Most of my career I have worked in the field of Mechatronics, mainly in the world of semiconductor stages. I appreciate sitting in the center of the spider web of mechanical, electrical, SW/FW, sometimes optical and servo engineering. I get my kicks from teaching someone something new, enabling them to do a better job and in finishing a project from conception to delivering a final product.

Expertise

• Mechatronics
  • Strong in controls, system analysis and mechanical engineering
  • Knowledgeable enough in SW / FW, Mechanical- and Electrical-Engineering to be dangerous

• Systems Requirements and Architecture Development
• Bring-Up, Debugging, and Defect Processes
• Servo control system design and Dynamic system identification
• Linear motor and active magnetic bearing design

Experience 

• Semiconductor high precision stage design and tuning
• (Dynamic system) Computer Simulations
• Brushed-, Brushless-, Stepper-, Voice Coil-, Active Magnetic Bearing- and linear motor servo systems

Education

• B.S. from the Department of ME/EE, concentration in Precision Engineering / Technical Automation, HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (Hogeschool Utrecht, Hilversum), Netherlands
• Continued education on Controls Engineering, amongst others at Technical University Eindhoven (The Netherlands), Center for Technical Training (The Netherlands), the MathWorks (Natick, MA) and LabView (at DSA, McMurray, PA

Patents:

• Ari Lumbantobing, Kevin Miller, Meindert Norg, Pieter Johannes Bax, Koninklijke Philips NV, System for adapting the resonant operation of a personal care appliance during the lifetime thereof. EP2088959B1 (and related patents US20130015788A1, EP2040372B1)
• Felix G. P. Peeters, Meindert L. Norg, Cornelis S. Kooijman, Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Piezoelectric actuator and excitation method, WO2004112158A1
• Meindert Lambertus Norg, Maarten Steinbuch, Koninklijke Philips NV, Recording and/or reproducing apparatus including a servo control loop, EP0734570A1

Interests / Obsessions

• Hiking, mentoring, and making

Favorite Quote

“The answer is always 42”

~ Adapted from “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”, Douglas Adams