HERBERT KAPLAN
Infrared Thermography

B.S.	Electrical Engineering
	Polytechnic Institute of New York
Graduate Credits	Computer Science
	Polytechnic Institute of New York

Mr. Kaplan is well known in the field of infrared thermal imaging applications/diagnostics. He has also served on the editorial review board of 'Photonics Spectra', a major trade publication. Mr. Kaplan has been a contributing editor of the magazine since 1989 and, for several years, wrote a popular monthly column, "Photonics at Work". He is a past chairman of the Thermosense Conference.

For over 35 years, Mr. Kaplan has worked in applications engineering in the photonics field in general, and in infrared sensing and imaging in particular. As an active thermographer, he has conducted measurements for clients including US Army, NASA-JPL, and EPRI. He has provided consulting services for all the major manufacturer of IR thermal imaging equipment and to the EPRI NDE Center in the design and implantation of its IRNDE facility in Charlotte, NC.