Ed Richley, PhD

1979 Hertz Fellow

Ed Richley retired recently from his position as the chief scientist at Zebra Technologies.

Ed worked in the Zebra Enterprise Solutions Division and his accomplishments include developing short-pulse technology for tracking of valuable assets. Prior to this he was at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center developing various technologies for displays, printing, and mobile computing.

Ed’s research background includes the development of computational algorithms for the analysis of electric arcs, glow discharges, and ionic fluids. He received his PhD (’84), MS (’80), and BS (’79) all from Carnegie Mellon University.

In his off-hours, Ed is an avid biker.

Graduate Studies

Carnegie Mellon University
Electrical Engineering
A Computational Methodology for Modelling Non-Equilibrium Phenomena in High Pressure Electric Arcs