Brian G. Risch

6641 Monford Dr. Box #3

Conover, NC 28613

brian.risch@draka.com

 brianrisch@comcast.net (Home)

Residence: (828) 404-2977               Office: (828) 459-8435

• Failure Analysis Engineer

• Technical Manager

• Inventor

• Technical Writer

• Patent Consultant/ Intellectual Property

Expertise:

• Materials Science

• Materials Reliability

• Polymer Science

• Optical Polymers

• Failure Analysis

• Fiber Optic Cable Reliability

• Electronics Reliability

• Plastics and Adhesive Reliability

• Plastic Processing

• Inkjet Printing

• Reliability Modeling

• Intellectual Property

• Patent Law

• Technical Writing

• Technical Management

Resume'

Selected Publications :

• My Ph.D. Dissertation: Crystallization and Structure Property Behavior of Selected Thermoplastic Polymers.

• Swelling Interaction, Plasticization, and Antioxidant Extraction between Fiber Optic Cable Gels and Polyolefins -- Risch 20 (11): 971 -- Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites.

• Experimental Investigation of Aging Effects of Dry-Band Arcing on ADSS Fiber-optic Cables 2003 IEEE Proceedings.

• Mid-Span Access Tools and Their Impact on Fiber Reliability: Proceedings of the 51st IWCS Proceedings, 2002.

• Next Generation ADSS Cables With High Performance Reinforcement Materials: Proceedings of the 50st IWCS, 2001.

• Generation and Structure Property Relationships in Novel Liquid Crystalline Foams Produced by A Gas Supersaturation Technique: Journal of Applied Polymer Science 1994.

• Phase Separation of Silicate Phases: Chem. Mater. 1997.

Selected Patents:

• United States Patent: 7011774: Composite Structural Components Containing Thermotropic LCP Reinforcements for Fiber Optic Cables.

• United States Patent: 6697555: Silicone Waterblocking Gels for Low Temperature Fiber Optic Cables

• United States Patent: 6215931: Flexible Thermoplastic Polyolefin Elastomers for Buffering Transmission Elements in Fiber Optic Cables.

• United States Patent: 6198865: Fiber Optic Cable Having Good Adhesion Between a Protective jacket and Strength Members.

• United States Patent: 6085009: Waterblocking Gel Compatible With Polyolefin Optical Fiber Cable Buffer Tubes.

• United States Patent: 5911023: Polyolefin Materials Suitable for Fiber Optic Cable Components.

• United States Patent: 6008296: Optical Terpolymer of Polyisocyanate, Polythiol, and Polyene Monomers.

• United States Patent: 5679756: Optical Thermoplastic Thiourethane-Urethane Copolymers.