PhD-Level Ultrasonic Engineering • Medical • Manufacturing • Consumer
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Engineering teams working on ultrasonic transducer development for the first time encounter huge hurdles. Months and years are wasted. You should believe me.
Don't waste time with hit and miss prototyping follow a modern product development approach.
Working with me will accelerate your transducer engineering project. Book a discovery call today to discuss how I can help your project.
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Husain Shekhani, PhD
Founder and Lead Consultant
Ultrasonic Advisors, LLC
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Some of the devices/transducers I have worked on
Bolt-clamped Langevin transducers
Ultrasonic sensors, atomizer, ultrasonic surgical transducers, ultrasonic motors, IOT sensors, various medical devices, portable ultrasonic devices
Knowledge areas I have expertise in
Pretty much all areas related to ultrasonic transducers!!!
For example, Finite element simulations - COMSOL,
material selection, property characterization, mechanical design and analysis, electrical/circuit design and analysis, device characterization, device optimization, and software and hardware development.
Best way to get in touch
Consultation call, email, email list
Typical client projects (all are multi-disciplinary)
- Startup company providing medical device transducer for ultrasonic nebulizer application
- Established small corporation providing ultrasonic cell processing system
- Facilitate technology knowledge transfer with IP purchased from a partner to client company
- Adapting new functionalities to existing transducer designs
- Guiding teams supporting legacy transducers
- Dealing with field failures and production failures
- Addressing performance repeatability issues
- Helping clients to identify and work with new ceramic vendors
Need results RIGHT AWAY?
Here are some examples of "Ultra" fast client results
Problem:
Fortune 500 company was replacing the piezo crystal in a high volume legacy product. They had a lot of trouble in making correlations in their experiments and explaining failures.
Solution:
This client had a unique need in that a very in-depth crystal analysis needed to be completed. I guided the client through high-power transducer and crystal analysis methods. We spent significant amount of time discussing how different assembly steps change the electrical response of the ceramic, and how that is related to device performance and assembly quality.
Problem:
Medical device company's ultrasonic transducer suffered from a huge amount of performance variabiliyt
Solution:
I utilized both experimental measurements and finite-element analysis to point out the source of variabilities. I also explained the methods of simulations, and it was then taken up by the company's internal team.
Problem:
Startup company was completely confused on how to create specifications for their crystals and what measurement methods and calculations applied.
Solution:
I utilized my in-depth knowledge of ceramic characterization to guide them through differences between transducer, crystal resonator, and crystal ring analysis. I helped them to identify parameters to measure even though the impedance response had issues. I also helped them identify and sample holders.
Problem:
Startup company was completely confused on how to create specifications for their crystals and what measurement methods and calculations applied.
Solution:
I utilized my in-depth knowledge of ceramic characterization to guide them through differences between transducer, crystal resonator, and crystal ring analysis. I helped them to identify parameters to measure even though the impedance response had issues. I also helped them identify and sample holders.
Problem:
Client and their contractors were having issues identifying the source of non-uniform oscillation in their ultrasonic transducer system.
Solution:
Within 1 day, I outlined a test for them and my client and their contractors executed it. They instantly found the problem and were extremely grateful! I love happy endings!
Problem:
Client was looking for equipment to characterize transducers.
Solution:
I knew the requirements of the client's transducer, and so I was able to recommend and successfully guide my client through usage of a $500 piece of test equipment and saved them from spending $40,000+ on another product.
Short Client Story
One of my clients wanted to optimize their transducer and achieve lower power consumption. Through our work, I created simulations of their transducer so we could identify existing problems. These issues could not have been detected through experimental testing alone.
I then optimized their transducer according to frequency, power consumption, and application specific constraints. The project manager is feeling exhilarated because of his confidence in the transducer!
And MOST importantly, now he is ONE giant step closer to evaluating challenges of scale and full system performance and usability. And who knows? There is another exciting project waiting for him after his work in this device is completed.
Why choose Ultrasonic Advisors? Answer: Deep knowledge, practical approach, and a positive attitude
My name is Husain Shekhani, PhD and I have over 20,000 hours of ultrasonic device experience over the last decade. I have helped companies ranging from consumer devices to manufacturing equipment to medical devices in resolving their ultrasonic device issues.
My expert direction and work helped my clients reduce the time needed for product development by providing expert simulation support. It is not uncommon for product development time to be reduced by a factor of 4 - these are the results you can expect if you have an expert driving your simulation effort.
Contact Dr. Shekhani at Ultrasonic Advisors today to get your ultrasonic device issues resolved. Please use the contact form or email to get in touch.
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Testimonials
"We had to quickly scale up manufacturing"
Fundamentally, we really needed to understand the characteristics electrical and physical better. I don’t have a background in piezoelectronics or electrical engineering. Ultrasonic advisors has been a fantastic resource.
From a need standpoint, we had to quickly scale up into manufacturing, and we had already come up with a design. The process of characterizing out actuator really helped us to perfect its design and manufacturing process.
The services that you are offering really worked well for us because our manufacturing is scaling very rapidly. This means we have things that come up all of the time, and we really need to bounce deep questions off of you, and that experience has been really good.
Matt Flego,
CTO and Cofounder
OVR Technology
"His work and advice saved us time, money, and helped us deliver our product to our customers with confidence"
"He understood the parasitic effect of frequencies in close approximation"
In regard to the technical side of work, and from my perspective, Husain has a deep understanding of piezo device theory. For example, he understood the parasitic effect of frequencies in close approximation, i.e. the influence of the ----- frequency on our target drive frequency.
He is a self-starter when it comes to tackling tough technical challenges.
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Principal engineer
Medical device company
I think the fact that he always has a positive attitude and takes an unbiased approach to understanding data and solving problems gives him a unique capability to get to the answer quickly. That and he's simply very intelligent.
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Senior engineer
Medical device company
How you can work with me
Publications, Presentations, and Member Organizations
ABOUT
At Ultrasonic Advisors (UA), my focus is on serving ultrasonic device companies with product development support. I have a whole host of expertise in this area, but I focus on proving my clients with finite element simulations to accelerate their prototyping and experimental work.
My goal is to help to provide simulation support for your transducer project.
I have a proven process of evaluating your transducer issue from acoustic, electrical, mechanical, and software/firmware aspects - understanding the link between all of these systems is at the core of my approach.
The specific transducers I have worked with are: ultrasonic welders/bonders, ultrasonic machining transducers, material property characterization, ultrasonic motors, Langevin/bolt clamped transducers, ultrasonic surgical devices, piezoelectric transformers, ultrasonic atomizers, and ultrasonic cleaners.