Daniel Howard has been an adjunct instructor in the physics department of OU since 2019, and teaches introductory physics labs, electronics, and a special topics course brainwave physics and EEG analysis. He is currently working on a PhD in BioPhysics at GSU. He has a B.S. in Theoretical Physics w/ Honor, and MS Electrical Engineering, and 4 years previous Ph.D. work in nanotechnology, all at Georgia Tech. He is a retired radar, telecommunications and energy efficiency research engineer and executive with 27 patents, over 30 publications, and he has founded three startup companies here in Georgia. He has lived in places across the US and traveled over much of the planet, and speaks French, some German, some Spanish, some Japanese and even a few phrases in Korean, having done business in the associated countries during his cable telecommunications engineering career. Teaching at OU is his retirement gig and his way to give back and share what he’s learned in over 45 years of a STEM career in industry, academia, and startups. He and his wife Alix have been married for over 44 years, and they met at Georgia Tech (she is also a retired electrical engineer). They have two wonderful daughters and a French mother-in-law who all live together here in Atlanta, and they all love to garden, grow their own vegetables, and to watch Star Trek and other science fiction TV and movies together.

Honors and Awards

• 27 Patents, over 30 publications.
• 2024: Outstanding Junior Physics Graduate Student at GSU (for top GPA)
• Georgia Excalibur Award for Innovation in Educational Technology
  • Issued by Technology Association of Georgia · May 2009Issued by Technology Association of Georgia · May 2009. Received TAG Excalibur award for the thin client project that started with Brandon Elementary School, my daughter’s school where William Fragakis and I designed the initial pilot using PTA funds, donated computers and much labor to wire them up and train the teachers on using Linux in the classroom.Received TAG Excalibur award for the thin client project that started with Brandon Elementary School, my daughter’s school where William Fragakis and I designed the initial pilot using PTA funds, donated computers and much labor to wire them up and train the teachers on using Linux in the classroom.…see more
• FOSS and K-12 Education
  • Issued by National Center for Open Source Education (NCOSE), Sept 2008. Received award for use and promotion of FOSS in Atlanta Public Schools to increase number of computers in each classroom, lower cost of software, and expand software available to teachers in the classroom.

Areas of Interest

Neural field theory, electrophysiology, EEG signal analysis, fMRI signal analysis, computational neuroscience, mathematical biology, and more generally, electromagnetics and statistical mechanics.