Dennis Pacheco, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Sarasota, Florida Area

Actively involved in the following service areas:• Marine Science Education and Outreach Programs• Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program

Greater Boston Area

Provide personalized tutoring sessions in physics and mathematics, primarily in the student's home.

Woburn, Massachusetts

Consultant for laser research and development, primarily in the areas of medical lasers and directed energy weapons. Expert in laser physics, laser resonators, solid-state lasers, dye lasers, high-power optics, optical materials and optical spectroscopy.

Greater Boston Area

Provide personalized tutoring sessions in physics and mathematics at all levels of study. This includes the preparation of customized lessons and materials, as needed, to facilitate the student’s progress.

Westford, Ma

Responsible for leading all technical and engineering aspects of the design, fabrication, testing and delivery of tactical reconnaissance systems to both U.S. and foreign customers. Specific duties include:• Technical management of optical, electrical, mechanical and software engineering activities• Installation and check-out of tactical reconnaissance systems for foreign end users• Training aircrew on the theory and operation of sophisticated tactical reconnaissance systems • Writing system specification documents, test plans, ICDs and CONOPS documents

Wilmington, Ma

• Co-authored comprehensive proposal resulting in multiyear contract from DARPA worth more than $30 M• As Chief Engineer of the DARPA program, successfully led a multidisciplinary scientific and engineering team through all design reviews and laboratory testing• Led the design, fabrication and demonstration of a high-power solid-state laser for directed energy weapons• Initiated the first high-power fiber laser program at Textron• Managed and mentored seven direct reports

Andover, Ma

· Received two PSI Technology Achievement Awards for the development of an innovative, laser-hardened optical material (2001), and the first-ever demonstration of a diode-pumped solid-state dye laser (2003)· Authored successful proposals in the area of advanced solid-state lasers, resulting in contracts worth more than $10 M· Initiated solid-state optical limiters as a new business area at PSI. Wrote successful proposals worth almost $2 M· Published twenty-three papers in the areas of lasers, optical materials and nonlinear devices· Managed the research activities of all technical personnel, subcontractors and consultants used by the Laser Technologies Group at PSI

Lexington, Ma

· Task leader on the R&D team that developed the Epilaser(TM), a commercially successful long-pulse ruby laser for cosmetic hair removal· Published four papers in the area of advanced solid-state lasers

A.B., Physics

Activities and Societies: Member, Brown Alumni Schools Committee (BASC); Alumni interviewer for Brown University Graduated cum laude.

M.S., Ph.D., Physics