Dr. Lettsome is a digital signal & image processing, digital communications, and computer design expert (and solutionist) with over 20 years of technical, business, education, and research experience helping consumers, entrepreneurs, and other engineers utilize these technologies.
Expertise:
- Digital Signal & Image Processing
- Wavelet / Filter Banks
- Compression
- Image and Video Enhancement
- Image Interpolation
- Edge Detection
- Digital Communications
- Digital (Computer) Design
- Computer Networks
- Business Technology and Engineering Management
- Basic Low Power Analog DC & AC Circuit and Building Electrical Design
Education:
- Post-Doctoral Research, Civil Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology [Ranked #3]
Advisor: Yi-Chang (James) Tsai - Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology [Ranked #6]
Focus on Signal and Image Processing and Telecommunications
Minor: Business Management Georgia Institute of Technology [Ranked #27]
Advisors: Mark JT Smith and Russell M. Mersereau - Visiting Scholar, Electrical and Computer Engineering Purdue University [Ranked #12]
- M.S., Electrical Engineering Florida Institute of Technology
Focus on Systems and Information Processing - M.S., Engineering Management (M.E.M) Florida Institute of Technology
Focus on Total Quality Management - B.S., Electrical Engineering Florida Institute of Technology
Board Licenses:
Professional Engineer (P.E.) Florida Board of Professional and License Engineers
Licensed Since 2002, License No. 58671
Professional Engineer (P.E.) Georgia Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
Licensed Since 2012, License No. PE037411
Professional Engineer (P.E.) South Carolina Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
Licensed Since 2017, License No. 34546
- Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Exams Taken:
- Morning Session [4 hours]-General Engineering Exam
- Afternoon Session [4 hours]-General Engineering Exam
- Professional Engineering (PE) Exams Taken:
- Morning Session [4 hours]-Electrical and Computer Engineering Exam
- Afternoon Session [4 hours]-Computer Engineering Exam
Technical Committees:
- Computer Engineering PE (Professional Engineering) Exam Standards Settings Study Panelist and Exam Question Writer, National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying [November 2019 – Present]
- Fundamentals of Engineering Exam PAKS Committee Member and Exam Question Writer, National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying [ April , 2015 – Present]
- Software Engineering Exam Standards Settings Study Committee Member and Exam Question Writer, National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) [May 13, 2013 – Present]
- Fundamentals of Engineering Exam Standards Settings Study Panelist, National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying Atlanta [September 14-15, 2012]
- IEEE DSP/SPE 2011 – Technical Review Committee Member, Signal Processing in Education Workshop Technical Review Committee Member [2011]
Awards:
- President of Calabrix Corporation when Office Depot named Calabrix Corporation a winner in the “Survival of the Smartest” Contest, September 2009
- National Science Foundation (NSF) FACES Post-Doc Fellow at the Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009 – 2010
- National Science Foundation (NSF) FACES Ph.D. Candidate Fellow at the Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005 – 2009
- National Science Foundation (NSF) Student Teacher Enhancement Program (STEP) Fellow at the Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005 – 2006
- Outstanding Graduate Instructor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003 – 2004
- Georgia Tech’s Presidential Fellow at the Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001 – 2005
- IBM FOCUS Ph.D. Candidate Fellow at the Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001 – 2004
- Tower Award Recipient at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Spring 2009
- Best Capstone Project at the Florida Institute of Technology, 1995 – 1996
- Student Leader of the Year for the Florida Institute of Technology National Society of Black Engineers Chapter, 1996 – 1997