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Tom Wells' Biography

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Full Name:

Tom B. Wells

Gender:

Male

Family:

Wife: Divanice; 3 Children

Birth Date:

08/19/1950

Birth Place:

BIltmore, NC

Home City:

Gainesville, FL

PhD, Physics/Nuclear Theory, University of Maryland, 1978

MS, Physics, University of Maryland, 1974

BS, Physics, California Institute of Technology, 1972

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Florida, District 3, 2024, 2026

Former Senior Research Scientist, Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)

President, World Radomes Incorporated, 2005-2017

Vice President of Engineering, AFC, 1998-2005

Head of Electromagnetics, Essco, 1993-1997

Member, Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)

Father's Occupation:

Former Chief of Surgery at Swannanoa VA Hospital

Mother's Occupation:

Medical Technician

Publications:

R. Shavit, T. B. Wells and A. Cohen, " Forward Scattering Analysis in a Focused Beam System", IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., Vol. 46, pp. 563-569, April 1998.
R. Shavit, T. B. Wells and A. Cohen, "Scattering Analysis of Arbitrary Shaped Cylinders in a Focused Beam System", IEE Proceedings-Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 145, No. 4, pp. 289-294, August 1998.
"Measurement of Transmittance and Scattering of Radome Membranes from 30 to 1000 GHz" IEEE MTT-Trans. Vol.45, No. 12, Dec. 1997 (7 pages), M.N. Afsar, I. Thackov, T. B. Wells.
"Analysis of the Electromagnetic Performance of Metal Space Frame and Other Large Radomes" ICARSM, Voronezh, May 1997, T. B. Wells, J. Sangiolo, A. Monk, A. Manz, A. Cohen.
"Radome for Large Millimeter and Sub-Millimeter Wave Antenna Systems" ICAP '97, Edinburgh, April 1997,T. B. Wells, A. Monk, J. Sangiolo, A. Manz, A. Cohen
"Limits on Diffractive Scattering by Woven Radome Membranes up to 900 GHz" SPIE Proceedings Vol. 2842, 1996, M. N. Afsar, I Thackov, T. B. Wells.
"Far Field Measurement of Radome Scattered Field" ICAP '95, Einhoven, April 1995, T. B. Wells, A. Cohen.
"Experimental Validation of Pattern Effects Analysis for a Multi-Panel Radome" QM&W Antenna Symp., London, 1994, T. B. Wells, A. Cohen.
"Considerations in the Measurement of Hot Boresight Error," Proceedings of the 20th Symposium on Electromagnetic Windows, Ga. Tech., Sept. 1992, T. B. Wells.
"An Intercomparison of Measurement Techniques for the Determination of the Dielectric Properties of Solids at Near Millimeter Wavelengths, " NPL Report DES 115, ISSN 0143-7305, (October 1991), coauthor.
"Beam Diffraction Effects in Millimeter Wave Material Characterization," 14th International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Wurzburg, Republic of Germany, October 1989, T. B. Wells and M. Glidewell.
"The Measurement and Analysis of Microwave Transmission, Reflection for Ablating Flat Panels," Proceedings of the Seconds DoD Electromagnetic Windows Symposium, (AEDC-TR-87-21), Tullahoma, Tenn., Oct. 1987, T. B. Wells.
"Gaussian Beam and Cavity Techniques in Permittivity and Permeability Measurements," Millimeter Wave/Microwave Measurements and Standards for Miniaturized Systems Conference, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, November 1986, R. L. Moore and T. B. Wells.
"An Examination of Material Parameter Uncertainties Arising From Statistical Measurement Errors," IEEE Instrumentation/Measurement Technology Conference, March 1985, Tampa, FL, T. B. Wells.
"Microwave and Millimeter Impedance Measurements of Electrically Thin Materials," IEEE Instrumentation/Measurement Technology Conference, March 1985, Tampa, FL, R. L. Moore, T. B. Wells, A. Dean.
"Millimeter Complex Permittivity and Permeability by Open Cavity Resonator and Waveguide Reflectometer," 1984 IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Proceedings, pp. 28-32, Long Beach, CA, (17-18 January 1984), T. B. Wells, R. L. Moore, J. P. Montgomery, and A. S. Dean.
"Parametric Evaluation of the Fabry-Perot Interferometer in Millimeter Permittivity and Permeability Measurements," Eighth International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Conference Digest M5.4, Miami, FL (12-17 December 1983), T. B. Wells.
"Monopulse Sidelobe and Tracking Error Models for Analyzing Antenna Performance in the Presence of Shipboard Thin Cylindrical Obstacles," Final Technical Report, Contract No. N0024-78-C-7157, Purchase Order No. 10686, September 1981, coauthor.
"Near-Field Measurements of Broad Beam Antennas," IEEE AP-S Symposium Digest, Los Angeles, California, (June 1981), T. B. Wells.

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