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Expert in Basic and Applied R&D - Commercial and Government Projects in Physical Sciences and Engineering
Available for your Consulting and Expert Witness Needs
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Summary of Expertise:
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Expert is an expert in all aspects of experimental research. He is proficient in conceptual design through R&D, prototyping, and testing. He is also proficient in many technology areas including digital and analog electronics, data acquisition; optics and electrooptics; mechanical design; r.f. and telecommunications; lasers and pulsed power technology; and spectroscopy including laser ablation, cryogenics, and vacuum technology. He is experienced in specialty gun systems, advanced munition design, and ballistics instrumentation and research. Expert is skilled in systems engineering and analysis. He has broad experience in sensors and remote sensing. Also, he is a master machinist and is computer literate.
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Expert conducts independent research and development in advanced weapon technologies, energetic materials, commercial mining and excavation technology, nondestructive evaluation, medical technology, biotechnology, antiterrorism, antidrug, antiproliferation and verification technology, and environmental monitoring and remediation technology. He maintains an extensive technical/scientific library and laboratory facility with large equipment inventory and holds secret clearance.
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Show Secondary and Basic Areas of Expertise | Localities:
Expert may consult nationally and internationally, and is also local to the following cities: Baltimore, Maryland;
Frederick, Maryland;
Gaithersburg, Maryland;
Bowie, Maryland;
Richmond, Virginia;
Alexandria, Virginia;
and Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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Honors |
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1973
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Ph.D.
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E.E. / Physics - Particle Beams and Plasma
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Cornell University
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Cornell Fellow, NSF Fellow, TBP, EKN
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1973
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M.S.
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E.E. / Physics - Laser Physics
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Cornell University
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1969
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M.E.E.
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E.E. - Electrophysics/Radiophysics
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Cornell University
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1969
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B.E.E.
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Solid State/Microwaves
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Cornell University
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1981 to
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(Undisclosed)
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CEO / Principal Scientist
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He is the founder, president, and principal scientist. He has conducted major R&D programs with the Naval Research Laboratory, NASA, BMDO, and others. He conducts independent R&D and has at least thirty inventions/new technologies.
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1997 to 2000
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Raytheon E-Systems
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APTI
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Senior Experimental Physicist
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1988 to 1994
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BMDO/Defense Nuclear Agency
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Senior Scientist/Program Manager
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1977 to 1982
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Naval Research Laboratory
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Senior Scientist and Principal Investigator
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Expert has been a consulting scientist with the Naval Research Laboratory since 1982.
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1974 to 1977
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Columbia University
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Senior Research Associate
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1973 to 1974
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Cornell University
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Research Associate
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Associations/Societies
He is a member of the American Physical Society and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
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Professional Appointments
He was appointed both a NSF Fellow and a Cornell Fellow.
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Publications and Patents Summary
He has 70 publications and 30 inventions in diverse areas, including numerous defense and weapon systems, non-destructive evaluation, diagnostics and instrumentation, medical therapies, counterproliferation and counterdrug technology, and advanced technology for mining and excavation.
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Selected Publications and Publishers
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- IEEE Conference on Plasma Science, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
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1974 to 1977
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Department of Energy
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Senior Scientist
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Expert designed, built, instrumented and operated a Tokamak device for a controlled nuclear fusion program.
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1977 to 1982
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Defense Nuclear Agency
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Senior Scientist
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He performed basic and applied research in intense particle beam systems. He also invented new technologies for beam generation and handling.
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1983 to 1984
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Naval Research Lab
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Consulting Scientist
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He designed and built high power laser diagnostic systems for use in NRL nuclear fusion experiments.
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1985 to 1994
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SDIO/BMDO
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Senior Physicist
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Expert designed and built custom versions of inventions relating to intense particle beams for incorporation into SDIO R&D programs. He provided expert oversight and evaluation of numerous SDIO and other government R&D programs.
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| Selected Consulting Examples: |
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He provided, on request, independent expert scientific, programmatic and technical guidance to anational laboratory for startup of an area of R&D new to the laboratory.
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He designed, built and integrated, on request, a customized version of an owned invention for inclusion in a major DoD research program.
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He worked on the design and fabrication of an airborne differential absorption lidar (DIAL) for tracking of environmental pollutants. This was designed for use in the NASA ER-2 high altitude research plane.
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He provided the government with independent scientific, technical, programmatic and political assistance, including numerous on-site investigations, of programs that were in serious trouble, and devised solutions. These included a space mission, exotic weapon technology both in federal labs and in industry, advanced energy storage and production technology.
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He has assisted numerous large and small companies with proposal and business development projects, including technical evaluation and final proposal review.
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Expert Witness Experience Summary:
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Expert has been an expert witness and scientific consultant for litigation support. He has limited experience as an expert witness dealing with engineering design, fault analysis (fire and propagation), and related physical processes (applied in admiralty law case - fire at sea).
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A few litigation needs include product liability, personal injury, economic loss, intellectual property
(patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright), and insurance matters. Remember, your initial screening
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He has an excellent record of success in government business development, with organizations ranging from tiny startups to Fortune 500. At present, he is pursuing the commercial development and marketing of several personally owned inventions and technologies.
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Expert for a free initial screening call regarding your marketing research, industry research, and company
research needs. For research needs involving multiple experts or secondary research,
a Research Director can be assigned to coordinate the work into a custom report for you as a potentially quicker
and more cost effective alternative to doing this work yourself or hiring a boutique consultancy.
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Expert is free.
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| Additional Skills and Services: |
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Training/Seminars
He has presented numerous times at the American Physical Society Meetings.
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Supplier and Vendor Location and Selection He has always, as a hands-on researcher and inventor, personally located sources and suppliers in a broad spectrum of categories. He is also skilled in finding and using low-cost alternatives to standard sourcing in situations where funding is limited (such as startups and new inventions). He maintains an extensive reference materials library covering thousands of categories and products.
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Other Skills and Services
He is expert in the numerous ancillary skills (such as machining design and drafting electronics) that complement technical and scientific expertise in order to produce practical and economic products and solutions. He maintains laboratory and fabrication capabilities up to prototype level and maintains an extensive scientific and technical library.
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