Professor of electrical engineering with prior industry experience and academic research across a range of technology sectors.  Has significant experience in power electronics, including low power circuits, solar cells, wireless power transfer, and high voltage systems, as well as a wide range of other aspects of analog and digital electronic designs.

Formal Education

  • Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, MIT
  • M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT
  • B.S. in Physics with Electrical Engineering, MIT

Career Highlights

  • Conducted academic researcher in areas including high performance power electronics, wireless power transfer, circuits and systems for sensing, electromagnetic systems, feedback and controls, renewable energy, and energy storage
  • Inventor of an integrated circuit solution to eliminate adverse effects of partial shading in photovoltaic systems
  • Worked on the electrical impedance myography for the measurement of neuromuscular disease progression
  • Worked on the development of methods and circuits to measure neural field potentials
  • Designed a PCMCIA card optical receiver and an optical receiver for the extraction of communication signals in high ambient interference
  • Designed smart sensor and calibration and measurement systems with microvolt accuracy, including responsibility for CE/UL/CSA agency approvals, thermal management and testing, and low-noise and low-drift PCB layouts
  • Has also designed dc-to-dc and off-line converters using flyback, half-bridge resonant, SEPIC, and buck and boost topologies
  • Designed closed-loop feedback system and electromagnetics for active magnetic shielding of 300 hp motor controller in minesweepers for a branch of the U.S. military
  • Principal Investigator (PI) for SBIR research grants, including grants from multiple federal agencies related to hybrid optical wireless networks, and optical communication on vehicles
  • Designed and built a traceable Optical Endpoint Calibrator with absolute 100 ppm Constant Current Source (10A, 100W) for semiconductor manufacturing lines
  • Named inventor on about a dozen issued U.S. patents, including for novel methods of wireless power transfer, non-intrusive monitoring, and energy management with integrated sensing

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What types of cases can this expert support?

Cases in automotive systems, consumer electronics, medical devices, industrial controls, and renewable energy—areas where power electronics, wireless power transfer, or sensing circuits come into play. Those are their core technical areas. Litigation readiness is unknown, so availability for testimony should be confirmed.

What is this expert's technical background?

Three degrees from MIT—BS in Physics with Electrical Engineering, MS and PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. They spent their career in academia researching power electronics, wireless power transfer, medical sensing, and control systems, with specific work on photovoltaic circuits, power converters, and neural measurement technology.

What technologies does this expert specialize in?

Analog and digital circuit design, power electronics across low and high voltage, control systems, and fault-tolerant design. They code in LabVIEW, MATLAB, and Verilog, and have hands-on experience with medical sensing systems, especially neural measurement.