Francesco "Frank" Pompei is the founder and chief executive officer of Exergen Corporation. Pompei earned BS and MS

mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, and ...

degrees from the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

.“Virtual Classroom ensures cost savings, waste reduction, and enhanced patient care by training and supporting millions of caregivers in new thermometry technology. So exactly how does it work?” ''EMH Executive Healthcare (Issue 12)''

Retrieved February 08, 2011Allyson Every, “Father and Son Tackle Heat, Sound: Two entrepreneurs in one family find success in the business world” ''Technology Review (June 2005).'

Retrieved on February 02, 2011."Father, Son Tackle Heat, Sound." ''MIT Alumni Association News and Views.'

Retrieved on February 09, 2011. He also earned an MS and PhD from

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

. In addition to his work with Exergen, Pompei holds an appointment as Research scholar in the Dept. of Physics at Harvard. Pompei created the technology that led to the invention o
Exergen's Temporal Scanner
while working as a researcher at Harvard and he holds 60 patents in "

non-invasive A medical procedure is defined as ''non-invasive'' when no break in the skin is created and there is no contact with the mucosa, or skin break, or internal body cavity beyond a natural or artificial body orifice. For example, deep palpation and pe ...

thermometry Temperature measurement (also known as thermometry) describes the process of measuring a current local temperature for immediate or later evaluation. Datasets consisting of repeated standardized measurements can be used to assess temperature tren ...

for medical and industrial applications."

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