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- Ph.D., Experimental Psychology, North
Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 1993.
- Dissertation: Construction
and evaluation of a three-dimensional display
from a two-dimensional projection surface
based on theoretic considerations of metrification
and affine space.
- M.S., Experimental Psychology, North
Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC., 1983.
- Thesis: Auditory Auto-Correlation:
An experimental study of central nervous system
processing of direct and reflected speech
sounds.
- Psi Chi: Academic Honor
Society in Psychology. Minor: Statistics.
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge,
MA. 1964.
- Thesis: Instrumentation
of the distal esophageal sphincter in the
human being.
- Premedical Studies Duke University, Durham,
NC, & University of N.C. at Chapel Hill,
1966/1967.
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- Consultant, Raleigh,
NC, 2009 - Present.
- E_Learning R&D, metadata and taxonomy development,
e-Community network concepts.
- Senior Scientist, Intelligent
Automation, Inc., Education and Training
Technology Division, Jan. 2007 - Nov. 2009
- Projects include:
- Development of an online authoring tool
- Development of an agent-based simulation
softskills training system
- Technical team, ADL (SCORM)
- Learning Architect, Chief Scientist and
Taxonomist, Teleologic
Learning Company, LLC, and the Center
for Advanced Learning, Inc. (offshoot
of TLC), 2003-2006.
- Online course development, taxonomy and
metadata system development, advanced concepts
development.
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- Team Lead, "USAF Taxonomy Project:
Implementing a Course Development Service-Oriented
Architecture (SOA); Ensuring Reusability
of Content for Successful Development
Using ADL/SCORM, Phase I."
- Principal Investigator, "Ensuring
and Measuring Reusability of Content:
Guidelines and Taxonomies for Successful
Development Using ADL/SCORM", Air
Force Institute for Advanced Distributed
Learning, subcontractor to Boeing Learning
Systems.
- Project Leader, "Implementing e-CDCs
(electronic Career Development Courses):
Key Issues, Operational Implications,
Planning", Air Force Institute for
Advanced Distributed Learning.
- Learning Architect, "Disease Management,"
Triservices Medical Activity, DoD.
- Reviewer, National Science Foundation.
- Consultant, IEEE
Industrial Standards and Technology Organization,
2002-2003.
- International standards development. These
are active communities of practice (CoPs)
with online, teleconferencing and face-to-face
meetings that develop international standards
and specifications for Internet technologies.
I have provided services to the technical
committees of:
- Consultant, 2001-2003.
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- Meta-Data Lead, IMS Global Learning
Consortium, Inc. http://www.imsglobal.org).
1999-2001.
- [Note: In this context I am often referred
to as "Dr. Tom."] Distributed organization.
IMS GLC, Inc. is a non-profit corporation
arising from the successful completion of
the IMS project of Educause. Telecommute from
Raleigh, NC. A distributed organization. IMS
GLC, Inc. is a non-profit corporation arising
from the successful completion of the IMS
project of Educause. Telecommute from Raleigh,
NC.
- Develop XML-Schemas for all IMS specifications.
- Consulted and spoke internationally
for IMS as a Technical Liaison.
- IMS representative and consultant, Learning
to Teach with Technology project (Dept.
of Ed., FIPSE). LTTS is a partnership
of Indiana University (principal), University
of Colorado at Denver, PBS and IMS.
- Steering Committee of the Digital Library
for Geosciences Systems Education (http://www.dlese.org)
that is supported by NSF and NASA.
- Working group on US - EU collaboration
on distance education co-sponsored by
NSF and EC.
- Guest member of the ANSI X3-L8 committee
on metadata repositories (ISO-11179).
- Reviewer, National Science Foundation
.
- Core Team Member/Metadata Lead, IMS
Project of Educause.
- A three-year project (1997-1999) to develop
international specifications for online education.
- Director of Research and Evaluation,
1998.
Metadata Lead, Core Team of Instructional
Management System (IMS) of Educom.
Special Projects, 1996-1997.
- Institute for Academic Technology (IAT)
of the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, 1996-1998.
- Founding Partner, Thoughtbytes, Raleigh,
NC. 1994-1996.
- Interactive Multimedia Program Content Development.
IBM Business Partner.
- Consultant, Human-Computer Interaction,
Wason Consulting, Raleigh, NC, 1993-1996.
- Vice President of Development, Cardiovascular
Diagnostics, Inc., Research Triangle Park,
NC, 1992-1993.
- Point-of-use biomedical instrumentation.
- Founder and President, Allotech,
Inc., Raleigh, NC, 1984-1992.
- Human-Computer Interaction Research &
Development. Federal grants and contracts
for R&D in displays, and visual and auditory
perception from the FAA, DOT, NASA, NIH and
EPA. Collaboration at Vanderbilt University.
Patents in visual and auditory displays.
- R&D consulting, Wason Engineering,
Raleigh, NC, 1971-1984.
- Embedded processors and custom integrated
circuits. Remote monitoring systems. Client
patent portfolio management. Custom industrial
automation systems.
- Group Leader, Optoelectonics, RCA
Industrial & Automation Systems, Inc.,
Plymouth, MI. 1967-1969.
- Early machine vision systems.
- Research Associate, Duke University
Hospital, Cardiovascular Laboratory, Durham,
NC. 1966-1967.
- Engineer, optoelectronics R&D.,
Texas Instruments, Inc., Apparatus Div., R&D
Lab, Richardson, TX. 1964-1966.
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PUBLICATIONS
- Haynes, J., Zbylut, M., Wason, T. & Maloor, P. (2007). "The Play's the Thing" Teaching High Level Skills through Dramatic Simulations. Paper and Presentation for the Interservice/ Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) Conference, 2007.
- Norris, B. and Wason, T. "Air
Force Institute for Advanced Distributed
Learning e-CDC Transition Project, Executive
Summary", http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/afiadl/ecdcproject.pdf,
18 January 2005.
- Cherry, A. and Wason, T. "Tag
and Go Seek: Ensuring Successful Tagging,
Discoverability and Reusability of Content."
Paper and Presentation for the Interservice/Industry
Training, Simulation and Education Conference
(I/ITSEC) Conference, 2004.
- Wason, T., & Perrin, B. (2004) AFIADL
Taxonomy Project Final Report GSA Task
Order ID: 4TFG57030729 Dec. 2004 http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/afiadl/adl/TaxonomyFinalReportDec2004.pdf
(select "Comments" to receive
full report).
- Wason, T.D., Ed. (2003). "Liberty
Architecture Glossary" https://www.projectliberty.org/specs/draft-lib-arch-glossary-v1.2-07.pdf
- Kellomäki, S. & Wason, T., Eds. (2003).
Liberty ID-SIS Personal Profile Service Implementation
Guidelines. Liberty Alliance Project. Version:
1.0-29.
- Kellomäki, S. & Wason, T., Eds. (2003).
Liberty ID-SIS Employee Profile Service Implementation
Guidelines. Liberty Alliance Project. Version:
1.0-03.
- Wason, T., and Wiley, D. (2001). "Structured
Metadata Spaces" in Greenberg,
J.(ed.),
Metadata and Organizing Educational
Resources on the Internet, NY:
Haworth Press (pp. 263-277); co-published
in the Journal of Internet Cataloging
(2000), 3 (1-3). Invited contribution.
- Wason, T., Anderson, T., & Griffin,
S. (1999). IMS
XML binding of the IEEE Learning Object
Metadata.
- Wason, T. (1999). IMS
XML bindings, DTDs and Examples.
(or http://www.imsglobal.org/xsd/)
- Hodgins, W., Wason, T., and Duval,
E. (1998). IEEE Learning Technology
Standards Committee (LTSC) Learning
Object Metadata (LOM) Draft Document
v2.1.
- Hodgins, W., Wason, T., and Duval,
E. (1998). IEEE Learning Technology
Standards Committee (LTSC) Learning
Object Metadata Dictionary v2.1.
- Griffin, S., Wason, T.D. (1997). "The
Year of Metadata." Educom Review,
32(6) (Nov/Dec), pp. 56-58.
- Wason, T.D., Dr.
Tom’s IMS Guides:
- Dr. Tom’s Guide to Reusable Content Objects
- Dr. Tom’s
Meta-data Guide
- Dr.
Tom’s Taxonomy Guide
- Guía
de las Taxonomies del Dr. Tom
- Dr.
Tom’s Classification Guide
- Guía
de Clasificación del Dr.
Tom
- Dr. Tom’s
XML Guide
- Guía
del Dr. Tom sobre el XML
- Dr.
Tom’s Guide to Content Packaging
- Dr.
Tom’s Guide to a simple path
to Meta-Data implementation
- Dr.
Tom’s Guide to XML-Schema
- Dr.
Tom’s Guide to IMS XML Extensions
and Incorporations
- Method
of Multiples
- Wason, T.D. (1996). "The Gutenburg
Juncture." The IAT Monitor,
Issue #1 (A Web Journal). http://www.unc.edu/cit/iat-archive/publications/monitor/issue1/wason.html.
- Cohen, J.A., Charles, L., Wason, T.D.,
Dermott, S.C., & Macik, B.G. (1992).
"Delay in sample processing may
significantly decrease whole blood and
plasma APTTs obtained from heparinized
patients resulting in establishment
of erroneous therapeutic whole blood
ranges." Paper presented at American
Society for Hematology, Fall 1992 Meeting.
- Lappin, J. & Wason, T. (1991).
"The perception of geometrical
structure from congruence," Chapter
28 in Ellis, S. (ed.) Pictorial communications
in virtual and real environments,
London: Taylor & Francis. Previously
published in Ellis, S. R., Kaiser, M.
K., & Grunwald, A. (eds.),
Spatial Displays and Spatial Instruments;
NASA Conference Publication 10032
pp 18-1 - 18-15.
- Lappin, J., Wason, T., & Akutsu,
H. (1987). "Visual detection of
common motion of spatially separate
points." Bulletin of the Psychonomic
Society, 25, 343.
- Janssen, R. & Wason, T. (1987).
U.S.E.P.A. Internal Report: "A
small animal ultrasound auditory stimulation
system."
PATENTS:
- Directed social network, pending
- US 5,751,927, Wason, T., 1998, Method
and apparatus for producing three dimensional
displays on a two dimensional surface
- US 5,020,108, Wason, T., 1991, Audible
display of electrical signal characteristics
- US 4,787,054, Wason, T., 1988, Interdial
compensation technique for angular position
detectors
- US 4,754,411, Wason, T., 1988, Angular
position detector
- US 4,710,889, Wason, T., 1987, Angular
position detector
- US 4,704,690, Wason, T., 1987, Angular
position detector
- US 4,606,008 / ROC (Taiwan) NI-25618,
Wason, T., 1986, Angular position detector
- US 4,556,844, Wason, T., 1985, Apparatus
for mounting an electrical sensing device
or encoder on a data output indicator
or meter
- US 4,477,860, Wason, T. & Cain, C.,
1984, Electrode array
- US 4,438,434 (1984) / CAN 1,194,956,
Wason, T., 1984, Self-sequencing data
bus allocation system
- US 4,433,332 / UK GB 2,059,593B /
MEX 148,528, Wason, T., 1984, Apparatus
for remotely determining the position
of rotating objects
- US 4,034,661, Boosalis, M. & Wason,
T., 1977, Apparatus for heating and
dispensing food articles
- US 3,893,554, Wason, T., 1975, Torque
limiting clutch
- US 3,761,186, Wason, T., 1973, Apparatus
for optically inspecting the condition
of a surface having known variations
in the condition
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tdwason@ncsu.edu
http://www.tomwason.com
Raleigh, NC USA
Copyright © 2017 Thomas D. Wason
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