None at this time.

Leadership

Board of Directors

President
Margaret Lucas
University of Glasgow
Glasgow, Scotland, UK

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

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

Treasurer 
Brian Julius
APC International, Ltd.
Duck Run, P.O. Box 180
Mackeyville, PA  USA
+ 1 570 726 6961

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

Symposium  Chair
Andrew Feeney 
Centre for Medical and Industrial Ultrasonics (C-MIU)
Materials & Manufacturing Research Group (MMRG)
James Watt School of Engineering
University of Glasgow
Glasgow, G12 8QQ

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

Tony Crandall
Ultrasound Consultant
Salt Lake City UT, USA
tel +1 385 388 8104

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

Mark Hodnett
National Physical Laboratory
Teddington, Middlesex, UK

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

Rasmus Lou-Moeller
CTS | Ferroperm Piezoceramics
3490 Kvistgård -Denmark
+45 4912 7100

Ronald Manna
Square One Consulting, Inc.
The Villages, FL, USA
tel +1 516 458 8310

Andrew Mathieson
Ultra Maritime
Halifax, Nova Scotia

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

Ron Staut
APC International, Ltd.
Nashville, TN, USA
tel +1 570 726 6961

Dan Voic
Bioventus
Farmingdale, NY USA
tel +1 631 694 9555

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.

2018 - 2023 

Dominick DeAngelis

Kulicke & Soffa

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.