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Norman N. Axelrod Biography

Optical Systems for Imaging, Sensing, Control

- Contract Development, Consulting, Troubleshooting

- Competitive, High Performance Upgrades

- Expert Witness: Patent Infringement, ITC (337)

Optical, laser & electro-optical systems for sensing & control.

For details on Patents, go to: axelrodassociates.com/axelrod_cv_ip.doc

Optical Devices, Instruments, Systems
> Sensing, detection, gauging, alignment, diagnostics, scanning;
> Digital & optical image processing, LCD displays; Visible-IR-UV;
> System integration: computer-automated & manual control.

Product Development, Prototypes, Turn-key Systems
> Upgrades & systems for special needs. Next-generation products,
. . in biomedical, medical, consumer, defense products.
> Integrates systems and technologies
> Computer & analytic modeling, bench tests
> On-line real-time inspection, product & process control.

Technology and Patents
> Patents developed are assigned to client.
> Experienced expert witness in patent litigation
. . (including International Trade Commission, Sec. 337)
. . For details, go to: axelrodassociates.com/axelrod_cv_ip.doc

Axelrod Associates is a rapid-response team that produced a real-time, multi-sensor & imaging, multi-computer display, detection, gauging & control system in four months: the system won the annual award of Medtronic, a multi-billion dollar sensing & controls company.

Axelrod Associates provides hardware and software as required.

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Norman N. Axelrod, Ph.D.

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Education:

• A. B. Physics, Cornell University
• NATO-NSF Program on Materials, University of Paris
• Ph.D. Optics & Physics,
  Institute of Optics & Physics Dept., University of Rochester

• Post-Doctoral Fellow, London University, England
• Post-Doctoral Fellow, NASA, Washington, D.C.
• Certificate in Strategic Planning, American Management Assoc.

Employment:

• Bell Labs / Alcatel-Lucent . Murray Hill, NJ
• Norman N. Axelrod Associates . NY, NY

Biographical Listings:

• Who's Who in America
• Who's Who in Science & Engineering
• Who's Who in Technology
• Who's Who in the World
• Who's Who in Finance & Industry
• American Men & Women of Science

Recent Invited Papers:

• "Best Practices for Developing Sensing Systems for Production & QC"

  Quality, January 2012. http://tinyurl.com/Quality1-Jan2012

• "Color: It's Not Always What You See", Cover Story, Vision & Sensors

  in Quality, January 2012 http://tinyurl.com/VisionSensor-Jan2012

• "Cognitive Biases and Project Planning", Quality

  http://tinyurl.com/Quality-two-Jan2012

• "LED 101", Vision & Sensors / Quality, Sept. 2011,

  http:tinyurl.com /VisionSensors-Sept2011

• "3D Imaging for On-Line Product & Process Control", Vision & Sensors in Quality, July 2011

  Cited by V&S as "Most Emailed Article"

  http://tinyurl.com/VisionSensors-July2011

• "Smart Machine Vision Systems", Quality, Feb 2011,

  . http://tinyurl.com/Quality-Feb2011

• "Digital & Optical Image Processing", Vision & Sensors, Jan 2011

  . http://bit.ly/VisionSensors-Jan2011

• "LED: Smart Lighting for Machine Vision", Vision & Sensors, September 2010 issue (invited cover/feature article)

  http://www.visionsensorsmag.com/Articles/Feature_Article/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000892508

• "Machine Vision Adds Value", Vision & Sensors, March 2010 (invited cover/feature article).
  http://www.visionsensorsmag.com/Articles/Feature_Article/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000765403

  Cited by V&S in Sept 2011 as one of "Most Emailed Articles"

Blog-posts in Vision & Sensors:

view at: www.visionsensorsmag.com/Articles/Blog_VS_Round-Up

• "Auto-Compensated Optical Sensing for On-Line Applications" (Sept 2011)
• "Automated Vision & Sensing: Truth or Consequences" (June 2011)
• "Quality Communication of Optical Information" (May 2011)
• "Fiber Optics:Beyond Simple Light Pipes" . .(Nov 2010)
• "Lighting: Fluorescence from NDT to QC to DNA" . . . .(July 2010)
• "Lighting Strategy" (June 2010)

Patents & Papers:

• 11 US patents granted, 2 others in progress;
• One U.S. patent was patented in 18 countries.
• Over 50 papers published.

Patent Assignees Include:
. . Bell Telephone System
. . Information Retrieval Systems Corp.
. . Labatt Ltd. (Canada)
. . Perkin-Elmer Corp.

Dr. Axelrod planned, designed and delivered a computer-automated multi-sensor system that won the annual award of Medtronic (a multi-billion dollar, Fortune 500 corporation that manufactures medical instruments for sensing, diagnostics and control).

This automated nine-sensor system includes machine vision, fiber optics, scanning, image acquisition & analysis, pattern recognition, gauging, defect detection, output signals for process control, image and data displays, automatic documentation, statistical analysis, three communicating computers, etc.

Dr. Axelrod served as an expert witness on Optics & Lasers before the International Trade Commission (Section 337). Client (Symbol Technologies) awarded $13.4 million plus on-going royalties.

He was Certified by Stature as a Certified Manufacturing Engineer in Machine Vision by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME).

He was elected to Sigma Pi Sigma (physics honorary society), Sigma Xi (science honorary society), Pi Mu Epsilon (math honorary society) and the New York Academy of Sciences.

The Technical Director of AeroComm wrote to Dr. Axelrod:

"The successful development of the laser communication system is completed and we would like to thank you for your efforts and performance...

"You provided a driving force to see this project to a successful conclusion...

"Your expertise and experience were invaluable. The success of this project was primarily due to your ability to apply and integrate optical and other technologies to produce impressive practical outcomes, to anticipate and cope with problems... As issues arose, you demonstrated professional resources that exceeded what we had anticipated."