INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE
1991- present SHERMAN & ASSOCIATES, INC., MENLO PARK, CA
Consulting in patent litigation and thin film deposition reactors
1984 – 1991 VARIAN ASSOCIATES, INC., PALO ALTO, CA Research on solid state materials
1981 – 1984 APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., SANTA CLARA, CA
Development of Chemical Vapor Deposition Systems
1978 – 1981 COMBUSTION POWER, INC., MENLO PARK, CA
Research in utilization of low quality fuel
1973 –1978 RCA CORPORATION, PRINCETON, NJ
TV Color Picture Tube Technology
1968 – 1973 COMPUTERS AND SCIENCE, INC., NORRISTOWN, PA
Plasma Physics and Medical Systems Research
1961 - 1968 GE Space and Missile Div., Valley Forge, PA
Research in Magnetohydrodynamic Power Generation
1953 - 1961 GE Jet Engine Div., Evendale, OH
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Lecturer at University of Pennsylvania and University of California
EDUCATION
MSE at Princeton University and Ph.D. at University of Pennsylvania
PATENTS
Nine patents granted
PUBLICATIONS
Author of over 50 papers and two reference texts
Engineering Magnetohydrodynamics, 1965 McGraw-Hill, NY
Chemical Vapor Deposition, 1987 Noyes Publications, NJ