About Us

While Lightdrop Harvest, LLC has historically concentrated on the energy content of light as LDH-Solar, it has expanded its offerings to include the information content of light as LDH-Vision, providing regional industry the opportunity to incorporate inspection systems based on the powerful and rapidly-emerging field of Deep Learning into their production lines.

Principals

Brian J. Meier – over 15 years of product development and manufacturing experience

  • B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • M.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
  • MBA, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Daniel L. Meier – over 30 years of technical R&D, specializing in new concept development

  • B.S. Physics, St. Vincent College
  • M.S. Measurement and Control, Carnegie-Mellon University
  • Ph.D. Physics, Carnegie-Mellon University

Recognition

Finalist in the 2019 Ben Franklin BIG IDEA contest for Central and Northern PA for employing neural networks in inspection systems