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BIOGRAPHIES
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Kevin
Young has always been interested in science and
engineering as long as he can remember. When he was seven, his
dad helped him build a small speaker phone from a Radio Shack
kit and from that point on, Kevin was hooked on electrical engineering.
He went to high school at Skyline High School in Idaho Falls,
Idaho and went on to college at Utah State University where
he earned his degree in Electrical Engineering. He later earned
a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University
of Idaho. Kevin's hobbies include playing the saxophone and
water-skiing.
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Mike
Occhionero, P.E. is a Mechanical
Engineer in the National Security Division of the INL. He manages
engineering and technology projects for counter terrorism, military,
and law enforcement agencies. These technologies include robotics,
vulnerability assessments of critical infrastructure, cargo
inspection, and computer controlled systems. These are all important
because information on how terrorists plan to target our infrastructure
and us infrastructure to attack our way of life is critical
to preventing attacks and arresting terrorists. One of his engineering
projects involves putting sensors, and weapons on a robot or
unmanned vehicle. We unusually think of unmanned vehicles as
aircraft but ground vehicles are presented with some very difficult
challenges. A small vehicle is very limited in navigation due
to obstacles. It takes constant human intervention to perform
simple tasks, especially when weapons are involved. Before he
was at the INL, Mike was a Naval Officer and flew jet airplanes,
he has also been a test engineer where he tested missiles and
aircraft avionics. He received a BS and MS from California State
University. Mike lives in Idaho Falls, with his wife, and three
children, their hobbies include, hunting, motorcycling, gardening,
and swimming.
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