About UIA
Leadership
Board of Directors
President
Tony Crandall
Biosonix LLC
Salt Lake City UT, USA
tel +1 801 975 7484
Vice President
Margaret Lucas
University of Glasgow
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Secretary
Janet Devine
Sonobond Ultrasonics
West Chester, PA, USA
tel +1 800 323 1269
fax +1 610 692 0674
Treasurer
Ron Staut
APC International, Ltd.
Mackeyville, PA, USA
tel +1 570 726 6961
fax +1 570 726 7466
Immediate Past President
Daniel Cotter
Integra LifeSciences Corp.
Burlington, MA, USA
tel +1 978 436 0624
Symposium Chair
Leo Klinstein
Dukane Inc.
St Charles IL, USA
tel +1 630 797 4950
fax +1 630 797 4949
Directors
George Bromfield
Piezo Innovations
Salt Lake City, UT, USA
tel +1 801 272 2523
cell: 1 801 599 2986
Sunita Chauhan
Monash University
Clayton, Victoria,
Australia
tel +61 3 990 53551
Dominick DeAngelis
Kulick & Soffa Industries
Fort Washington, PA, USA
tel +1 215 784 7782
fax +1 215 784 6001
David Grewell
Iowa State University
Ames IA, USA
tel +1 515 294 2036
fax +1 515 294 6633
Rasmus Lou-Moeller
MEGGITT / Ferroperm Piezoceramics A/S
Kvistgaard Denmark
tel +45 49127100
fax +45 49138188
Mark Hodnett
National Physical Laboratory
Teddington, Middlesex, UK
Ronald Manna
Square One Consulting, Inc.
Valley Stream NY, USA
tel +1 516 458 8310
Prakash Manandhar
Boston, MA, USA
Andrew Mathieson
Glasgow, Scotland
Robert Muratore
Quantum Now LLC
Huntington NY, USA
tel +1 516 317 6326
Enrique Riera
CSIC
Madrid, Spain
Mark Schafer
Sonic Tech, Inc.
Lower Gwynedd, PA, USA
tel +1 215 641 4909
fax +1 215 641 9254
Jay Sheehan
Integra LifeSciences Corp.
Burlington, MA, USA
tel +1 781 799 2059
Matt Short
EWI
Columbus, OH, USA
tel +1 614 688 5137
fax +1 614 688 5001
Foster Stulen
Ethicon Endo-Surgery
Cincinnati, OH, USA
tel +1 513 337 3112
fax +1 513 337 4112
Alan Winder
Acoustic Sciences
Westport, CT, USA
tel +1 203 226 0810
fax +1 203 226 4123
Executive Director
Fran Rickenbach
Ultrasonic Industry Association
Dayton OH USA
tel +1 937 586 3725
fax +1 937 586 3699
Past Presidents
UIA has been serving the ultrasonics industry since 1958. Here is the roster of distinguished leaders of the UIA and its predecessor, the Ultrasonic Manufacturer Association.
2015 – 2016 Daniel Cotter Integra LifeSciences Corp.
2010 – 2014 Mark Hodnett National Physical Laboratory
2008 – 2009 Robert Muratore Riverside Research Institute
2006 – 2008 Foster Stulen Ethicon-Endo Surgery
2005 – 2006 Tom Kirkland Dukane Corp
2002 – 2005 Ronald Manna Misonix, Inc.
2001 – 2002 Jeff Vaitekunas Ethicon-Endo Surgery
1999 – 2001 Mark Schafer Perceptron
1998 – 1999 Janet Devine Sonobond Ultrasonics
1996 – 1997 Alan Broadwin Ainslie
1994 – 1995 Robert L. Armstrong Branson Ultrasonics Corp.
1991 – 1993 Alan Broadwin Ainslie
1988 – 1990 Howard Alliger Heat Systems Ultrasonics
1984 – 1987 Carl Stohl Blackstone Ultrasonic
1982 – 1983 Roger Robbins Dukane Corp.
1980 – 1981 Robert Bongo Sonics & Materials, Inc.
1979 J. E. Smallwood Bendix Corp.
1978 James Anderson Linden Laboratories
1975 – 1977 Roger Robbins Dukane Corp.
Prior to 1975, the Ultrasonic Manufacturers Association (UMA):
1973 – 1974 Duncan Hunt Cavitron Ultrasonics Corp.
1971 – 1972 Edward Seidler Ultrasonics Systems, Inc.
1970 Cary Evans Cavitron Ultrasonics Corp.
1968 – 1969 John Antonevich Blackstone Corp.
1964 – 1967 Edward Cook Crest Ultrasonics Corp.
1962 – 1963 James Fisher Sprague Electric Co.
1960 – 1961 Stanley Jacke Branson Ultrasonic Co.
1958 – 1959 Jack Welch Sheffield Corp.
1956 – 1957 William Potthoff Aeroprojects, Inc.
