Company Profile
Spectrum5 Racing provides design services and products to the racing
community.
Dr. David Dobson, a co-founder of Spectrum5 Racing, is a leading
researcher receiving International recognition
in circa 2000 with the award of the Klein Prize in Mathematics for solutions in
wave propagation and non-linear optimization problems. The other
co-founder, Kurt Dobson is an entrepreneur and engineer with significant
experience in data-acquisition, modeling and simulation. Both brothers are
absolute car-nuts, so please see the photo area to see some of the current
race-cars in the stable and some of the projects we've done.
W. Kurt Dobson is a co-founder of Spectrum5 Racing.
Kurt’s research interests include signal processing, neural networks, wavelet mathematics, nonlinear optimization, and of course, racing.
Mr. Dobson's career included positions as Vice President of New Business
Initiatives, Advanced Development
for U.S. Robotics and 3COM Corporation and was responsible for core technology
development for emerging markets in broadband, wireless, home networking and
chaired the
U.S.
and International patent committees. He
has authored 52 patents and many articles in the high-technology field and has
consulted for several prominent Venture Capital firms.
Mr. Dobson was awarded the IEEE Engineer of the Year award in 1998 by the
IEEE Utah Chapter and was also nominated for Utah Engineer of the Year by the
Utah Engineering Society the same year. He
has also provided the seed capital for Spectrum5 as well as SiliconOptics,
another startup company (www.siliconoptics.com). Mr. Dobson also serves as
an Adjunct Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at the University
of Utah, and also sits on the Board of the Centers of Excellence at Utah State
University.
David Dobson is a Professor of
Mathematics at
the University of Utah, and is also co-founder of Spectrum5 Racing and the
brothers other high-tech company, SiliconOptics, Inc. His research
interests cover a wide range of topics in applied mathematics including optimal
design, inverse problems, non-linear optimization, electromagnetics, and
photonic device modeling. Dr. Dobson
has distinguished himself in the field of Applied Mathematics, including
several National and International Awards:
·
Felix Klein Prize, European Mathematical Society, 2000.
·
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, 1997-1999.
·
NSF Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowship,
1992-1995.
Spectrum5 Racing is one of the few companies in the racing industry
with significant new innovations and technologies that can be applied to race
engine development.
Based in Salt Lake City, Utah, home of the 2002 Winter Olympics, we are
a privately funded development stage company. Salt Lake City
is also the home of Chapman Racing Heads and Dr. Gas.
Both companies are nationally recognized suppliers to the racing industry.
You can visit their web pages at: www.chapmanracingheads.com
and www.drgas.com