Education

• BSE (Mechanical) University of Central Florida) 1976
• MSE (Mechanical) University of Central Florida) 1981
• Post University Training:
  • ASME Y14.5M 1991 (GD&T)
  • Medical Device CGMP Design Controls
  • Thermal/Fluid Analysis
  • 6 Sigma and DOE

Recognition

• ASME Senior Member
• Registered Professional Engineer (Florida)
• 9 US patents awarded:
  • 5,608,744, March 4, 1997, Compact Laser Apparatus and Method
  • 5,675,594, October 7, 1997, Compact Laser Apparatus
  • 6,577,391, June 10, 2003, Apparatus and Method for Determining Tissue Characteristics
  • 6,870,620, March 22, 2005, Apparatus and Method For Determining Tissue Characteristics
  • DES. 429,333, August 8, 2000 Combined Medical Testing Device and Charging Unit
  • 7,722,016 , May 25, 2010, Float For Humidification Chamber
  • 8,668,725, March 11, 2004, Bone Screw
  • 8,834,039, September 16, 2014, Optical Connector And Optical Connector Assembly
  • 9,966,731, October 1, 2014 Cryogenic Cooling of Diode Laser with Coolant Recovery
• 2 International patents
  • 2056912, May 13, 2009, Float for Humidification Chamber
  • 6870620, March 22, 2005 Apparatus and Method for Determining Tissue Characteristics

Interests / Obsessions

• Camping and hiking in the beautiful Pacific Northwest

Favorite Quote

• “All designs are optimized, frequently to the wrong parameter.”

– Unknown

Expertise

• Consumer product development
• Medical device design
• Specialization in complex Opto-mechanical systems
• Requirements and design specifications
• CGMP Design Controls
• ASME Standard documentation and doc control systems
• FEA stress, fluid and thermal analysis
• Mechanical analysis using FEA, CFD and manual calculations
• Optical stability and beam pointing analysis
• Precision positioning system
• Heat transfer equipment design
• Injection molded part design
• Military/aerospace component development
• Strong communication and problem solving
• Design for Manufacturing using ASME GD&T

Experience

• 40+ years in engineering design, analysis and product development
• 20+ years of medical product development, including:
  • Optical based instruments used to screen patients for conditions base on optical response of tissue to light
  • Serum bilirubin measurement device
  • Diabetes screening instrument
  • Cardiac care device
  • Devices for vascular brachytherapy (treatment of coronary arteries with radiation via cardiac catheters) and peripherals that supported these products
  • Peripheral artery balloon catheter, steerable catheters and a catheter with corkscrew shaped end for treating atrial fibrillation
  • Devices that deliver medication and other fluid to patients
  • Syringe pumps and high-volume medication pump manufacturing improvements
  • Respiratory therapy devices and components that are very high volume, disposable products like respirator circuits, humidification chambers and sterile water delivery systems
• Product development under ISO 9001, Medical Device (CGMP), DOD and FAA Controls
• Laser optics and imaging optics
• Very large and very small thermal management systems
• RF communications (antennas and RF components) and antenna positioning systems
• Converting a commercial laser module to a MIL qualified product
• Highly complex optical systems for industrial processing of high resolution display screens
• Design of a handheld commercial laser range finder and the design/engineering of the heat exchanger and cooling water system for the TDT wind tunnel in Langley Virginia