More about" JONATHAN ALLEN Ph.D
JONATHAN
ALLEN, Ph.D.
3 Creek Rim
Drive
Titusville, New
Jersey 08560
Phone and Fax
609-737 8896,
e-mail:
jonathan.a@ieee.org
Summary:
Applied
physicist and
research
engineer with
excellent
hands-on skills.
I find
straightforward
and inexpensive
solutions to
technical
problems. I
write and
communicate
well. I also
have a well
equipped
electronics lab
and workshop.
Employment
History:
1998 - Present
Independent
Consultant,
Electonics, RF,
and
Instrumentation.
Principal client
was EPV Solar,
Inc.,
Robbinsville,
NJ. Research and
Development
Department.
Designed RF
process
equipment and
sepcialized
instrumentation
for thin film
photovoltaic
module research,
processing,
testing and
certification.
Other clients
include Denton
Vacuum,
Moorestown, NJ,
Princeton
University,
Rutgers
University,
Innovative
Systems
Engineering,
Ivyland, PA.,
and TerraSolar,
Inc, Brooklyn,
NY
1995 - 1998
Senior Staff
Scientist, RF
Power Products,
Inc., Voorhees,
NJ. Head of
Design and
Development
Team, high power
RF generators
and associated
equipment. In
charge of
Standards
Certification
Program. 1994 --
June 1995
Adjunct
Professor, DeVry
University, New
Brunswick, NJ.
Taught courses
in solid state
devices and
circuits,
op-amps,
electronic
communication,
and related
laboratories.
Also consultant
on laboratory
equipment design
. 1993 - 1995
Independent
Consultant,
Electronics
research and
development.
1983 - 93
Senior
Scientist,
Research and
Development,
Chronar Corp.,
Princeton, NJ.
Headed RF and
Process
Electronics
Dept. Designed
and developed
manufacturing
systems for
amorphous
silicon
photovoltaic
modules,
including RF
power
configuration
that is now the
industry
standard.
Supervised a
technical staff.
Trained
production
operators.
Senior Scientist
on team to
install solar
module
factories.
1978 -- 83
Experimental
Physicist,
AeroChem
Research Labs,
Inc., Princeton,
NJ, Contract
research
projects in
physics,
chemistry, and
engineering.
Education:
Ph.D. Physics,
Washington
University, St.
Louis, MO, 1977.
Disserta¬tion:
"Aerosol
Particle Size
and Shape
Measurements
Through
Asymmetric Laser
Light
Scattering."
M.S. Physics,
University of
Massachusetts,
Dartmouth, MA.
A.B. Physics,
Colby College,
Waterville, ME.
JONATHAN ALLEN,
Ph.D.
Page 2
Patents:
US Pat.
4,296,507 May 26
1981, Method and
apparatus for
pulverizing
solid materials
with a
grindstone and
injecting
particles
thereof into a
flame for
analysis.
US Pat.
4,959,112 Jan
21, 1987
Selective
scribing of
materials
US Pat.
6,662,793,
December 16,
2003
A circuit for
providing a
follow-on
current between
the electrodes
of a traveling
spark ignitor
after an initial
break down
between the
electrodes has
occurred
Published
Papers:
"Mass
Spectrometric
Analyzer For
Individual
Aerosol
Particles"
Jonathan Allen
and
Robert K. Gould;
Rev. Sci.
Instrum., vol.
52, No. 6, Jun.
1981
"Mass
Spectrometry of
Single Particles
In Situ" in
Physical and
Chemical
Characterization
of Individual
Airborne
Particles,
Edited by K.R.
Spurney, Ellis
Norwood,
Chichester,
England, 1986
"Size and Shape
Measuring of
Individual
Aerosol
Particles" in
Physical and
Chemical
Characterization
of Individual
Airborne
Particles,
Edited by K.R.
Spurney, Ellis
Norwood,
Chichester,
England, 1986
"Aerosol
Particle Size
and Shape
Determination
Using a Lasler
Light Scattering
Spectrometer"
with R.B. Husar
and E.S. Macias
in Aerosol
Measurements,
edited by D.A.
Lundgren,
University
Presses of
Florida, 1979
"The Craft of
Electric Motors"
(How design
affects cost and
efficiency),
Environment Vol.
16 (8): 36-39
(1974)
Conference
Presentations:
"Further
Progress in
Light Scattering
Aerosol
Measurements,"
EPA Ninth
Aerosol
Technology
Meeting,
Columbus Ohio,
21-22 October,
1976.
"Grain Dust
Ignition by
Friction
Sparks,"
Technical
meeting, Eastern
Sect. of the
Combustion
Institute,
Pittsburgh, PA,
27-29 October,
1981.
"Low Cost
Manufacturing
Process for
Large Area
Amorphous
Silicon
Photovoltaic
Panels," with A.
Delahoy, 19th
IEEE
Photovoltaic
Specialist
Conference, New
Orleans, 4-8
May, 1987
Memberships:
Institute of
Electrical and
Electronics
Engineers
(Senior Member)
Philadelphia
IEEE
Consultants'
Network
(Recording
Secretary and
Board member)
American
Physical Society
(Life Member)
Sigma Xi,
Scientific
Honorary Society
New York Academy
of Sciences
Union of
Concerned
Scientists
Mercer Science
and Engineering
Club (Science
Fair Sponsors)
(Founding Member
and Secretary)
