Ph. D. (Chemistry), University of California, 1988
B.S. (Chemistry), California State University, Los Angeles, 1981
Dr. Oh joined the staff of Southwest Sciences as Director of Technology
Development in December, 2002, to commercialize the technologies being
developed in the company and to focus on product development efforts aimed
at transforming prototypes into commercial products. Previously, he was
Director of R&D at SpectraSensors, Inc., a start up company devoted
to manufacturing and commercializing diode laser-based gas sensors. At
SpectraSensors, he guided the technology transfer of diode laser-based
moisture sensor onboard aircraft and readied the product for FAA Certification.
He also provided technical guidance to meet the operating specifications
of the newly introduced diode laser-based moisture and carbon dioxide
sensors for the natural gas pipeline industry. From 1990 to 2000, Dr.
Oh was on the staff of Southwest Sciences first as a Senior Research Scientist
and then as Principal Research Scientist in 1996. During that time he
developed high sensitivity spectroscopic techniques using tunable diode
lasers for quantitative detection of molecular and radical species in
atmospheric chemistry, combustion monitoring, plasma etching and epitaxial
growth processes. From 1987 to 1990 he was a postdoctoral research associate
at USC. His principal areas of research have included reaction dynamics
and kinetics of atmospheric species and molecular clusters, and orientation
dependence of chemical reactions.
Dr. Oh's accomplishments include: 1) Guiding the technology transfer of diode laser-based moisture sensor onboard aircraft and readying the product for FAA Certification; 2) Improving the operating characteristics of the diode laser-based moisture and carbon dioxide sensor products for natural gas pipeline industry; 3) development of tunable, wavelength modulated narrow frequency UV light sources based on diode lasers for high sensitivity absorption and LIF detection of CH and OH radicals in laboratory flames; 4) development of a high bandwidth, high sensitivity absorption detection approach for flash photolysis systems used in chemical kinetics studies, demonstrated by measurement of HO2 self-reaction kinetics; 5) use of visible and near-infrared diode laser spectroscopy to measure line strengths of HCO and HO2 radicals, and for in situ detection of HCO and OH in laboratory flames; and 6) the first experimental demonstration of strong reaction orientation dependence of the H + CO2 reaction, a reverse reaction of the key heat release mechanism in combustion.
Dr. Oh is an author of 24 publications and has 1 patent pending. dboh@swsciences.com
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