Peter Tanguay

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Peter Tanguay
Boynton Beach Fl. 33435
Cell 561-212-7964 • E-mail ptanguay@adelphia.net

Education:

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy N.Y.
BS Physics. 1984
AFROTC 4 year scholarship awarded .

Professional experience:
2001-Present Teacher
Independent contractor: Math , Science, English, History, SAT in classroom and individual setting. Subjects include physics, chemistry, biology, intermediate math, algebra I and II, pre-calc, AP calculus, and AP statistics.


Researched, wrote, and published manuscript in the scientific journal Physics Essays entitled “Velocity Correlation derived from the Transaction Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics.”

1999-2001 Nortel Networks /Independent contractor
Sr. Optical Engineer / Quality Engineer

Responsible for Engineering Production Support. Optical Fiber Splicing Engineer. Designed testing on optical components for ultra-long haul fiber optic system. Designed tests and evaluated products for system DWDM , dispersion compensation devices and fiber.Reviewed design specification for dispersion compensation component. designated quality control steps for manufacture of passive optical components using OTDR. Supervised passive optical testing in accordance with a quality process based on ISO 9000. Responsible for dispersion compensation component data analysis, trouble shooting, maintenance, and repair. Worked with Vendors to ensure proper network design.

1995 - 1999 Litton Laser Systems Apopka Fl.
Sr. Electro-Optic Engineer / Quality Engineer

Responsible for Engineering support, on the M1A2 Laser Rangefinder. Including Engineering troubleshooting on the transceiver backscatter, transmission, and focus and engineering troubleshooting on the laser resonator flashlamp, rod, and porro prisms and engineering troubleshooting on the receiver APD reducing saturation time resulting in achieving the minimum range specification. Designed and built optical bench for APD receiver alignment and ATP optical bench. Responsible for manufacturing training. Supervised testing in accordance with a quality process based on ISO 9000. Responsible for system level test, data analysis, trouble shooting, maintenance, and repair.

Responsible for engineering support on the SOFLAM laser designator / rangefinder. Engineering troubleshooting on the lithium niobate crystal. Contrast ratio over the specified temperature range. Engineering member of quality control team.

Responsible for engineering production support on the Cormorant IRCM. Responsible for manufacturing training. Supervised testing in accordance with a quality process based on ISO 9000. Responsible for system level test, data analysis, trouble shooting, maintenance, and repair. Member of engineering design team Responsible for troubleshooting on Optical mount thermal stability. Wrote Acceptance Test Procedure. Engineering member of quality control team. Secret Security Clearance.

1990 - 1995 Acton Holography Westerly, RI
President

Responsible for Engineering Operations and Business Development. Designed and built bench for production of display holograms. Managed 3 employees and marketed product grossing +100K per year.


1987-1990 American Holographic Fitchburg MA
Optical Engineer
Designed and implemented new Final Acceptance Test Procedure.
Managed production of holographic gratings.
Wrote technical manual for the AH-100 monochrometer and wrote all procedures for clean room.


1985-1987 General Research Corporation Danvers MA
Physicist
Supervised experiments measuring the BRDF (bi-directional reflectance distribution function) for NASA's Cosmic Background explorer satellite (COBE) and reported analysis for NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
Calculated moments of inertia for individual components for MIT Lincoln Laboratory’s IRAS rocket.
Programmed, in FORTRAN, a computer simulation of SDIO space based sensor experiments.
Secret Security Clearance.


Publications:

Velocity correlation derived from the Transactional Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics. Physics Essays Vol. 16 No. 3 (2003). [See Physics publications on home page]