Expert Details
Product Design, Innovation
ID: 715507
Wisconsin, USA
Expert's entire academic and industrial career has been devoted to all aspects of the technological innovation process including the actual technical generation of concepts, development of ideas for new products, formulation of new business entities, and organizations within larger organizations. He has been involved in fundamental research on the development of methodology for generating new technical ideas. He is the developer of an approach called parameter analysis which is used in some university design classes and is the subject of a short course he teaches for industry.
Expert has been involved with new technical ventures throughout his entire career as an educator, consultant, and company president. He is familiar with new venturing both within existing organizations (intrapreneuring) and with the formation of new stand-alone ventures (entrepreneuring).
Expert has been teaching and doing research in this area for his entire career. He has developed a methodology for creative conceptual design, called Parameter Analysis and has been involved in other work (both research and consulting) related to the productivity of designers and design teams.
Expert's dissertation area of study was instrumentation and control. He taught graduate control theory at MIT for five years. He is expert in smart products and other computer control applications as well as optimal control and optimization techniques.
Expert has expertise in sensor technology and has a particular interest in the design of new and different sensing applications.
Expert has done research in concurrent engineering, particularly in the area of measurement of manufacturability and the use in feedback to the designer.
Expert has been providing consulting services since 1975 for a wide variety of clients and topics.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1973 | Degree: ScD | Subject: Instrumentation and Automatic Control | Institution: MIT |
| Year: 1970 | Degree: SM | Subject: Aeronautics and Astronautics | Institution: MIT |
| Year: 1968 | Degree: SB | Subject: Aeronautics and Astronautics | Institution: MIT |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 1992 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Independent Consultant | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1991 to 1992 | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: President | Department: |
Responsibilities:COO of new venture, in chanrge of all aspects of busines and product development |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1987 to 1991 | Employer: Texas A & M University | Title: Director | Department: Institute for Innovation and Design in Engineering |
Responsibilities:Research in engineering design, management of academic and research programs |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1986 to 1991 | Employer: Texas A&M University | Title: Associate Professor | Department: Mechanical Engineering |
Responsibilities:Teaching and research, academic program management |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1975 to 1986 | Employer: MIT | Title: Assistant Prof., Associate Prof., lecturer, Director of the MIT Innovation Center | Department: |
Responsibilities:Research in engineering design, management of academic and research programs |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1973 to 1975 | Employer: Office of Naval Research, US Navy | Title: Program Director | Department: Information Systems Devices |
Responsibilities:Research program management |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1972 to 1973 | Employer: Office of Naval Research, US Navy | Title: Program Officer | Department: Fluid Dynamics |
Responsibilities:Research program management |
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Government Experience
| Years | Agency | Role | Description |
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| Years: to Present | Agency: see Work Experience | Role: | Description: |
International Experience
| Years | Country / Region | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Years: 1986 to Present | Country / Region: Europe | Summary: Taught both academic and industrial short courses in entrpreneurship and innovation. |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Federal and state courts, expert witness, case preparation, depositions, evidence preparation |
| Training / Seminars |
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| He has taught courses on Conceptual design and entrepreneurship. |
| Marketing Experience |
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| He has marketing experience in new venture design and planning. |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| He has experience in business plan preparation, including extensive experience in financial modeling and projections. |
Fields of Expertise
new product development, product design, technology innovation, new technology business value measurement, engineering design productivity, process control instrumentation, sensor technology, concurrent engineering, venture, respiratory protection, microrobotics, fluidic control, technology transfer, research and development management, manufacturing technology management, technology management, mechanical variable measurement, electronic product development, dimensional measurement, designing productivity, measurement process, fluidic control system, process inventing, device inventing, instrument, technology transition, technology adoption, sensor, robotics, protective respirator, research management, quality management, project management, research and development productivity, pressure measurement, motion measurement, fluidic control device, business process re-engineering