Summary
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Work History
Education
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Selected Publications
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Hobbies and Interests
Selected Patents
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NOA M. RENSING

West Newton,USA

Summary

Dynamic and innovative professional with a proven track record at MONOTONY.AI, where I developed energy-efficient laundry systems and secured multiple patents. Skilled in optical design and sensor development, I excel in leading interdisciplinary teams and driving impactful projects, combining technical expertise with strong leadership to achieve exceptional results.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience

Work History

Co-head coach

NEWTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
01.2014 - Current
  • Head coach of successful FIRST robotics team
  • Created sustainable leadership and financial structures
  • Upgraded manufacturing capability and evolved team culture for quality and precision
  • Substitute teacher in AP and advanced college prep senior physics classes

Principal Scientist

MONOTONY.AI
01.2014 - 01.2025
  • Developed innovative ways to wash, dry, fold, and pack laundry, including a plant-wide heat pump based drying system
  • Designed, built, and tested prototype fluid and mechanical systems
  • Established approaches to cut energy usage by 60% and water utilization by 80%
  • Implemented machine vision algorithms for handling laundry using OpenCv and Python
  • Evaluated sensors and developed quality metrics for laundry processes
  • Drafted patent applications and created patent drawings for eight patents

Senior Scientist

ZETEC
01.2014 - 01.2016
  • Company Overview: SNOQUALMIE, WA (REMOTE EMPLOYEE)
  • Designed novel drive coil configuration for next generation non-destructive inspection systems for nuclear power plant heat exchangers
  • Drafted patents and supported company IP team with responses to the USPTO communications
  • SNOQUALMIE, WA (REMOTE EMPLOYEE)

Senior Scientist/Program Manager

RMD
01.2009 - 01.2014
  • Company Overview: WATERTOWN, MA
  • Redesigned lead paint X-ray spectrometer head for 10x cost reduction and 10x improved sensitivity. Optimized design using GEANT4 Monte Carlo modeling.
  • Created novel designs for eddy current inspection probes; optimized using COMSOL FEM
  • Developed process for incorporating beta radiation sources in scintillators. Established and managed beta-battery program to create 30 year power source.
  • Proposed SBIR projects, secured over $2 in funding, and drafted 4 patent applications
  • Managed interdisciplinary teams of internal staff, consultants and collaborators.
  • WATERTOWN, MA

Chief scientist

MYVU CORP (PREVIOUSLY THE MICROOPTICAL CORP)
01.1997 - 01.2008
  • Company Overview: WESTWOOD MA
  • Developed head mounted displays and wearable systems for consumer, military, industrial, and medical applications
  • Developed polymer and glass optics fabrication processes and testing protocols
  • Secured over $2 million in research funding
  • WESTWOOD MA

Education

PH.D. - APPLIED PHYSICS

STANFORD UNIVERSITY
PALO ALTO, CA

M.S. - APPLIED PHYSICS

STANFORD UNIVERSITY
PALO ALTO, CA

S.B. - PHYSICS

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
CAMBRIDGE, MA

S.B. - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
CAMBRIDGE, MA

Skills

  • Material properties analysis
  • Optical materials fabrication
  • PVD and electrodeposition
  • Radiation detection techniques
  • Optical design principles
  • Eddy current testing methods
  • MEMS technology
  • Sensor development
  • X-ray diffraction (XRD)
  • X-ray fluorescence (XRF)
  • Machining techniques (CNC, lathe, laser)
  • Python programming
  • OpenCV library
  • COMSOL Multiphysics modeling
  • Zemax optical design
  • GEANT4 Monte Carlo simulation

Selected Publications

  • Scintillator Based Beta Batteries, N. M. Rensing, et al., SPIE Defense and Security Conference, Baltimore, MD, 04/01/13
  • Study of radiation damage in SrI2 for 90Sr based beta batteries, N. M. Rensing, et al., IEEE-NSS conference, Valencia, Spain, 10/01/11
  • Novel handheld x-ray fluorescence spectrometer for routine testing for the presence of lead, N. M. Rensing, et al., SPIE Sens. Tech. for Global Health, Military Medicine, Disaster Response, and Environmental Monitoring, S. O. Southern et al., 8029, 01/01/11
  • COMSOL Multiphysics Modeling for Design Optimization of Eddy Current Crack Detectors, E. Weststrate, M. Steinback, N. M. Rensing, and T. Tiernan, Proc. COMSOL Conf., Boston, MA, 01/01/10
  • Applications of augmented-vision head-mounted systems in vision rehabilitation, E. Peli, G. Luo, A. Bowers, N. M. Rensing, J. SID, 15, 12, 1037-1045, 01/01/07
  • Evaluation of a prototype minified augmented-view device for patients with impaired night vision, A. R. Bowers, G. Luo, N. M. Rensing, E. Peli, Ophth. and Physical Optics, 24, 296-312, 01/01/04
  • Modeling, Simulation and Testing of Non-Linear Resonance Behavior in MEMS Torsional Mirrors With Mechanical-Electrostatic Coupling, N. M. Rensing, et al., 1999 ASME International Congress and Exposition, MEMS-Vol. 1, 143-150, 01/01/99
  • Enhanced Magnetoresistance in Annealed and Cr Doped Fe/Cr Multilayers, N. M. Rensing, B. M. Clemens, and D. L. Williamson, Jour. Appl. Phys., 79, 7757-62, 01/01/96
  • The effect of roughness on magneto-resistance in Fe/Cr multilayers, N. M. Rensing, A. P. Payne, and B. M. Clemens, Jour. Mag. Mag. Mat., 121, 436-9, 01/01/93
  • In-situ X-ray measurements of the initial epitaxy of Fe(001) films on MgO(001), S. Brennan, N. M. Rensing, B. J. Daniels and B. M. Clemens, Evolution of Surface and Thin Film Microstructure, H.A. Atwater et al., MRS Proc., 441-444, 01/01/92
  • Oscillations in exchange coupling and magneto-resistance in metallic superlattice structures, S. S. P. Parkin, N. More, and K. P. Roche, PRL, 64, 2304-7, 01/01/90
  • Giant magnetoresistance in sputtered magnetic superlattices, S. S. P. Parkin, S. Fan, N. More, and K. P. Roche, Jour. App. Phys., 67, pt. 2B, 593, 01/01/90

Languages

  • Fluent in English and Hebrew
  • Strong French
  • Conversant German

Hobbies and Interests

  • Quilting
  • Knitting
  • Other fiber arts
  • Cooking
  • Gardening

Selected Patents

  • 12,162,701 Autonomous devices, systems, and methods for packing folded laundry
  • 12,012,690 Autonomous laundry washing and drying devices, systems, and methods of use
  • 11,999,067 Robotic laundry separating and repositioning devices, systems, and methods of use
  • 11,866,866 Autonomous laundry washing and drying systems and methods
  • 10,921,287 Drive coil for eddy current inspection
  • 9,678,175 Eddy current detection
  • 9,224,901 Scintillator and semiconductor based materials incorporating radioactive materials
  • 7,242,527 Optical system using total internal reflection images
  • 6,701,038 Micro-electromechanical optical switch assembly for optical data networks
  • 6,538,799 Magnetically actuated torsional micro-mechanical mirror system
  • 6,353,492 Method of fabrication of a torsional micro-mechanical mirror system
  • 6,201,629 Torsional micro-mechanical mirror system

Skills And Abilities

Magnetic and structural properties of materials, Optical materials and fabrication, PVD and electrodeposited films, Radiation detection and scintillators, Optical design, Eddy current testing, MEMS, Sensors and sensor materials, XRD, XRF, Machining including mill, lathe, CNC, and laser cutter, Python, Open CV, COMSOL Multiphysics FEM, Zemax ray tracing, GEANT4 Monte Carlo Modeling, Creo, OpenShape, Proven ability to lead interdisciplinary teams, communicate with both technology professionals and other project stakeholders, and leverage collaborators' expertise in disparate areas for creating novel systems and devices., Submitted over two dozen research proposals and wrote over two dozen patent applications. Won over $3.5 million in SBIR funding, including 3 Phase II projects.

Timeline

Co-head coach

NEWTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
01.2014 - Current

Principal Scientist

MONOTONY.AI
01.2014 - 01.2025

Senior Scientist

ZETEC
01.2014 - 01.2016

Senior Scientist/Program Manager

RMD
01.2009 - 01.2014

Chief scientist

MYVU CORP (PREVIOUSLY THE MICROOPTICAL CORP)
01.1997 - 01.2008

PH.D. - APPLIED PHYSICS

STANFORD UNIVERSITY

M.S. - APPLIED PHYSICS

STANFORD UNIVERSITY

S.B. - PHYSICS

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

S.B. - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NOA M. RENSING