The
board of Advisors is a select group of individuals chosen by the
founder of The Psychoceramic Foundation based on their knowledge
and experience in a wide variety of subjects. Select an advisor
below to view more information and his or her accomplishments. The
Board of Advisors is key in making decisions on who and what invention
will be accepted for funding. The Psychoceramic Foundations main
objective is to fund inventions that will prove to enhance the use
of Earth's resources.
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C.
R. Stevens: Founder
After
graduation from Stanford with a B.S. in physics, Mr. Stevens
entered the work force as a senior research engineer for
North American Aviation. After leaving North American, he
began his career of conceiving, designing and production
engineering of commercial and consumer electronic products.
To enhance his knowledge and effectiveness in the business
field, he graduated from LaSalle Law School. He holds numerous
U.S. and International patents. Several of these patents
have been licensed to various companies some of which include
3M, Royal Industries, Multisonics, Inc., North American/Rockwell,
Motorola and Gulf & Western.
Some
of Mr. Stevens’ professional affiliations are National
Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), Illumination
Engineering Society, Institute of Traffic Engineers, International
Municipal Signal Association and Association of Energy Engineers.
Mr.
Stevens continues his work in electronics with applications
in the lighting and medical industries. He also serves as
an expert witness in the area of patents, patent infringement
and understanding and interpreting patent law.
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Dr.
Bulent Ataly:
The
Washington Post once characterized Dr. Atalay as a true
“Renaissance Man” with training as an artist,
an archaeologist and a scientist. Dr. Atalay’s academic
studies include a B.S., M.S., M.A., Ph.D. and post-doctoral
work at Georgetown, Princeton, University of California
at Berkeley and Oxford University.
Dr.
Atalay has been a member of the Department of Theoretical
Physics at Oxford University and a member of the Institute
for Advanced Study in Princeton, where Albert Einstein
spent his last twenty-five years. He is currently a professor
of physics at Mary Washington College and adjunct professor
at the University of Virginia and he continues his association
with the Institute for Advanced Study.
Dr.
Atalay’s physics research had been focused on the
arcane topic, “Perturbation Theory for Projected
States and its Applications. In the arts, he has exhibited
one-man shows in Europe and the United States. His lithographs
can be found in the permanent collections of Buckingham
Palace, the White House and the Smithsonian. His latest
book, ”Math and the Mona Lisa” was just released
by the Smithsonian Institution Press.
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C.
C. Fung:
Mr.
Fund is the founder of Packway Industrial Limited, an ISO
9001 certified electronics manufacturing company in China
and Manlion Industrial Company Limited, a marketing company
based in Hong Kong. He is also the Chairman of Fantasy Lights
U.K., an importer and distribution company.
Mr.
Fung received an Advanced Diploma in Engineering from North
East Essex College, U.K. and a M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering
from the University of Hong Kong. He holds numerous U.S.,
European and Chinese patents including the multi-telephone
adapter used in all computers worldwide. He also holds several
patents in fiber optic light source design, widening the
utilization of fiber optic products in the lighting industry.
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Dr.
Richard Fagan:
Dr.
Fagan graduated Magna Cum Laude in English from Yale.
He then moved to Stanford where he received a MA in Journalism
and a PhD in Political Science. He became the first holder
of Stanford’s Gildred Chair in Latin American Studies.
Among his many achievements, Dr. Fagan has served as President
of the Latin American Studies Association, Chair of the
Social Science Research Committee of the Guggenheim Foundation
and Chair of the Department of Political Science and Director
of Latin American Studies at Stanford.
Dr.
Fagan has been called upon to testify on Latin American
and American foreign policy before Congress. He has also
appeared on “nightline” and other national radio
and television programs. His articles have been published
in Newsweek, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times,
and other periodicals. He has co-produced several documentaries
for PBS and European networks. A diver since the mid 1950’s,
he has worked as a consultant on several underwater projects
in the Caribbean. His published work includes diving-related
articles in Skindiver and The Geographical.
Retired,
but not retiring, Dr. Fagan now spends his time building
his dream boat and lecturing around the world.
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Dr.
Fann Harding:
After
receiving her PhD in 1958, Dr. Harding has had an outstanding
career in administration and research in the field thrombosis
and hemorrhagic diseases. Among her accomplishments are
Chairman of the National Advisory Heart Council Statements
Commission, Member of the National Heart Institute-Fellowship
Board, Senior Health Scientist Administrator-Thrombosis
and Hemorrhagic Diseases program, Assisting Coordinator
of US-USSR Health Exchange Program and Member of the Board
of Directors Lupus Foundation of America. She has received
many meritorious awards over the span of her career such
as the Distinguished Service Award and the Transfusion
Medicine Academic Award from the American Association
of Blood Banks; the Award of Merit for Transfusion Medicine
from the National Institute of Health.
Her
professional affiliations include the Association of Women
in Science, the Microcirculatory Society, the Reticuloendothelial
Society, the National Women’s Political Caucus, National
Women’s Party and International Society of Lymphology.
Now retired, Dr. Harding puts her anatomy studies to use
creating beautiful sculptures.
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Frank
Hubbard:
Mr.
Hubbard is a graduate of State University of New York and
PMC Colleges (now Weiderner University) Automotive &
Diesel Technology and Engineering (Combined Mechanical/Electrical).
He has written, set up and managed a Quality Assurance system
featuring operator inspection proven by audits to meet Mil-Q-9858
and 10cfr50 Appendix B and conducted a QA audit and supplier
evaluation in Brazil (in Portuguese). He was part of a team
evaluating major electric motor manufacturing plants in
the Republic of China.
Mr.
Hubbard developed and presented Technology Transfer courses
in Quality Assurance and Manufacture of Large Electric Motors
to a major company from Taiwan. He managed the planning,
construction and commissioning of a test building for testing
25,000 and 50,000 horsepower gas turbines. He supervised
the installation and overhaul of combustion turbines, generators
and accessories in Brazil, Venezuela, Indonesia, Greece
and the United States.
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Phillip
Gunderson:
Mr.
Gunderson has a BSEE and MSEE from the University of Minnesota.
Upon graduation, Mr. Gunderson joined General Time Corporation
and Televiso Electronics as a design engineer in the area
of military radar and video mapping electronics. In 1968
he joined Motorola as principal engineer in Motorola’s
Automotive R&D. Mr. Gunderson started Motorola’s
Electronic Ignition Business.
In
1987, Mr. Gunderson became Corporate Vice President and
Director of one of Motorola’s Automotive and Industrial
Electronics Group’s three global businesses, the
Sensor and Power Control business. In 1989, he was named
Vice President of Engineering and Technology of the newly
formed, wholly owned Motorola subsidiary company, Motorola
Lighting, Incorporated. In 1994, Mr. Gunderson retired
from Motorola as Vice President, Motorola Inc., and Vice
President, Energy Savings Products, Motorola Lighting
Inc.
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Warren
Finley:
Mr.
Finley received his BA with distinction and Masters
of Business Administration from Stanford University.
In 1956, he was licensed as a Certified Public Accountant
by the State of California. He attended law school at
the University of Southern California and received his
LLB in 1959. He was admitted to the State Bar of California,
the U.S. Tax Court and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Mr.
Finley later attended oceanographic classes at the University
of California at Long Beach. During this time, Mr. Finley
began his independent study in the field of oceanography
with an emphasis on the upwelling aspects of the ocean’s
processes. Mr. Finley holds several patents dealing
with oceanographic matters.
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Dr.
Robert Fischell:
Dr.
Fischell received his B.S. and M.E. from Duke University,
his M.S. in physics from the University of Maryland and
his honorary Sc.D. from the University of Maryland.
Among
Dr. Fischell’s many honors are the Industrial Research
magazine’s award for one of the hundred most significant
inventions of the year in 1967, 1970 and 1973. He was
presented “Inventor of the Year Award for the United
States” in the U.S. Senate Caucus Room on Capitol
Hill in 1984. Also in 1984, he received the NASA Exceptional
Engineering Award Medal and the NASA Space Act Award.
In 2000 he was elected as Trustee for the University of
Maryland, College Park Foundation and continues to serve
in that capacity. In 2001 he received the Major Riddick
Award for Entrepreneurship.
His
career includes Program Manager and Principal Staff Physicist
at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory;
Instructor in Space Technology at Johns Hopkins University
and Principal Engineering Investigator, Programmable Implantable
Medication Systems Program. Dr. Fischell holds over two
hundred U.S. and foreign patents in medical and biomedical
devices. He has been published in over fifty technical
publications and has published over twenty articles in
Biomedical Engineering.
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Frederick
Lach:
Mr.
Lach received his BSEE from Long Beach State University.
He undertook post-graduate courses including economics,
marketing and accounting. He began his career path with
the City of Los Angeles Department of Water and power as
electrical engineer in the underground power distribution
group.
Mr.
Lach designed and developed the first U.S. manufactured
sliding rail type power supply system for Automated Electrified
Monorails (AEMS), and variable frequency control systems
for overhead traveling cranes and hoists. Before retirement,
Mr. Lach was Chairman, CEO and founder of Electromotive
Systems, Inc., a leading manufacturer of electrical control
and power supply systems for overhead traveling cranes and
hoists.
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Dr.
Tami Noble:
Dr.
Noble received her B.A. degree from Sul Ross University
and her Doctor of Chiropractic from Parker Chiropractic
College. She has done specialized studies in Cranial
Sacral, Gonstead, Diversified, Bio-Energetic Synchronization,
Acupuncture, Applied Clinical Nutrition and Equine Chiropractic.
Dr. Noble is an accomplished rodeo roper, having won,
among others the 1997 United States Breakaway Championship,
the 1999 Cowboys Professional Rodeo Association Breakaway
Championship, the 2001 Windy Ryon Memorial Women’s
Team Roping and the 2001 Bud Light Women’s Team
Roping Finals Championship.
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Dr.
Earl Rathbun:
Dr.
Rathbun is a physician with a specialty in Ophthalmology
and a sub specialty in Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery. He received his B.S. in Biological Sciences
from Stanford University and his M.D. in Medicine from
the University of California San Francisco. His Mixed
Medical Surgery internship was at San Francisco General
Hospital, his Ophthalmology Residency and his Fellowship
in Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery at the University of California
San Francisco. He holds a California Medical License
and is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology.
He has been a Director of Fellowship Program in Ophthalmic
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University
of California San Francisco. He is currently a Clinical
Professor of Ophthalmology and is in private practice.
Dr.
Rathbun was a member of the 1980 Oculoplastic Delegation
to the Peoples Rupublic of China. He has received the
Clinical Faculty Service Award and the Outstanding Clinical
Faculty Teaching Award, both from the University of
California San Francisco. He is a member of the American
Medical Association, the American Society of Ophthalmic
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, the American Academy
of Ophthalmology, The American College of Surgeons and
the Ophthalmologic Society of the Redwood Empire. Dr.
Rathbun has lectured throughout the United States and
abroad.
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James
Zaccagni:
Mr.
Zaccagni received his BS degree in accounting from Southern
Illinois University. He holds CPA certificates in both Texas
and Illinois. A partner in Lowrey, Zaccagni & Powell,
he is President of the firm’s Tax Division. Mr. Zaccagni
has an extensive background in banking, SEC and N.A.S.D.
regulations and the oil and gas industry.
Mr.
Zaccagni is a director of the International Association
of Financial Planners. He is a Diplomat of the American
Board of Forensic Accounting. He has published weekly tax
and business articles in The San Antonio Executive and has
hosted the radio program “CPA Concepts”.
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Roger
A. Marrs: Advisor-
Senior
Partner - Marrs and Lieshmann
Intellectual
Properties Firm
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2004 The Psychoceramic Foundation
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