Advisory Board
Senior Director of Advanced Process Technology, Vecco Instruments
Eric Armour received his B.S. from University of Pennsylvania in 1987, his M.S. from University of Delaware in 1989, and Ph.D. from University of New Mexico in 1994, all in electrical engineering. He joined Emcore Corporation in 1994, where he collaborated with scientists from Spectrolab and the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) to develop the first commercial (large-area production) tandem and triple junction As/P extraterrestrial solar cells grown on Ge using metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy (MOVPE).After this effort, Dr. Armour became the Director of Research for the newly established Emcore Electronic Materials (now IQE-RF), where he led a team to develop an Epitaxial Foundry business concentrating on As/P-based LED, VCSEL, HBT and p-HEMT wafers. These devices are currently used in many commercial products.
Eric was appointed the Director of Materials and Process Development in 2002, leading a cross-functional research team in the development of MOVPE reactor technology and epitaxial growth processes for all III-V compound semiconductor devices. He has continued in this capacity at Veeco Instruments, and is presently the Senior Director of Advanced Process Technology, where he focuses on next-generation GaN reactor platforms. Dr. Armour has contributed to over 100-refereed publications and has 8 US patents.
Corporate Account Manager, Siemans Industry, Inc.
During his career, Dr. Haines has worked in the areas of ceramics, fiber optics, rare-earth doped optical materials, nanopowder synthesis and processing, powder metallurgy, and failure analysis. Dr. Haines has over 20 peer-reviewed publications, over 60 conference presentations (20 invited, 16 International), and 4 U.S. Patents (1 awarded, 3 pending) in areas such as.
Dr. Haines holds a BS & MS degree in Ceramic Engineering and a PhD in Ceramic & Material Science Engineering, all from Rutgers University. He currently serves on the Industrial Advisory Board of the Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering department at Rutgers University and was President of the Ceramic Association of New Jersey (CANJ) for 2013. Dr. Haines has also been named the Lead for the Ceramic Subgroup of a Lightweighting Study for the Defense Production Act Committee (DPAC).
Vice President and General Manager (Ret.), Lockheed Martin Space Systems
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Chairman/COO/Founder , JAKTOOL
Jeff Kinsberg is the COO and Founder of JAKTOOL, an engineering, product development and precision prototyping company based in Cranbury, NJ. JAKTOOL is comprised of engineers, project managers and craftsmen who deliver competitive advantages to their clients. For 25 years, he’s grown JAKTOOL from his home garage to a 10,000+ square ft comprehensive product development and precision prototyping company. Today, Jeff oversees business development for military and aerospace clients managing projects with budgets over $5M USD. He has led the successful completion of 1500+ projects for the United States Department of Defense.
Previously, Mr. Kinsberg led the development of material handling systems for structures weighing as much as 4800 tons in the nuclear, oil, and gas industries. He was responsible for designing the dry cask cart and track system used to transport spent fuel from Indian Point Reactor #2.
While at Rutgers, he was employed as a student designer and machinist for the Industrial Engineering Department on NSF funded projects concentrated on novel manufacturing techniques. He participated in the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). Mr. Kinsberg continues to mentor these students as well as provide internship opportunities though his business.
Mr. Kinsberg holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rutgers University. He is married to Cristy Richards, M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rutgers University, with whom he has two daughters.
Dr. Aaron Knobloch is a Senior Scientist at General Electric’s Global Research Center working in the Photonics Laboratory as part of the Micro and Nano Structures Technologies organization. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Bucknell University in 1998 with honors and his M.S. and Ph.D. in the same discipline in 2002 and 2003 respectively from the University of California at Berkeley. His academic areas of focus during his Ph.D. included heat transfer, MEMS, design, and combustion.
In 2003, he joined GE Global Research in the Electronic Materials and Manufacturing Laboratory as MEMS Development Engineer. For his 9 years at GE, his research interests have focused on novel sensors and packaging to enable high temperature and other harsh environment measurements. The applications for his research would be in aviation gas turbines, land based gas turbines, oil and gas exploration and automotive areas.
Dr. Knobloch has successfully written and led government sponsored research programs for DARPA, ARPA-E, Department of Energy, NASA, and Department of Homeland Security. Dr. Knobloch holds 9 patents with more than 11 other patents pending and is the author of 32 peer reviewed conference papers and journal articles. Dr. Knobloch is active member of ASME and recognized with a Governor’s award for service to the society.
Teacher, Pt. Pleasant Borough High School
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Advisory Board Executive Committee
Since his arrival to Pt. Pleasant Borough High School, AP Calculus class sizes have more than quadrupled, and despite there being no prerequisite for any of his classes, test scores have maintained the highest level of achievement.
To facilitate this, John volunteers to teach AP Calculus in the evenings in order to give the non-honors students extra attention, and teaches a BC Calculus course after school and during their lunch periods.John makes it a priority to integrate his engineering experience into the classroom on a daily basis, and solidify the connection between math, physics, statics, dynamics and other applied engineering classes.
“My goal as a teacher of math is not just to ready students for next month’s quiz or next year’s calculus class, but rather to comprehensively prepare them to be 21st century problem solvers and innovators.”
John has also been the first in the district to implement and train faculty on the wireless tablet PC into the classroom. Teachers can work through problems, show video demonstrations or handwrite notes either facing the class or sitting in the back next to a particular student. This significantly impacts students who struggle with attention issues as they are far more engaged, focused and attentive and the class moves at a far quicker pace.
Well versed in the ISO9000 and AS9100 Quality Systems, he is presently employed by Honeywell Aerospace as the central New Jersey Supplier Development Engineer. In this capacity he works with local industries ranging from producers of turbine engine blades to ultra-precise motor and generator parts, assuring that quality, schedule, and safety requirements are maintained. He holds the Six Sigma Green Belt certification.
Licensed as a Professional Engineer in New Jersey and a member of the American Society for Quality, he is also certified as a LEED Green Associate by the US Green Building Council.
He serves on the West Amwell Township Environmental Commission and Planning Board and is Technical Advisor to the South Hunterdon Regional Energy Cooperative (SHREC).
As director of energy services for EMCOR’s national mechanical and facilities services division, Mr. Newell supports EMCOR’s commitment to reduce clients’ energy consumption and associated impact on the environment. With a practical background in the engineering, installation, and commissioning of high-performance HVAC systems, Mr. Newell’s goal is to identify, evaluate, and then support implementation of projects that truly “make sense” for a client’s business.
Mr. Newell has had several articles published on a variety of technical topics, including green-building, practical energy evaluations, indoor environmental quality, air filtration performance, optimizing centralized chilled water plants, and airflow measurement and adjusting. He continues to present classes on energy optimization in existing HVAC systems, while also developing internal standards for both engineering and systems commissioning.
Mr. Newell received a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from Rutgers University. He is a licensed professional engineer in New Jersey and New York. He has obtained his certification as an energy manager and as a green building engineer from the Association of Energy Engineers, and as a testing and balancing supervisor (air and hydronics) and as a building systems commissioning administrator from NEBB. His professional memberships include ASHRAE and AEE. He is also a former President for MAEBA.
Prior to joining Fuel Cell Energy, Mr. Rauseo held a variety of key management positions in manufacturing, quality and engineering including five years with CiDRA Corporation where he led the ramp-up of high volume telecom product manufacturing. Prior to joining CiDRA, Mr. Rauseo was with Pratt and Whitney for 17 years where he held various leadership positions in product development, production and customer support of aircraft turbines.
Mr. Rauseo received a BS in mechanical engineering from Rutgers University in 1983 and received a MS in mechanical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1987.
President & CEO, JAKTOOL
Cristy Richards currently oversees the quality and procurement departments at JAKTOOL and leads consumer healthcare and medical device new business development. Before joining JAKTOOL, Cristy worked for both academic and large corporations supporting biologics and medical devices where she led multidisciplinary teams as the Product Development Engineering Manager for Osteotech, Inc. and as a Principal Sourcing Engineer for Medtronic Spine and Biologics. At JAKTOOL, she established internal Quality Assurance/Metrology Lab and matured the quality system to earn ISO certification, and implemented ERP to streamline workflow and improve efficiency. Cristy holds a B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, both from Rutgers University, and an M.B.A. from Monmouth University. She is credited on numerous publications and patents in the medical device industry.
In his earlier years with ASCO Valve Inc, Mr. Schipper received a patent for a solenoid operated proportional diaphragm gasoline dispensing valve. That same valve concept is utilized today in most gasoline pump dispensers.
As a part of his position at ASCO Valve, Mr. Schipper currently serves on various agency product standards committees representing ASCO including the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) ANSI Gas Standards Technical Advisory Committee and Underwriters Laboratories STP (Standards Technical Panel) for electrically operated valves.
Mr. Schipper received his BS in mechanical engineering from Rutgers University in 1987 and his MS in mechanical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1992.
Additionally, Mr. Schipper has been a past active alumni member of the Rutgers Engineering Society and volunteers each year as a judge for the annual New Jersey Regional Future Cities middle school engineering competition. He has been a member of the Rutgers School of Engineering Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department’s Industrial Advisory Board since 2006. He resides with his wife and son in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.