SPECIALTY |
Engineering physics; mathematical modeling and applied mathematics. Flight simulation. Systems Engineering. Engineering studies and project design and management. Astrodynamics and Orbital Mechanics. Spacecraft navigation and aerospace vehicle dynamics. Theoretical Mechanics and Systems Dynamics. |
SKILLS SUMMARY |
Experienced professional skilled in verifying the mathematical correctness of the equations of engineering science. Recognized abilities for analytic problem solving and deriving mathematical models of engineering systems. Proven skills in applied/computational physics. Space Shuttle Flight Design Integration. Performed navigation error analysis and mission accuracy estimation in support of NASA space missions and JPL planetary missions (Magellan, Galileo and Ulysses). Successfully supported the certification of the 777 aircraft by my efforts in Flight Test Engineering and my contributions to the efficiency and progress of the Aircraft Systems Lab. Design and leadership of engineering studies. Excellent customer service and computing support skills. Successful history of scientific applications software development. Participation on product design and development (and R&D) teams. |
EXPERIENCE
MOIRÉ Advanced Concepts, Issaquah, WA
Oct 2013 – Present |
Applied Mathematician Researching antenna arrays (direction finding), and physics of aircraft endurance and range. |
Sept 2012 – Sept 2013 |
Unemployed, and looking for work; self-study in Electrical Engineering and Microwave Physics; Mathematics and Physics exercises in C++. |
COBHAM Aerospace and Avionics, Bothell, WA
Jan 2011 – Aug 2012 |
Systems Engineer Involved in the integration and certification of airborne communications systems and computer servers. Develop product system specifications which include the subsystem components. Requirements capture and detailed system design, verification and test of avionics systems for commercial and military aircraft. Work with hardware design engineers to develop hardware technologies. Work with test engineers to write acceptance test plans (including DO-160 qualification test requirements) and conduct design verification and environmental tests. Used PADS layout tool to verify printed circuit board stencils. Reliability analysis and calculation of MTBFs (Mean Time Between Failure) of COBHAM products in support of FMEA analysis. |
Nov 2008 – Dec 2010 |
Unemployed, and looking for work; self-study in Electrical Engineering and Non-linear Dynamics. Discovered a hypocycloid of four cusps associated with the two-body elliptical orbit. Completed a EE course in Digital Logic Design (and FPGAs) at CWU. Mathematics and Physics exercises in C#. |
MOIRÉ Advanced Concepts, Issaquah, WA
May 2008 – Oct 2008 |
Knowledge Engineer (Applied Mathematician – Applied Physicist) Participated in a small development team designing advanced marine vessels, and an advanced unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), programming in EXCEL and MATLAB.
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BOEING Phantom Works Advanced Air Traffic Management, Kent, WA
Oct 2004 – July 2007 |
Systems Engineer, Modeling and Simulation Specialist
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Febr 2003 – Oct 2004 |
Unemployed, and looking for work; self-study in Electrical Engineering and Plasma Physics. |
BOEING Air Traffic Management Services, Kent and Bellevue, WA
Mar 2001 - Feb 2003 |
Airport and Airspace Simulation and Modeling Engineer
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BOEING Commercial Airplane Information Services, Renton and Seattle, WA
Apr 1999 - Mar 2001 |
CATIA Applications Programmer/Engineer Programmed in FORTRAN 77 and C, supporting Wiring Design Engineering.
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Aug 1998 - Mar 1999 |
Wind Tunnel Scientific Applications Programmer/Engineer Programmed in Visual BASIC 5.0, supporting the Flutter Model Analysis group. |
Dec 1996 - Jul 1998 |
Structures, Loads and Dynamics Scientific Applications Programmer/Engineer Programmed in FORTRAN 77, supporting the Nacelle and Ground Loads groups. Software maintenance of subroutines called from ELFINIand NASTRAN.
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BOEING Commercial Airplane Integrated Avionics Systems Laboratories, Seattle, WA
Apr 1996 - Nov 1996 Mar 1994 - Apr 1995 |
Embedded Software Programmer/Engineer Software modeling of avionics systems, and lab testing of actual avionics hardware against a flight simulator, programming in FORTRAN 77 and C. Co-developed the ARINC 610 simulator software functionality. Contributed to the certification of the BOEING 777 aircraft.
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BOEING Commercial Airplane Flight Test Laboratories, Renton and Seattle, WA
Oct 1990 - Mar 1994 |
Real-time Simulation Software Programmer/EngineerProgrammed in FORTRAN 77,maintaining the kinematics model, wind and atmosphere models, and math functions of the flight simulation software.
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BOEING Defense & Space Group, Kent, WA
Jun 1987 – Sep 1990 |
Navigation Technology Engineer Performed navigation instrument error analysis and mission accuracy estimation, using Monte Carlo methods to achieve distribution-free statistics, in support of NASA and US Air Force space missions using the Boeing-built Inertial Upper Stage.
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McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company atNASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX
Dec 1986 – Jun 1987 |
Space Shuttle Robotics & Manipulator Systems Engineer Supported NASA’s Mission Planning and Analysis Division, developing and validating procedures to be followed by space shuttle payload specialists when operating the shuttle arm.
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Jul 1986 – Dec 1986 |
Space Shuttle & Payloads Structural Analysis Engineer Supported NASA’s Engineering Operations Directorate, using NASTRANto calculate loads and stresses between the shuttle and payload during launch. |
McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company atNASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX
Nov 1984 – Jun 1986 |
Space Shuttle Flight Design Integration Engineer, Trajectory Specialist Supported NASA’s Missions Operations Directorate, Flight Dynamics & Design Division.
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Comarco (Subcontractor to McDonnell Douglas), Houston, TX
Jun 1984 – Nov 1984 |
Shuttle Mission Simulator Software Documentation Engineer Analyzed FORTRAN 77 subroutines in the Space Shuttle Training Simulator software and derived the math models therein. Evening course in mathematical modeling and Markov chains. |
PATENT
Spring 2007 |
Autonomous Meteorological Data Derivation, APP 7784-1037, awarded March 2008. |
EDUCATION
Fall 2008 |
Earned a grade of “A” in the class “Digital Circuits” at Central Washington University at Des Moines, WA. The course included a brief introduction to FPGAs. |
Aug 1986 |
M. S. Mathematics, The University of Houston at Clear Lake, TX Minor: Astrodynamics |
May 1982 |
M. S. E. Aerospace Engineering (Orbital Mechanics), The University of Texas at Austin, TX Minors/Electives: Astronomy (Astrometry and Celestial Mechanics), Mathematics, Danish, Fluid Mechanics, Computer Science, Physical Chemistry, Swedish. |
May 1977 |
B. S. Physics, Texas A&M University at Kingsville (formerly Texas A&I University), TX Minors/Electives: Mathematics, Norwegian, German, Computer Science. Dean’s List, Spring Semester 1976. |
1972-1975 |
Wrestling team, 192 lb weight class, University of Texas at Austin. |
TEACHING and CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
Nov 1991 |
Taught the class Wind and Atmospheric Disturbance Models to the flight systems simulation engineers working at BOEING’s Aircraft Systems Laboratory. |
Nov 1990 – May 1992 |
Wrote chapters 3, 4.3, 5.13, 6 and 9 of the General Simulation Model Software User’s Guide for BOEING’s Aircraft Systems Laboratory. |
May 1986 |
Taught the class Spacelab and Astronomical Payloads Launch Window Analysis and Design to the Flight Design Engineers under contract to NASA’s Missions Operations Directive, Flight Dynamics and Design Division. I also prepared the training manual and course contents for this class. |
Jan 1978 – May 1978 |
Taught 2 sections of Engineering Dynamics for the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, the University of Texas at Austin. |
Sep 1976 – Dec 1977 |
Tutored undergraduate students for the Mathematics Department, Texas A&M University at Kingsville. |
Jan 1976 – July 1977 |
Taught undergraduate Physics laboratories for the Physics Department, Texas A&M University at Kingsville. |
SUMMARY
I have always been keen about the mathematical foundations of Engineering and the Physical Sciences, and ensuring the mathematical correctness of all solutions. I am originally an Aerospace Engineer (applied Celestial Mechanics, and aircraft flight simulation and control) and Applied Physicist who has followed in the footsteps of so many other Physicists who have come to work in Computer Science and Systems Engineering. I have learned to program in more than one programming language, on many operating systems, and am knowledgeable of the Mathematical foundations of Computer Science and Digital Logic Design.
INTERESTS
Family. Kayaking and canoeing (paddling and rowing). Bicycling and hiking. Snowshoeing and back country skiing. Skin diving (snorkeling and SCUBA). Oceanography and Astrophysics. Clean air and water. Scandinavian and Frisian dialects. Wooden boats and Viking Ships. Theology. History of polar exploration. Vikings: Culture, History, Language, Literature. Weight training.
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