Lightning Protection Technology

Lightning Protection Technology provides practical, economical, engineered solutions to problems caused by lightning. LPT performs forensic engineering and lightning protection/safety audits. LPT designs and tests lightning sensors and sensors for atmospheric electricity research. LPT licenses lightning sensor technology.

• Scheduling strip-mine blasting operations to maximize safety.
• Investigation of deep underground explosions triggered by lightning.
• Improvement of Fortune 500 company office machinery surge suppression.
• Global cell-phone Earth Terminal direct effects protection.
• Semiconductor wafer-fab plant physical protection.
• Research in lightning safety of small park shelters.
• Lightning protection of historic structures.
• Protection of radio-theodolite upper-air weather sounding equipment.
• Investigation of lightning incidents for insurance and legal claims.
• Commercial and industrial lightning protection audits.
• Lightning protection design for homes, small offices and industrial plant.
• Application of lightning sensors for automated lightning protection functions.
• Ground electrode evaluation.

• Project engineer for Electrical Storm Identification Device (ESID)
  LLP Div., Global Atmospherics, Inc., Tucson, Arizona
  
• Project engineer for TSS 924 Thunderstorm Sensor
  LLP Div., Global Atmospherics, Inc., Tucson, Arizona
  
• Project engineer for ADT Security System Lightning Sensor
  Mission Instruments Co., Tucson, Arizona