Stephen J. Chapman. For the past 25 years, Stephen J. Chapman has led an extraordinarily active life as a design and electrical engineer, instructor, and author. In 1979, he was granted an M.S.E. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Central Florida and went on to post-Masters work in Digital Signal Processing at Rice University in Houston. As a U.S. Navy officer for four years, he taught at Navy schools in Florida and California. He has traveled worldwide, working on the development of advanced systems for both industrial and military applications.