Curriculum Vita
Education
Appointments
Research Interests Experience
Professional Societies Miscellaneous
Patents
Born: September 12, 1934, Berlin, Germany. Obtained U.S. citizenship in 1966
Married: Dina nee Stangl
Children: Richard B., Jan. 13, 1963; Steven D., June 16, 1965
Ph.D., 1974, Dept. of Biophysical Sciences, School of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo.
Dissertation: "A Study of the Magnetic Field Distribution in Electron Microscope Lenses."
MSEE, 1961, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
Thesis: "Phase Relationships in a Nonlinear Velocity-Modulated Electron Beam."
B.Engineering (EE), 1957, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
1976-1984: Visiting Professor, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ
1977-Present: Adjunct Asst. Professor, Dept. of Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ
1977-Present: Panel Member and Consultant, General and Plastic Surgery Device Classification Panel, Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC
1984-Present: Adjunct member of the Medical Staff, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ; Member of the Institutional Review Board,
1987-Present: Member of Internal Review Board at The Hospital Center at Orange, Orange, NJ
Microwave hyperthermia in hemorrhagic shock - evaluate the effect of thermal intervention with microwave energy on the survival of laboratory rats in controlled hemorrhagic shock.
Non-contacting cardio-pulmonary monitoring - microwave interferometer records the vibrations of the chest wall produced by cardiac activity.
Red blood cell deformability - quantitate the "deformability index" of blood cell membranes as an early indicator of sepsis.
Fetal monitoring - develop adaptive filtering techniques to distinguish the fetal heart beat from the mother's and from physiological noise.
IR imaging of burn wounds - evaluate the high-temperature resolution IR camera to identify the boundary between regenerating tissue and normal or necrotic (dead) tissue.
Body surface topology - optical grid-projection method to quantitate the area of burn wounds.
Heart Rate Variability - evaluate HRV as a clinical variable in hypertension
Gait analysis - develop a calibration methodology for the Vicon 370 motion analysis system.
Super-sharp edges and needles - explore surgical applications.
A. Academic Appointments.
Visiting Prof. NJIT 1976-1984
Assoc. Prof. NJIT 1984-present Tenured 1989
Adjunct Asst. Prof. of Surgery UMDNJ 1977-present
B. Non-academic Employment
Chief Biomedical Engineer. St. Barnabas Medical Center., Livingston, NJ, 1974-1984
Staff Biophysicist Electro Sciences for Medicine, Buffalo, NY, 1970-1974
Staff Scientist Sanders Associates, Buffalo, NY, 1969-1970
Research Engineer. Cornell Aeronautical Labs., Buffalo, NY, 1961-65 & 1967-69
Engineer Bell Telephone Co. of Canada, Montreal, Que., 1957-1959
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE),.
Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI),
Academy of Medicine of New Jersey
Speak, read and write German reasonably fluently - no difficulty in interpreting German literature.
Slight acquaintance with French.
Held Secret security clearance; clearance has now lapsed.
Exempt member Harris Hill Volunteer Fire Co., Clarence, NY Active member 1969-1974; Captain - Rescue Squad.
Patent No. 3351874 "Waveguide Apparatus for the Coupling Out and Isolating Modes above the Fundamental". Issued November 7, 1967 to P.E. Engler and J.A. Hammer.