Mr. Ottavio Forte accepted a position in the physics department at Boston College after a full career as a research and development engineer

Mr. Forte’s experience in control systems for aerospace projects bridges the gap between academia and industry. He spent over 22 years between the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory (formerly of MIT) and MIT's Lincoln Laboratory developing control systems components for such programs as the Apollo, Poseidon and Trident guidance systems, concluding with system design, assembly and launch of experimental rockets at Lincoln Laboratory. He was also a major contributor in gimbaled airborne Nd:YAG lasers and other optical detection systems in advanced missiles, rockets and satellites in industry and at the Draper and Lincoln Laboratories.

Ottavio’s enthusiasm in basic physics, and in spectroscopy in particular, is accelerating rapidly. In a short time he has applied his vast engineering creativity and experience to physics investigations and problem solving.

Mr. Forte holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from the City College of NY, a M.S. in electrical engineering from Northeastern University and a MBA from Boston University.

He lives in Belmont, a suburb of Boston, where his two children, Paolo, an engineer, and Carla, an artist, were raised. His "extra-curricular activities" include backyard beekeeping, artistic welding creations, and more. He likes to enrich his garden with the architectural structures he designs and with productive honey bees.