Background
Pirich, Ronald Gary Son of Andrew and Hilda Pirich.
Pirich, Ronald Gary Son of Andrew and Hilda Pirich.
Bachelor in Physics, State University of New York at Binghamton, Vestal. Master of Arts in Physics, State University of New York at Binghamton, Vestal. Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, State University of New York at Binghamton, Vestal, 1977.
Postdoctoral research fellow University Cincinnati, 1976—1977. Senior research scientist Grumman Aerospace Corporation, Bethpage, New York, 1980—1983, laboratory head, 1984—1988, director solid state physics, 1989—1994. Technical manager Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems, 1995—2005, technical fellow, since 2005.
Adjunct professor Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, 1978—1980. Member advisory boards New York Institute of Technology, Briarcliffe College and Queens College, Old Westbury, Bethpage and Queens, New York. Northrop grumman industrial liason California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, since 2000, State University of New York, Stony Brook and Albany, since 2002.
Chairman advisory board City University of New York, New York City, since 2000, northrop grumman industrial liason, adjunct member doctoral faculty graduate school and university’s phd program chemistry, since 2010.
Mentored students first robotics competition School Business Partnerships Long Island, Hempstead, New York, 2009. Mentored Northrop Grumman, Melbourne, Florida, 2010. Active New York State Business Council, Albany, 2005.
Senior member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Region 1, Piscataway, New Jersey. Member of American Association of University Professors, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (technical committee member, Technology Innovation award 2010), International Society for Optical Engineering (conf session chairman 1988—2010), Sigma Pi Sigma National Physics Honor Society.
Married Donna Marie Sassano, June 18, 1983. Children: Christopher Ronald, Michael John.