


Joel Schesser

Special Lecturer
Fenster Hall, Room 610
973-596-3193
joel.schesser@njit.edu
Education
- Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, The City University of New York - 1976.
- M.E., Electrical, The City University of New York - 1971.
- B.E., Electrical, The City College of The City University of New York - 1968.
Research Interests
- Signal Processing
- Analyzing Signals and Systems
- Heart Rate Variability using time-frequency (wavelet) transformations
Professional Experience
- Special Lecturer - New Jersey Institute of Technology, Department of Biomedical Engineering 2003 – present.
- Developed and teaching electrical engineering courses on Signal Processing and Electronics. Courses aimed at exposing biomedical engineering senior-level students to techniques and procedures to analyze systems and signals. To understand how the heart recovers from stress, currently performing analyses and developing research tools of the spectrum of Heart Rate Variability using time-frequency (wavelet) transformations.
- Director, System Design Group & System Design Qualification Group -
- Tyco Telecommunications Laboratories, Eatontown, NJ 1986 – 2002
- (formerly, AT&T Submarine Systems [Bell Laboratories], Holmdel, NJ) Led the system design and qualification of state-of-the-art technology hardware and software products for submarine lightwave telecommunications networks.
- AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ - 1981 - 1986. As MTS, Personal Computer Department: managed the development of AT&T PC 6300s. As MTS, Resident Systems Engineering Department: managed the deployment of the AT&T videotex equipment.
- Logica Inc., New York, NY - 1980 - 1981- As computer consultant, managed the system engineering for an electronic funds transfers.
- Computran Systems Corporation, Hackensack, NJ - 1975 - 1980. As technical manager, directed the development of real time computerized vehicular traffic control systems.
- Fairleigh Dickenson University, Teaneck, NJ - 1979 – 1980. As an Adjunct, developed a new course on Telecommunications.
- Otis Elevator Company, Mahwah, NJ - 1974 - 1975. As MTS, developed new and improved methods of elevator.
- City University of New York Department of Electrical Engineering, New York, NY 1968 - 1974 - As lecturer, developed and taught courses in digital and analog computers, electronic circuit theory, and instrumentation.
Publications and Patents
- Published papers in the areas of biomedical engineering, telecommunications, transportation, electromagnetic wave theory and queuing theory. Hold patent on fault tolerant fiber optic architecture and have applied for a patent on WDM architecture.


