Peter J. Kindlmann

Office Address:
Professor (Adjunct) of Electrical Engineering
PO Box 208284
New Haven, CT 06520-8284
E-mail: peter.kindlmann@yale.edu
Phone: (203) 432-4294,(203) 453-0535 (off campus)
Fax: (203) 432-7769 [email attachment preferred, if less than 2Mb]

Academic Degrees:
Ph.D.1966Engineering and Applied Science, Yale University
Thesis Advisor: Prof. William R. Bennett (inventor of He-Ne laser)
Thesis Title: "Measurement of Excited State Lifetimes"
M.S.1964 Physics, Yale University
B.S.1962 Physics, Columbia University

Recent Awards:

• Sheffield Distinguished Teaching Award, Yale University Faculty of Engineering, 1998.
• Award for Meritorious Service to Yale, Yale Science and Engineering Association, 1996.
• B.F. Goodrich Inventor's Program Award, senior project advisor for G. Favalora, 1996.

Academic Experience:

Nov. 1965 - June 1976

Director, E&AS Electronics Laboratory, Yale University
(organized by PJK in 1965 (while still a graduate student) as a facility
for the custom design of research instrumentation. Seven employees.
E&AS Research Staff Applied Scientist, Yale University
Research Associate in E&AS, Yale University
Lecturer in E&AS, Yale University
Senior Lecturer in E&AS, Yale University
Director, E&AS Industrial Liaison, Yale University
Associate Professor (Adjunct) in Electrical Engineering (60% time),
Yale University
Professor (Adjunct) in Electrical Engineering (60% time),
Yale University
Professor (Adjunct) in Electrical Engineering (87% time),
Yale University
Director of the Morse Teaching Center, Yale University
Director of Undergraduate Studies in Electrical Engineering,
Yale University
Professor (Adjunct) in Electrical Engineering (full time)

July 1966 - June 1968
July 1968 - June 1969
July 1966 - June 1974
July 1974 - June 1979
Sept. 1976 - June 1979
July 1979 - June 1991

July 1991 - August 1995

Sept. 1995 - July 1999

Sept. 1995 - present
July 1999- Dec.2003

July 1999 - present

Recent Teaching Accomplishments:

EENG 426a/650a"Instrumentation & Product Design"(since1974)
EENG 325b "Electronic Circuits"(1993-2003)
EENG 471/472 "Special Projects", typically 3-4 projects per year, sometimes including freshmen.
EENG 227La"Introduction to Electrical Engineering Laboratory I"

(with Prof. Janet Pan, lab development and one lab section, 1999;
lead instructor, Fall 2003)
"Product Design and Business Development for Entrepreneurial Teams"
(Advisor to some student projects)(since 1998)
"Information Technology for Managers"
(with Prof. Daniel Prober as part of Engineering Select program)
(1997-1998)

EAS996

PPM 598a

Recent Supervision and Mentoring Accomplishments:

• As Director of Undergraduate Studies (1999-2003), undergraduate advisor for all EE majors.
• Senior projects in EE (5 in 2004-2005)
• Sophomore Advisor for undecided majors typically 6 per year)
• Freshman Advisor for Ezra Stiles College (about 6-8 per year)
• Faculty Advisor to Yale IEEE Student Branch
• Faculty Advisor (Electrical & Electronics) to Team Lux (Yale's solar car team)
• Faculty Advisor to the Yale Scientific Magazine
•Member of thesis committees, ongoing interaction with graduate students on
electronic measurement and experimental techniques.

Recent Service to Yale:

• University Committee on Shop Services (former member),
• Coordinator for Mac computer support, networking and email for Faculty of Engineering,
• Yale Science Libraries Advisory Council,
• Becton Engineering Library Advisory Committee,
• Director, Morse Teaching Center in Electrical Engineering,
• HP Grant Implementation Committee (1996-99)
• Faculty of Engineering WWW Committee,
and four other committees appointed by former Dean of Engineering Alan Bromley:
- Improvement and expansion of curricula
- Information and computation in the curriculum (chaired by PJK)
- Space allocation
- Engineering and Applied Physics Information Infrastructure (chaired by PJK)
• Restoration (with Prof. Gary Haller) of Marcel Duchamp's sculpture "Rotary Glass
Plates" at Yale Art Gallery, lectures and demonstrations on October 7, 1999 and Feb. 25,
2000.
• Continuing editorship/authorship (since 1995) of EAS-INFO
http://jove.eng.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/eas-infolist mailings on technology,
education and culture to the Yale community and alumni.

Professional Societies:

Senior Life Member IEEE
Sigma Xi
Phi Beta Kappa

Industrial Experience:

1968 - present Consulting as Peter J. Kindlmann, Consultant, in areas research instrumentation, measurement
techniques, technology assessment and database resources.

1987 - 1998

Founder and President, Congruent Design, Inc., a consulting group engaged in

industrial and consumer product R & D.

Consulting clientsincluded:

Amphenol Corporation, Danbury, CT
Analytica of Branford, Branford, CT
Bendix Corp., Cheshire, CT
Earmark, Inc., Hamden, CT
Echlin Manufacturing Co., Branford, CT
Fish & Neave, New York, NY
Hancock, Rothert & Bunshoft, San Francisco, CA
Innotech Corporation, Trumbull, CT
International Marine Industries, Guilford, CT
Kodak,Inc., International Biotechnologies Div.
Olin Corporation, Olin Brass Div. and Olin Metals Research Lab.
Pepsico Research Labs., Purchase NY
PRESCO, Inc., Woodbridge, CT
Prime Technology, North Branford, CT
Safety Electrical Equipment Corp., Wallingford, CT
Strain Measurement Devices, Inc.,Meriden, CT
Telemet America, Inc. Alexandria, VA
Teltech Inc., Minneapolis, MN
Timex Corp., Waterbury, CT
Udylite Corp., Detroit, MI
Yale University (Wright Nuclear Structure Lab)

Peter J. Kindlmann Publications:

“Magnetostrictively Tuned Optical Maser” (with W.R. Bennett, Jr.), Rev. Sci. Instr., vol. 33, 601 (1962).

“Einstein A-Coefficients for Excited States of He” (with W.R. Bennett, Jr.), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. vol.8, 87
(1963).

“Collision Cross-Sections and Optical Laser Considerations for He” (with W.R. Bennett, Jr.), Bull. Am. Phys.
Soc. vol .8, 87 (1963).

“Relaxation Rates of the Ar+ Laser Levels” (with W.R. Bennett, Jr., G.N. Mercer and J. Sunderland), Appl.
Phys. Lett. vol .5, 158 (1964).

“Measurement of Excited State Relaxation Rates” (with W.R. Bennett, Jr. and G.N. Mercer), Appl. Opt. Suppl.2:
Chemical Lasers, vol.34 (1965).

“Tunnel Diode Pulser Measures Cable Delay,” Electronics, vol .39, 87 (1966).

“Phase-Stabilized Vernier Chronotron” (with J. Sunderland), Rev.Sci. Instr. vol.37, 44- (1966).

“Radiative and Collision Induced Relaxation Rates of Atomic States in the 3p5-2p Configuration of Neon” (with
W.R. Bennett, Jr.), Phys. Rev. vol.149, 38 (1966).

“Direct Electron Excitation Cross Sections Pertinent to Argon Ion Lasers” (with W.R. Bennett, Jr., G.N. Mercer,
B. Wexler and H. Hyman), Phys. Rev. Letters vol.17, 987 (1966).

“Relaxation of Gas Laser Levels” (with W.R. Bennett, Jr.), J.Quant.Electr. vol.2, xxxiii (1966), Abstract 5B-3.

“Voltage Controlled Attenuator,” Rev.Sci. Instr. vol .39, 81 (1968).

“Capacitive Detection of Very Small Aquatic Animals” (with P.B. Applewhite and H.J. Morowitz), Rev. Sci.
Instr. vol.39, 121 (1968).

“Quenching of Rb Resonance Radiation by Nitrogen and the Rare Gases” (with P. Davidovitz and J.A. Belliscio),
J.Chem.Phys. vol.48, 2376 (1968).

“High Speed Correlator” (with E.B. Hooper), Rev. Sci. Instr. vol .39, 864 (1968).

“Sound Synthesis: A Flexible Modular Approach with Integrated Circuits” (with P. Fuge), IEEE Trans. Audio &
Electroacoust. vol. AU-16, 507 (1968).

“Programmable Constant Current Regulator for High Voltage Operation,” IEEE Trans. Instrum. & Meas. vol.
IM-19, 68 (1970).

“High Voltage Video Amplifier for Driving Piezoelectric Transducers,” IEEE Trans. Instrum. & Meas. vol. IM-
20, 122 (1971).

“New Methods of Studying Gas/Solid Reaction Kinetics Using Automated Resistance Monitoring” (with P.C.
Nordine and D.E. Rosner), Rev.Sci. Instr. vol.44, 821 (1973).

“Radiative Lifetime Measurements of Levels in the 5p4/6p Configuration of Singly Ionized Xenon” (with K.E.
Donnelly and W.R. Bennett, Jr.), J. Opt. Soc. Am. vol.63, 1438 (1973).

“Measurement of ‘Instantaneous’ Carrier Frequency of Bat Pulses” (with L.B. Berman, R.A. Johnson, G.D.
Pollak, O.W. Hensen and A. Novick), J. Acoust. Soc. Am. vol.54, 1380 (1973).

“Low Power Analog-to-Digital Converter and Multiplexer” (with I. Glenday), IEEE Trans. Instrum. & Meas. vol.
IM-23, 149 (1974).

“Radiative Lifetimes of Noble Gas Ion Laser States: Collected Results” (with K.E. Donnelly and W.R. Bennett,
Jr.), IEEE J. Quant. Electr. Vol.QE-10, 848 (1974).

“Radiative Lifetimes and Collision Deactivation Rates of Levels in the 4p415p Configuration of Single Ionized
Krypton” (with K.E. Donnelly and W.R. Bennett, Jr.), J. Opt. Soc. Am. Vol. 65, 1359 (1975).

“Phototransistor Bootstrapping Improves Pulse Response”, Electronics, Vol. 51, No. 17, 105 (August 17,
1978).

“Beacon-Referenced Dead Reckoning” (with R.R. Rathbone and R.A. Valley, Jr.), Robotic Engineering, Vol. 8,
No. 12, pp.11-16 (1986).

“Preliminary Experiments Toward a Torque Controlled Variable Reluctance Motor” (with A. A. Rizzi, D. E.
Koditschek and M. B. Buehler), Center for Systems Science, Yale University, Report #8907, 1989 (revised,
March 1990).

“A Simple Juggling Robot: Theory and Experimentation” (with M. Buehler and D.E. Koditschek), in V. Hayward
and O. Khatib, eds., Experimental Robotics I, Springer Verlag, Montreal, Canada, 1990, pp. 35-73.

“A Family of Robot Control Strategies for Intermittent Dynamical Environments”, (with M. Buehler and D.E.
Koditschek), IEEE Control Systems Magazine, pp. 16-22, Feb 1990.

"Checking Capacitors on Loaded PC Boards", (with Nathan B. Price), EDN, p.139, March 2, 1992.

"Planning and Control of Robotioc Juggling and Catching Tasks", (with D.E. Koditschek and M. Buehler),
Internat. J. Robotics Research, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp.101-118 (1994).

"Development of an Engineering Model and Prototype To Monitor Anatomical Head Orientation Following
Intravitreal Gas or Oil Injection," (with P.E. Liggett and D. Tom), Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science,
Vol.35, No.4, p.1617 (1994).

"Single-Shot Temporally and Spatially Resolved Chemiluminescence Spectra from an Optically Accessible SI
Engine" (with M. Fields, J-B Zheng, S-X Qian, J.C. Swindal and W.P. Acker), Society Automotive Engineering
950105 (March 1995).

"Temperature-dependent Wavelength Shifts of Dye Lasing in Microdroplets with a Thermochromic Additive"
(with M.M. Mazumder, G. Chen, R.K. Chang and J.B. Gillespie), Optics Letters, Vol. 20, No.16, pp.1668-
1670 (1995).

"Single photon imaging X-ray spectrometers using low noise current preamplifiers with dc voltage bias," S.
Friedrich, K. Segall, M.C. Gaidis, C.M. Wilson, D.E. Prober, P.J. Kindlmann, A.E. Szymkowiak, S.H.
Moseley, IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 7(2), 3383-6 (1996).

"Design and Evaluation of Adiabatic Arithmetic Units," M. C. Knapp, P. J. Kindlmann, M. C. Papaefthymiou,
Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, 14(1-2), 71-79 (1997).

"Fundamental Limits to Force Detection using Quartz Tuning Forks", Robert D. Grober, Jason Acimovic, Jim
Schuck, Dan Hessman, Peter Kindlmann, Joao Hespanha, and Stephen Morse, Review of Scientific Instruments,
vol.71, no.7, p.2776-80 (2000).

"Gallium-Arsenide Deep-Level Optical-Emitter forFiber-Optics," J. L. Pan, J. E. McManis, T. Osadchy, L.
Grober, J. M. Woodall, and P. J. Kindlmann, Nature Materials, 2(6), 375-378, (June 2003); advance online
publication, 4 May 2003 (doi:10.1038/nmat887).

Conference Proceedings:

“Parallel Channel Detection System for Low Light Level Spectroscopy” (with P.C. Black), presented at 1973
Electro-Optical System Design Conference, New York.

“Laser-Raman Monitoring of Ambient Sulfate Aerosols” (with R.G. Stafford and R.K. Chang), Proceedings of
the 8th Materials Research Syposium, pp. 659-67, 1977 (publ: Nat. Bur. Standards, Washington, D.C., USA)

“Guided Vehicle Path Specification” (with R. R. Rathbone and R. A. Valley, Jr.), Proc. IEEE Internat. Syposium
on Intelligent Control 1987, pp.129-134, Philadelphia, PA, 1987.

“A One Degree of Freedom Juggler in a Two Degree of Freedom Environment” (with M. Buehler, D.E.
Koditschek), Proc. IEEE Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 91-97, Tokyo, Japan, Oct 1988.

“A Simple Juggling Robot” (with M. Buehler, D.E. Koditschek), First International Symposium on Experimental
Robotics, Montreal, Canada, June 19-21, 1989.

“A Family of Robot Control Strategies for Intermittent Dynamical Environments”, (with M. Buehler and D.E.
Koditschek),Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 1996-2002, Arizona, May
1988.

“Planning and Control of Robotic Juggling Tasks” (with M. Buehler, D.E. Koditschek), in H. Miura and S.
Arimoto, eds., Fifth International Symposium on Robotics Research, MIT Press, 1990, pp. 321-332.

“The Control System of the Yale ESTU” (with J. Baris, T. Barker, H.R. McK. Hyder, J.W. McKay and N.
Price), Symposium of North Eastern Accererator Personnel, Yale University 24-27 Oct. 1988 (publ: World
Scientific Publishing Co., 1989)

"A Low Cost 16-bit Add-on Regulator for Power Supply Control," R. O. Hamburger and P.J. Kindlmann,
SYMPOSIUM OF NORTH EASTERN ACCELERATOR PERSONNEL, 1992; 26th pp. 119-120, World
Scientific, 1995

"Droplet-temperature determination using thermochromic additives," M.M. Mazumder, Gang Chen; P.J.
Kindlmann, R.K. Chang, CLEO '95. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-
Optics, p.430-1 (1995).

"Implementing and Evaluating Adiabatic Arithmetic Units," M. C. Knapp, P. J. Kindlmann, M. C.
Papaefthymiou, Proceedings of the IEEE 1996 Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, p.115-18 (1996).

Peter J. Kindlmann Patents:

“Electromagnetic Casting Apparatus and Process” (with D.E. Tyler, J.C. Yarwood and I.K. Yun), U.S. Patent
No. 4,161,206, issued July 17, 1979, assigned to Olin Corporation.

“Electronic Ignition Advance Circuit”, U.S. Patent No. 4,164,926, issued Augu. 21, 1979, assigned to Echlin
Mfg. Co.

“Electromagnetic Casting Apparatus” (with D.E. Tyler, J.C. Yarwood and I.K. Yun), U.S. Patent No.
4,213,496, issued July 22, 1980, assigned to Olin Corporation.

“Digital Bar Graph Tachometer” (with A.W. Bliven), U.S. Patent No. 4,243,938, issued Jan. 6, 1981, assigned
to Echlin Mfg. Co.

“Transformer Driven Shield for Electromagnetic Casting” (with D.E. Tyler, G.L. Ungarean and J.C. Yarwood),
U.S, Patent No. 4,285,387, issued August 25, 1981, assigned to Olin Corporation.

“Electromagnetic Casting Apparatus”, (with D.E. Tyler, J.C. Yarwood and I.K. Yun), U.S. Patent No.
4,289,946, issued Sept. 15, 1981, assigned to Olin Corporation.

“Electromagnetic Casting Process Utilizing an Active Transformer-Driven Copper Shield”, (with Y.C. Yarwood,
G.L. Ungarean and D.E. Tyler), U.S. Patent No. 4,319,625, issued March 16, 1982 assigned to Olin
Corporation.

“Process and Apparatus for Electromagnetic Casting of Multiple Strands Having Individual Head Control”, (with
D.E. Tyler, G.L. Ungarean and J.C. Yarwood), U.S. Patent No. 4,446,909, issued May 29, 1984, assigned to
Olin Corporation.

“A Process and Apparatus for Selecting the Drive Frequencies for Individual Containment Inductors”, (with G.L.
Ungarean, J.C. Yarwood and D.E. Tyler), U.S. Patent No. 4,452,297, issued June 5, 1984 assigned to Olin
Corporation.

“Transformer-Driven Shield for Electromagnetic Casting: (with J.C.Yarwood, G.L. Ungarean and D.E.Tyler)
U.S. Patent No. 4,462,457 issued July 31, 1984, assigned to Olin Corporation.

“Head Top Surface Measurement Utilizing Screen Parameters in Electromagnetic Casting”, (with G.L. Ungarean,
J.C. Yarwood and D.E. Tyler), U.S. Patent No. 4,470,447, issued September 11, 1984, assigned to Olin
Corporation.

“Determination of Liquid Solid Interface and Head in Electromagnetic Casting” (with G.L. Ungarean, J.C.
Yarwood and D.E. Tyler) U.S. Patent No. 4,495,983, issued January 29, 1985, assigned to Olin Corporation.

“Process and Apparatus for Synchronized Electromagnetic Casting of Multiple Strands”, (with J.C. Yarwood,
G.L. Ungarean and D.E. Tyler), U.S.Patent No. 4,495,981 issued January 29, 1985, assigned to Olin
Corporation.

“Drive Circuit for Capacitive Electroluminescent Panels”, U.5.Patent No. 4,527,096 issued July 1, 1985,
assigned to Timex Corporation.

“Control System for Electromagnetic Casting of Metals”, U.S. Patent No. 4,682,645, issued July 28, 1987,
assigned to Olin Corporation.

“Head Top Surface Measurement Utilizing Screen Parameters in Electromagnetic Casting”, U.S. Patent Re.
32,596, issued Feb. 9, 1988, assigned to Olin Corporation.

“Optical Navigation System,” (with R.R. Rathbone, Robert A. Valley, Jr., Robert A. Valley, Sr.), U.S. Patent
No. 4,786,167, issued Nov. 22, 1988, assigned to the co-inventors.

“Electrophoresis Apparatus”, U.S. Patent No. 4,911,817, issued March 27, 1990, assigned to Eastman Kodak
Company.

“High Voltage Electrophoresis Apparatus” (with R.A. Valley, Jr.) U.S. Patent No. 5,027,018, issued June 25,
1991, Canadian Patent No. 1,307,321, issued Sept. 8, 1992, both assigned to Eastman Kodak Company.

"AC/DC Powered Microwave Oven" (with Douglas Low, Neil Titcomb), U.S. Patent No. 5,276,300, issued Jan.
4, 1994, assigned to International Marine Industries. (also additional European patents on the same device.)

Other Lectures:

"Web Awareness for Engineers," Peter J. Kindlmann, Yale University Faculty of Engineering Graduate Student
Seminar Series, 22 October 1999, (see http://www.eng.yale.edu/ee-labs/WebInfoTalk/).

"Web Resources for Engineers", Peter J. Kindlmann, IEEE Connecticut Consultants Network Feb. 19, 1997.

"Web Resources for Engineering", Peter J. Kindlmann, IEEE Connecticut Consultants Network, 21 February
1996.

Museum Exhibits:

Restoration (with Prof. Gary Haller) of Marcel Duchamp's sculpture "Rotary Glass Plates" at Yale Art Gallery,
lectures and demonstrations on October 7, 1999 and Feb. 25, 2000. (see
http://www.yale.edu/opa/v28.n11/story2.html)

"SPACES" exhibit, as member of PULSAGroup, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, 30 December
1969 through 1 March 1970.