Dr. Allan Steinhardt, a Booz Allen Hamilton Vice President based in the firm’s Herndon, Virginia office, leads a team of scientists, engineers, and mathematicians in providing prototyping, portfolio analysis, technology roadmaps, and innovation services to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, including DARPA, DTRA, and DDR&E. Dr. Steinhardt and his colleagues collaborate with the Office of the Secretary of Defense in developing innovative solutions in a variety of domains including:
A Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Dr. Steinhardt has published over 100 articles in academic and defense strategy journals. He also co-authored a book on Adaptive Radar with Simon Haykin. His work on Householder algorithms has been cited over 200 times in peer reviewed research journals. Dr. Steinhardt has held various leadership positions in the IEEE, most recently as two-term Chair of the prestigious “IEEE Dennis J. Pickard Medal for Radar Technologies and Applications” Award Committee.
Prior to joining Booz Allen, Dr. Steinhardt served as a Program Manager, and later a Chief Scientist, at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. During that time, he was technical lead for Discoverer II, a space based radar prototype jointly sponsored by DARPA, the Air Force, and the National Reconnaissance Office. He is a recipient of an IEEE teaching award, an IEEE paper award, The Defense Medal for Exceptional Public Service, and the OSD award for Outstanding Achievement.
Dr. Steinhardt has held positions in National Laboratories (MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Radar Group), the Prime Contractor Defense Industry (BAE Systems), and academia (Cornell University, Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering and Applied Mathematics). He earned a bachelors degree in Mathematics, and graduate degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Colorado, Boulder.
profile updated November 2011
