innovation is our passion

 

NEXT PHASE MEASUREMENTS offers extraordinary capabilities and technologies that enable us to deliver innovative complete test systems and competitive solutions for applications that range from the earth to outer space. Our core competencies are aligned with the current and future needs of our global customers and address Aerospace, Defense, Commercial including Automotive and Wireless applications, Academic & Research markets.

Meet the Team

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Greg Hindman, President & ChIef Executive Officer

Mr. Hindman co-founded Nearfield Systems, Inc. (NSI) in 1988 where he served as President & CEO until the sale of the company and merger with MI Technologies in 2016.  At NSI, he pioneered the effort to make near-field antenna measurement systems more accessible and affordable to the industry.  His technical focus is in measurement accuracy and speed improvements for near-field measurement systems.

Greg began his career in antenna measurements in 1977 when he graduated from the University of Colorado with his BSEE and joined TRW (now Northrop Grumman) in Redondo Beach, California.  At TRW, he was a Design and Test Engineer for antennas on the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS).  This project involved the commissioning of several new automated far-field antenna test ranges, and he presented a technical paper on one of these at the first annual AMTA symposium in Atlanta in 1979.   In 1985, he was responsible for commissioning TRW’s first large planar near-field scanner for large satellite reflector antenna testing, and he became heavily involved in near-field facility design and testing.  In 1988, Greg saw a need for cost effective antenna measurement solutions, that offered affordable and user-friendly solutions, at which time he formed Nearfield Systems, Inc (NSI) which revolutionized the industry.

Mr. Hindman has now authored more than 50 technical papers presented to AMTA, EUCAP and other symposia, and has received several Best Paper Awards. He was elected to a 3-year term on the Board of Directors of AMTA and served as Vice President for 2 years.  Greg has been a Fellow of the association since 2008, and in 2012 he received the AMTA Distinguished Achievement Award.

In September 2018, he co-founded Next Phase Measurements, LLC which offers alternative, innovative choices for the NEXT PHASE in antenna measurement systems.

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Greg Masters, Vice President & Chief Technology Officer

Mr. Masters is an expert in antenna measurements. His background includes a BSEE from BYU and a MSEE in Electro-Physics from USC. With this background he got his start in antenna measurements at TRW, Redondo Beach, CA in 1983. There he learned about Far-field and Near-field antenna measurements. His experiences found him accepting positions there that had him managing people, developing new near-field measurement techniques and writing algorithms used in their analysis. After leaving TRW in 1987, he continued his work in electromagnetics both at Rockwell, Anaheim, CA and on his own. In the pursuit of developing a new antenna concept, he built his own planar near-field range in his garage. This development included writing data acquisition and processing programs.
He joined Nearfield Systems Inc. (NSI), Torrance, CA in 1991 and became one of the key people involved in the success of the company. At NSI, he was the author/inventor and key contributor to their antenna measurement software. His expertise has taken him all over the world, training customers, solving measurement problems and presenting numerous technical papers at conferences. He is one of the premier near-field antenna measurement experts in the world today.

In 2017, he started his own consulting company to help customers with their measurement needs, and in September 2018 he co-founded Next Phase Measurements, LLC which offers alternative, innovative choices for the NEXT PHASE in antenna measurement systems.

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Professor Stuart Gregson, Director of Operations & Research

Professor Stuart Gregson is a visiting Reader in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Science at the University of Surrey and an Honorary Visiting Professor in the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science at Queen Mary University of London. He received his BSc degree in Physics in 1994 and his MSc degree in Microwave Solid State Physics in 1995 both from the University of Portsmouth. He received his PhD degree in 2003 from Queen Mary University of London with near-field antenna measurements and statistical pattern recognition as his main subject areas. From his time with: Airbus, Leonardo, NSI-MI and the National Physical Laboratory; Prof. Gregson has developed special experience with near-field antenna measurements, finite array mutual coupling, computational electromagnetics, installed antenna and radome performance prediction, compact antenna test range design & simulation, electromagnetic scattering and has published more than seventy peer-reviewed research papers on these topics regularly contributing to and organizing industrial courses on these subject areas. At the end of 2007 he was the lead author of a highly praised research text entitled, Principles of Planar Near-Field Antenna Measurements, and in 2014 he co-authored a second text, Theory and Practice of Modern Antenna Range Measurements, both of which are published in the IET Electromagnetic Waves Series. Together with co-author Greg Hindman, he received the 2008 Best Technical Paper Award from AMTA. In 2015 he presented the AMTA Sunday Short Course on Near-Field Measurement Error Analysis & Computational Electromagnetic Modeling.  He is a member of the European Physical Society, a Fellow of the AMTA, a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and is a chartered Engineer and Physicist.  Prof. Stuart Gregson was elected to the 2019 AMTA Board of Directors during the recent 40th Symposium and Meeting that was held in Williamsburg, Virginia. He will join the AMTA BoD in January 2019 serving the AMTA membership as treasurer.  In January 2019, he joins Next Phase Measurements, LLC which offers alternative, innovative choices for the NEXT PHASE in antenna measurement systems.

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Bert Schlupher, RF Engineering Manager

Bert Schluper is the RF Engineering manager for NPM.  Bert comes to NPM  with over 35 years experience in antenna measurements in both near-field and far-field. Bert has worked on compact range reflector analysis, antenna & RCS measurement software, and RF systems. He has been instrumental in the design of RF products such as frequency extenders and down-converters. Bert has written extensive automated test procedures for RF components and systems, as well as being an expert in development of automated script-based test routines for antenna measurements.

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Jesus Aguilar
Business Development Director

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Kim Hassett
Sr. Staff Engineer

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Patrick Schluper
Mechanical Design

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Uyen Pham
Software Designer

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Mark Caraccio
Electrical Design

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Louis Apodaca
Test Engineer

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