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ROGER ATKINSON
RFA Design Inc.
Satellite Communications, VoIP, Network infrastructure, TDM circuit switching, packet & circuit convergence, analog & digital network interfaces, telephone signaling & transmission, CPE, system design, standards compliance, and product design.

NEWTON BALL
Orbic Energy Conversion
Very experienced in diverse forms of energy conversion, and in interfaces between energy transducers and control or measuring electronics. Technical evaluations of energy and/or electromechanical proposals.

H. CLARK BELL
HF Plus
Product design, prototyping, trouble-shooting & product assessment, new business development, technical marketing, patent consulting, and forensic engineering.

PHIL BIGGS
Mountain Pass Communications
Consulting and subcontracting for satellite/wireless/CATV applications. System specification & analysis, RF circuit simulation & design, RF problem consultation, EMI/RFI, digital design, digital signal processing, FPGA coding, embedded software, product design.

MICHAEL BIRCH
Consultant
Software Engineer and Sr. Manager with over 30 years of experience including 7 years as Director of videogame design and development. Available for consulting and strategic planning re games and online learning or as an expert witness.

EDWARD BOSS
Sigma Solutions
Embedded systems, computer performance, mathematica training and development.

JAY C. BOWDEN
Ensemble Engineering, Inc.
Electronic design and programming for Embedded Systems, Xilinx FPGAs in VHDL, AVR processors in C, IP integration and testing.

MICHAEL BRYANT
Software Synergistics
Computer Network Configuration and Diagnostics, OS configurations, Software Integration, Windows to Linux Interoperability.

JESSE CABLE
Cable Consulting
Experience negotiating the system and Integrated Circuit component specifications Customer Interface System Design Integrated Circuit CAD Layout PCB Layout CMOS Integrated Circuit digital and mixed signal designs FPGA Design Microcontroller Design Integrated Circuit debugging Project Management Digital and Analog Design

LARS S. CARLSON
LSC Consulting
Semiconductor devices & processes: design, development, characterization. Idea to Product. Device physics, modeling. High-speed devices, photodetectors: solar, UV to IR, ultra-low noise. Si, Ge, III-V,II-VI. Program Management. Technical & persuasive writing/editing, patent document drafts. Teaching & training. FA. Surface Analysis

ROBERT P. COGAN
Continuum Law
Legal work for the business of high tech. Contracts, government contracts, patent-trademark-copyright, consulting agreements, software development and licensing, manufacturing agreements, technology deals, and intellectual property valuation. We understand that you have a budget, and we keep our eye on your business objectives and bottom line.

WAYNE D. CORNELIUS
Scientific Solutions
New product development, radio & microwaves, magnets and magnetic systems, ion & electron beam systems, vacuum systems, cryogenics, and plasmas.

JAMES CRAWFORD
AM1 LLC
Wired and wireless communications expert, with 12+ years consulting in the greater San Diego area. RF system engineering, modems, digital signal processing, algorithms.

KENT DEINES
Doppler, Ltd.
System Concept Design, Design Review and Troubleshooting of any kind of electronic device; mentoring of your technology team.

UPKAR DHALIWAL
Future Wireless Technologies
Wireless RF System Architecture Engineering Business Consultant Wireless Chair IEEE MTT-20 Wireless Communication Chair IEEE 802 Working Group Voting Member Cellular 3GPP 3GPP2 UMTS HSPA GSM EDGE 802 WiFi RFIC WLAN Radio WiMax LTE MIMO OFDM CDMA LEO BAN UWB M2M Femtocell Medical Devices SUN Smart utitly Networks

RICHARD L. DOYLE
Doyle & Associates
Reliability studies, thermal analysis, performance and verification testing, mechanical stress & dynamics analysis, mechanical reliability, expert witness.

MERLE EBBERT
Merle Ebbert Consulting
Diagnostics, troubleshooting, debugging, design & redesign of Electronics & software systems. * Embedded systems with / without processors. * C, C++, Python, assembly, shell scripts, bash, ksh, sh, csh, awk, etc. * Programming Unix, Linux, QNX, DOS, proprietary OS' & no OS. * Serial comm. * Move signals backwards in time.

JOHN ELDON
Consultant
VLSI design (ASIC and FPGA) of digital signal processing systems-on-a-chip, using MatLab, SystemVerilog, VHDL, etc. Extensive teaching, technical, and management experience in the semiconductor industry, building video and communications systems. 3 patents, numerous technical publications.

BILL EWING
Consultant
Design and development of electronic products and software. Extensive experience with analog and digital circuit design, embedded systems, PC software, databases, GUI design, serial and USB communication, PC board layout, graphics, product literature, Agile/XP methods, and manufacturing support.

ANDREAS FALKENBERG
DR FALKENBERG
Reduction of Time to Market for new software, FPGA and ASIC products through the application of modern software and hardware design methodologies. Considerable reduction in R&D cost due to an integrated software and hardware architecture design approach in the early phases of a project.

D. LEE FUGAL
Space & Signals Technologies,
Technical Consulting and contracting.

LARRY GACH
Redpoint Engineering, LLC
Mechanical design and development of electronic products. CAD design, industrial design, structural and thermal analysis, prototyping, and transition to production. Expertise in plastic, sheet metal, and cast part design, keypads, displays and EMI shielding.

JOHN R. GELM
BluePebbles
A provider of management and technology solutions with a quality minded approach to systems, processes, and practices. Consulting and execution; working with you until it is solved!

JERRY G. GONICK
Strategic Litigation Solutions
Product consultant for complex litigation.

GERMÁN GUTIERREZ
Integrated Circuit Design Consultants
Analog and Radio Frequency. Phase-locked loop (PLL) and Oscillator (VCO) expert. Legal research and witness.

ALAN JACK HERR
MicroIndustrie Inc.
Product definition and design, CAD/CAE/CAM, electronic design, embedded system design (HW/SW), RF design, antennas, telecommunications and telephony signaling & transmission, VoIP, TCP/IP, UDP, embedded internet servers and clients, digital signal processing, technical support, and due diligence for corporate investors.

RALPH HILEMAN
Hileman & Associates
Management consulting, project management, business development, system engineering for real time issues in networks for command and control including communications, technical support, test, training and performance monitoring systems.

MURAT F. KARSI
TosiaComm
Communications systems engineering design, baseband and MAC algorithms and blocks design, end-to-end or block based Matlab, C, C++ simulations, transceiver SW/HW partitioning and architecture design, technical due diligence, patent development, radio and digital hardware implementations, FPGA, DSP, ASIC, RF systems and circuit board design.

KOJI KIMURA
Consultant
Expert in implementation of digital signal processing

RAYMOND KOOSHA
Consultant
Analog and Mixed-signal Design and Development

GRAZYNA KRAJEWSKA
AmberDot LLC
Web design & development, database: PHP/mySQL, JavaScript, HTML, Flash, graphic design. Engineering approach to functional design, project management and problem solving.

GERALD B. LESTER
Session Control LLC
Specialist in System Design, Digital Design, FPGA and Embedded Software design and implementation. 20+ years experience with hardware (PCB design to high level HDL coding) and software (driver level to large OO projects; C,C++). Consulting since 2002. Strong history of on-time, on-budget project completion.

PHIL MARSH
Mechanical Product Design Consultant
Design of the mechanical parts and products which include Plastic, Sheet Metal, Extrusions, Metal Castings, EE and PCB Designer interface, GUI's, visual concepts, analysis, and prototyping. I have a long history of Commercial, Industrial, Medical, and Military product design experience.

SCOTT MCDERMAID
Talon Communications, Inc.
We are focused on full service WIRELESS electronic product development from concept to manufacturing. Products built for Medical, Consumer, Industrial and Defense clients.

RAYMOND MOBERLY
Consultant
Design, development, and test of embedded systems for radio communication and networks. Experienced with Matlab and bit-level simulations. Implementation experience in C, C++, VHDL, and Ada. Commercial and Defense industry experience with various microcontrollers, DSPs, FPGAs and test equipment.

JOHN MORING
Consultant
Systems engineer (MSEE) with 20+ years' experience developing advanced communications systems from integrated circuits to international networks. Specializing in all aspects of wireless.

AYDIN NARGES
RONSAC
Communication and RF system design, real-time embedded software development for DSP and ARM. PMR, HF Communications, and cellular standards CDMA2000/EVDO, WCDMA/HSPA, LTE, IEEE802.11, Bluetooth, GSM/EDGE. Discrete and hybrid event systems Control Modeling. Digital/mixed signal simulations with C, C++, SystemC, Matlab, Simulink, Java.

RANDY NORRIS
NORgate Engineering & Assoc.
VHDL, Verilog, Altera and Xilinx FPGA, MATHCAD, MATLAB, Keil 8051 C and assem ler, DSP, digital video, embedded hardware and software, Intel X86 and 8051 processors, ARM processors, ORCAD for circuit board design, digital and mixed signal design, SPICE, PCB Artist for schematic capture and printed circuit board layout.

PIERS O'HANLON
Software Consultant
Software Team Lead and Manager, with over 15 years experience in real-time embedded software development gained within the mobile and satellite communications industries. Expertise in wireless protocol stack and wireless network stack development, specifically GSM infrastructure, geo-mobile satellite radio handsets, and WiMAX subscriber terminals.

KNUT ODMAN
Consultant
Embedded Software and Systems consultant. Over 20 years experience in wired and wireless communication protocols and standards.

DALE OSBORN
ThinkGroup, Inc.
ThinkGroup is an engineering services company that complements or serves as its clients engineering department for equipment design and Product Development to allow its clients to stay lean, agile, focus on core competency, and reduce costs.

ALAN PAKETT
Consultant
Automatic test, labVIEW programming, data acquisition, analog & RF system design, circuit design, and antenna range testing.

RAVIN PERINPANAYAGAM
Blue Mountain Consulting
Systems architecture as well as design and development of hardware and software. Areas of specialization include communication systems and digital signal processing.

ALEXANDER PERRY
PAMurray
Development of Linux based solutions.

PAUL F. ROBUSTO
Robusto Reliable Product Design Consulting
Expert in the development of World Class Electro-Optic/Mechanical Products and Devices with have High Reliability. Highly knowledgeable in Accelerated Life Testing for Materials and Products and in generating Qualification and Reliability plans. Key contributor for HALT/Failure Analysis and Corrective Actions. Product Development Design Review.

VINCENT RUGGIERO
Technology Business Solutions
Business & strategic planning, product development & marketing, manufacturing operations and corporate transactions.

VLADIMIR L. SAFONOV
Mag and Bio Dynamics Inc.
Multi-Disciplined Expert and Inventor. Modeling and Simulation. Projects, devices and technologies evaluation. R&D Strategy. Literature search. Training.

JORGE SANCHEZ
JPS Engineering
Embedded systems (Atmel, Microchip, Freescale and more), Software/Firmware (C, C++, VB, PC Apps, ATE), Power Electronics, EMC/ESD, Control Systems, Analog design, Mixed Signal, Fiber Optics.

RICH SCHERMERHORN
Mission Design and Development, Inc.
MDDI provides electronic HW development from specification, through design and into production and testing. Specializing in: FPGA design and verification, Embedded systems HW(incl. SW drivers), CCD and CMOS video camera front-ends, Biomedical device design environment, Compliance testing and troubleshooting.

EMANUEL SCHNALL
ES Engineering
Power electronics and control systems engineering for product design, design review & development. New and upgraded product design.

R. LOWELL SMITH
Physics/Engineering Consultant
Computer simulation & modeling, reliability studies, materials, failure analysis, acoustics, mechanical reliability, data acquisition, test equipment/systems, technical writing, and new product development.

TOM STOCKFISCH
Stockfisch Consulting
Statistical prediction modeling (artificial neural networks, decision trees), software development cost reduction and source-based quality improvement, and custom algorithm design.

W. ROSS STONE
Stoneware Ltd.
Expert witness, cell phones, telecommunication systems & networks (wired and wireless), antennas, propagation, satellites, computational electromagnetics, microwave & RF, real-time measurement & process control, invention completion and development, patent support, prior art discovery, due diligence, business start-up & management consulting.

NORM SWANBERG
Dome Resonators
Dome Resonators provides RF/Microwave consulting and contracting services for the Microwave Industry.Design experience has covered low frequency Analog and RF up to mm Wave frequencies as high as 200 GHz.I have covered topics from basic hardware component through system level analysis. I use a full suite of RF Software including Genesys

MOE TANK
Sagacious Research LLC
Our business-focuses on Intellectual Property Research and Analysis. Help businesses to understand their competition and identify avenues for investment, research and market-expansion. We offer Patentability Search, Freedom2Operate search, Technology Landscape, Competitive Intelligence In Aerospace to genes, med devices to Micro Electronics/RF

PATRICK TWOHIG
Namazu Studios LLC

JERRY TWOMEY
Effective Electrons Inc.
Analog, Mixed Signal, RF circuit design, semiconductor modeling, foundry models, technical training seminars, interference noise solutions, technical oversight & troubleshooting, due diligence investigations, technical specifications and documentation.

TAPIO VAHAMAKI
1BIT Wireless LLC
25+ years real-time embedded systems development, HW/SW, wireless, C, proof-of-concept, prototype development, processors: (Atmel, Microchip, TI, Energy Micro, Intel, Zilog, +).

JIM WALKER
Walker Power Design, Inc.
Power electronics design, power supplies, electrical power transformers, reliability studies, telecommunications equipment, analog design, EMI, and expert witness.

JOHN WATSON
Columbus Research, Inc.
For several decades, I've written custom software for industry and produced many commercial apps. Develop software using lean, AGILE/SCRUM techniques. Skills in MySQL, MS-SQL, PHP, ASP, .NET, C/C++/C#, HTML/CSS/JS. I have the ability to develop technology and perform R&D work for start-ups, incl. development of intellectual property.

TOM WATSON
Consultant
Tom Watson Consulting (info@tomwatsonconsulting.com) offers over 25 years professional experience focusing on Lasers and associated optical system development. Specific services include Technical Consulting on R&D projects including device development and characterization.

VIC WINTRISS
Wintriss Technical Schools, Inc.
Java, Object Oriented Programming services using Extreme Programming design and development techniques. MAINTAINABLE SOFTWARE DELIVERED ON TIME AND WITHIN BUDGET. We love embedded machine tool controls. We design and build prototypes.

ROBERT WITKOP
Consultant
Over 20 years experience design using SA/SD, and OOA/OOD, programming in Java, C, C++, Cache, MUMPS, Assembler on multiple platforms including VAX/VMS, IBM/MVS, HP/HP-UX, SUN/Solaris, PC/Windows, PC/Linux, Z-80/ZPM.

ARAZ YACOUBIAN
Ler Technologies, Inc.
Optics, electro-optics, fiber and integrated optics, optical devices and system.


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R. LOWELL SMITH, Ph.D. - IEEE Member

Consultant
1749 Linbrook Drive
San Diego, CA 92111
858.495.0189
lowell.smith@ieee.org

SPECIALIZATION

Mathematical modeling, especially in the context of interdisciplinary, physically-based applications in support of test methods and product prototype development.

Experienced in applied physics, materials science, transduction sciences, and product evaluation. Areas of strength include reliability analysis, mathematical modeling, statistical inference, analytical performance predictions, hands-on mechanical design and fabrication, identifying the fundamental limitations of proposed technologies, and technical writing. Industrious, innovative problem solver with a Ph.D. in physics, and strongly motivated to develop teaming relationships within the business, technical, and academic communities.

  • Computer Simulation and Modeling
  • Reliability Studies, Materials
  • Piezoelectric Materials Characterization
  • Failure Analysis
  • Acoustics
  • Mechanical Reliability
  • Data Acquisition
  • Test Equipment/Systems
  • Technical Writing
  • New Product Development

EDUCATION

BS (Magna Cum Laude) Physics, Math, University of Toledo,
PhD Physics, Case Western Reserve University.

Short Courses

Mechanical reliability, statistical methods and Bayesian statistics at George Washington University
Reliability Testing at the University of Arizona.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND HONORS

  • Who's Who in Science and Engineering, American Men and Women of Science
  • Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • Acoustical Society of America - Former national engineering acoustics technical committee member, and former Austin, Texas chapter chairman
  • IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society
  • National Defense Industrial Association
  • Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association

Former Associations:

  • IEEE Reliability Society: San Diego chapter program chairman
  •  American Society for Nondestructive Testing
  • Optical Society of America

RESUME

CONSULTANT / New Engineering Paradigms, Inc., San Diego, California: 1999 - Present

Provide technical and engineering services in the fields of applied physics, reliability studies, materials characterization, and transduction sciences. Adept at fostering interdisciplinary approaches to problem solving via the formation of effective teaming partnerships.

ALCEDO, INC
., Sunnyvale, California Senior Scientist: 1998 - 1999

Recruited to assist with the design and development of automated instrumentation for high-speed testing of printed circuit substrates. This work heavily emphasized hands-on mechanical design and fabrication skills in implementing processes based on scanning electron microscopy principles.

DYNAMICS RESEARCH CORPORATION
, San Diego, California Senior Staff Physicist : 1997 - 1998

Recruited to support the Virtual Wafer Fabrication (VWF) Project, an effort to upgrade and define improved physical models for commercial semiconductor process and device simulation software utilities.

Developed robust alternatives to Pearson distribution ion implantation mathematical models.
Looked for more reliable data inputs and ways to apply standard inverse modeling methods to the difficult technology computer aided design (T-CAD) numerical calibration problem.

TEXAS RESEARCH INSTITUTE AUSTIN, INC., Austin, Texas Senior Scientist : 1977 - 1996

Recruited to implement sponsored projects in applied physics, information technology, experimental design, reliability analysis, mathematical modeling, impedance spectroscopy, statistical inference, instrumentation development, sonar transducer evaluation and characterization of the viscoelastic properties of materials.

Supervised software development, electronic design, prototype production, machine shop and general laboratory support personnel.

Designed a new support system for submarine transducers which eliminated an interfacial friction noise source while complying with all Navy requirements for shock hardening and acoustic performance.

Developed inverse acoustic modeling techniques for interpreting impedance spectroscopy measurements and applied to the analysis of accelerated life testing, viscoelastic materials properties measurements and cataloging the behavior of electrochemical cells.

Conducted reliability and availability evaluation assessments for numerous sonar projectors and receivers.

Developed Beta and VHS automated systems for measuring the dynamic coefficient of friction for competitive video tape products for 3M.

Developed a prototype contact resonator for the nondestructive evaluation of rubber-to-metal bonds in sonar transducers, achieving detection of flaws as small as 1/8 inch in diameter under material 1/8 inch thick.

Introduced equivalent circuit models and developed multiple nonlinear regression analysis software for interpreting impedance spectroscopy data on lithium power cells.
Coordinated studies sponsored by the Air Force correlating impedance signatures with aging effects in nickel-hydrogen batteries used in communications satellites.

Utilized equivalent circuit modeling methods to design, develop, and predict the behavior of special-purpose piezoelectric oscillators for a number of nondestructive testing and diagnostic measurement applications.

HORIZONS RESEARCH, INC
., Cleveland, Ohio Group Leader

Coordinated efforts of the Engineering and Chemistry Departments in performance of a $4.0 million contract for development of dye-based photographic film for the Air Force.
Marketed and successfully managed a project to develop a prototype high-speed bar code printer for the United States Postal Service. Designed electronic and logic-control subsystems.

Performed detailed theoretical analyses of the sensitometric characteristics and optical development parameters of dye-based photographic film.

ULTRASCAN COMPANY
, Cleveland, Ohio Staff Scientist

Developed a flat-format Auger Electron Spectrometer to allow energy-dispersive elemental analysis to be performed in a modified scanning electron microscope. This task included all aspects of electron optics theory, mechanical design, and prototype hardware development.

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
, Cleveland, Ohio Graduate School Career Self-supporting throughout graduate school career as honors fellow, graduate assistant, part-time instructor, and post-doctoral research fellow. Experimental thesis involved design, development, and fabrication of apparatus including electronic control provisions to observe Zeeman level-crossing signals. Pioneered a significant extension of the scope of level-crossing spectroscopy, allowing hyperfine structure effects in excited atomic states not radiatively coupled to the ground state to be observed in step-wise fluorescence. As a part-time instructor taught standard university-level physics courses in mechanics and electricity and magnetism.

PUBLICATIONS

Authored over 100 papers, reports, presentations, proposals, and patents published in refereed journals, as official government reports, in technical conference proceedings, or as archived corporate technical documents. Contributed one subchapter to a book and have one issued patent and several disclosures. A comprehensive list of publications is available on request.  A representative partial list is appended below.

Articles Published in Refereed Journals

  • R.L. Smith and T.G. Eck, "Level-Crossing Signals in Stepwise Fluorescence," Phys. Rev. A 2, 2179 (1970).
  • R.L. Smith, "Practical Solutions of the Lock-In Detection Problem for Lorentz and Dispersion Resonance Signals," J. Optical Soc. Am., 61, 1015 (1971).
  • R.L. Smith, "Inverse Acoustic Modeling as a Technique for Monitoring Aging Effects in Transducers," J. Underwater Acoust. (USN), 35, 87 (1985).


Naval Research Laboratory Memorandum Reports

  • R.L. Smith, "Reliability and Service Life Concepts for Sonar Transducer Applications," NRL Memorandum Report 4558, 17 Sep 1981.
  • R.L. Smith, "The Bayesian Inference Method and its Application to Reliability Problems," NRL Memorandum Report 4903, Sept. 15, 1982.
  • R.L. Smith, "Reliability Analysis of the DT-605 Hydrophone," NRL Memorandum Report 6236, July, 1988.
  • J.F. Cartier, A.V. Bray, R.L. Smith, and A.C. Tims, "CUALT - The Navy's Accelerated Life Testing Program for Marine Equipment," NRL Memorandum Report 6711, December 15, 1990.

Papers Presented at Technical Conferences

  • R.L. Smith, "Inverse Acoustic Modeling as a Technique for Monitoring Aging Effects in Transducers," presented at the ONR/NUSC Symposium on the Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Elastomers, New London, CT, 16-19 Jul 1984.
  • R.L. Smith, "The Bayesian Inference Method and its Application to Reliability Problems," presented at the Eleventh Annual Reliability Conference, Tucson, AZ, April 1985.
  • R.L. Smith, A.V. Bray, and C.M. Teller, "Development of a Resonant Probe for Evaluating the Integrity of Rubber-to-Metal Bonded Joints," Proceedings of the 17th Symposium on Nondestructive Evaluation, San Antonio, TX, April 17-20, 1989.
  • R.L. Smith and A.V. Bray, "Planar Array Availability Prediction for Line Level Refurbishment," presented at the 57th Symposium of the Military Operations Research Society, Fort Leavenworth, KS, 6-8 Jun 1989.
  • R.L. Smith, "Development of an Ice Accretion Monitor for Aircraft," presented at the FAA International Conference on Inflight Icing, Springfield, VA, 6-8 May 1996.
  • R. L. Smith, "Extending the Linear Theory of Piezoelectricity to Include Viscoelastic Effects," presented at the 2000 U. S. Navy Workshop on Acoustic Transduction Materials and Devices, State College, PA, 11-13 April, 2000.

Papers Presented at National ASA Meetings

  • R.L. Smith, "Characterizing the Impact of Materials on Transducer Reliability," invited paper presented at the fall meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Orlando, FL, Nov 1982.
  • R.L. Smith, "Interpreting Piezoelectric Oscillator Dissipation Effects in Terms of Underlying Materials Viscoelastic Relaxation Phenomena," paper presented at the fall meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Miami, FL, Nov 1987.
  • R .L. Smith and A.V. Bray, "Characterizing the Performance of Piezoelectric Ceramic as a Function of Stress, Electric Field, and Thermal History," paper presented at the fall meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Austin, TX, Nov/Dec 1994.
  • R. L. Smith, "Developing a Simple Heuristic Viscoelastic Theory of Piezoelectricity," paper presented at the spring meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Atlanta, GA, May/June 2000.

Corporate Technical Project Reports

  • R.L. Smith, "Incorporating Dispersion Measures into Exponential Reliability Modeling Descriptions," TRI Technical Report 8185-3, 21 Sep 1981.
  • R.L. Smith, "The Bayesian Inference Method and its Application to Reliability Problems," TRI Technical Report 8196:RLS, 26 Feb, 1982.
  • R.L. Smith, "The Development of Friction Measurement Hardware for Nondestructively Evaluating Video Cassette Tape," TRI Technical Report 82111:RLS, 15 Nov 1983.
  • R.L. Smith, "A Feasibility Evaluation of Metal Tail Mount Alternatives for the TR-317R Transducer," TRI Technical Report 82117F, Nov 1984.
  • R.L. Smith, "Interpreting AC Impedance Measurements on Primary Power Cells," TRI Technical Report 85164:RLS, March 4, 1986.
  • R.L. Smith, "Reliability Analysis of the DT-605 Hydrophone," TRI Technical Report 86190-404:RLS, Mar 1988.
  • J.F. Cartier and R.L. Smith, "Final Report on Temperature and Load Relaxation Tests Performed on GE and Raytheon Fiberglass Springs for the TR-317 Transducer," TRI Technical Report 86190-504:JFC, 26 Jan 1989.
  • R.L. Smith, "An External DC Biasing Accessory for HP 4192A and 4194A Impedance Analyzers -- Circuit Description and Operating Instructions," TRI Technical Report 86190-501A:RLS, 28 Feb 1989.
  • R.L. Smith and A.V. Bray, "Improved Transducer Production Testing for Rubber-to-Metal Bonded Joints--Phase I Final Report," TRI Technical Report 87232:RLS, 7 Apr 1989.
  • R.L. Smith and A.V. Bray, "Development of an Accelerated Life Test for Nickel Hydrogen and Nickel-Metal Hydride Batteries," Phillips Laboratory Technical Report PL-TR--91-3105, Feb 1992.
  • R.L. Smith, "Evaluation of Stress-Induced Depolarization of PZT-8 Ceramic," TRI Technical Report A7407-105:RLS, Mar 1995.
  • A.V. Bray and R.L. Smith, “Evaluating Treatments to Improve the Electrical Breakdown Characteristics of Piezoelectric Ceramic in High-Power Transducers,”MRC Technical Report 00-01, October 2000.
  • R.L. Smith, “Evaluating Regression Analysis Procedures for Matching a Quadratic Mathematical Model to Laser Diode Performance Data,” NEP Technical Report NEP-02-103:RLS, 15 Apr 2002.
  • R.L. Smith, “Evaluation of Materials and Process Control Variables for Forming the Plantronics 13342-01 Receiver Al/Mylarâ Diaphragm,” NEP Technical Report NEP-03-101:RLS, 27 Jan 2003.
  • C.G Murphy and R.L. Smith, “Integrity Assurance for Secure Computational Systems,” NEP Technology Review NEP-05-101:RLS, 7 Feb 2005.
  • R.L. Smith, “Motivating Improved Mathematical Circuit Models for Compact Cold-Cathode Fluorescent Lamps,” NEP Technical Report NEP-07-101:RLS, 14 Jul 2006.

Proposals

  • R.L. Smith, "Unsolicited Proposal for Development of a Low-Noise Pressure Release Sleeve Spring," TRI Proposal 8010 to the Naval Research Laboratory, Orlando, FL, 17 Mar 1978.
  • R.L. Smith, "A Proposal to Develop and Build Second Gereration Friction Measurement Instruments for Evaluating One-half Inch Video Tape," TRI Proposal 3059:RLS to the 3M Company, St. Paul, MN, 22 Nov 1983.
  • R.L. Smith, "Development of New Statistical Tools to Facilitate the Interpretation and Use of Accelerated Life Test Data," TRI Proposal 4005:RLS to the Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., 11 Jan 1984.
  • R.L. Smith, "Double Oscillator Test Method for Making Dynamic Mechanical Properties Measurements on Rigid Transducer Materials," TRI Proposal 6017:RLS to the Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA, 30 Jan 1986.
  • R.L. Smith, "Development of Materials Suitable for Torpedo Nose Windows," TRI Proposal 8006:RLS to the Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., 6 Jan 1988.
  • R.L. Smith, "Development of a Mass-Loaded Oscillator Rain Gauge," TRI Proposal A3061:RLS to the U. S. Dept. of Commerce, 17 Jan 1994.
  • R.L. Smith, "Development of an Automated Weighing System for Aircraft on a Carrier Flight Deck," TRI Proposal A4023:RLS to the U. S. Navy, 13 Jul 1994.
  • R.L. Smith, "Development of a Corrosion Rate Sensor for Monitoring Structural Integrity," TRI Proposal A4041:RLS to the U. S. Air Force, 11 Jan 1995.
  • C. Fuller, R.L. Smith, J.P. Sanchez, and M. Remillard, “Handheld Bio-agent Detector,” submitted in response to Center for the Commercialization of Advanced Technology (CCAT) solicitation 2002-05, 18 Oct, 2002.
  • R.J. Jannarone and R.L. Smith, “Multivariate Feature Extraction for Autonomous Unmixing of Spectral Data,” BSR Proposal under Chemical and Biological Defense (CBD) Program SBIR Topic CBD03-300, 15 Jan, 2003.
  • R.L. Smith, C.M. Teller, and J. Wallace, “Development of an Advanced Impedance-Based Structural Health Monitoring System,” KTI Proposal A032-2462, Army SBIR Topic A03-147, 19 Aug, 2003.
  • C.G. Murphy and R.L Smith, “Anti-Tamper Active and Passive Sensors for Use Inside an Integrated Circuit,” ASI Proposal A062-030-2827, Army SBIR Topic A06-030, 12 Jul, 2006.
  • R. Govindaraju, R.L. Smith, and C.M. Teller, “Impedance Spectroscopy as an Integrated Vehicle Health Management Tool,” KTI Proposal A1.07-9368, NASA SBIR Topic A1.07, 19 Aug, 2006.

Contributions to Books and Patents

  • R.L. Smith, "Impedance Spectroscopy and Resonance Methods for Nondestructive Testing," Nondestructive Testing Handbook, 2nd edition, Vol. 7, Section 10, Part 4, published by The American Society for Nondestructive Testing, Columbus, OH, 1991.
  • R.L. Smith, D. Logan, and M.P. Kendall, "Electrostatic Aperture Printing," U.S. Patent 4,088,891, May 9, 1978.