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Entrepreneurship, Startup Financing, Business Plan Development, Due Diligence, Cleantech, Energy Technologies, and Nanotechnology
Expert has started two early-stage cleantech companies over the past 10 years in the water treatment and building materials sectors, raising multiple rounds of venture financing and securing numerous government grants for both. He drove IP development, strategic partner identification…
Compliant Mechanisms, Flexure/Torsion Hinges, MEMS, Microsystems, and Finite Element Analysis
Expert notes that both of Castigliano's theorems are excellent tools in quantifying deformations and loads (external or reaction) of elastic bodies under small- or large-deformation modeling assumptions. He has extensively applied these theorems in finding closed-form solutions for compliances or…
Vehicle Engineering, Design, Development and Testing, Manufacture Engineering, Automotive Industry
Expert spent over 33 years in engineering for General Motors, his last 17 years as the Engineering Director. The Engineering Director is responsible for the entire automobile, its design, manufacture, cost, reliability, and safe performance in the hands of the…
Robotics, Computer Vision, and Sensors for Transportation Applications
Expert has taught several courses in automated inspection. In addition, he has consulted for two major manufacturers of automated inspection equipment. In particular, he has expertise in selection of sensors, vision-based inspection, software algorithms for inspection, and sensor fusion. He…
Product Safety and Liability
Expert has been a consultant in over 500 product liability lawsuits. He has often been called on to use his skills as a mechanical engineer. The range of subjects include the numerous mechanical and electrical systems in automobiles and trucks,…