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Irwin M. Pikus, Ph.D., J.D.
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Founding Director
Education:
B.S. (physics) Drexel University 1958
M.S. (Physics) University of Pennsylvania 1960
Ph. D. (physics) University of Pennsylvania/ Temple Univ. 1966
J.D. (law) Temple University 1972
Experience:
Dr. Pikus was senior staff scientist at RCA and GE for 15 years leading and performing applied research projects in aerospace, defense and electronics fields. He specialized in remote sensing, advanced communications systems and re-entry physics.
From 1975 to 2000 he held Senior Executive (levels 4 & 5) positions at the Department of State (Office of Technology Policy and Space Affairs), National Science Foundation (Director, Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis) and Department of Commerce (Director, Office of Foreign Technology Availability). These positions all required TS/SCI clearance.
In 1996 he was appointed Commissioner on the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection (PCCIP) where he led the team dealing with those infrastructures providing vital human services (water, emergency services, government services). At the completion of the PCCIP, Dr. Pikus returned to the Commerce Department where he established and led the lead agency office for telecommunications and information infrastructure assurance, delegated to Commerce under Presidential Decision Directive PDD63.
Since retiring from the government in 2000, Dr. Pikus has been Visiting Professor of Systems and Information Engineering at the University of Virginia where he is affiliated with the Center for Engineering Risk Management. He has also has consulted on critical infrastructure protection for Sandia National Labs and other government and private concerns. He was principal investigator on a contamination monitoring project under a cooperative agreement with EPA. He is also chair of the Methodology Subcommittee of ASCE's Water Infrastructure Security Enhancement Standards Committee. He was recently selected as member of EPA's Water Sentinel Executive Committee
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