| About the Team: |
Alton
J. Reich,
PE Partner and Project Manager
Alton earned his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic
Institute. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State
of Alabama. He has over 15 years of experience in project management,
design engineering and system analysis. His past work experience
has gained him extensive system integration experience on both military
and commercial projects. Recent work has focused on the design,
assembly, and testing of instrumentation and control systems. This
has included spearheading the effort to develop broad-spectrum chemical
sensors and sensing systems based on voltammetric gas sensor technology
developed by the Department of Energy. Alton has published
a number of papers focusing on advances in design and analysis. Alton
is responsible for having “that vision thing” and is
occasionally still allowed near the equipment.
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Steve Doherty, Partner and Lead Technician
Steve earned his A.S. in Electronics Technology from Quinsigamond
Community College and an A.S. in Computer Information Systems
from New England Institute of Technology. Steve has over
10 years of experience in the design, assembly, and testing of
electro-mechanical systems. His past work experience has
gained him extensive knowledge in the area of project coordination
along with system design and support, and the ability to rapidly
learn new technologies and applications. Steve is often
called on to turn the “vision thing” into working
prototype systems.
Dr. Michael C. Vogt, Sensor Systems Specialist
Mike
earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in computer science from Illinois Institute
of Technology, and a B.S. in engineering physics and robotics
from Minnesota State University. Dr. Vogt’s main interest
and career focus has been to develop and apply advanced artificial
intelligence and high performance computational methods and strategies,
to difficult scientific, government (military and civilian), industrial,
and commercial problems. The applications he has worked on
during the past 25 years range from intelligent chemical sensor development
and advanced control systems to natural (complex) systems modeling,
high performance massive parallel computing, and full life cycle
software development. The technologies he is familiar with
include neural computing (hardware and software), genetic optimization,
expert system development and deployment, AI-based data mining, parallel
programming and computing, digital communication networks, and industrial
supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA). Mike is the
principal inventor on 6 U.S. patents and an international R&D100
award, and the author of numerous papers.
Mike has joined Streamline Automation after serving for 15 years
as the director of the Argonne National Laboratory Chemical Microsensor
Program. This program developed chemical agent threat detection
and response systems based on the voltammetric microsensor technology. Mike
is currently developing sensing systems for commercial and military
applications based on these sensors, and is adjusting well to life
outside the Lab.
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Elizabeth Reich, Partner and Administrative Assistant
Elizabeth
has a Certificate in Office Skills and in Information Processing
from Mount Wachusett Community College, an A.S. in Science with
a concentration in General Studies from Quinebaug Valley Community-Technical
College, and a B.A. with a concentration in Art History from
The University of Alabama in Huntsville. She makes sure that all
the mundane tasks around the office get done, no matter how uninterested
the engineers are in doing them. While managing a household
she learned to delegate and motive individuals, as well as maintaining
a budget and effective time management. Elizabeth is using
this experience in the day to day aspects of a growing small business
that is populated by engineers. |
