Who We Are


Michael Murphy - President

Member - National Society of Professional Engineers

  • Credentials
    • MSEE - University of Michigan
    • Licensed professional engineer (P.E.) since 1985
  • Affiliations
    • Member - I.E.E.E. since 1970
    • Member - National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE)
  • Fields of expertise
    • Mechanical design
    • Analog and digital electronic design
    • PCB Layout
    • CAD (AutoCAD, Altium Designer)
  • Inventor:
    • U.S. Patent 5,479,716 - Capacitive Based Gravity Sensor
    • U.S. Patent 5,617,269 - Servo Recording System
    • U.S. Patent 5,987,392 - Waveform Peak Detector
    • U.S. Patent 6,433,949 - Servo Write Head

Lawrence Tucker - Staff Engineer

Member - National Association of Photoshop Professionals

  • Credentials
    • MSE - University of Michigan
    • LabVIEW certified associate developer
  • Affiliations
    • Member - National Association of Photoshop Professionals
  • Fields of expertise
    • Analog and digital electronic design
    • PCB Layout
    • Programmer (C, LabVIEW, MATLAB, VHDL)
    • CAD (Altium Designer, Quartus II, NIOS II)
    • Web and Graphics (Adobe CS4 - Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver)
  • Inventor:
    • U.S. Patent 5,396,376 - Multi-Track Embedded Servo
    • U.S. Patent 5,402,273 - Window Margin Circuit
    • U.S. Patent 5,617,269 - Servo Recording System
    • U.S. Patent 5,987,392 - Waveform Peak Detector
    • U.S. Patent 6,433,949 - Servo Write Head

 

 

 


Associates



Steven Henke - Mechanical Design

Excellence In Design Logo
Excellence In Design, LLC

 

  • Fields of expertise
    • Mechanical design
    • Electronic packaging
    • Assembly tooling and fixtures
    • CAD (AutoCAD)
  • Inventor:
    • U.S. Patent 4,647,994 - Miniaturized cartridge-type tape drive
    • U.S Patent 5,812,347 - Positive drive head positioning apparatus
    • U.S. Patent 6,450,949 - Endoscope
    • U.S. Patent 6,530,882 - Endoscope
    • U.S. Patent 6,679,839 - Endoscope
    • U.S. Patent 6,949,069 - Endoscope

William S. Parker - Medical / Dental Devices

M Go Blue Barn
The New Directions Group, LLC

 

  • Credentials
    • BA - Depauw University
    • MBA - University of Chicago
  • Affiliations
    • Member - International Hearing Society
  • Fields of expertise
    • Design of medical / dental devices
  • Inventor:
    • U.S. Patent 4,588,383 - Interactive synthetic speech CPR trainer/prompter
    • U.S. Patent 5,228,852 - Handpiece assembly for a dental laser
    • U.S. Patent 5,334,016 - Combination air abrasive system and laser system for dental applications
    • U.S. Patent 5,334,019 - Dental air abrasive system
    • U.S. Patent 5,525,058 - Dental treatment system
    • U.S. Patent 5,746,596 - Dental treatment method
    • U.S. Patent 5,752,829 - Dental air abrasive system
    • U.S. Patent 5,759,031 - Dental air abrasive and laser system
    • U.S. Patent 6,309,216 - Curing system for photohardenable materials