Dr. Ronald B. Standler
P.O. Box 3780
Concord, NH 03302-3780

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Education

Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH 03301 subsequently renamed "University of New Hampshire School of Law"

J.D., May 1998

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, USA 87801

Ph.D. in physics, December 1977

M.Sc. in physics, May 1975

University of Denver, Denver, CO 80208

B.Sc. in physics, June 1971

minors: mathematics and philosophy, member of Scholars Program

Publications

Bar Admissions

Experience

Consultant in Private Practice, Concord, NH (Dec 1998 to present)

Attorney in Massachusetts, concentrating in higher-education law, copyright law, and technology law.   National practice of consulting to attorneys on scientific evidence in torts involving technology (e.g., damage from lightning or electrical surges, products liability).

full-time Law Student, Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH 03301 (Aug 1995 to May 1998)

classes in general law, intellectual property law, and computer law.

Consulting Engineer in Private Practice, Lexington, KY (Aug 1990 to June 1995)

Specialized in design and applications of surge arresters and suppressors, marketing and safety standards for German products sold in the USA, consulting to attorneys on products liability and patent infringement. Founded nonprofit corporation, High-Voltage Transient Research Laboratory, Inc., to continue my research programs from the University.

The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, (August 1984 to June 1990)

Research involved (1) development of novel circuits to protect against damage and upset from transient overvoltages, (2) statistical characterization of disturbances on the ac supply mains, and (3) formulation of design rules and test procedures for overvoltage protection, including development of engineering standards and specifications for standard overstress test waveforms. Academic activities included teaching introductory and advanced analog electronic classes, advising undergraduate honors students, member EE curriculum committee 1985-88, reorganization of EE366 laboratory to include computer-controlled test equipment.

Air Force Weapons Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, NM 87117
U.S. Air Force Research Scholar, (Sept. 1983 to July 1984)

One-year sabbatical position. Performed comprehensive literature search and critical review of transient protection techniques, designed a dozen circuits for protection of representative integrated circuits from transient overvoltages, wrote 212 page handbook of transient protection techniques.

Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, (June 1981 to May 1983)

Full-time undergraduate teaching of analog electronic circuit design, electromagnetic field theory, and transmission line phenomena.   Member, Engineering Computer Graphics Committee and EE Curriculum Committee.

Xerox Corp., North American Manufacturing Division, Webster, NY 14580
Senior Advanced Metrology Engineer (July 1979 to May 1981)

Designed and tested measurement systems for use in process-control research and inspection in a production environment for which no commercial "off-the-shelf" instrument was available; work involved electric and magnetic field measurements, vibration analysis and reduction, optical radiometry, X-ray fluorescence, Mirau interferometry, computer programming, interfacing instruments to computers, and statistical analysis of data.

University of Florida, Department of Electrical Engineering, Gainesville, FL 32611.
Visiting Assistant Professor and Post-Doctoral Associate to Prof. Martin Uman (July 1977 to June 1979)

Continued development of numerical model to estimate lightning current waveforms from electric and magnetic field measurements, managed lightning laboratory electronics development, taught analog electronics course, wrote laboratory manual for analog electronics course sequence and supervised laboratory, received award for excellence in teaching a laboratory course.

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Department of Physics, Socorro, NM 87801.
Research Assistant to Prof. W. P. Winn (May 1975 to June 1977)

Measured simultaneously during thunderstorms the electric field, both at the ground and up to 300 meters aloft, and the current between the ground and trees. Wrote numerical model to predict relationship of electric field, conductivity of air, and corona current as a function of altitude and time. Designed and built new field mill electronics to better reject precipitation currents and have greater bandwidth than previous electronics.

Research Assistant to Prof. C. B. Moore (Summer 1972, May 1973 to May 1975)

Measured electric field, field changes, and charge transfer between the ground and both blunt and sharp lightning rods and wrote a numerical model to predict the response of elevated, grounded conductors to nearby stepped leaders from lightning. Triggered lightning with a wire-trailing rocket. Measured electric field for onset of corona discharge in coaxial cylinder geometry.

Teaching Assistant (supervised by Prof. C. B. Moore, Sept 1972 to May 1973)

Rewrote freshman physics laboratory manual and taught both freshman and sophomore physics laboratories.

State University of New York at Albany, Department of Atmospheric Science, Albany, NY 12222.
Research Assistant to Prof. Bernard Vonnegut (July 1971 to June 1972)

Research on corona discharge, ball lightning; did an extensive literature search on atmospheric electricity. Took classes in meteorology and numerical methods.

Veterans Administration Hospital, 42nd and Woolworth Ave., Omaha, NB 68105.
Summer student employee 1968, 380 hours as a volunteer during summer 1967

Participated in routine neutron activation analysis, gamma ray dosimetry research.

Participation in Development of Engineering Standards

• ANSI C62.45-1987, Guide to Surge Testing in Low-Voltage AC Power Circuits
  
• revision of ANSI/IEEE C62.41-1980, from Guide to Recommended Practice
  
• Chairman of Task Force on Specifications and Tolerances of Surge Test Waveforms and Editor of Sections 9 and 10 of ANSI/IEEE C62.41-1991 (Oct 1988-Jan 1990)
  
• revision of C62.45-1987 to become C62.45-1992

Participation in Professional Societies

American Association for the Advancement of Science, member 1971-2016.

Sigma Xi (Σ Ξ) — The Scientific Research Society, not a fraternity — member 1980-2014.

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), member 1983-86, senior member since 1986.

IEEE Sections: Electromagnetic Compatibility Society

Awards

Archival Publications

Standler, "Transmission Line Models for Coordination of Surge-Protective Devices", IEEE 1993 International EMC Symposium, Dallas, pp. 358-362, August 1993.

Standler, "Design and Performance of Surge Suppressors", IEEE 1993 International EMC Symposium, Dallas, pp. 363-368, August 1993.

Standler, "Neutral-Earth Surge Voltages on Low-Voltage AC Mains," Tenth International Zürich Symposium on EMC, pp. 377-382, March 1993.

D. Birrell and Standler, "Failures of Surge Arresters on Low-Voltage Mains," IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 8, pp. 156-162, Jan 1993.

Standler, "Calculations of Lightning Surge Currents Inside Buildings", IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Anaheim, CA, pp. 195-199, 19 August 1992.

Standler, "American Surge Test Methods for Equipment Connected to the Low-Voltage AC Supply Mains," invited paper at Lightning Protection 92, London, England, 24 June 1992, paper 5.4.

Standler, "Standards for Surge-Protective Devices for Connection to the Low-Voltage AC Supply Mains in the U.S.A.," invited paper at Lightning Protection 92, London, England, 23 June 1992, paper 4.3.

S.B. Smith and Standler, "The Effects of Surges on Electronic Appliances," IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 7, pp. 1275-82, July 1992.

Standler, "Development of a Performance Standard for Surge Arresters and Suppressors," IEEE 1991 Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Cherry Hill, NJ, pp. 458-463, 15 Aug 1991.

Standler, "Coordination of Surge Arresters and Suppressors for Use on Low-Voltage Mains", Ninth International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Zürich, pp. 517-524, March 1991.

D.R. Shakarjian and Standler, "AC Power Disturbance Detector Circuit", IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 6, pp. 536-540, April 1991.

Standler, "Use of a Metal-Oxide Varistor with a Series Spark Gap Across the Mains," IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Washington, DC, pp. 153-158, Aug 1990.

Patents

Other Publications

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