B. Jeffrey Lutzenberger
Personal Info
2505 Annie Street
Bozeman, MT
59718
JeffLutzenberger at gmail dot com
Commercial Software Experience
- iOS Development - 3 Apps in app store
- RightNow Implementation at Drugstore.com - Lead Engineer
- RightNow Implementation at Yahoo! - Lead Engineer
- VisualFoundation 1.0 and up (2008 - 2010)
- VisualAnalysis 5.0 and up (2000 - 2010)
- ShapeBuilder 4.0 and up (2000 - 2010)
- AnalysisGroup 3.0
- Beagle Software(proprietary gene sequencer)
Professional Experience
2010 - Present: RightNow Technologies
- Software Developer
- RightNow Implementation at Drugstore.com - Lead Engineer
- RightNow Implementation at Yahoo! - Lead Engineer
- PHP, MySQL, JavaScript and C#
2008 - Present: Hellroaring Micromachines, LLC
- iOS Development
- Beam Calculator - iPhone App
- Section Calc - iPhone App
- WS Steel Shapes - iPhone App
- MEMS Consultant for Bridget Photonics
- Designed and fabricated miniature deformable membranes for focus control as part of a Phase I STTR
Jan 2007 - August 2007: Bridger Technologies, Inc.
- Hardware/Software Development
- Worked on a team designing a proprietary gene sequencer
- Designed and authored software to control proprietary gene sequencer
- Software written in C# and .Net
- Used WinPcap to control hardware and capture data via Ethernet connection
- Implemented linear regression code to smooth data
- MEMS Consultant
- Implemented packaging and testing procedures for existing micro-electrode arrays on silicon
- Developed protocols to detect hybridization in 70- to 200-mer strands of DNA
- Developed protocols to detect redox reaction and charge trapping on micro-electrode arrays
2000 - 2010: Integrated Engineering Software, Inc.
- Finite Element Developement
- Blacker et. al. paving algorithm to generate an all quad finite element mesh
- Developed a six degree of freedom finite plate element with transverse shear
- Extensive modifications to existing FEA engine
- Graphics Development
- Designed and authored a new OpenGL rendering system for VisualAnalysis 6.0 and 7.0
- Implemented .Net DirectX rendering system for VisualFoundation
- OpenGL graphics system for VisualAnalysis 5.5 (released 2005)
- OpenGL graphics system for ShapeBuilder 4.0
Professional Experience Details
- C/C++ and MFC
- OpenGL and DirectX (Managed and Unmanaged)
- C# and .Net
- Numerical Analysis
- GPIB interface – Function generators, oscilloscopes, micro controllers (in C/C++)
- DAQ interface (in C/C++)
- WinPcap (packet capture library)
- Perl and Python
- Javascript and PHP
Education
1995 - 1998: Montana State University-Bozeman
1998 - 2000: Montana State University-Bozeman
- M. S. Civil Engineering
- Emphasis in Applied Mechanics
2000 - 2005: Montana State University-Bozeman
- Ph. D. Engineering
- Interdisciplinary - Applied Mechanics and Electrical Engineering
- Dual-axis tilting micromirrors for optical cross-connects and scanning applications
Computer Science Coursework
- Wintellect Debugging .Net Applications
- Analysis of Algorithms
- Graphics Programming
- Object Oriented Programming
- Operating Systems
Advanced Mathematics Coursework
- Advanced Engineering Analysis
- Continuum Mechanics
- Numerical Linear Algebra and Optimization
- Numerical Solutions to Differential Equations
Shareware and Personal Software Projects
Publications
- Lutzenberger, B. Jeffrey; Dickensheets, David L. Fabrication and modeling of rib-stiffened thin films. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, v 19, 2009.
- USPTO Patten pending: Molded silicon nitride stiffening fins
- Lutzenberger, B. Jeffrey. Analysis and Design of MEMS scan mirrors using periodically stiffened silicon nitride. Dissertation (Ph.D.) Montana State university-Bozeman.
- Lutzenberger, B. Jeffrey; Dickensheets, David L. Rib-reinforced silicon nitride scan mirrors. IEEE LEOS, July 2005.
- Lutzenberger, B. Jeffrey; Dickensheets, David L.; Kaiser, Todd J. Large area molded silicon nitride micro mirrors. Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE, v 15:10, October 2003, p. 1407-1409.
- Lutzenberger, B. Jeffrey; Dickensheets, David L. Vertical stiffening members for flatness control of surface micromachined structures. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, v 4561, 2001, p 238-246.
- Kaiser, Todd J.; Lutzenberger, B. Jeffrey; Friholm, Robert A.; Himmer, Phillip A.; Dickensheets, David L. Silicon nitride biaxial pointing mirrors with stiffening ribs. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, v 4561, 2001, p 276-282.
- Lutzenberger B. Jeffrey. Numerical Analysis of Blast Loaded Civilian Structures. Thesis (M.S.) Montana State University-Bozeman.