Greg Ariff joined the Technology Group at MPR Associates, based in Alexandria, Va., as a senior project engineer in early 2005. Ariff has led the design of several new products since arriving at MPR, including consumer products, medical devices and laboratory equipment.  He was trained by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) in Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA), a skill Ariff utilizes in design efforts for key components and systems.  He works directly with vendors and manufacturers to optimize designs for product performance and low cost manufacturing. 

The Technology Group serves customers in a variety of industry sectors that include medical devices, industrial equipment, consumer products, and aerospace and automotive systems.  Typical clients are start-ups, established manufacturers, investors and law firms.

Prior to joining MPR Associates, Ariff was a senior engineer with Directed Technologies, Inc.  He provided technical oversight to program managers at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and design consulting for manufacture and assembly projects for other government and commercial clients.

Ariff earned a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering science and mechanics from Virginia Tech and a Master of Science in biomedical engineering from John Hopkins University. 

Jennifer Case joined MPR Associates, based in Alexandria, Va., as an engineer in the Technology Group in 2002.  Since that time, Case has applied her skills to a range of projects focusing on designing, modeling, assembling and testing products and systems for biotech and medical device companies.  She employs her computer-aided design abilities to produce computational models and rapid prototypes, which are used to quickly and efficiently prove product form, fit and function.  Case has worked extensively in the fields of product development and process automation.  Her designs include fluid handling systems, motor control schemes, particle separators, ultrasonic diagnostic equipment and radiopharmaceutical instruments.

In addition to being the first member of the MPR Technology Group with a degree in biomedical engineering, Case also has demonstrated her knowledge of 3D CAD modeling capabilities.  The Technology Group serves customers in a variety of industry sectors that include medical devices, industrial equipment, consumer products, and aerospace and automotive systems.  Typical clients are start-ups, established manufacturers, investors and law firms.

Case received a Bachelor of Science in biomedical engineering and a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from Duke University in 2002.

Floria Cheng joined MPR Associates, based in Alexandria, Va., as an engineer in 1999.  She is responsible for product development and process engineering for biotechnology and medical device companies, in the areas of mechanical design, testing, system integration, prototype production, and software testing and validation. 

Since joining the Technology Group, she has assisted in developing and validating an aseptic filling process for clinical trial manufacturing of an implantable drug product.  In addition, Cheng has directed commercial production of a radiopharmaceutical synthesizer, as well as the mechanical design for a pioneering biotechnology laboratory instrument.  The Technology Group serves customers in a variety of industry sectors that include medical devices, industrial equipment, consumer products, and aerospace and automotive systems.  Typical clients are start-ups, established manufacturers, investors and law firms.

Cheng is a member of the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE).  She received a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Duke University in 1999.

Eric J. Claude is manager of the Technology Group of MPR Associates, based in Alexandria, Va.  Since joining MPR in 1986 as an engineer, Claude has been project manager and technical lead on numerous tasks for pharmaceutical manufacturers and medical device companies.  His technical experience covers process development and engineering, mechanical design and control system integration.  He also has been responsible for programmatic activities such as quality assurance, regulatory compliance, process validation and configuration management.

Claude co-founded MPR's product development business in 2000.  Since then, it has become the firm's fastest growing business unit by incorporating a successful approach to reducing time to market for its clients.   The team's approach relies on use of a phased development process, application of "first-principles" technical problem solving, dedicated multi-disciplined project teams, and risk-based project planning.  The Technology Group serves customers in a variety of industry sectors that include medical devices, industrial equipment, consumer products, and aerospace and automotive systems.  Typical clients are start-ups, established manufacturers, investors and law firms.

Believing that it's most important to understand a client's business objectives, as well as MPR's role in helping achieve client success has long been Claude's philosophy.  One of his most significant client projects occurred from 2000-2002 when he was project manager and lead engineer for a $2.2 million process development and validation project for a novel, miniature drug delivery system.  The project included development of a new manufacturing process, start up, commissioning and validation of facility and equipment, operator training, and technical support through initial production.

Claude managed a $2 million equipment design and fabrication project for a 90,000-square-foot pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in support of a new product launch.  The project included design, fabrication, testing and installation of specialty vacuum processing and molding equipment, as well as preparing specifications for equipment and providing technical support for process and equipment validation activities.

In addition to managing multiple client projects, Claude has authored articles for the medical device and nuclear power industries, as well as written several white papers on product development, FDA regulations for medical devices and other topics. 

Claude is a member of several professional organizations, including the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers, the Parenteral Drug Association and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.  He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Virginia in 1986.

David Hall joined MPR Associates, based in Alexandria, Va., as a lead engineer in the Technology Group in September of 2005.  He is involved in the evaluation, design and operational solutions for thermal, mechanical, and fluid systems and components.  Since joining MPR, Hall has supported medical product design and development projects in the area of cardio-pulmonary disease, as well as other services. 

The Technology Group serves customers in a variety of industry sectors that include medical devices, industrial equipment, consumer products, and aerospace and automotive systems.  Typical clients are start-ups, established manufacturers, investors and law firms.

Prior to joining MPR Associates, Hall served as a lieutenant, surface warfare (nuclear), in the U.S. Navy.  As a machinery division officer, he implemented a project management framework based on Lean Engineering principles applied to process control that successfully allowed a 5 percent reduction in manning and a 10 percent increase in productivity in the groups under cognizance.  He also planned and led the successful execution of two aircraft carrier nuclear power plant overhauls consisting of more than 700 tasks during an 18-month period.  The project was completed ahead of schedule, allowing superior operational readiness with a lower than budgeted cost.

Hall is a Project Management Professional (PMP) and a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI).  He is certified as a nuclear engineer officer by the U.S. Departments of Defense and Energy.  He has successfully completed the FE/EIT (Fundamentals of Engineering/Engineering in Training) exam.

Hall received a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno, in 2000.  While in the Navy, he successfully completed the Nuclear Power School in 2001 and Nuclear Power Training Unit in 2002.  He also earned a Master of Science degree in engineering management from Old Dominion University in 2005.

Christian Haller is director of the Technology Group of MPR Associates, based in Alexandria, Va.  He joined MPR in 1985 as an engineer and co-founded MPR's Technology Group in 2000, making it one of four divisions within the company.  Haller specializes in systems engineering as applied to product design and development, and he has successfully participated or lead the development of dozens of new technology products ranging from medical devices to consumer products.

The Technology Group, which has grown an average of 30 percent to 50 percent annually since inception, specializes in product development.  Since 2000, it has become the firm's fastest growing business unit by incorporating a successful approach to reducing time to market for clients.  The team's approach relies on use of a phased development process, application of "first-principles" technical problem solving, dedicated multi-disciplined project teams, and risk-based project planning.  The Technology Group serves customers in a variety of industry sectors that include medical devices, industrial equipment, consumer products, and aerospace and automotive systems.  Typical clients are start-ups, established manufacturers, investors and law firms.

Haller earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering and a Master of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Virginia.

Patrick Hardin joined MPR Associates, based in Alexandria, Va., as a senior project manager in the Technology Group in 2000.   Hardin, who manages a variety of firm projects and supervises a team of engineers, has directed several multi-million dollar development projects.  In addition, he supports business development initiatives, process improvement and has assisted in the development of an in-house training course for project managers.

Hardin is driven by the firm's leading-edge technology, first-of-a-kind product development and the challenge of client projects.  The Technology Group serves customers in a variety of industry sectors that include medical devices, industrial equipment, consumer products, and aerospace and automotive systems.  Typical clients are start-ups, established manufacturers, investors and law firms.

Prior to joining MPR Associates, Hardin was a line officer in the United States Navy Submarine Force.  He also was a reliability engineer at Aggreko, LLC, a portable utilities company.  Hardin earned a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1991 and a Master of Science in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University in 1993.

David Herrell joined MPR Associates, based in Alexandria, Va., in 1998 as an engineer in the Technology Group with more than 20 years of experience.  His expertise includes digital equipment architecture, equipment qualification, software architecture and analog circuit design.  Through Herrell's supervision, MPR Associates has become recognized as a world-class source of software quality assessment and software quality assurance.  

The Technology Group serves customers in a variety of industry sectors that include medical devices, industrial equipment, consumer products, and aerospace and automotive systems.  Typical clients are start-ups, established manufacturers, investors and law firms.

Prior to joining MPR Associates, Herrell was an engineer for several companies.  At PSE&G, he was a senior engineer in the company's nuclear design engineering department.  At Integrated Systems, an engineering consulting firm that Herrell co-founded, he served as vice president and senior systems engineer.  He was a principal engineer at Technology for Energy Corporation and an applications engineer at Computer Concepts Corporation.

In 1974, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering and in 1979 a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.

Cameron Loper joined MPR Associates, based in Alexandria, Va., as an engineer in the Technology Group in 2003.  Loper supports product development initiatives, including creating software, hardware and electronics for new systems; designing and coding software for desktop and embedded targets, and overseeing laboratory testing. 

The Technology Group serves customers in a variety of industry sectors that include medical devices, industrial equipment, consumer products, and aerospace and automotive systems.  Typical clients are start-ups, established manufacturers, investors and law firms.

Loper's membership in professional associations includes the Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) and Lab Robotics Interest Group (LRIG).  Prior to joining MPR Associates, Loper was a senior engineer for Lexmark International, responsible for developing motion control systems for laser and inkjet printers.  He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from North Carolina State University and a Master of Science degree in mechanical engineering, with a concentration in control systems and robotics, from Georgia Tech University.

Charles Luddy joined MPR Associates, based in Alexandria, Va., as a project engineer in the Technology Group in June of 2005.  He holds wide-ranging technical responsibilities for software development, mechanical design and industrial engineering.  His contributions to the MPR Technology Group include providing a variety of strategic solutions based on key learnings in product development. 

The Technology Group serves customers in a variety of industry sectors that include medical devices, industrial equipment, consumer products, and aerospace and automotive systems.  Typical clients are start-ups, established manufacturers, investors and law firms.

While in college, Luddy interned at General Electric Transportation Systems for the propulsion and specialty systems group in Erie, Pa.  He was instrumental in the failure analysis of Off-Highway Vehicles (OHV) and transit car components, and developed business tracking software for the OHV, transit and marine groups.

In May 2005, Luddy graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from The Pennsylvania State University, University Park Campus, and a minor in engineering mechanics.  In addition to his collegiate honors, Luddy successfully completed the EIT (Engineering in Training) exam.

Craig Mauch first joined MPR Associates, based in Alexandria, Va., as an engineer in 1990, focusing his efforts on product development, software programming, embedded systems and control theory.  He rejoined the firm's Technology Group in its New York office in 2002, as a supervisory engineer.  Mauch oversees numerous initiatives as a project manager and embedded systems manager. 

One of his most significant contributions to the firm has been the introduction of new technology to MPR for product development efforts, which include the Windows CE operating system, Linux software development, TCL/TK programming and more.  These technologies have enabled MPR to produce software products and systems that provide innovative solutions to the company's diverse client base. 

MPR's Technology Group serves customers in a variety of industry sectors that include medical devices, industrial equipment, consumer products, and aerospace and automotive systems.  Typical clients are start-ups, established manufacturers, investors and law firms.

From 1996 to 2001, Mauch was employed by Brady Corporation in the Advance Technology Group, Corporate R&D Center.  While there, he was responsible for introducing new technology into the company.  He worked on projects involving Windows CE operating system development, voice recognition, hand-held printer prototypes, printer drivers and production printing equipment.  Mauch received numerous awards for his work at Brady Corporation, including one for a production printing equipment project that was highly successful.  This equipment was used worldwide by the company to produce labels in Japan, Australia, the United Kingdom, Germany, Brazil, Canada and the United States.  It was developed for worldwide use and was operational within one day of arriving in each respective country.

He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell in 1989, followed by a Master of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Rensellaer Polytechnic Institute (PRI) in 1990.  Mauch also earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Marquette University in 2002.

Kathleen McHugh joined MPR Associates, based in Alexandria, Va., in June 2004.  Well-versed in the requirements of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), McHugh has supported a variety of company projects, which require preparation of regulatory documentation, such as a pre-market notification (510)k and pre-market approval application (PMA) for submittal to the FDA.  She also has participated in software lifecycle activities including requirements development, walkthroughs and testing.  In addition to her involvement in technical reviews, McHugh maintains the MPR center of excellence for tissue engineering.

The MPR Technology Group serves customers in a variety of industry sectors that include medical devices, industrial equipment, consumer products, and aerospace and automotive systems.  Typical clients are start-ups, established manufacturers, investors and law firms.

McHugh earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering, biochemical specialization, from the University of Maryland.  While in college, she participated in a university research project within the chemical engineering department, focusing on nanocomposite hydrogels in the rheology group.  McHugh also interned at Shire Labs in the technology development group analyzing solid dispersion system formulations to enhance drug delivery.

Ralph Paul joined MPR Associates, based in Alexandria, Va., as an engineer in 1992.  A project manager for the Industrial & Commercial Technology Group, Paul manages projects involving product development and commercial grade dedication of equipment for the nuclear industry.  He supervises a staff of engineers, providing mentoring for professional development.  In addition to supporting the Technology Group's business development initiatives, Paul also is technical lead for simulation of mechanical and electrical systems, including their controls.

The Technology Group serves customers in a variety of industry sectors that include medical devices, industrial equipment, consumer products, and aerospace and automotive systems.  Typical clients are start-ups, established manufacturers, investors and law firms.

Paul is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.  He graduated from Virginia Tech in 1992 with a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering.

Lynessa Smith joined MPR Associates, based in Alexandria, Va., as an engineer in 1994.
She serves as a project engineer leading technical reviews on various projects.  Her areas of expertise include digital signal processing, software development, data acquisition and control, diesel engine lube oil, fuel oil, and water jacket analysis, as well as diesel engine combustion and emissions.  Smith also manages MPR's alliance with National Instruments, Inc., a leading manufacturer of data acquisition, automation and control equipment, and is a National Instruments Certified LabVIEW Developer. 

Smith has developed a LabVIEW based application that aids in the performance of Engine Signature Analysis (ESA), a technique that MPR uses to diagnose the condition of diesel engines as a part of a condition-based maintenance program.  She has authored manuals and troubleshooting guidelines on the sampling and analysis of lube oil, fuel oil and jacket water for two diesel engine owners groups.  Smith also has evaluated potential diesel engine emission mitigation strategies including the performance of emissions testing both in the field and in laboratory settings.   

The MPR Technology Group serves customers in a variety of industry sectors that include medical devices, industrial equipment, consumer products, and aerospace and automotive systems.  Typical clients are start-ups, established manufacturers, investors and law firms.

Active in the industry, Smith has published several technical papers at various engineering conferences.  She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Virginia Tech in 1992 and attended post-graduate studies in environmental engineering from 1992 to 1994.