Background
Blum, Ricky S. was born on April 10, 1959 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Albert and Caire C. (Peterson) Blum.
electrical engineering computer science educator
Blum, Ricky S. was born on April 10, 1959 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Albert and Caire C. (Peterson) Blum.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Penn State University, 1984. Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, University Pennsylvania, 1987. Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering, University Pennsylvania, 1991.
Electrical engineer International Business Machines Corporation Federal Systems, Owego, New York, 1983. Communication and signal processing systems engineer General Electric Aerospace, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1984-1991. Professor electrical engineering, computer science Lehigh University, Bethlehem, since 1991.
Session chairman for conference Allerton Conference and Communications, University Illinois, Conference on Information Sciences, Princeton (New Jersey) University.
Reviewer Journal of Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, 1994-1995. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior, associate editor Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Communications Letters, technical reviewer for Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers transactions 1987-1994, member signal processing for communications technical committee Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Signal Processing Society, member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Lehigh Valley executive committee 1991-1995, Lehigh Valley student activities chair 1991-1995, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Lehigh Valley Signal Processing chapter chairman since 1995), Outstanding College Students American, Sigma Xi, Eta Kappa Nu (Outstanding Young Engineer 1983).
Married Karen Louise, Aug, 19, 1989. Children: Karleigh Jean, Kyle James.