AREAS OF EXPERTISE

ELECTRONICS

• Extremely creative solutions in HW and SW
• Embedded controller design and software
• Realtime programming C and assm, drivers, interrupts
• Handhelds, VB under Win CE and .net
• Laser scanner HW/SW design, Microscan and Intermec
• Test Engineer, qual test, prod line test fixtures ATE Trace
• Design and prototyping w/logic, analog, processors
• RF design to 500MHz (some)
• Design for EMI/ESD immunity, sensors in industrial envir.
• Optoelectronic sensor design for industrial apps
• Qual test products, IEC rf/emi immunity, CE/UL safety
• Enclosure human factors (museum exhibit designs)
• Analog interfacing micros
• Proto shop, enclosure fab, lathe, drillpress, etc.
• PCB Design and Fab, PC CAD, Schematic CAD
• Apps: PADS, Orcad, Autocad 9 (schematic), PADS pcb, Tango PCB, pSpice, excel
• Master-class debugger, maintain sci. research insts. wo/schematics
• Troubleshoot to component level, analog/digital/micros/AV/Power-RF/Research inst.
• All test equip: picoamp-Kamps, uV to 500KV, DC-500MHz
• High Voltage & electrostat. design and troubleshooting
• Small project management, team lead new products & custom mods
• Customer interface, debugging at field sites
• FMECA, marg. analysis, component internal physics, statistics

COMPUTER

• Embedded systems programming, C and Assy, realtime & interrupt-driven
• Device drivers in assembler
• Comm stacks, IRda
• Portables, VB under Win CE and .net
• Numerical simulation of mechanical systems
• PC: high level and systems programming in C, some C++

• Software Experience:

  Languages: C, VB, BS basic, Forth, Fortran

  Assembler: Hitachi 8 & 32, Microchip, Motorola 68000, 650X, 680X, 8085

  PC: C, MS-DOS, C/Windows,

  Internet: HTML, UNIX CGI Scripts, some perl, some Javascript

MUSEUM

• Creating novel concepts and designs for science museum exhibit devices.
• Use of custom electronics, computer, video, and AV devices for interpreting science and technology ideas to the public.
• Originating new methods for explaining physical science concepts.
• Design and fabrication of physical science educational devices
• Physics explainer
• Amateur inventor: inventions
• Artist w/Freehand and Adobe Illustrator
• Proto machine shop: Lathe, bandsaw, drillpress,etc.

EDUCATION

• Lecturer on physics misconceptions and novel approaches to understanding
• Technical Writer, Technical Trainer
• Science textbook consultant
• Department supervisor

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