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Medical Device Software, Safety Critical Systems, Embedded Systems Design
Expert managed the Electrical Engineering department of a consulting company specializing in medical device design. He has designed software, firmware and hardware for medical devices including a Proton Beam Radiotherapy system, blood infusion pumps, blood analyzers, hysterscopic pump, drug scanning…
Radiation Effects in Microelectronics, Radiation Hardness Assurance, Test Planning, Data Analysis
Expert is a recognized expert in testing, modeling, and analysis of radiation effects in microelectronics. His expertise includes displacement damage from neutrons and protons, ionizing radation effects from gammas, electrons and protons, prompt dose rate effects from x-rays and single…
Nuclear Power/Accidents, Radiation Detection, Radioactive Waste, Environmental Science, Forensics
Expert, a licensed professional engineer (P.E.), has earned B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in nuclear engineering. Expert is a former Visiting Full Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In addition, he is a former…
Electromagnetic Systems, Directed Energy, Radar, Electronic Warfare, New Technology Acquisition.
Expert has researched the PV cell technologies now in production and in the pipeline. While promising incremental efficiency and cost improvements abound, several "completely different" approaches were found that can produce 80%-90% conversion efficiencies across broad spectral bands at roll-to-roll…
Electron Beam Equiment for Sterilizing Medical Devices, and Irradiating Foods, Polymers and Wastes
Expert is one of two partners in a consulting firm. He is the former General Manager of AECL Accelerators. He planned and led the team that developed Atomic Energy of Canada's high energy, high power electron beam technology. He set…
Electronics and Power Conversion Design, Root Cause Analysis, Nuclear NEMP and EMP Protection.
Expert has applied leadership in the electronic design industry since 1988. Designing electronics and power conversion, (AC/DC and DC/DC) for military and commercial industries, specializing in the power conversion and electronic architecture industries. Designs taken from prototype to full production…
Active Applications of Solar Thermal Energy: Thermophysics, Flat Plate Collector, Solar Water Heat
For 40 years he has been working in alternative energy systems. He created the design for the photovoltaic power system of the Mariner spacecraft that went to Venus and Mercury, with tilting panels to avoid overheating close to the sun.…
Data Analysis, Physics & Astronomy, and Technical Project Management
He has designed and built electronics for spaceflight and stratospheric balloon payloads. These electronics systems have included embedded computers running real-time and Linux operating systems, data acquisition electronics, particle detector electronics, and low-speed control systems. In each case, a small…
Refractories and Ceramics: Raw Materials, Manufacturing and Applications
During the last twenty years, he has been working on the development, production and quality control of kiln furniture for firing a wide variety of ceramic products. He is experienced in the manufacture of cordierite or cordierite-mullite, both standard and…
Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Health, Hazardous Materials Management, Emergency Response
He championed the implementation of a variety of strategies to reduce workplace accidents and injuries. Strategies included establishment of on site workplace health and safety teams. These teams included both management and labor employees who worked together to identify safety…