Expert Details
Optics optoelectronics optical systems fluorescence sensors medical biotech instrumentation
ID: 731971
California, USA
Expert has served for over a decade as President and Principal of an optical engineering consulting firm that houses over 40 associates. Recent projects have included: optical blood glucose monitoring; optical markers of glucose concentration in the eye; ophthalmic thermal therapy devices (“dry eye” treatment); design and validation of endoscopes/laryngoscopes; design and construction of microscope systems for fluorescent assays, including numerous genetic assays (some featuring single-molecule fluorescence); embedded systems for dosimetry and flow measurement; machine-vision flow control systems; design and experimentation for in-vivo optical probes; and many others.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 2015 | Degree: Ph.D | Subject: Physics | Institution: University of Colorado |
| Year: 2015 | Degree: MS | Subject: Physics | Institution: Brown University |
| Year: | Degree: BA | Subject: Physics | Institution: Whitman College |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2004 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: President and Principal | Department: (All) |
Responsibilities:Expert provides consulting in technology and product development (primarily medical and industrial). Consulting services specialize in software and hardware(electronics, sensors, optics) development for medical devices, communications systems, and sensing. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2006 to 2010 | Employer: Computer Aided Surgery Associates | Title: Vice President | Department: Engineering |
Responsibilities:Expert developed and demonstrated non-contact alignment system for prosthesis placement (navigation) during total knee arthroplasty (TKA). This consisted of an image-guided system using a dual-band stereoscopic camera system with image processing to analyze alignment and provide feedback to surgeons. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2006 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Adjunct Professor | Department: Applied Physics |
Responsibilities:Expert teaches and develops curriculum in electronics, optics, and physics. He oversees student research projects and initiates industry collaboration with university. He is recognized as a lead academician in the embedded systems/electronics focus of CSU's Applied Physics program. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Director | Department: Sensor Products |
Responsibilities:Expert was responsible for the overall management and technical leadership of the fiber optic sensor group, including scientists, engineers, salespeople, and technicians. This included R&D, product management, engineering, business development, sales and marketing; instrument electronic design, including photoreceivers, embedded processing and CPLD and FPGA design; initiating supplier relationships with semiconductor, medical, automotive and aerospace customers; and software and product development. He designed, built, tested, and sold instrumentation for [1] medical thermal therapy equipment (particularly hyper- and hypo-thermic methods) and [2] semiconductor metrology. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1996 to 1998 | Employer: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory | Title: Senior Scientist | Department: |
Responsibilities:Expert developed devices and applications for chalcogenide (CG) fibers andintegrated optics. He authored three patents and several publications resulting from his research. R&D accomplishments: first chalcogenide SM fused coupler; first IR singlemode near-field optical microscope probe; first model of 1.3 um CG fiber amplifiers; made CG fiber Bragg gratings. Expert also built an electro-mechanical system for fiber tapering. Other R&D areas: IR scene simulation, Raman amplifiers in CG, chemical sensors, microlensed fibers, photosensitive waveguides & photo-doping. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1992 to 1996 | Employer: National Institutes of Standards and Technology | Title: Research Associate | Department: |
Responsibilities:He conducted R&D in quantum optics of vertical-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor lasers. He set up, instrumented, wrote code for, and maintained optical characterization laboratory. Expert also provided primary optical characterization support for all structures grown in NIST MBE machine. He designed, modeled and characterized laser structures for MBE growth. Expert designed instrumentation and wrote instrument control software for photon counting spectroscopy system (noise floor 4 photons). Other measurements: reflectance, photoluminescence, DCXRD, SEM, and X-ray. R&D accomplishments included quantum well interdiffusion, crosstalk inVCSEL arrays, and angular and spectral dispersion of and spectral drift of the fundamental lasing mode in VCSELs. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1987 to 1992 | Employer: Bandgap Technology Corp | Title: Senior Materials Characterization Engineer | Department: |
Responsibilities:Expert was the primary quality control officer for a start-up compound semiconductor manufacturing company. He designed and supervised the construction of a characterization laboratory with a $2M+ budget. He also developed and maintained characterization facilities (hardware, software, training, calibration, etc). Expert was responsible for the analysis andinterpretation of all wafer test data. He was one of 4 lead engineers responsible for the design and equipping of 2000 sq-ft Class 10 clean room. Techniques used: PL, photoreflectance, parametric testing, C-V profiling, Hall effect, resistivity/particulate screening, Nomarski microscopy, DCXRD, and RF device characterization. |
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Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| Past Member of American Physical Society, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, and Materials Research Society. |
| Professional Appointments |
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| He is Executive Editor of Fiber & Integrated Optics (peer-reviewed technical journal). |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| He has two patents related to infrared fiber. He has published/given 34 publications/presentations. |
Fields of Expertise
data link, embedded computer system, fiber optics, illumination engineering, illumination science, image processing, imaging, imaging technology, infrared material, laser, medical device, medical device design, medical device product development, medical device product improvement, microcontroller, microscopy, optical sensor, optical system design, optical waveguide, optics, program, protocol, signal processing, spectroscopy, data acquisition, Good Manufacturing Practice, grant writing, ISO 9000 implementation, ISO standard, market research, patent, photovoltaics, process development, project management, project planning, renewable fuel, renewable resource, sensor, tooling (process)