Lawrence W. Kessler, guest speaker for ECE400, Spring 2012
Short Biography
Lawrence Kessler is president and chief technical officer of Sonoscan, Inc., a high-tech firm he founded in 1974. Sonoscan specializes in acoustic microscopy, a technique of nondestructive inspection widely used for quality control of semiconductor devices. Dr. Kessler received his BSEE from Purdue (1964) and his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1968). He was employed as a research scientist by Zenith Radio Corporation from 1968-73 where he developed new methods of ultrasonic visualization.
Dr. Kessler has authored more than 150 technical papers and holds 14 patents in the area of ultrasonic imaging system technology and applications. He is a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America and a distinguished alumnus of both the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Purdue University in Lafayette, IN. He is past president of the IEEE Ultrasonic and Ferroelectrics Society, where he also served as National Lecturer.
