Jay Mendelson
Title: Adjunct Instructor
Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology
Campus: New York City
Area(s) of Expertise: Engineering management, R&D, technology strategy, developing products with high IP content; sensor and electrical products detail design.
Education Credentials: M.S.
Joined New York Tech: 2016
Jay Mendelson is the CTO of Eng × IP, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in engineering management. Mendelson has had three VP-level technology positions in the process control and electrical products industries, with prior hands-on management and design experience in the computer and semiconductor businesses. He has 31 years of technology experience, 23 of them managing engineers in various disciplines. He is an industry expert in the design of transmitters, process controllers, sensors, valves, and electrical switches and connectors. He has led in the implementation of sensors, touch screens, diagnostic algorithms, and communication protocols into the design of process control equipment.
Mendelson has been part of the senior management team of industrial firms involved in mergers and acquisitions. In 2007, he managed the IP and R&D due diligence during the sale of the Brooks Instrument division of Emerson Electric to private equity firm American Industrial Partners (AIP). In 2009, he performed technology due diligence during the AIP purchase of Celerity, a maker of flow controllers for the semiconductor industry. He also oversaw the production startup of Celerity's new products, leading a kaizen event to insure manufacturability in a clean room environment. Mendelson joined Omega Engineering Inc. in 2012. As VP of technology, he architected a rigorous phase-gate New Product Development (NPD) process, replete with customer focused market research and metrics for project NRE, NPV, ROI, and new product sales. This NPD process launched a new series of thermal and pressure sensors, as well as a line of process controllers and smartphone apps for process measurement.
At New York Tech, Mendelson uses his industry experience to explain the theoretical knowledge in the textbooks with practical examples from the business world.
Recent Projects/Research
- Design and production implementation of: Bluetooth-enabled wireless transmitter; fixed connection thermocouple probe; thermal mass flow controller; ground fault circuit interrupter; three-way rocker switch.
Courses Taught at New York Tech
- IENG 240 Engineering Economics
- IENG 251 Project Engineering
Professional Honors & Awards
- US Patents: 8,887,549; 8,504,318; 6,891,117 plus 21 design patents