SQRL: Tom Swain

Tom Swain

Senior Research Engineer

M.S. 1972, Nuclear Engineering, The University of Tennessee

Research

Tom is the manager for the SQRL. He works with industrial partners on application of software engineering methods developed by SQRL. See the publications page, and the following additional publications.

A. T. Chen, J. W. Pfeifer, W. T. Swain, "Modeling Requirements of Advanced Reactor Protection Systems", TIS-5351, Combustion Engineering, Inc., 1977.
W. T. Swain, J. W. Rizzie, R. Nutt, "Distributed Processing for Process and Environmental Monitoring in Nuclear Power Plants", IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, 1981.
R. C. Gonzalez, R. E. Woods, W. T. Swain, "Digital Image Processing: An Introduction", Digital Design, March 25, 1986.
P.L. Jones, W.T. Swain, C.J. Trammell, "Engineering in Software Testing: Statistical Testing based on a Usage Model", Biomedical and Instrumentation Technology, July/August 1999.

Contact

Office	Claxton Complex 310A
Phone FAX	+1 865 974-0494 +1 865 974-4404
Email	swain@cs.utk.edu

About

As manager of the SQRL, Mr. Swain coordinates project and contract activities. In addition he assists industrial sponsors in application of previous and ongoing SQRL research.

From 1991 to 2000, Mr. Swain held Senior Software Engineering and Technical Leadership positions at CTI PET Systems, doing product research and development for medical imaging systems based on Positron Emission Tomography. At CTI he performed technical leadership roles in system architecture definition, system testing, and software process improvement.

From 1990 to 1991, he was responsible for demonstration of electronic document management technology at Integrated Computer Systems (ICS). From 1986 to 1990, he managed development of PC-based machinery vibration monitoring systems at Computational Systems Incorporated (CSI). At Perceptics Corporation from 1985 to 1986, he was Product Manager for Visual Recognition Systems. As Director of Digital Systems at Technology for Energy Corporation (TEC) from 1979 to 1985, he was responsible for system development of power plant monitoring and emergency response systems. From 1975 to 1978, he performed functional design and design qualification for minicomputer-based reactor protection systems at Combustion Engineering Power Systems. While in the U.S. Air Force (1972-1975), he was a Development Engineer specializing in technical intelligence related to electro-optics.