Dr. Rucinski was born in Gdansk, Poland in 1950. He received his M.Sc. from the Technical University of Odessa, Ukraine in 1973 and his Ph.D. in Technical Sciences from the Technical University of Gdansk, Poland in 1982. He held faculty positions at the Technical University of Gdansk, Poland. He also worked as a visitor at the Leningrad Electrotechnical Institute (LETI) in St. Petersburg, Russia, the Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland, the Technical University of Budapest, Hungary, Laboratoire pour les Etudes et al Recherche en Electronique, E.E.R.I.E., France and Universite' de Corsica, France. In 1993, he spent one semester with Texas Instruments in Dallas, Texas.

Since September 1983 he has been a member of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of New Hampshire. Since 1996 he has joined the Space Science Center at the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space. He is a member of the IEEE. He received the UNH Class of 1940 Professorship for Outstanding Interdisciplinary Teaching and Research.

Fields of Research Activity: Artificial Intelligence, Collaborative Engineering, Computer Aided Design, Computer Architecture, Distributed Computers, Engineering Curriculum Development, Fault-Tolerant Computing, Homeland Security, Test and Design for Testability, VHDL, VLSI. Coordinator of the Design Automation Laboratory and the Microelectronic Testing Laboratory.

Thirty-one years of teaching experience at Polish, Hungarian, Ukranian, Russian, French, and American Universities. He has taught courses in computer programming, collaborative engineering, digital logic, digital systems design, computer organization and architecture, fault-tolerant computing, and VLSI. Consultant for a variety of industries and governments, primarily in applications of computers, testing and knowledge technology transfer. Developed the UNH-Hungarian Student Exchange Program. Responsible for microelectronic systems and education in the CATSAT project.