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Engineering 103
Robert Lepore
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Professor of Practice for Systems and Industrial Engineering and Director of Engineering Management
Robert (Bob) Lepore is Director of the Engineering Management Program in the College of Engineering at the University of Arizona. He presently teaches Engineering Management, Technical Project Management and Sensor Systems Engineering.
Bob retired from Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, Arizona where he worked for over 35 years. Previous to retiring Bob was vice president of Engineering at Raytheon Missile Systems. In this position, Bob directed overall execution and strategy development for the Engineering organization.
Prior to his vice president role, he served as the chief engineer for the Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV) where he was responsible for technical oversight of all EKV products.
He also held a variety of engineering management positions in the Missile Systems Engineering organization including director of the Electro-Optical Subsystems Center and manager of the Image Processing Department where he was responsible for design, development and testing of electro-optical seekers and fuses including design and development of algorithms and electro-optical seeker embedded software.
Bob holds two patents in image processing tracking systems. He has a BS in Engineering and a MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Degrees
- M.S. Electrical Engineering
- U.C.L.A., Los Angeles, California, United States
- B.S. Engineering
- U.C.L.A., Los Angeles, California, United States
Work Experience
- University of Arizona, College of Engineering (2013 - Ongoing)
- Raytheon Missile Systems (2005 - 2012)
- Raytheon Missile Systems (2001 - 2005)
- Raytheon Missile Systems (1997 - 2001)
- Raytheon Missile Systems (1995 - 1997)
- Raytheon Missile Systems (1976 - 1995)