Resume of Dr. David Cope, President, Engineering Matters®, Inc.

GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS :

  • Over 25 years experience in electromagnetics and motor development and magnetic finite element analysis.
  • Program and Technical Manager for many product development programs with an electromagnetic aspect including intelligent high power systems, high performance motor development, and advanced robotic development. Most programs involved hardware development after initial analyses.
  • Ph.D. dissertation on high voltage of high current opening switches useful for electromagnetic launch of payloads.

SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS :

  • Principal Investigator and Program Manager of the NSF Phase I development of the Electromagnetic Valve Actuator.
  • Principal Investigator and Program Manager of the Air Force SBIR Phase II Direct Drive Force-Feedback Joystick.
  • Program and Technical Manager on many programs for development of Static, Rotary, and Linear Advanced Electric Machines for Air Force, Navy, NASA, and DOT/FRA.
  • Program and Technical Manager (subcontractor) for Air Force Holloman High Speed Test Track Maglev Upgrade.
  • Program and Technical Manager for development of several Navy and Army Low Electromagnetic Signature Systems.
  • Technical Manager for Electromagnetics for Maglev System Concept Definition.
  • Technical Manager for Locally Commutated Linear Synchronous Motor.
  • Developed Hall Effect sensor configuration to reduce cost of 3-phase motor commutation
  • Advised client on patent infringement for a Hall Effect-based product
  • Magnetic shielding expertise (to shield Hall Effect and other sensors).

 EDUCATION:

Ph.D., Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 1983.
S.M., Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 1979.
S.B., Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 1979.

EXPERIENCE:

Engineering Matters, Inc., Newton, MA 1998-present
Foster-Miller, Inc., Waltham, MA 1989-1998
MITRE Corp., Bedford, MA 1984-1989
Electromagnetic Launch Research, Inc., Cambridge, MA 1983-1984

Dr. Cope is President and founder of Engineering Matters, Inc. Dr. Cope has specialized in electromagnetic systems for industry and government throughout his career. Dr. Cope performed his Ph. D. and Masters degree research at the MIT Francis Bitter National Magnet Lab on the interactions of magnetic fields and plasmas. Dr. Cope’s professional background included research and development in high performance motors and switchgear, passive charge exchange neutral particle diagnostics, and plasmas as affected by a magnetic field. Dr. Cope uses several programming languages in his analyses.

Dr. Cope has developed high power electric drive systems, including (a) linear electromagnetic machines for launch and arrest of Navy aircraft and spacecraft, and Maglev, (b) control of electric machines, (c) energy storage and bi-directional pulsed power, (d) pulsed power conditioning and control, (e) electric power distribution systems including transformer protection systems, and (f) electromagnetic shielding systems for electric drive Navy minesweepers.Dr. Cope has authored and co-authored numerous papers and publications including:

  • “High Intensity Radial Field Magnetic Array and Actuator,” Andrew Wright, David Cope , USPTO Application 10/899,794 27 July, 2004, www.uspto.gov .
  • “High Intensity Radial Field Magnetic Array and Actuator,” Andrew Wright, David Cope , US Patent Number 6,828,890, 26 Sept., 2002, www.uspto.gov .
  • “Direct Drive Controller With Haptic Feedback,” David Cope, Andrew Wright, Neil Tischler, USPTO Application 10/ 635,318, 6 August 2003.www.uspto.gov .
  • “Self-powered Direct Current Mitigation Circuit for Transformers,” David Cope, David Fischer, USPTO Application 10/ 634,434, 5 August 2003.www.uspto.gov .
  • “Direct-Drive Force-Feedback Joystick,” Christopher Corcoran, David Cope, Andrew Wright, John Thomas, Third Naval Symposium on Electric Machines, Philadelphia, PA, 4-7 December, 2000.
  • “Electric Machine Stops Aircraft in its Tracks,” David Cope, Richard Fontana, Christopher Corcoran, Peter Selian, Naval Symposium on Electric Machines, 26-29 October 1998.
  • “Maglifter – Electromagnetic Spacecraft Catapult,” David Cope, National Space Society, MIT, Cambridge, MA, 4 December 1997.
  • “Advanced Degaussing Technology,” Kenneth Pasch and David Cope, Society for Computer Simulation International, Phoenix, AZ, January 1997.
  • “Low Magnetic Signature Propulsion System,” David Cope, SOC-0057-FM-96025-1006, NTIS document ADA313505, Springfield, VA, August 1996.
  • “Design and Demonstration of a Locally Commutated Linear Synchronous Motor,” Richard Wiesman, Richard Fontana, David Cope, and Bruce Gamble, SAE Future Transportation Technology Conference, Costa Mesa, CA, 7-10 August, 1995.
  • “Magnetically Levitated Trains - Transportation for the Future,” Marcel Gaudreau, et al, PCIM/Power Quality ‘94, Mass Transit System Compatibility Conference, Dallas, TX, 17-22 Sept. 1994.
  • "Why Does Maglev Need Composite Materials?” David Cope, 25th International SAMPE Technical Conference, Philadelphia, PA, 26-28 October, 1993.
  • "Frontiers in Power Electronic Applications,” Marcel Gaudreau, et al, Power Quality, October 1993 Proceedings, p. 796.
  • "Design of a Superconducting Magnet System for Maglev Applications,” Bruce Gamble, David Cope, Eddie Leung, IEEE Trans. on Applied Superconductivity, Vol. 3, No. 1, March 1993, p. 434.
  • “Power Transfer to High Speed Vehicles,” David Cope, Paul Chambers, DOT-0044-FM-9352-535, NTIS document PB93148864, Springfield, VA, July 1992.
  • "Teleoperated Mine Detection Vehicle, Automatic Magnetic Anomaly Reduction System," Foster-Miller, Inc., Report No. DAAH01-89-C-0646, DARPA, U.S. Army Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, AL, March 1992.
  • "Attractive and Repulsive Magnetic Suspension Systems Overview," David Cope, Richard Fontana, International Symposium on Magnetic Suspension Technology, NASA Langley, 22 August 1991.
  • "Emerging Maglev Research Needs," David Cope, Workshop on Technology Issues of Superconducting Maglev Transportation Systems, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 23 May 1991.
  • "Active Magnetic Anomaly Reduction Systems (AMARS)," David Cope, Charles Carey, Charles Casalie, Paul Chambers, Arnis Mangolds, Combat Vehicle Survivability Symposium, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, Vol. II. 15-17 April 1991.
  • “Characterization of a multipole ion source for ion implantation,” D. Cope and J. Keller, J. Appl. Phys, 56 (1), 1 July 1984, p. 96-100.
  • Magnetically Aided Metal Vapor Vacuum Arc Switching,” David Cope, Peter Mongeau, 4 th IEEE Pulsed Power Conference, Albuquerque, NM, 8 June 1983.
  • “Metal Vapor Vacuum Arc Switching: Applications and Results,” David Cope, Peter Mongeau, 2 nd Symposium on Electromagnetic Launch Technology, Boston, 12 October 1983.
  • “Depletion of Ripple-Trapped Particles in the Alcator Tokamaks,” M. Greenwald, J.J. Schuss, D. Cope, Nuclear Fusion, Vol. 20, No. 6, 1980, p. 783-5.
  • “Summary of Charge Exchange Measurements: January-March 1979,” D. Cope, M. Greenwald, Yu. Sokolov, Internal Memorandum, MIT Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory, Cambridge, MA, April 1979.
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