Exponent®
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`Failure Analysis Associates®
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`Joshua W. Phinney, Ph.D., P.E.
`Principal Engineer
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`Professional Profile
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`Exponent
`420 Lexington Avenue
`Suite 1740
`New York, NY 10170
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`telephone 212-895-8100
`facsimile 212-895 -81 99
`www.exponent.com
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`Dr. Joshua W. Phinney is a Principal Engineer in Exponent’s Electrical Engineering and
`Computer Science practice. Dr. Phinney’s background is in electrical and electronic
`engineering, particularly related to power electronics, electromagnetics, and electromechanics.
`His specialties include power supplies, radio-frequency electronics, control systems, printed
`circuits, integrated-circuit packaging, magnetics design, and power transmission and
`distribution. He has related experience in embedded software, acoustics, and numerical
`methods for optimization and simulation.
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`At Exponent, Dr. Phinney has assisted clients with identifying the root cause of failures in
`mobile electronic devices, industrial and automotive controllers, capacitors, transformers,
`amplifiers, and power supplies. He has testified in patent and trade secret litigation regarding
`computer hardware and software, audio circuitry, mobile telephones, tablets, power supplies,
`control systems, hard disk drives, and electronic instruments. In addition, Dr. Phinney has
`assisted clients with electromagnetic assessment issues pertaining to utility and communication
`infrastructure. These issues include permitting, interference, and environmental impact of radar,
`AC and HVDC transmission lines, substations, photovoltaic installations, generators, broadcast
`antennas, and electrified mass transit systems. In addition, Dr. Phinney has written software for
`data classification and machine learning in radar-return and other image-analysis applications.
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`Dr. Phinney received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of
`Technology. His doctoral work centered on miniaturization of power converters and
`electromechanical power conversion. He has related experience in radio-frequency electronics
`(particularly phase-locked loops and RF amplifiers), network synthesis, system identification,
`and control. Dr. Phinney is the co-inventor on patents for improving the performance of
`capacitors, EMI filters, and common-mode chokes.
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`Academic Credentials and Professional Honors
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`Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005
`S.M., Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001
`B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago (summa cum laude), 1999
`B.A., Ancient and Classical Languages, Philosophy, Wheaton College, 1995
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`2004 IEEE Power Electronics Society Transactions Prize Paper Award (for the paper “Filters
`with Active Tuning for Power Applications”); 2003 William M. Pormoy Prize Paper Award
`(Awarded by the Power Electronics Devices and Components Committee of the IEEE Industry
`Applications Society)
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`1993-1994 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Nuclear Chemistry Division. Associated
`Western Universities internship: Neural-network classification of gamma-ray detector events.
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`Work History
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`2005-present Exponent, Inc.
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`Licenses and Certifications
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`Registered Professional Electrical Engineer, New York, #084129
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`Languages
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`German
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`Patents
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,242,269: Filter Having Parasitic Inductance Cancellation, July 2007 (with
`D.J. Perreault and T.C. Neugebauer).
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,937,115: Filter Having Parasitic Inductance Cancellation, February 2002
`(with D.J. Perreault and T.C. Neugebauer).
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`Publications
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`Phinney JP, Perreault DJ, Lang JH. Synthesis of lumped transmission-line analogs. IEEE
`Transactions on Power Electronics 2007; 22(4):1531–1542.
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`Phinney JP, Perreault DJ, Lang JH. Radio-frequency inverters with transmission-line input
`networks. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 2007; 22(4):1154–1161.
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`Phinney JP, Perreault DJ, Lang JH. Multi-resonant microfabricated inductors and transformers.
`IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference 2004; 4527–4536.
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`Phinney JP, Perreault DJ. Filters with active tuning for power applications. IEEE Transactions
`on Power Electronics 2003; 18(2):636–647.
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`Neugebauer TC, Phinney JP, Perreault DJ. Filters and components with inductance
`cancellation. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications 2002; 939–947.
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`Phinney JP, Perreault DJ. Filters with active tuning for power applications. IEEE Power
`Electronics Specialists Conference 2001; 363–370.
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`Batzer MA, Arcot SS, Phinney JP, et al. Genetic variation of recent Alu insertions in human
`populations. Journal of Molecular Evolution 1996; 42(1):22–29.
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`Academic Appointments
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`Adjunct Professor, Hofstra University, 2008-2018
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`Peer Reviewer
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`IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2013-2015
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`• Health Physics Journal, 2007
`IEEE Power Electronics Letters, 2006
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`• Power Electronics Specialists Conference, Recife, Brazil, 2005
`• Power Electronics Specialists Conference, Jeju, Korea, 2006
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`Professional Affiliations
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`Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (member)
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`• Tau Beta Pi
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