Steven Knudsen
Industrial Professor In Applied Innovation
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Top SchoolSteven Knudsen is an Industrial Professor in Applied Innovation and seasoned engineering entrepreneur with over three decades of R&D experience spanning wireless communications, RF and embedded systems, error control coding, and signal processing. He has founded and led multiple startups, driven product commercialization and capital raises, and delivered both military- and commercial-grade systems including early commercial OFDM modems and software-defined radio integrations. At the University of Alberta he blends hands-on technical mentoring with curriculum development for mechatronics, keeping academic work grounded in practical industry R&D. Equally comfortable writing firmware, designing RF systems, or shaping strategy, he brings rare cross-disciplinary fluency from chip-to-system to business planning. Based in Edmonton, he continues to consult through TechConficio and lead product innovation at Envisas, combining broad systems experience with a pragmatic, delivery-focused mindset.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
M.Sc., Applied Sciences in Medicine, M.Sc., Applied Sciences in Medicine at University of AlbertaPh.D., Electrical Engineering, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering at The University of Calgary
German
Stackoverflow
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6kreached
9answers
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Github Skills (40)
ns39
wireless9
gnuradio6
gnu6
software-defined-radio6
android6
gnuradio-companion6
python6
digital-signal-processing6
networking6
java6
git6
usrp6
mbed4
athena3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
knud/CompSciAI202002
Feb 2020 - Mar 2024
Slides and materials for U of A CompSci AI club seminar
Contributions:2 PRs, 7 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years
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knud/HackEDBLE
Jan 2018 - Nov 2018
Contributions:13 commits, 9 pushes, 3 branches in 9 months
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