Display Device Consultants

Mr. Robert Donofrio was born in Brooklyn, NY and received degrees from Hofstra University (BS Applied Physics), New York University (MS Physics) and Rochester Institute of Technology (ME General Engineering/ Management). Mr. Donofrio has over thirty-five years of experience in display device technology. He has worked for the Radiation and Solid State Labs of NYU and for Philips Display Components at their facilities in Seneca Falls NY, Ottawa Ohio and Ann Arbor Michigan. While at NYU he was involved in the field of EPR Studies in ZnS Phosphors. At Philips his CRT activity was specifically engaged in phosphor evaluation, phosphor screening, optical processes, exposure tables, optical measurements, surface roughness and thin film optical filters. He is an inventor and/or co-inventor with thirteen US patents and ten Philips Proprietary awards. He has written over fifty five papers and articles in display technology and also was a co-author / co-editor of six books in the field of displays. He was also on the Editorial Board of the Elsevier's 2005 Encyclopedia of Modern Optics.
In 1996, he started his own Ann Arbor based company "Display Device Consultants". DDC specializes in consulting on phosphor screening, exposure systems, photo-lithography and color measurement for both Flat Panel and CRT manufacturers. DDC is a sales representative for Advanced Radiation Corp (High Pressure Hg and Xe Arc Lamps). DDC is also a manufacturers representative/distributor for Western Quartz (Medium Pressure Hg Lamps), Integral Vision (Display Defect Measurements), Wande Inc. (LCD Manufacturing Equipment and LCD Panels), Konica Minolta Instruments Systems Division (Display Measurement Equipment), Avian Technologies (Integrating Spheres and Reflectance Material). Data Optics (Optical Measurement Fixtures). Internationally, LCD display measurement equipment, LCD materials and optics from the Ukrainian National Academy of Science and the Institute of Physics.
Mr. Donofrio was the 1998 & 99 Regional Vice President of the Americas for the SID. The 2003, 2000 and 1997 Director for the Metropolitan Detroit Chapter of the SID. Prior to being elected Director, he had served as Chairperson of the Metro-Detroit Chapter for two years. He was a member of the Metro-Detroit Chapter's 1998 SID Scholarship Committee and served in similar capacity in the 1997 SID/OIS Scholarship Committee. In 2000, he is serving as the Program Chair of the "7th Annual Vehicle Display" Symposium. This event is a co-sponsored with IEEE ITS & IV2000 and the Metropolitan Detroit Chapter of the SID. He has been 1999 & 1998 Co-Chair Vehicle Display Session at the annual SID International Symposia. He was a member of the CRT Program Subcommittee for the 1995 SID International Symposium and was also a member of the Applications Subcommittee for 2001-2005. For his work on behalf of the SID, he received SID President's Certificates of Commendation in 2000, 1998 & 1996. He was a member of the International Advisory Committees for SID International Symposia in the Ukraine (2005), Belarus (1998, 2000 & 2004)) and Russia. He is a Senior Member of the SID, and a member of the SAE, OSA, CIE and Detroit Color Council. In 2006 he was nominated by the Executive Committee of the Metropolitan Detroit Chapter of the SID to be the Chapter's Treasurer.

	Display Device Consultants
Display Device Consultants is a Consulting, Technical Training and Sales Business founded in 1996 and located in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

About Robert L. Donofrio
Mr. Robert Donofrio was born in Brooklyn, NY and received degrees from Hofstra University (BS Applied Physics), New York University (MS Physics) and Rochester Institute of Technology (ME General Engineering/ Management). Mr. Donofrio has over thirty-five years of experience in display device technology. He has worked for the Radiation and Solid State Labs of NYU and for Philips Display Components at their facilities in Seneca Falls NY, Ottawa Ohio and Ann Arbor Michigan. While at NYU he was involved in the field of EPR Studies in ZnS Phosphors. At Philips his CRT activity was specifically engaged in phosphor evaluation, phosphor screening, optical processes, exposure tables, optical measurements, surface roughness and thin film optical filters. He is an inventor and/or co-inventor with thirteen US patents and ten Philips Proprietary awards. He has written over fifty five papers and articles in display technology and also was a co-author / co-editor of six books in the field of displays. He was also on the Editorial Board of the Elsevier's 2005 Encyclopedia of Modern Optics. In 1996, he started his own Ann Arbor based company "Display Device Consultants". DDC specializes in consulting on phosphor screening, exposure systems, photo-lithography and color measurement for both Flat Panel and CRT manufacturers. DDC is a sales representative for Advanced Radiation Corp (High Pressure Hg and Xe Arc Lamps). DDC is also a manufacturers representative/distributor for Western Quartz (Medium Pressure Hg Lamps), Integral Vision (Display Defect Measurements), Wande Inc. (LCD Manufacturing Equipment and LCD Panels), Konica Minolta Instruments Systems Division (Display Measurement Equipment), Avian Technologies (Integrating Spheres and Reflectance Material). Data Optics (Optical Measurement Fixtures). Internationally, LCD display measurement equipment, LCD materials and optics from the Ukrainian National Academy of Science and the Institute of Physics. Mr. Donofrio was the 1998 & 99 Regional Vice President of the Americas for the SID. The 2003, 2000 and 1997 Director for the Metropolitan Detroit Chapter of the SID. Prior to being elected Director, he had served as Chairperson of the Metro-Detroit Chapter for two years. He was a member of the Metro-Detroit Chapter's 1998 SID Scholarship Committee and served in similar capacity in the 1997 SID/OIS Scholarship Committee. In 2000, he is serving as the Program Chair of the "7th Annual Vehicle Display" Symposium. This event is a co-sponsored with IEEE ITS & IV2000 and the Metropolitan Detroit Chapter of the SID. He has been 1999 & 1998 Co-Chair Vehicle Display Session at the annual SID International Symposia. He was a member of the CRT Program Subcommittee for the 1995 SID International Symposium and was also a member of the Applications Subcommittee for 2001-2005. For his work on behalf of the SID, he received SID President's Certificates of Commendation in 2000, 1998 & 1996. He was a member of the International Advisory Committees for SID International Symposia in the Ukraine (2005), Belarus (1998, 2000 & 2004)) and Russia. He is a Senior Member of the SID, and a member of the SAE, OSA, CIE and Detroit Color Council. In 2006 he was nominated by the Executive Committee of the Metropolitan Detroit Chapter of the SID to be the Chapter's Treasurer.