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Expert in Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer Instrumentation, Meter Mechanical and Electronic Design, and Prototype
Available for your Consulting and Expert Witness Needs
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Expert offers expertise related to heat flow and fluid flow instrumentation of many different types and in particular to the design, testing and production support of the basic metering hardware. In-house facilities include a well equipped electronics laboratory and a small machine shop with a 10” lathe, 2 milling machines and many accessories. Expert has taken many meter hardware projects through the complete development cycle from requirements through prototype delivery. He has been granted more than 50 related US patents, each typically being implemented with multiple hardware examples. His areas of expertise are:
Electrical Engineering, Heat Transfer Instrumentation and Meters, Thermal Energy/BTU Meters, Liquid, Gas, Steam Flow Instrumentation and Meters. Meter Mechanical and Electronic Design, and Fabrication to Proof of Concept and Prototype Stages of Development, and Production, Marketing and Application Support. While serving the following industries, the expert has developed more than 50 patents relating to flow sensors, liquid-meters, flow probes, sensor probes, flow probe gauges, flow sensor methods, error detection and compensation methods, transfer measurements, detection apparatus', measurements, etc. :
HVAC, Manufacturing Processes, Energy Generation and Usage, Agriculture and Food Processing, Water and Waste Water Supply. Expert is an expert in the instrumentation, and design of those instruments, pertaining to steam, gas and fluid flow measurements.
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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: Jacksonville, Florida;
Orlando, Florida;
Gainesville, Florida;
Lakeland, Florida;
Deltona, Florida;
and Daytona Beach, Florida.
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1958
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B.S.
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Electrical Engineering
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Indiana Institute of Technology
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1955
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A.A.S.
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Associates
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New York City Community College
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1989 to 2008
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Micanopy Measurement and Controls, Inc.
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Principle/Consultant
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Design, development, fabrication and overall advisory support for heat transfer and fluid flow instrumentation as exemplified by the following granted US patents (additional patents pending). Related experience includes the development of solar energy heating systems which prompted the specialization into thermal energy and flow instrumentation (about 1978). Prior experience was related to:High Frequency Single-Sideband Receivers and Transmitters, Doppler Radar, Drone Radio Receivers and Transmitters, VLF Receivers, Active/Passive, Sonars and Pingers, Acoustic Distance Measuring Instruments, Precision Power Supplies, High Performance Component Ovens, Inertial Guidance System Components.
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1978 to 1989
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Wilgood, and Wilcon Corps.
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Engineer/President
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Development of solar energy heating systems and related liquid and heat flow instrumentation.
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1958 to 1978
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Mitre, GM and GD Corps.
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Engineer
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Development of communications systems and aerospace related hardware.
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Publications and Patents Summary
Expert has taken many meter hardware projects through the complete development cycle from requirements through prototype delivery. He has been granted more than 50 related US patents, each typically being implemented with multiple hardware examples.
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Expert has provided engineering design services in HVAC instrumentation, either as an employee or consultant to his principal employer (except for a few intermediate years), from about 1986 to the present.
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Expert has made improvements to ultrasonic transit-time, magnetic, turbine, mass flow, target and other types of fluid flow sensors, and on heat flow instrumentation to meet the needs of his clients. Some of these improvements have been the subjects for granted patents (50+).
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Recent Client Requests:
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Expert for consulting on Flow Meter COnsultation.
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"Thermosiphon expert" for consulting on Thermosiphon Solar System.
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Thermal management expert for consulting on cooling a 3-Kilowatt semiconductor waver.
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Heat transfer expert for consulting on energy efficient cooling and heat transfer issues.
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Heat transfer modeling expert for consulting on heat transfer modeling of electromechanical medical device.
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Pool and Spa expert for consulting on hot tub heater.
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Other Skills and Services
Able to design and fabricate hardware solutions in-house to satisfy client requirements.
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