Alex Butler

President - Senior Transducer Design Engineer @Image Acoustics, Inc

Develop, model and prototype piezoelectric and magnetostrictive transducers and sensors -Help introduce new innovative acoustic technology -Assist contractors with fabrication and production issues and problems -Interface between company and customers-Proposal and technical report preparation -Provide technical training -Choosing the most optimum drive materials i.e. PZT, Single Crystal and Terfenol as well as mechanical materials -Design transducer and array mounting, housing and mechanical components -ANSYS, Atila and PZFLEX finite element modeling -PSpice circuit development -Electrical circuit design and equivalent circuit representation-Develop computer software -Structural and thermal analysis and optimization -Cost reduction -Creating test plans and extensive underwater testing and measurements at government and contractor facilities -Test data reduction and preparation -Experience with Solidworks,MATLAB and Python -Developed an audio ribbon transducer and line of high end audio speaker systems -Audio loudspeaker and loudspeaker system design, cross-over networks and measurements (CLIO)