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John Dunn is an accomplished electrical engineer and physicist who founded Iota Physics Design to provide engineering consulting services for clients in the Austin, Texas area. In August, 2010, he relocated to Los Alamos, New Mexico, and now works at Los Alamos National Laboratories.
He has an MS in Applied Physics from the University of Texas at Austin and a BSEE from Texas A&M University, plus over 20 years of experience as an electrical engineer in the semiconductor industry, and 5 years of experience in applied physics research.
John began his career at Motorola (now Freescale Semiconductor) as an electrical engineer for the AMCU division where he helped develop the CPU16 and CPU32 microcontrollers. He then joined the Somerset division and worked on the PCI bus interface logic for the MPC106 chipset.
After 14 years at Motorola, he left to develop technology for companies in the oil-field industry. He created a sensor interface with FPGAs that interfaced with a MEMS accelerometer, and he integrated hardware and software for a 3-axis geophone node used for seismic measurements.
John started the next phase of his career by studying physics at the University of Texas. His interest in nano-scale devices led him to his thesis project: a Near-field Scanning Optical Microscope. An NSOM microscope uses light to see objects much smaller than the wavelength of light.
Now, with Iota Physics Design, John hopes to share all his knowledge and talents with his clients in order to meet their engineering and consulting needs. If you have a project in mind, please Contact Us.
Why Physics?
Electrical engineering and physics are related on many levels. Knowledge of physics provides a greater depth of understanding that is critical for many electrical engineering tasks. Think of this analogy. If you needed brain surgery, you wouldn’t want a general practitioner to operate on you. Instead, you would choose the most qualified specialist available. Likewise, not all electrical engineering consultants have the same level of expertise. Iota Physics Design has extensive experience and a proven track record of successful achievements. Whether you are starting a new project, struggling with a current project, or just too busy to make changes, we’ll help you get the job done.
Meaning of Iota
Iota is the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet, and it is also the smallest. The phrase
“one iota” has come to mean a small amount of difference, as in, “That does not matter one iota to me.” However, the history of the word’s meaning has an interesting twist.
Back in 325 AD in the early years of Christianity, the First Council of Nicaea gathered to debate important issues of church doctrine. One of these issues was whether Jesus Christ should be considered homoiousian (similar to God) or homoousian (the same as God). The single letter iota was the only difference between these two words, but that tiny change made a huge difference in meaning.
At Iota Physics Design, we know that every bit matters. We pay attention to the details, and the results speak for themselves.
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