MARK N. HORENSTEIN, Ph.D.
`40 Hastings St., West Roxbury, MA 02132
`Tel: (617)-792-4095 mhoren@mhoren.net
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`Areas of Expertise
`Analog and Digital Electronics, Power Electronics, Electric Power Systems, Applied
`Electromagnetics
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`Education
`Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ph.D. Electrical Engineering 1978
`(Electric Power Systems Engineering Laboratory)
`Thesis Title: “Particle Contamination of High-Voltage DC Insulators”
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`University of California at Berkeley M.S. Electrical Engineering 1975
`(Solid State Optics Laboratory)
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`Massachusetts Institute of Technology S.B. Electrical Engineering
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`Employment History
`Boston University
`2000 - 2020
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`Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering*
` 2011 - 2015
`Associate Chair for Undergraduate Programs - ECE Department
`Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Research, Engineering
`1999 - 2007
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`Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
`1985 - 2000
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`Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
`1979 - 1985
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` *Professor Emeritus as of 1/2021
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`Spire Corporation
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`Research Scientist
`High-Voltage Transmission Line Pulsed-Power Division
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`1978 – 1979
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`Professional Affiliations
`Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Life Fellow
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`• Electrostatics Society of America (Past President and Life Member)
`• European Federation of Chemical Engineers, International Fellow in Electrostatics
`• National Association of Radio and Telecommunications Engineers: Certified Electrostatic
`Discharge Engineer
`• Registered Professional Engineer - Electrical (previously) Commonwealth of
`Massachusetts
`Journal of Electrostatics (Editor Emeritus; Editor for 14 years)
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`Current Research Activities
`Self-Cleaning Solar Panels via Electrodynamic Screen: Modeling and Commercialization
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`Teaching Experience
`Electric Circuits, Analog and Digital Electronics, Power Electronics, Engineering Design,
`Electromagnetics, Antennas and Propagation
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`Prior Expert Witness & Litigation Work in Which Testimony Given – Past 4 years
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`May 2021:
`Analog Devices, Inc. vs. Xilinx, Inc.
`Inter Partes Review No. IPR2020-01606
`Request for Inter Partes Review of US Patent 7,280,590
`Worked on behalf of Respondent Xilinx
`Declaration, Deposition
`Status: Pending
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`January 2021:
`MAGicALL vs. Advanced Energy and Eaglerise
`United States District Court, District of Colorado
`1:17-cv-02582-DDD-NRN
`Matter: Inductors for Energy Transfer
`Worked on behalf of MAGicALL
`Deposition
`Status: Pending
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`December 2020:
`Voltstar Technologies, Inc. vs. Superior Communications and
`AT&T Mobility, Inc.
`United States District Court, Central District of California
`2:19-CV-07355-JAK-E
`Matter: Qi Wireless Charging Systems
`Worked on behalf of Superior/ATT
`Declaration, Deposition
`Status: Ongoing
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`January 2020:
`Bell Northern Research vs. Coolpad Technologies et. al.
`United States District Court, District of Southern California
`3:18-cv-01784-CAB-BLM
`Matter: Mobile Phone Power Saving Features
`Worked on behalf of Bell Northern Research
`Opening Report, Product Testing, Rebuttal Report, Deposition
`Status: Settled
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`January 2020:
`Bell Northern Research vs. ZTE et. al.
`United States District Court, District of Southern California
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`Matter: Mobile Phone Power Saving Features
`Worked on behalf of Bell Northern Research
`Opening Report, Product Testing, Rebuttal Report, Deposition
`Status: Settled
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`January 2019:
`SnapRays LLC v. AllTrade, Enstant, et al.
`U.S. International Trade Commission - Inv. No. 337-TA-1124
`Matter: Active Electric Cover Plates
`Worked on behalf of Complainant SnapRays
`Opening Report, Product Testing, Rebuttal Report, Deposition
`Status: Appeared before the ITC. Settled
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`April 2018:
`Lincoln Electric Company v. Harbor Freight Tools
`U.S. District Court for Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division
`Case Nl. 1:17-cv-02329
`Matter: Driving Circuits for Welding Machines
`Worked on behalf of Defendant Harbor Freight
`Opening Report, Product Testing, Rebuttal Report, Deposition
`Status: Settled
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`July 2018
`RB-TPG San Jose v Tyco Fire Products
`U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California,
`Case No: 5:17-cv-03655
`Matter: RF Interference with Wireless Fire Alarm Systems
`Worked on behalf of Plaintiff RB-TPG
`Opening Report, Rebuttal Report, Deposition, Jury Trial
`Status: Jury finding for Defendant
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`September 2018:
`UPI v. Richtek Corp.
`U.S. International Trade Commission Inv. No. 337-TA-698
`Matter: Integrated Circuits for Power Applications
`Worked on behalf of Richtek USA
`Expert report, Rebuttal Report, Deposition, Testimony at ITC Hearing
`Status: Decision in favor of Richtek
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` November 2018:
`Broad Ocean LLC v. Nidec Corp
`Request for Inter Partes Review of US Patent 7,990,092
`Matter: Electric Motors for HVAC Control
`Worked on Behalf of Patent Owner Nidec
`Declaration, Deposition.
`Status: Settled
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`Technical Consulting
`Griswold Corporation Nov 2015 – Nov 2016
`Electric Water Treatment Devices
`WAVE Reaction Chamber Design Review
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`CSL Consulting/Harvard Business School Aug 2018
`Evaluation of Electrostatic Fields on LED Screen
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`Research Grants (Under Boston University)
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`Development of Prototype Self-Cleaning Solar: Massachusetts Clean Energy Center
`(Subject: Self-Cleaning Solar Collectors)
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`Self-Cleaning Solar Panels: US–Israel Binational Science Foundation
`(Subject: Self-Cleaning Solar Collectors)
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`Enhancement of Optical Efficiency of CSP – U.S. Dept. of Energy
`(Subject: Self-Cleaning Solar Collectors)
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`In-Air Electric-Field Sensor Circuit for Airborne Applications - U.S. Navy STTR Phase
`I: N68335-15-C-0271 via White River Technologies. (Subject: Electric Field-Mill UAV
`Sensor)
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`Compact Low-Power Driver for Deformable Mirror – NASA via Boston Micromachines
`(Subject: High Voltage MEMS Driver for Adaptive Optics)
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`Publications
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`Books:
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`M. N. Horenstein, Design Concepts for Engineers, 5thEd., Upper Saddle River, NJ:
`Prentice Hall, 2015.
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`M. N. Horenstein, Microelectronic Circuits and Devices, 2nd Ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ:
`Prentice Hall, 1995
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`Journals Articles and Conference Papers (partial list):
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`Bernard, A.A.R, Horenstein, M.N.; Mazumder, M.K, et al, Optimization of optical
`performance and dust removal efficiency of electrodynamic screen (EDS) films for
`improving energy-yield of solar collectors, 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on
`Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC) (A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC,
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`28th PVSEC & 34th EU PVSEC), p 3451-4, 2018
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`Morales, C., Horenstein, M.; Mazumder, M., et al, Field-evaluation of electrodynamic
`screens for maintaining high optical efficiency operation of solar collectors 2017 IEEE
`44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), p 2870-4, 2017
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`Mazumder, M.K., Horenstein, M.N.; Sayyah, A.; et al, Mitigation of dust impacts on
`solar collectors by water-free cleaning with transparent electrodynamic films: Progress
`and challenges 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), p 6 pp.,
`2017
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`Sayyah, A., Crowell, D.R.; Raychowdhury, A., Horenstein, M.N. ; Mazumder, M.K. ,
`“An experimental study on the characterization of electric charge in electrostatic dust
`removal”, Journal of Electrostatics, June 2017, pgs. 173-9
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`Sayyah A, Horenstein MN, Mazumder MK, Ahmadi G, “Electrostatic Force Distribution
`on an Electrodynamic Screen,” Journal of Electrostatics 81:24-36 Jun 2016
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`Sayyah A, Horenstein MN, Mazumder MK, “A Comprehensive Analysis of the Electric
`Field Distribution in an Electrodynamic Screen, Journal of Electrostatics 76:115-126
`Aug 2015
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`Mazumder MK, Stark JW, Heiling C, Liu M, Bernard A, Horenstein MN, Garner S, Lin
`HY, “Development of Transparent Electrodynamic Screens on Ultrathin Flexible Glass
`Film Substrates for Retrofitting Solar Panels and Mirrors for Self-Cleaning Function,
`MRS Advances 1(15):1003-1012 2016
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`Dai S, Knepper RW, Horenstein MN, “ 300-V LDMOS Analog-Multiplexed Driver for
`MEMS Devices, ” IEEE Transactions On Circuits And Systems I-Regular Papers
`62(12):2806-2816 Dec 2015
`A. Sayyah, M.N. Horenstein, M.K. Mazumder, "Energy yield loss caused by dust
`deposition on photovoltaic panels", Solar Energy, v 107, p 576-604, Sept. 2014.
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`M. N. Horenstein, M. K. Mazumder, R. C. Sumner, J.W. Stark, T. Abuhamed, R.
`Boxman, "Modeling of trajectories in an electrodynamic screen for obtaining maximum
`particle removal efficiency", IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, v 49, n 2, p
`707-13, March-April 2013.
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`Klausner, A., Trachtenberg, A.; Starobinski, D.; Horenstein, M., "An Overview of the
`Capabilities and Limitations of Smartphone Sensors", Int.. Jour of Handheld Computing
`Research, v 4, n 2, p 69-80, April-June 2013
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`Mazumder, M. Horenstein, M.N.; Stark, J.W.; Girouard, P.; Sumner, R.; Henderson, B.;
`Sadder, O.; Hidetaka, I.; Biris, A.S.; Sharma, R., "Characterization of Electrodynamic
`Screen Performance for Dust Removal from Solar Panels and Solar Hydrogen
`Generators", IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, v 49, n 4, p 1793-800, July-
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`Aug. 2013
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`Horenstein, M.N., Mazumder, M.; Sumner, R.C., Jr., "Predicting particle trajectories on
`an electrodynamic screen - theory and experiment" J. of Electrostatics, v 71, n 3, p 185-8,
`June 2013
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`Mazumder, M.; Horenstein, M.N.; Stark, J.W.; Girouard, P.; Sumner, R.; Henderson, B.;
`Sadder, O.; Hidetaka, I.; Biris, A.S.; Sharma, R. "Characterization of Electrodynamic
`Screen Performance for Dust Removal from Solar Panels and Solar Hydrogen
`Generators" IEEE Transactions on Ind. Applications, Volume: 49, Issue: 4, 2013
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`Horenstein, M.N.; Sumner, R.; Miller, P.; Bifano, T.; Stewart, J.; Cornelissen, S.,
`"Ultralow-power multiplexed electronic driver for high resolution deformable mirror
`systems", Proceedings of the SPIE v 7930, p 79300M, 2011.
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`Horenstein, M.N., A Simulation Model for Understanding Propagating Brush Discharges:
`Comparison of Theory and Experiments, IEEE Trans. on Ind. Applications, 47(1), 2011,
`344 - 349.
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`Mazumder, M.K., Srirama, P.K., Sharma, R; Biris, A.S., Hidetaka, I, Trigwell, S,
`Horenstein, M.N, Lunar and Martian Dust Dynamics, IEEE Industry Applications
`Magazine, 16 (4), 2010, 14-21.
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`M. Horenstein, Electrostatics of Nanoparticles: What's the Same, What's different?
`Journal of Electrostatics, 67 (2-3), May 2009, pp 384-393
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`M. Horenstein and M. Datta, "The Electrostatics of Charged Insulating Sheets Peeled
`From Grounded Conductors", J. of Physics: Conference Series 142 (2008) 012076
`(refereed publication)
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`T. Sugimoto, K. Nonaka, and M. Horenstein, "Bidirectional electrostatic actuator
`operated with charge control" Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, v 14, n 4,
`Aug. 2005, p 718-24.
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`J. C. Crager and M.N. Horenstein, "Distributed Parameter Model for Computing Energy
`Dissipation in Brush-Type Electrostatic Discharges," Journal of Electrostatics, 63
`(2005), 239-247.
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`J.C. Crager and M.N. Horenstein, "Measurement of Optical Intensity and Fluence
`Generated by Spark Discharges", Electrostatics 2003: Institute of Physics (UK) Conf.
`Series, (178)149-154 2004
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`Patents:
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`P. Horn, M. Horenstein, and D. Parent. "Air Distributing and Ionizing Systems."
`(US Patent 5,491,602)
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`M. Horenstein, "Method and Apparatus for Detecting Leaks in Electrically-Insulative
`Protective Articles such as Condoms, Surgical Gloves, and the Like Using Gaseous
`Electrostatic Ions." (US Patent 5,455,507)
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`Jackson and M. Horenstein, "Nasopharyngealometric Apparatus and Method" (US Patent
`5,316,002)
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`T. Bifano and M. Horenstein, "MEMS-based spatial-light modulator with integrated
`electronics"(US Patent 6,529,311)
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`Method for Linearizing Deflection of a MEMS Device Using Binary Electrodes and
`Voltage Modulation (US Patent 7385268)
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