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Norman N. Axelrod Biography

Optical, Electro-Optical & Photonic Systems

- Develops, Consults, Troubleshoots
- Practical Award-Winning Turn-Key Systems

Optical Sensing: Devices, Instruments, Systems
Imaging, scanning, detection, gauging, recognition, tracking, display; electro-optics, photonics, image/signal processing, fiber optics, Visible-IR-UV, etc. Computer-automated & manual control.

Cross-Discipline Technology and Engineering
> Product development, prototypes, turn-key systems.
> Next-generation products, upgrades & systems for special needs
. . in manufacturing, medical devices & diagnostics, instruments.
> On-line real-time inspection, product & process control.

Technology Management & Control
> Simplifies designs, reduces development time
> Reviews & troubleshoots projects and programs
> Plans & implements upgrades and new product development.

Dr. Axelrod produces practical solutions for long-standing & immediate problems.

He has productive experience with dozens of companies that use & make optics.

Axelrod Associates is a rapid-response team that produced a real-time, multi-sensor, multi-computer 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.

Employment:

• Bell Telephone Laboratories 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

Patents & Papers:

• 11 US patents granted, 2 others in progress;
• One U.S. patent was patented in 18 countries.
• About 40 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 nine-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 multi-sensor system included 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.

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

He served as an expert witness on Optics before the International rade Commission on a laser-scanning patent dispute(Section 337).

Dr. Axelrod earned a certificate in Strategic Planning from the American Management Association.

He was elected to Sigma Xi (science honorary society) and to Pi Mu Epsilon (math honorary society).

Norman N. Axelrod was editor of the book, "Optical Properties of Dielectric Films".

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."