Dr. Teresa Pace graduated magna cum laude from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. She obtained her doctoral degree in Electrical Engineering in 1994 at The Pennsylvania State University.
Dr. Pace is currently employed at DRS Optronics Technologies as a Director of Engineering specializing in image and signal processing. From 2004-2006, she was an engineering consultant specializing in image processing and systems engineering in Orlando, FL with most of her work concentrated on military aerospace applications of optical imaging systems. In 2004, she was the Senior Software Engineering Functional Manager at Lockheed Martin Systems Integration overseeing more than 300 engineers. From 1997 to 2004, Dr. Pace worked for Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control in a variety of capacities. Her many roles included leading a team of systems engineers in support of the baseline Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser program and its extensions which included GPS, Extended Range, and Longshot capabilities. She also worked with and led a team of algorithmists to develop the image-based tracking and automatic target recognition foundation for the Army's Common Missile which uses leading edge tri-mode seeker technology.
Prior to coming to Lockheed Martin, Teresa worked at the Applied Research Laboratory in State College, PA where she focused on the development and implementation of classification algorithms for shallow water sonar applications. Fascinated with the application of engineering to medicine, Dr. Pace also performed extra-curricular research in the areas of microcalcification detection in mammograms and EEG classification using wavelet transforms.
Teresa has been awarded 4 patents and has 10 more in various stages of processing. She has written 45 journal and conference publications in her areas of expertise. In addition to publishing, Dr. Pace has also been a reviewer for several technical journals including IEEE Transactions on Image Processing and IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing. She is also a senior member of IEEE and a member of the IEEE Signal Processing Society and the IEEE Women in Engineering Society.
She has received many accolades for her engineering achievements and has been featured in a two-page article in the March 2004 IEEE Spectrum Magazine. In 2003, she participated in the National Academy of Engineering's Ninth Annual Symposium on Frontiers of Engineering. In 2002, Dr. Pace was awarded the Lockheed Martin Nova Award for Outstanding Individual Technical Excellence, the highest technical award given by the Lockheed Martin Corporation and Lockheed Martin's Apex Individual Contributor Award in May 2000 for her outstanding achievements at their Missiles and Fire Control Division. In 2001, Teresa was privileged to be selected as HKN's Outstanding Young Engineer of the Year, a nationally recognized honor.