Quantum Design
Carsten Gehrke currently serves as an Adjunct Faculty member in Computer Science at the National University since March 2009, while also working as a Senior Firmware Engineer at Quantum Design since June 2007. Previous experience includes positions as a Systems Analyst at Delphi Research, Inc. from March 2004 to April 2007, and Firmware Engineer roles at both Agilent Technologies and Hewlett-Packard. Carsten Gehrke has a background in academia as a Computer Science instructor at the University of Maryland, European Division from 1984 to 1996. Additional experience includes various engineering roles at BMW M between 1986 and 1994. Carsten Gehrke earned a Dipl.-Ing. degree in Electrical Engineering and Cybernetics from the Technical University of Munich from 1978 to 1986.
Quantum Design
Quantum Design is a privately held corporation that develops and markets automated temperature and magnetic field testing platforms for materials characterization. These systems offer a variety of measurement capabilities and are in widespread use in the fields of physics, chemistry, biotechnology, materials science and nanotechnology. A broad product line allows Quantum Design to address the scientific and operational requirements of researchers around the world. Benefiting from its depth in instrument design and manufacturing, Quantum Design (QD) has become the leading commercial source for automated materials characterization systems incorporating superconducting technology. These instruments may be found in the world’s leading research institutions, and have become the reference standard for a variety of magnetic and physical property measurements. QD instruments are cited in, and provide the data for, more scientific publications than any other instrument in the fields of magnetics and materials characterization. This means that each year, literally hundreds of scientific publications, advancing the science of materials use data generated from QD instruments. In diverse areas such as materials characterization, high-sensitivity electrical measurements, and defense-related magnetic anomaly detection, Quantum Design’s team of scientists and engineers provides a full spectrum of service and application support for customers both domestically and internationally.