JONATHAN ALLEN, Ph.D.
3 Creek Rim DriveTitusville, New Jersey 08560
Phone 609-737-8896, Fax 737-2686, e-mail: jon-a@ix.netcom.com
Employment Objective
Research and /or development involving applied physics or electronics.
Summary
Applied physicist and research engineer with excellent hands-on skills. I take pride in finding straightforward and inexpensive solutions to technical problems. I write and communicate well and enjoy working with and helping others.
Employment History
July 1995 - Sept. 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
Professor of Electronics, DeVry Technical Institute, Woodbridge, 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 Develoipment, Chronar Corp. - Advanced Photovoltaic Systems, Inc., Princeton, NJ. (APS bought out Chronar in 1990). Headed RF and Process Electronics Dept. Designed and developed apparatus to manufacture amorphous silicon photovoltaic modules, including RF power systems, ultrasonics, and instrumentation for both research and production. Supervised a technical staff. Trained production operators. Senior scientist on team to install solar module manufacturing plants in U.S., U.K., France, China, and Croatia.
1978 - 83
Experimental Physicist, Contract Research, AeroChem Research Labs, Inc., Princeton, NJ. Developed a new process to make semiconductor silicon. Invented aerosol particle analyzer. Principal investigator on dust aerosol ignition and combustion studies. Also wrote proposals and technical papers, and purchased equipment.
1975 - 77
Research Assistant, Air Pollution Research Laboratory, Washington University. Instrumentation development and Ph.D. Dissertation.
1972 - 75
Jr. Research Fellow, Center for the Biology of Natural Systems, Washington University.
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JONATHAN ALLEN , Ph.D.
Education
Ph.D. Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, 1977. Dissertation: "Aerosol Particle Size and Shape Measurements Through Asymmetric Laser Light Scattering."
M.S. Physics, University of Massachusetts, 1971.
A.B. Physics, Colby College, Waterville, ME. 1964
Memberships and Activities
American Physical Society (Life Member)
Sigma Xi Honorary Research Society
New York Academy of Sciences
Union of Concerned Scientists (Speakers Bureau)
Engineers Club of Trenton
Federation of American Scientists
Stony Brook - Millstone Watersheds Association
Union Fire Company & Rescue Squad
Mercer County Science Fair Judge
Listings
American Men and Women of Science
Who's Who in Science and Technology
Who's Who in the East
Other Skills and Interests
Scientific instrument design and repair
Machine shop, Metalworking, and welding
Woodworking and cabinet making
Photography: scientific, technical, and aerial
Refrigeration systems
Private pilot
Emergency medical Technician (EMT-A) 1979-96
Moderate fluency in French