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Norman N. Axelrod Biography

Optical, Electro-Optical & Photonic Systems

- Contract Development, Consulting, Troubleshooting

- Technical Planning for Leveraged Growth

- Practical Award-Winning Turn-Key Systems

Optical Devices, Instruments, Systems
Sensing, detection, measurement, recognition; Scanning(laser/CCD/fiber-optic);
Imaging, image processing (optical & digital), display; 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
> On-line real-time inspection, product & process control.

Technology Management & Leveraged Growth
> Plans, develops & troubleshoots product development
> Simplifies designs, reduces development time
> Manages, reviews & controls projects & programs.

Dr. Axelrod produces practical solutions for long-term & urgent 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 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

Patents & Papers:

• Recent papers:
• LED: Smart Lighting for Machine Vision, Vision & Sensors, to be published in September 2010 issue.
• Machine Vision Adds Value, Vision & Sensors, March 2010 (Cover story).
• Posts blogs in Vision & Sensors, Most recent blog:
• ....Lighting: Fluorescence from NDT to QC to DNA.

• 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 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.

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 Xi (science honorary society) and to Pi Mu Epsilon (math honorary society).

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."