EDUCATION
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1988
Dissertation: “Concurrent Error Detection in Arithmetic Processors using GAN
Codes”, Received separate minors in fields of Computer Science, Microelectronics
and Semiconductor Fabrication, and Discrete Mathematics.
Recipient of the prestigious Kodak Fellowship, awarded nationally to 12 doctoral
students in the fields of science and engineering.
MS. Electrical Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1985
Thesis: “A Navigation System for a Vehicle with a Laser Rangefinder”; Major areas
of study were computer design and software engineering.
BS. Electrical Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1983
Graduated Cum Laude.
PUBLICATIONS
Olivier, J., Ozguner, F. “A navigation algorithm for an intelligent vehicle with a laser rangefinder”, Proceedings of the 1986 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 3, April 1986.
Olivier, J. L. and Ozguner, F. “Design of Concurrent Error Detecting Systolic Arrays Using GAN Codes“ IEEE Transactions on Computer Aided Design, vol. 9, no. 10 October 1989.
Olivier, J.L. “Low Cost Residue Prediction for Improved Addition Efficiency”, G. M. Research Publication, December 1989.
Olivier, J.L. and Tkacik, T.E., “RELY, a Markov Modeling Package for System Reliability Prediction“ G.M. Research Publication, January 1990.
ISSUED PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS
• US 8334775 RFID-based asset security and tracking system, apparatus and method
• US 20090174772 Security and surveillance system
• US 20130201337 Rfid-based asset security and tracking system, apparatus and method