICE, NEC, and other simulation tools.

Before joining MITRE in 1983, Mr. Howland was a physicist with the Foxboro Company He was involved in the analysis and design of non intrusive ultrasonic measurement devices for the process control industry.

Mr. Howland attended graduate school at the University of Massachusetts, focused on communications theory and microwave engineering, and teaching undergraduate seminars in antenna theory and microwave engineering.  He received his B.S. degree in Physics,  from the University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth , and his M.S.E.E. He has taken doctoral qualifying exams and doctoral course work in preparations for a PhD in electrical engineering with a concentration in electromagnetics. He is a graduate of the Leadership Development Program of the Georgia Institute of Technology.
He is a member of the IEEE.