Bio
High-energy electrical engineer with fourteen years of diverse work experience serving as a DoD civilian. Passionate about stewarding government resources effectively to align and mature technologies to meet high level DoD/AF requirements.
Education
Doctorate of Philosophy, Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia (2017)
Master of Science, Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia (2011)
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida (2008)
Professional Experience
Visiting Scholar, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado (June 2023 − Present)
Systems Development Engineer, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Agile Weapons Division, Eglin AFB, Florida (October 2021 – June 2023)
Lead Engineer, Integrated Seekers and Processing Branch, Munitions Directorate, Air Force Research Lab, Eglin AFB, Florida (July 2018 – October 2021)
Electronics Research Engineer, Integrated Seekers and Processing Branch, Munitions Directorate, Air Force Research Lab, Eglin AFB, Florida (August 2011 – July 2018)
Electronics Engineer, Small Diameter Bomb II System Program Office, Eglin AFB, Florida (February 2009 – August 2011)
Honors & Awards
AFRL/RW Directorate Civilian of the Quarter, Cat III 1Q (2020)
AFRL/RWW Division Civilian of the Year, Cat III (2020)
United States Department of Defense SMART Retention Scholarship Recipient (2013-2017)
Georgia Tech Faces of Inclusive Excellence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmFooLbX8ks (2016)
Women’s Leadership Conference Graduate Woman of Distinction Award Nominee (2015)
NSF Telluride Neuromorphic Cognition Engineering Workshop Selected Participant (2015, 2016)
IBM TrueNorth Bootcamp Invited Participant (2015)
United States Department of Defense PALACE Acquire Intern (2009-2012)
Armament Systems Wing Civilian of the Year, Cat III (2009)
Publications
S. Valancius, E. Richter, R Purdy, K. Rockowitz, M. Inouye, J. Mack, N. Kumbhare, K. Fair, J. Mixter. A. Akoglu, “FPGA Based Emulation Environment for Neuromorphic Architectures”, arXiv preprint. 2020.
K. Fair, D. Mendat, A. Andreou, C. Rozell, J. Romberg, D. Anderson, “Sparse coding using the locally competitive algorithm on the TrueNorth neurosynaptic system”, Frontiers in neuroscience, 2019.
K.D. Fischl, A.G. Andreou, T.C. Stewart, K. Fair, “Implementation of the neural engineering framework on the TrueNorth neurosynaptic system”, 2018 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS). IEEE, 2018.
K.D. Fischl, K. Fair, W-Y. Tsai, J. Sampson, A.G. Andreou, “Spike propagation path planning on IBM TrueNorth neurosynaptic system”, Electronics Letters Journal. IET Digital Library 2017.
K. Elfer, A. Rynearson, N. Hicks, E. Spingola, K. Fair. “Lessons Learned: Strategies for Creating and Mentoring Diverse Graduate Student Communities”, 2017 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. ASEE 2017.
Andreou, et. al., “Cognitive Computer Architecture for Machine Learning, Data Center Processing and Internet of Things”, Tutorial speaker at Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2017 IEEE International Symposium on. IEEE, 2017.
K. Fischl, K. Fair, W. Tsai, J. Sampson, A. Andreou. “Path Planning on the TrueNorth Neurosynaptic System.” Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2017 IEEE. International Symposium on. IEEE, 2017.
K. Fair and D.V. Anderson, “Sparse approximation on energy efficient hardware,” in Neural Networks (IJCNN), 2016 International Joint Conference on, 2016.
K. Fair, “Introduction to Programming TrueNorth,” Telluride Neuromorphic Workshop Presentation, July 2016.
K. Fair and D.V. Anderson, “More on Sparse Representations,” Telluride Neuromorphic Workshop Presentation, July 2015.
K. Fair, J. Talley, and M. Wehling, “Muscular Response to Visual Stimulus in Dragonflies,” Poster session presented at Janelia Farm Research Campus Dynamics of Prey Capture and Escape Conference, March 2013.
K. Fair and M. Wehling, “Neural and EMG Signals in Free-Flight Insects,” Poster session presented at Lund University (Sweden) Sensory Ecology Course/Conference, October 2012
K. Weeks (maiden name), K. L. Weeks, and E. G. Bakhoum, “Graphical user interface for blackbody control,” in Southeastcon, 2009. SOUTHEASTCON'09. IEEE, 2009, pp. 115-120.