Expertise
Expertise
The President of Vicon Infrared, specializes in infrared FPAs, cameras, and systems, including infrared systems for a non-destructive test. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Vanderbilt University and Executive Management Certificates from Indiana University Graduate School of Business. His extensive technical and business experience, including assignments involving design/installation of turn-key, integrated IR systems, has afforded experience across several disciplines. This experience includes U.S. and international participation in technology assessment and acquisition analyses. He has helped several companies successfully launch new infrared product lines and has designed and installed cost-saving infrared systems in laboratories and factories.
Honors and Awards
Honors and Awards
A perspective on the latest electro-optic technologies and technology trends is given by Dr. Rotolante’s former and present duties on the Infrared Detector Steering Committee, Infrared Information Symposia (now Military Sensing Symposia); and the Government/Industry Steering Committee, Militarily Critical Technologies; Infrared Steering Committee, American Society for Nondestructive Testing; Infrared Applications: Thermosense Steering Committee; and on the Editorial Advisory Board, Laser Focus World Magazine
Publications
Publications
A Comparison of Transient and Imaging Techniques for Measuring Minority-Carrier Lifetime
Author: Ralph A. Rotolante and S. Johnston
Published: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 18th Silicon Solar Cell Workshop, 2008
Lock-In Thermography: Fast, Easy-to-Use NDT for a Wide Variety of Applications
Author: Ralph A. Rotolante and D. McCabe
Published: FLIR, Inc., ASNT Fall Conference, 2009
Solar Cell Testing with Infrared Lock-In Thermography
Author: Ralph A. Rotolante and Markus Tarin, MoviTHERM, and Pelle Soderberg
Published: FLIR, Inc.; Quantitative Infrared Thermography Conference, Laval University, Quebec, 2010
Infrared Active-Source NDT: A Variety of Excitation Sources and Analytical Techniques
Author: Ralph A. Rotolante
Published: Inframation 2010, FLIR Infrared Training Center, workshop clinic, Las Vegas, 2010
NDT in Composite and Metal Materials with Active-Source Thermography
Author: Ralph A. Rotolante
Published: Army Material Command Non-Destructive Testing Workshop, Huntsville, 2011
Infrared Lock-In techniques for Solar Cell Inspection
Author: Bill Schneider and Ralph A. Rotolante
Published: FLIR Inc., Thermosense: Thermal Infrared Applications XXXIII, Orlando, 2011
Inspection of Complex Composite Parts with Active-Source Thermograph
Author: Dave Bursell and Ralph A. Rotolante
Published: FLIR, Inc., SAMPE, Baltimore, 2012
Pulse and Lock-In NDT Infrared Active-Source Techniques
Author: Ralph A. Rotolante
Published: Book Chapter, Infrared Thermography Recent Advances and Future Trends, Editor Dr. Ing. Carosena Meola, 2012.
Conference involvement
Conference involvement
Thermosense: Thermal Infrared Applications XL
Thermosense: Thermal Infrared Applications XXXIX
Thermosense: Thermal Infrared Applications XXXVIII
Thermosense: Thermal Infrared Applications XXXVII
Thermosense: Thermal Infrared Applications XXXVI
Thermosense: Thermal Infrared Applications XXXV
Thermosense: Thermal Infrared Applications XXXIV
Thermosense: Thermal Infrared Applications XXXIII