Cellular Telephony, Radar, Antenna, and Radio Wave Transmission Expert

Expertise

• Electrical engineering design and analysis of antennas, arrays and propagation paths.
• Electromagnetic measurements and calculations for communication and radar systems.
• Expert testimony concerning health effects of electromagnetic waves.
• Wireless communication systems, including broadcasting, ultra wideband (UWB) and cellular telephony.

Examples of Specific Consulting Activity

• Radio and Television Broadcasting: Engineering designs and analyses of antennas, arrays, signal propagation paths, transmitter and receiver components.
• Antennas and antenna arrays for communication and radar: ELF through EHF, including UWB (ultra wide band); custom design formulas and computer simulations; effects of complicated environments.
• Narrative statements for FCC filings and expert testimony on antennas, arrays, signal propagation paths, transmitter and receiver components.
• Specific antenna types: VLF and LF airborne and submarine trailing wire antennas; VHF satellite telemetry antennas; UHF and microwave JTIDS antennas; radio and television broadcast antennas; leaky cable antennas; scanning Cassegrain antennas; compact ferrite-loaded antennas; Highway Advisory Radio antennas; folded unipole antennas; antennas for Empire State Building.
• Radio Wave Propagation Paths: Mathematical models and computer simulations, including UWB (ultra wide band).
• Electromagnetic Scattering and Radar Cross Section Analysis: RF through microwave; custom mathematical formulas and computer simulations.
• Electromagnetic wave re-radiation from communication towers; radar cross sections of missiles and aircraft.
• Architectural Electromagnetics: Measurement and computer simulation of electromagnetic fields in buildings, roof tops, areas around communications towers; expert testimony.
• Design of wave attenuating corridors for large government complex; analysis of electromagnetic interference at a Wall Street investment bank; electromagnetic field analysis for 50,000 square feet of commercial space in a Midtown Manhattan building.
• Bio-Electromagnetics: measurement and computer simulation of electromagnetic fields in work and residential areas; comparison with known standards and biological effects; expert testimony.

Experience

Independent Consultant, 1972 - Present

• Performed calculations and measurements for projects ranging from one week to three years in length, relating to electromagnetic waves, antennas, and radar scattering.
• Clients include individual professionals, government agencies, and the largest U.S. corporations.

MIT, Cambridge, MA, Instructor, 1969 - 1973

• Promoted from teaching assistant to Instructor with full faculty privileges, based upon teaching evaluation in Course, Bioelectronics Project Laboratory, a medical electronic circuit design course.

Honors & Publications

Academic and Professional Affiliations

• Instructor, MIT Dept. of Electrical Engineering
• Adjunct Professor, George Washington University

Credentials

• Professional Engineer, State of Maryland

Publications and Patents

• Author of text book, Antennas and Applications.
• Author of numerous trade journal publications, most recently four Microwave Journal articles.
• Co-inventor of the Smart Booster, patent applied for, a major improvement in cellular telephony.

Education

• Ph.D. Electromagnetics, MIT, Cambridge, MA
• M.S. Applied Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
• B.S. Electrical Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA