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Our Staff
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Fred P. Brechtel
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Fred P. Brechtel has been owner and president of BMI since 1986 and
has accumulated over 40 years of high vacuum experience. He has been
trained in Germany as an electro-mechanical technician and emigrated
to the U.S. in the late 1950's. After working at a variety of
high-tech companies and laboratories, including Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory and Electrofusion Corp., he started his own firm
specializing in the production of high-vacuum ion pumps, high vacuum
brazing and specialty brazing including complex ceramic-to-metal joints.
With numerous American Materials Society and American Vacuum Society
course certificates and many years of experience, Fred is uniquely qualified
to solve customer's high vacuum needs.
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Fred J. Brechtel
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Fred J. Brechtel is Vice President for Research at BMI where he is an Atmospheric Scientist
managing projects focused on understanding the role of ambient particulate matter
in visibility reduction, human health effects and global climate. After completing
his B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering at U.C. Berkeley, he obtained
his Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University. He worked
in various machine shops and as a mechanical technician before obtaining
his engineering degrees, and spent three years as an engineer with Varian
Associates before returning to school for his Ph.D. Currently,
his focus is on the development of new instrumentation to perform measurements
of the physical, chemical, and thermodynamic properties of particulate
matter in the atmosphere.
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Full CV (PDF; 75KB)
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Andrew Corless
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Andrew Corless is Senior Design Engineer at BMI. After completing
his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at U.C. Berkeley, Andy has worked as a software, mechanical and network
systems engineer for numerous organizations before joining BMI in 2003. He has extensive expertise in ebedded systems
programming using a variety of software languages. He has designed and
calibrated optical systems for measuring light intensity in medical instruments. Andy has developed mechanical
designs for various optical tooling systems, designed
and prototyped signal amplification electronics, and has managed several instrumentation
development projects. Recently, he has designed a compact,
automated liquid autosampler for a Particle-Into-Liquid-Sampler (PILS) and is currently developing
new optical particle counter technology for instrumentation to measure the water uptake of water by aerosols.
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Joyce Hembey
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Joyce Hembey has been the BMI office manager since 1998. In addition to keeping BMI running smoothly, she handles BMI's computerized accounting system, purchasing, and payroll. It is Joyce's voice you will likely hear when you call BMI.
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Lorenzo Gamero
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Lorenzo Gamero has been the senior welding specialist at BMI since 2000. In addition to welding activities, Lorenzo provides expert mechanical and electrical technician support to fabrication efforts at BMI.
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Jose Mora
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Jose Mora has been the senior brazing specialist at BMI since 1994. In addition to brazing activities, Jose provides expert mechanical and electrical technician support to fabrication efforts at BMI.
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