Expertise and Competencies
Analytical Instrument Design and Outsource Management
Electro-Mechanical, Spectra-Chemical and Electro-Optical Design Solutions
FDA Licensed Test Cartridges and Readers
Design Engineering Analysis Modeling Simulation
Detailed Manufacturing Documentation
Prototype Fabrication through New Product Introduction
Multi-Physics Modeling Systems Analysis Mechanical Parts Design Mechanical Solid Modeling
Mechanical Drafting Machine Tool Operation CNC Machine Programming PC Board Design and Layout
Precision Electronic Assembly Pre-Production Prototyping Engineering First Articles
Pilot Production and Startup
Affiliations and Accomplishments
CTO at Princeton Technical Sciences
Scientific Instrument and Device Design and Manufacture
Microsoft Project Management - Embedded USB UART Applications – Embedded Wireless Bluetooth Applications - Digital, Electro-Pneumatic Design and Fabrication of Miniature Digital Electro-Pneumatic Controllers – Conceived, Designed, Prototyped and Produced Custom OEM Temperature, Pressure and Optical Quality Control Test Probes - Photo Documentary Development Status Reports - Real Time Automatic QC Test Platforms - Ring-Bound User and Service Manuals - Catalyzed Hydrogen Energy Systems and High Powered Lasers – Computer Numerical Control Machining
Technology Director at Cambridge Instruments
Scientific Instrument and Disposable Test Cartridge System Design and Outsourcing
Full Detail Design and Fabrication of Analytic Test Cartridge and Reader Systems
Heavy 3D CAD for Milled, Turned and Sundry Outsourced Components and Complex Curvature Surface and Thin Shelled Molded Parts Prototype and Pre-Production Componentry
Hand Milled, Turned and Cast Design Optimization via In-Depth Multi-Variant Modeling
Design, Modeling and Simulation of Embedded Firmware
Designed the Charles River Laboratories Portable Test Reader and Disposable Cartridge System
Chosen by NASA for use aboard the International Space Station
Lab-on-a-Chip Application Development Platform
Principal Engineer at International Technidyne Corporation
Test Instrument and Disposable Cartridge System Development
Continuous Coagulation Monitoring Systems for Cardiac Perfusion Machines
Designed first successful microfluidic pump for the "ProTime" product line
Open Heart Surgical and Point-of-Care Coagulation Management Devices
Prototype through 1st Articles of In-Vitro Diagnostic ‘Virtual’ Instrument Systems
PC Based Controller, Precision Temp Controlled Reaction Chamber and Disposables
Liquid Sample Conveyance via Motors, Solenoids, Pumps and Prompts
Embedded Thermal, Photometric, Pneumatic and Magnetic Sensors Monitor Reactions Windows Based Monitoring, Control, and Processing via PC Bus Data I/O Cards
Icon-based Real Time Software Drives, Tests, Debugs and Validates
in Advance of Production Hardware and Software
‘Virtual Instrument’ Development Paradigm Spotlights Critical Problems Early
Minor Projects included a Reagent Dispenser, an Automated Hermetic Testing Machine, and Re-Inventing ITC’s Core Technology of Multi-Channel Syringe Pumps
Product Development Engineer at BIOS International
Designer of the original "Proven Dry-Cal Technology"
Conception through Detail Mechanical Design, Fabrication and Production of Pneumatic and Colorimetric Test Instruments Including
Air Flow Calibrating Instrument with Interchangeable Volumetric Cells
Stationary and Personal Constant Air Sampling Pumps, Multi and Indexing Tube
Responsible Project Mechanical Engineer on Several Commercial Introductions
Thermodynamic, Electro-Mechanical and Fluid-Dynamic, Concept through Reduction Prototyping, Test Analysis, Product Top-Assembly, Detail Mechanical Design, Component Outsourcing, Hands-on Modeling, Tooling, and Production Fixture Making, Production Training and Sundry Electro-Mechanical Manufacturing Support
Senior Product Development Engineer at Becton Dickinson
Designed non-contacting blood gas readers and disposable cartridges
Thermo-Fluid / Electro-Mechanical Design of Point-of-Care Blood Gas Analyzers
Designed Miniature, Ion-Sensitive Electrodes and Attendant Isothermally Controlled Electrode Dock with Integral Calibration and Conditioning
Designed a Doubly Articulated Mechanism for System Disposable Capture and Transport
Designed Project Team's 1st Successful Membrane Based Disposable Test Cartridge
Designed Related Tooling and Assembly Fixtures, Established Effective Manufacturing Techniques
Fulfilled the Ad Hoc Mechanical Requirements of the Entire Development Team on a Spot Basis
Senior Product Development Engineer at Aerco International
Responsible ME on Development Team for a Revolutionary Potable Water Heating Appliance
Designed key Heat Exchanger Technology used in the KC-1000, the Progenitor of the
Benchmark and Innovation Series of Large, Tankless Potable Water Heaters
Worked with and advised Draftspersons, Machinists and Technical Staff
Brought a stalled Spiral Heat Exchange Tube Forming Machine Project into Fruition
Designed all the Welding and Brazing Jigs and Fixtures for the Heat Exchanger Assy
Designed OEM ‘Flame Control’ and Wiring Harness in Compliance with
Underwriters Laboratory and Factory Mutual Seal Requirements
Chief Engineer at Gilian Instruments
Engineered, Designed and Produced Precision Miniature Pneumatic Air Sampling Systems
Still Selling after over thirty years on the market: LFS-113 Low Flow Personal Sampler
Air Quality Monitoring, Engineered from Concept through Commercial Production
Successful Introductions include the AirCon Area Sampler Series
and the LFS-113, Still Sold for Over 30 Years
Re-Organized the Pneumatic Instrumentation Development Laboratory
Developed Manufacturing Methods / Supported Custom Applications
Mechanical Engineer at Electro-Nucleonics / Pharmacia
Engineered the original GEMENI Beer-Lambert ‘Fast Clinical Analyzer’
Into a QC Platform for Production Quality Control Testing
Saved a stalled, Continuous-Web, Thermoforming and Sealing Machine Project by
Mechanical, Electrical and Fluidic Design Integration into a Single Custom Component
Mechanically Engineered an Automated Vacuum Diffusion Pump Test Stand
‘Q’-Cleared Responsibility for the Electro-Magnetic and Mechanical Stress Analyses, and the Production Tooling for a High-Speed, High-Energy Coefficient Permanent Magnet Motor for US DOE Uranium Enrichment Centrifuges
Staff Engineer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research in Applied Superconductivity and Electrical Machine Design
Staff Project Engineering Appointment on a US Department of Energy Development Program
for Fault Tolerant Superconducting Electrical Machinery
Designed Precision Machine Parts for Complex Experimental Apparatus
Prepared Detailed Machine Drawings of Same - Designed and Specified Fabrication and Assembly Fixtures - Supervised Construction of a High-Speed, Deep Cryogenic Rotor to test Thermo-Hydrodynamics at High Centrifugal Fields - Gained First Hand Familiarity with Practical Aspects of Mechanical Design, Particularly the Practical Limits of Parallelism, Perpendicularity and Tolerance with Standard Machine Tools – Became Experienced and Introspective regarding Ease of Assembly and Disassembly Early in a Design Job – Hands-On Metal and Engineering Plastics Parts Fabrication Experience includes Turning, Milling, Surface Grinding, Inert Gas Welding, and many, many Hours of Hand Modeling and Forming - Instrumentation Experience includes Custom Sensor Design and Fabrication, Ultra-Fine Gage Wiring, and most Standard Laboratory Instruments - Other Experience includes the Application of General Vacuum and Cryogenic Systems Technologies, Theoretical and Experimental Thermal, Stress and Electromagnetic Analysis, and Programming in MACSYMA with Finite Difference and Element Techniques
Beginnings
2010 - present
2010 - present
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MS, Mechanical Engineering
The Cooper Union
BS, Mechanical Engineering