Leadership

Board of Directors

President
Dominick DeAngelis
Kulick & Soffa Industries
Fort Washington, PA, USA
tel +1 215 784 7782
fax +1 215 784 6001

Vice President
Margaret Lucas
University of Glasgow
Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Secretary
Mark Hodnett
National Physical Laboratory
Teddington, Middlesex, UK

Treasurer and Symposium  Chair
Ron Staut
APC International, Ltd.
Mackeyville, PA, USA
tel +1 570 726 6961
fax +1 570 726 7466

Immediate Past President
Tony Crandall
Biosonix LLC
Salt Lake City UT, USA
tel +1 385 388 8104

Directors

Justin Beyers
Unity Ultrasonics / Bonutti Research
Effingham IL USA
tel +1 217 342 3412

Sunita Chauhan
Monash University
Clayton, Victoria,
Australia
tel +61 3 990 53551

Daniel Cotter
Integra LifeSciences Corp.
Burlington, MA, USA
tel +1 978 436 0624

David Grewell
North Dakota State University
Fargo ND, USA
tel +1 515 294 2036

Kevin Houser
Ethicon Endo-Surgery 
Cincinnati, OH, USA
tel +1 513 337 3531 
fax +1 513 337 2531

Leo Klinstein 
Dukane  Inc. 
St Charles IL, USA
tel +1 630 797 4950
fax +1 630 797 4949

Rasmus Lou-Moeller
MEGGITT / Ferroperm Piezoceramics A/S
Kvistgaard Denmark
tel +45 49127100
fax +45 49138188

Ronald Manna
Square One Consulting, Inc.
Valley Stream NY, USA
tel +1 516 458 8310

Andrew Mathieson
Glasgow, Scotland

Robert Muratore
Quantum Now LLC 
Huntington NY, USA
tel +1 516 317 6326

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
ToolTex Inc
Columbus, OH, USA
tel +1 614 539 3222
fax +1 614 539-3223

Jeff Vaitekunas
Penn State University
Fairview PA USA
tel +1 814 898 6480

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.

2017 - 2018                           Tony Crandall                                 Biosonix
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.