PhD         CARLETON UNIVERSITY – Ottawa, ON (1982-1987)
M.A.Sc.   UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO – Toronto, ON (1979-1982)
B.A.Sc.    UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO – Toronto, ON (1975-1979)   
Discipline: Electrical Engineering (all of the above)

EMPLOYMENT

P&P Optica - Kitchener, ON: 2010.
Short-term contract on optical spectroscopy projects.
NERAC Inc./ NERAC CANADA Co. - Tolland CT / home office: 2006 – 2009.
Initially independent consultant, later employee of Nerac Canada. Prepared scientific, engineering and intellectual property reports for client companies.
SENSOR TECHNOLOGY LIMITED - Collingwood, ON: 1999 – 2006.
R&D Manager: Managed research and development contracts from the Canadian Department of National Defense (DND), the US Office of Naval Research (ONR), and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) on piezoelectric materials, devices and systems.
EG&G OPTOELECTRONICS – Vaudreuil, QC: 1997 – 1999.
Senior Member of Technical Staff: Supervised electro-optic device fabrication and optimized the fabrication process using computer simulation tools and designed experiments.
LITTON SYSTEMS CANADA LIMITED – Etobicoke, ON: 1989 – 97.
Staff Scientist: Developed active matrix technology for liquid crystal displays and x-ray image sensors.
TPK INTERNATIONAL INC. – Nepean, ON: 1987 – 1988.
Research Scientist: Completed the start-up and optimization of a solar cell fabrication line and performed research on anti-reflection coatings.

PAST MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS
•    Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
•    Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO).
 
AWARDS
1.   D. Waechter and Z. Huang (1996), Litton Advanced Technology Achievement Award ($5,000/EA) for the development of a flat panel detector for digital radiology.
2.   R.A. Rowlands, W. Zhao, I. Blevis, D. Waechter and Z. Huang (1995): Certificate of Merit Citation for Scientific Exhibit at the 81st Scientific Assembly & Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (active matrix x-ray image sensor).

INVITED LECTURES
1.    “Flight Test Reports for the Avro Arrow: the Ralph Waechter Fonds”, Kenneth Molson Lecture at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Ottawa, 18 April 2018.
2.    “Piezoelectric actuator technology for applications in shape and vibration control and acoustic transducers”, NATO-RTA Lecture Series Nomination to Middle Eastern Technical University, Ankara Turkey, March 2003.
3.    “Piezoelectric Materials and Their Applications”, Materials and Manufacturing Ontario & Emerging Materials Knowledge Workshop; Ferroelectric crystals, thin films and their applications, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 7 March 2005.

PATENTS
1.    D. Waechter, and Z. Huang, US Patent 6,300,977 (2001), Read-out circuit for active matrix imaging arrays (international version of same: EP0819351).
2.    D. Waechter, W. Zhou, J. Rowlands and Z. Huang, US Patent 6,172,369 (2001), Flat panel detector for radiation imaging with reduced trapped charges (Intl. version of same: EP0842541).
3.    D. Waechter and S. Singh, US Patent 5,780,858 (1998), Electromagnetic radiation imaging device using dual gate thin film transistors (Intl. version of same: EP0744085).

Publications:  See publications page.
Conference Papers: 44