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Consultant



Education

1952 - 1957 PhD Stanford University, Stanford, CA
1947 - 1949 M.Aero.E. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
1942 - 1944 BS University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1940 - 1942 University of California, Los Angeles, CA

VA Professional Experience

1988-1995: Chief, Technology Transfer Section, Rehab. R&D Center , Veterans Administration Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA. Organize, direct, oversee, and coordinate all technology transfer activities at the Center to encourage the participation of private industry, and negotiate agreements which will bring aboout the production and marketing of R&D Center products to make them available to disabled veterans. Responsible for patents and licensing, as well as patent disclosures and pertinent procedures.

1984-1988: Associate Director, Rehab. R&D Center, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA. Oversee, coordinate, and review technical proposals, act for the Director in his absence, and carry out independent research on skin behavior and skin blood flow related to pressure sores. Also responsible for patents and licensing.

Publications

Technology Transfer Guidelines

Total of 59 technical publications in peer-reviewed journals over a span of 40 years in the fields of aerodynamic stability and control, wing-tail interference on aircraft and missiles, the fluid mechanics, stability and control of submarines and of rotary-wing aircraft, the fluid and solid mechanics of blood flow in arteries and in the microcirculation, the mechanics of red blood cells, skin blood flow, and pressure sores, and technology transfer from laboratory prototype to commercial production.


Updated 10/21/98