Manuel C. Blanco, resident amplifier engineering tech at Big Bang Music Center since 2007. I have been involved with music, electricity, electronics, automotive-mechanics and audio engineering since I can remember. Inspired by my father Cesar M. Blanco, an electrical-electronics engineering technologist (EET) with a concentration in radar systems, who got me involved at an early age, 6 years old, in Manzanillo, Cuba, with the construction and repairs of various electromechanical projects such as; R.F. Yagi-Uda antennas, vacuum tube circuits, crystal radios, electromagnetic coil winding of motors, transformers, and dynamos by hand, and automotive electronics... “His tool box was my toy box!”
I received my dual degree, Bachelor of Science in Physics (B.S. PHYS) from Seton Hall University, and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (B.S. EE) from New Jersey Institute of Technology, where I also received my Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (M.S. EE), in 1998, 2000 and 2004, respectively. I have performed research, development, and circuit design analysis in various industries such as: Vacuum Tube and Solid State Audio Amplifier Design, Wireless R.F. Mobile Cellular Telemetry, Aviation and Aerospace Power, and LED Solid-State Lighting. Professionally I am the Senior Electrical Design Engineer, a distinguished staff scientist., where I develop and direct new strategic product design initiatives from marketing requests that directly impacts the company’s portfolio in broad markets such as medical devices, food & beverage, automotive, flat panel displays, semiconductor devices, and material processing & conveyance. I have five patents in the areas of design, control and calibration methods of articulated high density switch mode power supplies, high frequency magnetics, analog and digital circuit design as applied to the fields of electrostatics, hydrostatics, and electrohydrodynamics (EHD) neutralizing and charging systems.
I am an active fraternal brother of Lambda Theta Phi, Latin Fraternity Inc, alumni and a member of the: Audio Engineering Society, Society of Physics Students, Sigma Pi Sigma, Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, and The Order Of The Engineer. I am Senior Member of the IEEE, Region 1, Princeton/Central Jersey Section and member of the IEEE Power Electronics, IEEE Industrial Electronics societies and Consultants Networks. Manuel enjoys repairing, designing and building Vacuum Tube and Solid State Audio Amplifiers which he plans to commercialize in the future, as well as offer Tube Amplifier Building Workshop Sessions. He is also an avid tournament chess player and certified chess coach as a registered active member of the United States Chess Federation.
I received my dual degree, Bachelor of Science in Physics (B.S. PHYS) from Seton Hall University, and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (B.S. EE) from New Jersey Institute of Technology, where I also received my Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (M.S. EE), in 1998, 2000 and 2004, respectively. I have performed research, development, and circuit design analysis in various industries such as: Vacuum Tube and Solid State Audio Amplifier Design, Wireless R.F. Mobile Cellular Telemetry, Aviation and Aerospace Power, and LED Solid-State Lighting. Professionally I am the Senior Electrical Design Engineer, a distinguished staff scientist., where I develop and direct new strategic product design initiatives from marketing requests that directly impacts the company’s portfolio in broad markets such as medical devices, food & beverage, automotive, flat panel displays, semiconductor devices, and material processing & conveyance. I have five patents in the areas of design, control and calibration methods of articulated high density switch mode power supplies, high frequency magnetics, analog and digital circuit design as applied to the fields of electrostatics, hydrostatics, and electrohydrodynamics (EHD) neutralizing and charging systems.
I am an active fraternal brother of Lambda Theta Phi, Latin Fraternity Inc, alumni and a member of the: Audio Engineering Society, Society of Physics Students, Sigma Pi Sigma, Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, and The Order Of The Engineer. I am Senior Member of the IEEE, Region 1, Princeton/Central Jersey Section and member of the IEEE Power Electronics, IEEE Industrial Electronics societies and Consultants Networks. Manuel enjoys repairing, designing and building Vacuum Tube and Solid State Audio Amplifiers which he plans to commercialize in the future, as well as offer Tube Amplifier Building Workshop Sessions. He is also an avid tournament chess player and certified chess coach as a registered active member of the United States Chess Federation.