Instructor

Instructor#

Colonel, USAF · Ph.D.

Juan D. Jurado

Permanent Professor and Head
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, USAFA

Col Jurado leads the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Air Force Academy, where a 17-member faculty delivers the ABET-accredited ECE curriculum to more than 900 cadets a year. He came to the department by way of the flight test community, and his research is in navigation systems and signal processing.

Background#

  • F-16 EW Test Engineer, 416th Flight Test Squadron, Edwards AFB — flight test of electronic warfare systems on the F-16.

  • Ballistic Missile Intelligence Specialist, NASIC, Wright-Patterson AFB — foreign missile systems analysis.

  • Director of Engineering, 413th Flight Test Squadron, Hurlburt Field — engineering authority for all C-130, H-1, and V-22 flight test.

  • Director of Education, USAF Test Pilot School, Edwards AFB — owned the TPS curriculum and academic program.

  • Commander, Flight Test Squadron (classified) — command of a classified flight test unit.

  • Deputy Department Head, Electrical and Computer Engineering, USAFA.

  • Permanent Professor and Head, Electrical and Computer Engineering, USAFA — current.

Interleaved with those: an M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology, an M.S. in Flight Test Engineering from the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, and an M.A. in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College.

Official biography#

The full assignment history, education, and awards are in the official Air Force biography.

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