General Dynamics
Advanced Information Systems
Engineering Development
and Integration Services, Secure
Top Secret Clearance
EDUCATION:
BS, Electrical
Engineering,
MS, Electrical
Engineering,
Thesis: “Self Test: From Simple Circuits
to Self-Replicating Automata”
Artificial Intelligence
classes, Stanford University, 1986-87
Fundamentals of
Nanotechnology I and II,
SUMMARY OF
QUALIFICATIONS:
Senior research
engineer with almost two decades of experience in advanced engineering
development, from specification
and design to implementation and analysis. Experienced
in writing proposals, and designing and implementing complex software for GUI,
decision support, and DB applications.
His 1996 “LEGOs
to the Stars: Kinetic Cellular Automata,
and Parallel Nanomachines for Space Applications”
anticipated much of the subsequent work in modular robotics, and led to his
being PI for the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts’ project “A Kinematic
Cellular Automata Approach to Self-Replicating Systems” and co-PI for
“Large-Product General-Purpose Design and Manufacturing Using Nanoscale
Modules” (with Chris Phoenix).
CURRENT ACTIVITIES
Senior Research
Engineer, General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems (2001- present)
Honorable Mention, GD-AIS Creative Technology Proposal Competition
(2006)
GD-AIS President’s Technology Award, for five-member GEWIS team
(2003)
Scientific
Advisory Board of Nanorex, Inc (2005- present)
Steering
Committee of the Nanomanufacturing Technical Group of the
Society of Manufacturing Engineers (2005- present; vice-chair
2006; chair 2007)
Advisory Board
of The Nanoethics Group (2005- present)
Foresight
Institute (member 1987-present; author of 6th Challenge)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
General Dynamics
Advanced Information Systems – June 2001 to Present
Senior Research
Engineer, Innovative Intelligence Group.
·
Responsible
for software development of 2D charting and data processing for PRIZM, a tool
for helping the
·
Co-PI
for a NIAC grant to study large product, general purpose nanofactories
·
Won
and completed a NIAC grant to study an approach to self-replicating nanorobots.
Cover story for General Dynamics AIS Magazine, Q1 2005
·
Implemented
large portions of data fusion processing software for GEWIS, a tool for
monitoring Internet health that won the General Dynamics AIS President’s
Technology Award for 2003 (Java).
·
Helped
design and implement architecture for an innovative software system that
stylizes data and visually displays essential causal relationships in complex
situations (3D Studio, Visual Basic, C++).
·
Designed
and implemented a feature extraction module and 3D GUI for a track intent
estimation system (Java).
Environmental Research
Institute of
Research Engineer.
·
Designed
and implemented GUIs and other modules in network agent-based factory-floor
planning system.
·
Helped
distribute a Swarm-based application across a network using Java RMI
·
Developed
innovative proposals and presented them to DARPA and other potential
clients.
Software
Services/AT&T - March 1997 to October 1998
Software Analyst.
·
Developed
and documented enhancements in various database manipulation, GUI, and I/O
processing modules for telephone billing systems (C, ESQL/C, Unix shell
scripts, and VB).
·
Provided
on-line documentation in html and grep-able in-line comments.
·
Modified
existing code to solve user problems.
Sterling Commerce -
March 1996 to Feb 1997
Software Analyst.
·
Designed
and wrote GENTRAN:Server's Validation Suite, which automatically verified
structure and functionality of a wide variety of internal client/server EDI
(Electronic Data Interchange) and external software, including Oracle, Sybase,
and Informix database servers.
·
Implemented
, debugged, and documented Unix shell scripts and C programs on a wide variety of
Unix platforms (HPUX, Solaris, NCR, SCO).
Ford/PTC/CDI - December
1993 to February 1996
Software Analyst.
·
Interviewed
users , created specifications, designed, and implemented major portions of
CDRS (Conceptual Design and Rendering System), a three dimensional CAD
rendering package (Unix, Lisp, and C) used in Ford’s 2000x Design lab. Included building GUIs, adding CAD
functionality, and options for transferring native data into IGES and STL
formats
·
Built
automatic hypertexting software; interfaced new and existing documentation.
Industrial Technology
Institute - May 1988 to December 1995
Research Engineer.
·
Designed
and implemented an integrated hypertext tool for helping manufacturers adapt to
a new technology standard. Created
functionality that the vendor had said was impossible under tight
deadlines. Significantly extended the
functionality of the Xerox NoteCards hypertext system.
·
Developed
major portions of Dr. Factory, a Bayesian decision support system that assisted
consultants in finding problems and opportunities in manufacturing plants.
·
Wrote
the technical portion of a joint ITI/USC proposal for NFS, “Development of a
Two-Stage Model for Matching Advanced Manufacturing Technology” (which USC
won).
Ford Aerospace - August
1984 to May 1988
Software Engineer.
·
Contributed
significantly to the design and implementation of Paragon, a general-purpose
knowledge acquisition and manipulation system
Micropower Systems – August 1978 to August
1981
Test Engineer
·
Wrote
innovative software for ATE (Automatic Test Equipment); built and designed
hardware to interface ATE with digital and analog integrated circuit chips
(both wafers and DIP products).
TECHNOLOGY AREAS:
Software Development,
Simulation, Expert Systems, Nanotechnology
COMPUTING SKILLS:
Operating Systems: MS
Windows and Unix
Hardware Systems: IC
die-level test engineering
Programming Skills:
Java, Lisp, Matlab, VB, C++, Bourne shell, HTML, MaxScript.
Software Application
Skills: Too many to list: Two decades of
experience on IDEs (Integrated Development Environments) in a variety of
languages, including Java, VB, and C++; 3D software (development, modeling, and
scripting), 2D graphic packages, Microsoft Office.
ACTIVITIES, ORGANIZATIONS, AND COMMUNITY
INVOLVEMENT
Co-Founder
and member, Ann Arbor Chapter of the National Space Society 1988-present
Lecturer, Ann Arbor Schools Partners for Excellence 1990-93
Co-leader, Girl Scout Troop #2083 1993-95
Co-facilitator, Beginning Experience 1992-94
Finalist, Engineering Society of Detroit's Outstanding Civic Involvement, 1993
NCAA Division I All American 1976;
USA World
Team 1978, 1979 (1st and 2nd alternate)