Larry lived from 1937 to 2019. This LTS web site is being kept online in order to help people looking for scientific details about ultrasonic flow measurement, which was Larry's specialty. IEEE has a brief biography with information about his many publications.
Lynnworth Technical Services consults in ultrasonic technology. Generally speaking, this means ultrasonic measurements for industrial process control, especially flow, liquid level, temperature and density, and other areas.
On a case by case basis, areas of consultation or collaboration may include:
If we already know most of the answer to your question, we can be particularly effective in helping you with quick turn-around. We recognize that in today's competitive world, problem resolution is often needed in one day to one week. In fact, generally speaking, we prefer to address tasks which can be completed in a short time by the company's founder or associates.
With over 40 years' experience solving technology problems in process control, 49 US patents, author of the book Ultrasonic Measurements for Process Control that contains about 1000 references, author or co-author of several chapters and numerous articles, principal investigator on a variety of ultrasonic R&D programs, occasional university lecturer, symposium speaker and expert witness, founder Larry Lynnworth brings a broad range of unique technical and motivational skills to solving your problems with hands-on practical expertise that can save you time and money.
Lawrence C. “Larry” Lynnworth founded Lynnworth Technical Services in 2004.
Larry earned a bachelor's degree in EE from NYU, an MS in EE from Stanford University, and then served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. Afterwards, Larry developed ultrasonic measurements for industrial applications, first at Avco, then at Panametrics. His career at Panametrics spanned the forty-one-year period 1962-2003, the last year of which occurred following acquisition of Panametrics in July 2002 by the General Electric Company. His Panametrics position prior to acquisition was VP of R&D in Process Control Instrumentation. Larry was Chief Technologist when he retired from GE Panametrics in September 2003.
Larry is probably best known for his book, Ultrasonic Measurements for Process Control, published in 1989 by Academic Press and available from Elsevier, or from Amazon. He has published some 200 technical papers and reports, and authored or co-authored chapters in eight books by others (1979 to 2007). (See partial bibliography.)
He has received two John Vaaler Awards; NASA New Technology Awards; was elected an IEEE Fellow in 1993 for contributions to flow, liquid level and temperature measurements; and has held elected positions in ASNT (Chairman, Boston Section, 1970-1971), ASTM (Founding Chair, E20.06, Acoustical Thermometers) and IEEE (Administrative Committee). He has been a reviewer for APS, IEEE, NSF, Elsevier (NL) and IOP (UK). In September 1964 he taught a one-day course, Applied Ultrasonics for Process Control and NDT, sponsored by Center for Applied Sciences, University of Louisville, Kentucky.
From May 2007 through June 2012, Larry was appointed an External Graduate Faculty Member (Adjunct Faculty), University of Maine, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Orono Maine.
Since its formal launch in June 2011, Larry has been a member of the Advisory Committee on Industrial Ultrasonics at the University of Warwick, UK. The Chair for Industrial Ultrasonics at Warwick is Professor Steven M. Dixon, Department of Physics and School of Engineering.
He served on the IEEE UFFC Technical Program Committee, 2003-2007, and on the Editorial Advisory Board of Sensors magazine for two years.
In March 2000, Larry testified before the NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) in the area of high-accuracy ultrasonic flowmetering.
His 50 US patents, as well as over approximately 600 patents by others citing one or more of his patents, may be found at uspto.gov.
Larry's unique experience both as an inventor and an author has been combined successfully as an Expert Witness. In a recent example involving ultrasonic flowmeter technology, he found in one of his own prior-art publications, subject matter claimed in a patent-in-suit. This supported client's motion for summary judgment of invalidity based on obviousness of the asserted claims. The district court granted the motion, which was later affirmed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Details: docs.justia.com (2008-1045, -1112, TK v. SMC). For information about that Court, see www.cafc.uscourts.gov.