Michael Wicks

Occupation: Senior Scientist for Sensor Signal Processing, Sensors Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory Air Force Research Lab.

Education: Associate’s degree Mohawk Valley Community College; bachelor’s Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; master’s and doctorate in electrical engineering, master’s in public administration, Syracuse University.

Professional experience: Electronic Engineer and Program Manager, Air Force Research Laboratory.
Community service: Member of Shriners and Utica Masons, member of Advisory Committee Mohawk Valley Community College, Awards Chairman of Mohawk Valley Section of IEEE, volunteer at St. Agnes and St. Mary of Mount Carmel churches.

Honors: Co-recipient of the Brian Hendrickson Memorial Award, Sensors Directorate, AFRL; Engineer of the Year, Mohawk Valley Engineers Executive Council; 1998 Best Patent of the Year Award, Sensors Directorate, AFRL; 1998 Fred Nathanson Memorial Award for the Young Engineer of the Year, IEEE; 2001 Alumni of the Year, Mohawk Valley Community College.