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H. Paul Shuch
H. Paul Shuch

Dr. H. Paul Shuch (May 23, 1946) is an American scientist and engineer who has coordinated amateurs to help in the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence. Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A scientist, in the broadest sense refers to any person that engages in a systematic activity to acquire Knowledge or an individual that engages in such practices An engineer is a person professionally engaged in a field of Engineering. Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence ( SETI) is the collective name for a number of activities to detect intelligent Extraterrestrial life.

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Overview

Shuch, an aerospace engineer and microwave technologist is believed by colleague Jack Unger to be the creator of the world's first commercial home satellite TV receiver[1] [2]. This article is about the field of research and industry for the corporation see The Aerospace Corporation Aerospace comprises the An engineer is a person professionally engaged in a field of Engineering. Microwaves are electromagnetic waves with Wavelengths ranging from 1 mm to 1 m or frequencies between 0 A visiting professor at Lycoming College and the Heidelberg University of Applied Sciences, Shuch continues to volunteer as the Executive Director Emeritus of The SETI League, Inc. [1]. He has taught physics, astronomy, and engineering on various campuses for over three decades. Physics (Greek Physis - φύσις in everyday terms is the Science of Matter and its motion. Astronomy (from the Greek words astron (ἄστρον "star" and nomos (νόμος "law" is the scientific study Engineering is the Discipline and Profession of applying technical and scientific Knowledge and

Shuch is a Vietnam-era Air Force veteran and active instrument flight instructor. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia A flight instructor is a person who teaches others to fly Aircraft. He founded Microcomm Consulting [2] in 1975, where in 1978 he designed and produced a commercial home satellite TV receiver [3] [4].

Early life

Born Howard Paul Wakes in Chicago, IL, USA, Shuch later adopted the name of his stepfather, physicist Milton L. Shuch.

Shuch earned a B.S. in industrial technology from San Jose State University and a Ph.D. in engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. A Bachelor of Science ( BS, BSc or BSc in the UK; less commonly S San José State University, commonly shortened to San José State and SJSU, is the founding campus of what became the California State University system "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. The University of California Berkeley (also referred to as Cal, Berkeley and UC Berkeley) is a major research university located in Berkeley Upon completion of military service, he worked as an engineer for several Silicon Valley aerospace companies before commencing his academic career.

SETI Activities

Shuch first learned about SETI, the electromagnetic Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence, from Nicholas Marshall, W6OLO, a Hungarian engineer with whom he served on the Board of Project OSCAR, builders of the world's first non-Government satellite. Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence ( SETI) is the collective name for a number of activities to detect intelligent Extraterrestrial life. OSCAR is an acronym for Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio. Nick introduced Paul to longtime SETI proponent Dr. Bernard M. "Barney" Oliver, then vice-president of Engineering at the Hewlett-Packard Company. Bernard M Oliver (1919 &ndash 1995 aka Barney Oliver, was an eminent Scientist who made important contributions in many fields including Radar, Oliver in turn introduced Paul to SETI pioneers Frank Drake and Philip Morrison, who encouraged his continued interest and involvement in the development of SETI radio telescopes, as a spin-off from his design of early satellite TV receivers. Dr Frank Donald Drake (born May 28 1930, Chicago) is an American Astronomer and Astrophysicist. Philip Morrison, (born 7 November 1915 in Somerville New Jersey &ndash died 22 April 2005 in Cambridge Massachusetts

While in graduate school at the University of California, Berkeley, Shuch became acquainted with most of the members of the NASA SETI team in nearby Mountain View, CA. Many SETI pioneers had been affiliated with Berkeley, either as faculty members, students, or postdoctoral researchers, and a SETI-friendly environment (some have called it a 'SETI cabal') persisted there. Among Shuch's professors was the prominent radio astronomer William J. "Jack" Welch, a member of the National Academy of Science, who further encouraged Shuch's SETI activities. One of Shuch's classmates in Welch's radio telescope design course was Dan Werthimer, who went on to become chief scientist of the SETI@home distributed computing experiment. SETI@home ("SETI at home" is a Distributed computing ( Grid computing) project using Internet -connected computers hosted by the Space

When the NASA SETI program was cancelled by the US Congress in 1993, New Jersey industrialist Richard Factor established the nonprofit, membership-supported SETI League[5], which he invited Shuch to head. Shuch became the organization's first Executive Director [6] and later on a more permanent basis. He designed the hardware and protocols for, and remains Principal Investigator on, the SETI League's Project Argus [3] all-sky survey[7] [8] [9]

Shuch is principal investigator for the Invitation to ETI [10] [4], a web-based SETI experiment initiated by his colleague, Dr. Allen Tough. Dr Allen Tough (born 1936 is Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto. Along with Ivan Almar of the Konkoly Observatory, Budapest, Shuch developed the San Marino Scale [5] [11], an analytical tool for quantifying the significance of transmissions from Earth into Space. Konkoly Obszervatórium ( Konkoly Observatory) is an astronomical Observatory owned and operated by Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The San Marino Scale is a suggested scale for assessing risks associated with deliberate transmissions from Earth to possible extra-terrestrial intelligent civilizations. [12]

Honors and Awards

References

  1. ^ Ungar, Jack (2003). The British Interplanetary Society (BIS founded in 1933 by Mr The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA is an international community of experts committed to expanding the frontiers of Space. Deploying License-Free Wireless Wide-Area Networks. Cisco Press, p. v. ISBN 1587050692. Retrieved on 2007-12-31. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia.  
  2. ^ Birkill, Steve (1997). RWT and the History of TVRO. Retrieved on 2008-03-22. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 238 - Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperor.
  3. ^ Cooper, Robert B. (2006). Television's Pirates: Hiding Behind Your Picture Tube (in English), pp. 386–387. ISBN 0-9777980-0-3.  
  4. ^ Cooper, Robert B. (1982, October). ""Coop on Basics: the TVRO Receiver"". Coop's Satellite Digest: p. 8.  
  5. ^ Clark, Andrew J. H. and David H. (1999). Aliens: can we make contact with extraterrestrial intelligence?. Fromm International, p. 85. ISBN 0-88064-233-5.  
  6. ^ Chown, Marcus (1997, 19 April). "The Alien Spotters". New Scientist: p. 28.  
  7. ^ Shostak, Seth (1998). Sharing the Universe. Berkeley Hills Books, p. 168. ISBN 0-9653774-3-1.  
  8. ^ Clark, Stuart (2000). Life On Other Worlds and How to Find It. Springer Praxis, p. 138. ISBN 1-859233-097-X.  
  9. ^ Darling, David. Internet Encyclopedia of Science. Retrieved on 2008-05-01. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor.
  10. ^ Feedback (2004, 18 December). "ET on the Internet". New Scientist: p. 76.  
  11. ^ Hecht, Jeff (2006, 24 October). "What are the chances of aliens sniffing us out?". New Scientist 60: 57. doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2006.04.012. A digital object identifier ( DOI) is a permanent identifier given to an Electronic document.  
  12. ^ Almar, Ivan, "Shouting in the jungle: the SETI transmission debate. " Journal of the British Interplanetary Society 60(4):142-146, April 2007

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