Curriculum Vitae

• 1978: BA, Magna cum Laude with High Honors in Physics, Brandeis University.
• 1980: MS in Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
• 1983: Engineer's Degree, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
• 1986: Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Solid State Structures Laboratory, UCLA.

Dr. Pines has worked in modeling, characterization, and special analyses for 25 years, eventually in a position of senior scientist/engineer at Hughes, and senior principal electrical engineer at Raytheon Company. Dr. Pines is presently a senior silicon infrastructure engineer at Telasic Communications.

He resides in Los Angeles, California, USA, with his wife and children -- an active member of Anshe Emes Synagogue, and is in his third cycle of Daf HaYomi (daily Talmud study).

He's lectured on Torah & Science at California and National Association of Orthodox Jewish Scientists conferences, the 4th and 5th B'Or HaTorah International Conferences on Torah and Science, synagogues, Torah clubs, and retreats.

Dr. Pines has a first on-line lecture at: http://www.613.org/pines.html, and was Torah & Science columnist for THE MESSENGER (Jewish biweekly distributed in Southern California) during 2002 and 2003.

Employment:

• 1978: joined Hughes Aircraft Company (HAC)

Employment Awards:

• Hughes Master's Fellowship: completed an MS in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
• Hughes Engineer Fellowship: completed an Engineer's degree from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
• 1984 - elected to the electrical engineering honor society, Eta Kappa Nu
• Hughes Staff Doctoral Fellowship: completed a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Solid State Structures Laboratory, UCLA
• 1989
  - HAC Employee Recognition Award for Outstanding Achievement and Demonstration of Technical Excellence
  - Radar Systems Group Superior Performance Award

• 1991
  - awarded a HAC SEED research grant to pursue a novel light-controlled transistor mechanism