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David E. Flinchbaugh
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| Title: |
Chief Executive Officer |
| Industry: |
Consulting/Education |
| Type of Organization: |
University Consultants/New Product Research and Development |
| Major Product/Service: |
Educational and research consulting, curriculum development, innovative teaching systems |
| Expertise: |
Dr. Flinchbaugh is an inventor and professor. He specializes in intellectual property. He has taught as an adjunct at numerous colleges and universities and participated in forming 18 corporations. |
| Geographic Area of Distribution: |
National |
| Affiliations: |
Fellow, Laser Inst. of Amer.; Optical Soc. of Amer.; Life Fellow, Inst. of Electrical & Electronic Eng.; Fellow/Life Member, Soc. of Mfg. Eng. & Robotics Int'l.; Fellow Emeritus, Optical Soc. of Amer.; Fellow, Amer. Soc. for Laser Medicine & Surgery; Assoc. Fellow, Amer. Inst. of Aeronautics & Astronautics; Life Member, U.S. Air Force Assoc.; Life Charter Member, Missile, Range and Space Pioneers |
| University/Degree: |
B.S., Physics, Math, Union Coll., NY, 1957; M.S., Physics, 1960; Ph.D., Atomic Physics, 1964; Univ. of CT; Graduate Work, Case Inst. of Tech.; Post-Doctoral Work, Univ. of CO and Harvard Univ. |
| Born: |
October 11, 1934, Poughkeepsie, New York |
| Hobbies/Sports: |
Co-founding member, Inventor's Council of Central Florida, merit badge counselor for the Boy and Girl Scouts of America. He enjoys flying, music, inventing, swimming and photography. |
| Spouse: |
Heidi Rose Flinchbaugh, Microbiologist, Plant Physiologist and Vassar Graduate |
| Married: |
June, 1957 |
| Children: |
Sons, William and Karl; Daughters, Laura and Karen, three grandchildren |
| Work History: |
In 1956, Dr. Flinchbaugh was hired by IBM to conduct experiments, design transistors and write a visual indicator patent application for their future computers. He has held research and engineering positions at IBM, Sperry, Lockheed-Martin, Westinghouse, United Aircraft, McDonnell Douglas, Andersen Laboratories, Argonne National Laboratories and a PRC contractor at NASA headquarters, Kennedy Space Center. |
| Honors & Awards: |
"Entrepreneur of the Year" Award, I.E.E.E., 1998; FL's Environmental Excellence Award; Gov. A.W. Gilchrist Humanitarian Award, FL Inst. of Consulting Engineers; Elected Fellow of I.E.E.E., Soc. of Mfg. Engineers/Robotics and Automation; Amer. Soc. for Laser Medicine and Surgery; Fellow. Laser Inst. of Amer.; The DaVinci Award for Assistive Technology |
| Published Works: |
Dr. Flinchbaugh has over 240 inventions, 12 issued U.S. patents. He has published over 110 technical papers, chapters and/or six books; Invited speaker at domestic and foreign institutions. He has composed and copyrighted eight hymns, anthems and songs with lyrics. |
| Career Accomplishments: |
Before creating the Urocycler, Dr. Flinchbaugh designed and built Argon-ion and other gas and solid-state types of laser systems for use in ophthalmology and surgery. His first laser design was a Cesium-Ion LASER in 1960. He devised the Remotely Operated Service Arm (ROSA) in 1980, an anthropomorphic robot manipulator used to help reduce human risk to high levels of radiation while servicing and refueling nuclear power reactors. In addition, he is an accomplished musician. |
