Microfabrication Technology and Consultant for Electromechanical Device Design and Development

Technical Consultant #1661

Design and construction of specialized technical testing equipment and device such as: Light pipe couplers, capacitive biosensors, robotic flexural tester, polymer electrolyte battery cells, translation stage for laser annealing and helium leak detector.
Lead a five staff member optical waveguide fabrication group for a world leader in specialty glass and ceramics.
Obtained funding for, and directed scientific research in micro/nanotechnology and micro fabrication laboratory.
Devised reflective infrared spectroscopy methods for detecting asbestos in soil and air samples used to evaluate samples from New York City after the World Trade Center collapse.
Developed electro-immunoassays to detect bacteria.
Designed and fabricated novel biosensors based on impedance analysis for the detection of food-borne pathogens.
Produced compact instrumentation for the acquisition of magnetization curves.
Developed silicon CVD process to maximize magnetic properties of electrical steels.
Devised, built, and programmed robotics for physical testing of polymers and soil asbestos analysis.
Set up accelerated life-testing program and elucidated failure mechanisms of laser diodes.
Designed and fabricated unique dispersion-altered single mode optical waveguides.
Directed a nine staff member Special Projects Laboratory for one of the nations leading environmental testing firms.
Teaching and education in the field of microfabrication.

Independent Consultant, 2009 - Present

Undisclosed Firm, Philadelphia, PA, Senior Research Associate, 2007 - 2009

Responsible for management of a variety of military and civilian electronics programs, and director of the power packaging laboratory.

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, Microfabrication Laboratory, Manager, 2003 - 2007

Directed all laboratory activities, device development and fabrication and advising students and post docs.
Responsible for maintaining and installing equipment and developing and teaching microfabrication laboratory courses.

EMSL Analytical, Inc, Westmont, NJ, Director Special Projects, 2001 - 2003

Evaluated and brought advanced analytical capabilities into the organization and applied them to a diverse array of customer problems.
Developed a reflective IR spectroscopy method for asbestos analysis.

Molecular Circuitry, Inc., King of Prussia, PA, Senior Scientist, 1999 - 2001

Conducted biosensor research and development associated with the detection of food-borne pathogens, resulting in a two order of magnitude increase in electro-immunoassay sensitivity.

MTS Automation Performance Controls, Horsham, PA, Chief Scientist, 1997 - 1999

Managed laboratory and conducted research associated with a National Science Foundation grant to develop new compact high-power and energy efficient electric motors.

Rohm and Haas Co., Bristol, PA, 1988 - 1997

As Manager Physics Laboratory/Senior Scientist, provided technical support for physical, optical, electrical testing and analytical method development for the Polymer Physics Division.
As Senior Scientist, Microscopy Lab, supported company wide research and development efforts in polymer physics and chemistry. Served as Analytical Research coordinator for the Electronics Chemicals Group.

RCA/SRI David Sarnoff Research Center, Princeton, NJ, Member Technical Staff, 1985 - 1988

Developed and managed research programs elucidating failure mechanisms and leading to significant improvements in the reliability of AlGaAs laser diodes.

Corning Glass Works, Corning, NY, Project Manager/Senior Scientist, 1983 - 1985

Research leading to the development of novel dispersion-altered single mode optical fibers, and manager of the waveguide fabrication and consolidation group.

Equipment Designed and Constructed

Vertical elutriator for respirable particle analysis.
High accuracy large range tensile extension gages.
Novel multiple specimen holders for electron microscopes.
Bulk and scanning consolidation furnaces for waveguide blanks.
Computer automated chemical reaction kinetics measurement system.
High-speed tensile testing slack adapter and data acquisition system.
Automated polymer torsional tester.
Automated light pipe flexural tester.
E-beam deposition system with in-situ Auger spectrometer and low energy ion etching source.
Light pipe couplers.
Capacitive biosensors.
Robotic flexural tester.
Polymer electrolyte battery cells.
Four probe liquid impedance cells.
Translation stage for laser annealing.
Helium leak detector.

Ph.D. Materials Science Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
B.S. Physics, SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY