If you are an IEEE member in the Pittsburgh Section working as a consultant or contractor and would like to be added to the IEEE Consultant Directory, please email your information telephone number(s), address, e-mail, FAX, and a brief (fifty words or less) description of your specialty to gwc2@psu.edu
ROBERT B. ANTICOLE, P.E.
Advanced Actuators
Phone: (724) 935-3702
Fax: (724) 935-9352
Email: anticole@telerama.com
Specialty: Servo Motors, Drives and Feedback
Controls: Design, Teaching, Troubleshooting; Power Electronics design and
manufacturing; Embedded Micro controllers with assembly language programming
and Visual Basic interface design.
HANK BURTON
Literati Information Technology, LLC (http://www.literati.com)
Phone: (304) 296-8026
Email: wburton@literati.com
Literati Information Technology provides
computer consulting services including computer systems managenment; network design,
implementation, and management; Internet/Intranet services; and application and
database programming services.
YANG CAI, Ph. D.
Phone: (412) 268-1518
Fax: (412) 268-6960
Email: ycai@cmu.edu
Scientist at Carnegie Mellon Research
Institute. Specialty includes system modeling and system optimization.
Interested in consultant work in the
Donald M Colaberardino, PE
Phone: (724) 728-5146
Cell: (724) 777-2930
Email: colaber@comcast.net
Specialty: Over 25 years experience in the
design of power distribution and control systems for various industrial and
commercial applications. Job functions include: electrical power coordination
and fault study; AC and
KEITH R. COOPER
Principal Engineer
C-M-B Engineering Services
PO Box 584
3925 Reed Blvd., Suite 100B
Murrysville, PA 15668
Phone: (412) 733-2395
Fax: (412) 327-5667
Email: cmbengrg@nb.net
C-M-B Engineering Services specializes in
performing industrial electrical power system studies, which include short
circuit, protective device coordination, load flow, voltage regulation, and
harmonic. C-M-B recommends the means to obtain the most reliable, efficient
power system with the most cost-effective equipment. Our personnel have 27
years of experience.
WILS L. COOLEY, Ph.D., P.E.
Tel: 724-627-6120
Computer Science and Electrical
Phone: (304) 293-0405 x527
Fax: (304) 293-8602
Email: cooley@cemr.wvu.edu
Consulting services related to grounding of power and communication systems. Establishing low resistance and low reactance connections to earth. Shock hazards due to earth currents and lightning.
George W. Crawford Ph.D., P.E.
(412) 741-9643
Email: gwc2@psu.edu
Consulting services related to large scale computing,
simulation, CAD,
JOHN LOUIS DANIHEL, Jr.
2116 Pleasant
JOHN LOUIS DANIHEL, Jr.
2116 Pleasant
Ford City
Email: WDanihel@ix.netcom.com
Signal processing extending from the
propagation channel, antenna aperture, RF, IF to baseband processing. Identify
and formulate problem from analysis phase to hardware implementation. Analog
Devices mixed-signal and 21xx/21xxx DSP. Motorola 680x0 microprocessors.
Emphasize the time, frequency and spatial decomposition of complex modulations
with extraction of information in the waveform.
MAREK J. DRUZDZEL, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor,
Intelligent Systems Program, and
Phone: (412) 624-9432
Fax: (412) 624-2788
Email: marek@sis.pitt.edu
Specialty: Decision analysis, risk analysis, decision making under uncertainty in business, industry, and medicine. Decision support systems.
DAVID C. EVANS
Software Consultant & Engineer
Tel/Fac: (724) 752-1956
Email: daveevans@computer.org
Consulting in real time SCADA and Telemetry
Systems for: Rail Electrification, Electric Utilities, Water Utilities, and
Mining.
JACK R. FEDOR
Alion Science and Technology
JJMA Maritime and Industrial Engineering Operation
Phone: (412) 473-6118
Fax: (412) 473-6202
Email: jfedor@alionscience.com
Alion - JJMA specializes in design, engineering and
project management support from concept through production or
construction. Primary clients include
the Department of Defense, naval and commercial marine engineering, and
industrial and power industries. Utilize
software such as EASYPOWER,
Experience in power generation (generator sets,
governors, protective relaying), power distribution (load analysis, fault
analysis, arc fault studies , breaker coordination studies, motor starting
studies) power quality (wiring and grounding, harmonic analysis, continuity
studies). Expertise in alternate energy
systems (batteries, fuel cells).
TIM GRAETTINGER
Discovery Corps, Inc. (http://www.discovery-corps.com)
Phone:(412)-831-2311
Fax: (412)-831-2656
Email: tgraettinger.@discovery-corps.com
Discovery Corps provides intelligent,
decision-support software to our manufacturing and process control clients. We
deliver solutions for virtual sensing, sensor fault detection, vendor/supplier
analysis, and predictive modeling and control. To ensure our clients' success,
we offer complete support from project management to system integration and
training.
Louis Hart, Ph.D.
(304) 233-6616
Email: louishart@ieee.org
Certified Reliability Engineer, American Society for Quality. Consulting in quality and productivity services: Engineering Statistics, Process and Quality Improvement, Reliability Analysis, Design of Experiments, Quality Systems, and Technical Documemtation.
RICHARD J. HAVERLACK
Technical Marketing Company
Phone: (412) 826-1477
Fax: (412) 826-1101
Email: r.haverlack@computer.org
Expert in marketing technical products and
services. Accomplished in the introduction of innovative products and new
technologies. Experienced in structuring product/technology launch, including
innovation pricing, cost-optimized promotion, distribution channel design, and
innovation trial marketing. Also, perform innovation competitive assessments
and market timing studies. Familiar with start-up culture and requirements.
DANIEL J. JANICIK
President
DK Technologies, Inc.
Phone & Fax: (724)
744-2869
Email: dktech@alltel.net
DK Technologies, Inc. specializes in the
design of hardware and software for industrial and medical applications. This
service includes circuit design and layout, embedded microprocessor software
development, and new product design. Our clients are typically small
manufacturers who lack the in-house expertise to develop new products or modify
existing products. We can provide the resources necessary from the concept
phase to production.
JAMES (JIM) L. KARN
Operations Director
Alien Robotics, Inc.
Phone: (412) 761-8132
Fax: (412) 734-1004
Email: AlienRobotics@Juno.com
Computer Applications & Solutions - Voice
Control. For Demos: (412) 732-9000
SEONG-HWOON KIM
Principal Investigator
SK Associates
Phone: (724) 847-5234 (W), (724) 843-8039 (H)
Fax: (724) 847-6714
Email: shk@geneva.edu
Antenna design and analysis. Special emphasis
on phased array and novel radiating element design. Experience with broadband
antennas and high Q antennas in the UHF thru X-band frequencies;
Computer modeling of array performance, radiating element performance and
electromagnetic phenomenology using Finite, Difference Time Domain (FDTD),
custom Matlab simulations, and Method of Moments; Radar systems analysis;
Communications systems analysis;
LEO MARSH
LLI Technologies
Phone: (412) 338-0700
Email: lmarsh@llitechnologies.com
LLI Technologies headquarted in
NIGEL P. McQUIN
Electrical Power Consultant
Phone & Fax: (412) 824-2165
Email: NPMcQuin@aol.com
Specialty: Communications, Electrical Power Distribution, Electrical Power Generation, Electrical Power Systems, Electrical Power, Transformers, Switchgear and Controls, Failure Analysis, Motors, Test Equipment/Systems, Simulation and Modeling
Work in Low Voltage Testing, High Voltage
Testing, High Power Testing, Electrical Machinery, Grounding. Over 20 years
experience in the development, design and construction of electrical machinery,
covering electro-magnetics, electro-statics, thermal and ventilation
disciplines. From conceptual design to detailed analysis, site inspection,
repair supervision and failure analysis. Familiar with IEEE collections C37,
C57, C62 and other related standards, and the design and operation of high
power/ high voltage test and certification laboratories.
STEVEN R. MUSIAL, II P.E.
Manager - Power Quality Consulting
Duquesne Light Company
411 Seventh Avenue
Mail Drop 7-897
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Phone: (412) 393-6388 (W) : (412) 366-6367
(H)
Fax: (412) 393-6367 (W) : (412) 366-0358 (H)
Email: steven_r_musial@dlc.dqe.com
Senior Member of the IEEE, Pittsburgh Section
and the IAS
Power Quality Consultant at Duquesne Light Co. with 24 years of electrical
engineering experience
BSEE degree from Carnegie Mellon (1974)
Teach electrical courses since 1986
Perform on-site electrical system and equipment troubleshooting Identify system grounding problems and wiring errors. Review existing power circuit designs and recommend improvements. Verify compliance with the National Electrical Code (latest edition). Provide feasible equipment recommendations to improve power quality, such as transient voltage surge suppression. Perform harmonic analysis
RALPH D. (Butch) NEAL, MBA,
Ph.D.
Phone: (304) 291-8026 or (304) 291-8913
Email: augusta@augusta-wv.com,
bneal@acm.org
Augusta's expertise includes: systems and requirements analysis; database design, normalization and query; distributed processing environments; software measurement; structured and object-oriented programming languages; business and scientific programming languages and techniques; technical writing; online help systems.
MICHAEL J. OLIVER
V.P. Electrical/EMC Engineering
MAJR Products Corporation
Phone: (814) 763-3211
Cell: (814) 573-2811
FAX: (814) 763-2952
Email: emi@majr.com
Web site: www.majr.com
Chairman - EMC Chapter
IEEE Pittsburgh Section, Region #2
MAJR Products Corporation www.majr.com is an
internationally recognized manufacturer of EMI/RFI Shielding Products. We serve the electronics industry,
specifically, telecommunications, aerospace, computers, medical devices,
instrumentation, commercial electronics, government, and military. Mike Oliver has over 15 yrs. experience in
EMC shielding product application, design, and testing to meet MIL-DTL-83528
and others.
THOMAS J. ROBINSON
RR 3,
Phone: (412) 569-9103
Email: TRobinson@lcsys.com
B.Sc.E.E. Clarkson Univ. 1970
M.Sc.Computer Science Villanova Univ. 1978
Ph.D. Computer Eng. W. Virginia Univ - working on Ph.D part time since 1993
Thirteen years experience as a programmer and six years experience requirements
testing. Worked on large multi-task real time systems for the defense industry.
JOHN R. SZEDON Ph.D.
20
Phone: (412) 731-0788
Email: jszedon@trib.infi.net
Ph. D.,
Technical expertise includes passivation and
protection of semiconductor devices and circuits, semiconductor device and
circuit reliability, device and material radiation hardness, novel high
frequency devices, semiconductor-based chemical sensors, and solar cells. Work
experience and qualifications include preparing technical and cost proposals,
technical program marketing, developing reliability test procedures, and
technician training. Consulted on device selection for enhanced reliability of
multichip hybrid circuits in Space Shuttle and satellite applications.
STEPHEN TUBBS P.E.
1344
Phone: (412) 279-4866
Email: electrpow@aol.com
Electrical Power Engineer. Consultant in
electrical protection systems, electrical distribution, motor design, motor
selection and control, power electronics, electric heating and lighting.
DOUG WILLIAMS
515
Phone: (412) 934-6762
Email: douglw1@usaor.net
EMI/EMC Consultant, specializing in
compliance with FCC, EU and MIL-STD EMI/EMC regulations through design, test
and analysis. Troubleshooting of compliance test failures. Investigation of
operational EMI problems. EMI awareness training.
Updated: 2 Aug 07