Charles S
Phoenix, AZ
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Who are your role models?
The only true role models I had were my father and mother as they made me who I am today. My father's brilliance and memories of him in his laboratory will always stay with me. He made everything he did look simple. His stories of his younger student days at Caltech and other institutions also stuck with me. My mother was a botanist and a geologist and her trips out to collect local plants and stones stuck with me as she would always take the children with her. She would use this as a chance to introduce us to the world around us at appropriate levels to our age.
Beyond my parents though I admired Tesla, Einstein, Mozart, and Newton (very probably a relation) for their
sheer brilliance. Beethoven I admire greatly to since he was totally deaf but it did not interfere with his genius. I to am very hard of hearing myself.
In terms of professors there were only a few I considered admirable. They were Dr. Henry Ablin and Dr. Arthur Adel both of Northern Arizona University, and they have both passed on now. They were both outstanding in their fields.
However the only true role model I have now is myself. It is I who determines how I rise and how fast. Given the chance I think I could rise very high.... 
Posted @ 07:30PM, June 28, 2009
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Work history
Lecturer of Mathematics
tags:
web design development
• self motivation
• ethical behavior
How would you describe your time at Arizona State University - ...?
Working at Arizona State University taught me to listen to others and consider before I spoke. Further taught me patience and more about ethical and professional behavior.
Department did not know about these tasks:
Obtained further skills with computer software and web development
Assisted students with engineering design projects some of which are aimed at being patented.
Mentored students in solutions of more advanced physics classes such as quantum mechanics.
Supervised honor's projects for undergraduate students in various types of designs. Bioengineering: reattachments of detached retinas in a way that was new in nature. Mathematics analysis of solutions of Partial Differential Equations (the student was a freshman). Materials science and strength of concrete structures. Mathematical modeling of a neuron (of course it had to be simplified for the student). Worked with other students on electronic designs that he wished to patent
Sought to do liaison work between the mathematics department and the engineering college (I discussed this with members of the engineering college and physics departments), and between the mathematics department and the outside work field in the Phoenix area.
Continued on with my own private research interests. Recursion theory, fractal geometry, and lately artificial intelligence. However these are not serious research.
Many of my students and or friends have gone on to earn Ph.D.'s in their fields and are working as professional engineers or researchers at prestigious universities.
Worked with and assisted think tank teams coming up with ideas and technologies to assist disabled students.
Departmental tasks:
Mentored and tutored students in all aspects of mathematics classes at the undergraduate level
Worked with and mentored engineering students as well as business majors, and near the end just the general student population...
Mathematical Physics Consultant -- Departmental
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advanced applied mathematical...
• innovation and out of box thi...
• time efficiency
How would you describe your time at Raytheon Missile Systems Tu...?
Applied the theory of graphs, combinatorics, and topology to analysis of circuitry problems at the simpler levels of theory
Worked with streamlining and hence cutting time down on analysis projects for severely limited budgets
Developed other forms of worst case analysis
Worked with explaining the Monte Carlo methods of analysis to engineers in the department to decide whether it should be incorporated. Further explained the principles of regression analysis to others in the department.
Analyzed statistical/probability distributions for review and discussed them with other engineers within department....
Systems/Reliability Engineer
tags:
professionalism
• reliability analysis
• self motivation
• mathphysics skills
How would you describe your time at Raytheon Missile Systems Tu...?
Learned a great deal about the workings in an engineering field within a manufacturing setting for the defense department.
Worked with reliability tasks on telemetry, guidance control, IR sensors, LORR of various missiles. Standard Missile, Stinger Ground to Air, Rolling Airframe (RAM), test equipment various types, and I believe I worked on part of the Tomahawk.
Worked with various reliability analytical tools to analyze systems at component, circuit card assembly, and system wide. FMECA and FMEA in principle but some work with component and parts engineering, reverse engineering, MTBF and others
Exposed myself to other analytical skills that are used in the industry at Raytheon. Thermal analysis, FTA, FRACAS. SCA though did not work directly with them, I would have liked to.
Volunteered to assist departments at University of Arizona with programs as they related to Raytheon....
Research Private Nature
tags:
reflective
• thought
• contemplation
• wonder
• imagination
How would you describe your time at Self Employed Researcher?
Note: this was during the time and after while I was assisting in the care of a terminally ill parent (mother) and the closing of the estate.
Spent much time working within and on the estate in upkeep and groundskeeping work but:
Time was spent in considering aspects of nature in deep reflective contemplative fashion.
Created and drafted two books during this time on my own personal history (autobiography) and also the book on the mathematical references for physics and engineers
Taught and tutored as a private educator and mentor in various subjects.
Consideration of the human brain and the mathematics of neural synapses and it's possible relationships to artificial intelligence
Observations and photography of the night sky and considerations of the universe in light of physics in both a quantum mechanical, and relativistic understanding, as well as a topological understanding. Some of the ideas that have come out recently I had thought of during this time.
Thermodynamics (and in particular entropy) and what it has to say about the universe.
Inward reflection about what I really am in terms of science and philosophy. I.e. about the possibility of a spirit or soul and even a Creator. If so what are they?...
Science Student
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science laboratory
• computer programming
• scientific method
• engineering laboratory
How would you describe your time at Departments of Physics and ...?
The goal was to look for work with the engineering degree but it did not pan out, so I worked on degrees in Physics and Chemistry. Took additional courses in Engineering during this time frame.
Hardware Programming. Digital Design. Programming/Burning in programs for programmable components. PALs, PLAs, GATE ARRAYS. FPGA and DSP. Some experience in working with setting up programs for chips. Burning the program into the chips and testing the chip after process is completed. Some experience in working with setting up programs for chips.
C++ Programming. Some experience in working with C++, though I would like to know more. Programmed the same ideas for an automaton as the C Programmer (Cellular Automaton) as below.
Automatic Controls Designer -- Based on earlier device at the engineering college. Cart steering automatic control. Design of a cart to adjust speed and automatically steer along a track consisting of edge to edge black and white spaces, following a curved line
ADA Programmer (Random Number Generator Games of Chance) --- Modified the random number generated by the instructor to incorporate seeds from the system clock to mimic the roll of a die, to simulate the flip of a coin. Used this modified random number generator to write various games of chance, with the computer being a participant in the game
C Programmer (Cellular Automaton) -- A version of the "game of life". Future generations depended upon the state of the present generation.
PASCAL Programmer (Prime Number Generator) --- This program though it sounds simple on the surface, involved deciding if ANY integer was prime or not, and if not to produce the factors. Integers were really stored as arrays, and codes were written to add, subtract, multiply, and divide arrays
FORTRAN -- File Input. Read the file containing the data. Do statistical analysis on the data, generally high level Write the data to an analysis results file.
Physics, Advanced Laboratories: Ultra High Vacuum Technology. Low Energy Electron Diffusion. Scanning Tunneling Microscopy. Atomic Force Microscopy. Low Energy Ion Scattering. Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry. Auger Electron Spectroscopy. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy. Electron Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, and others.
Earlier work at the Semiconductor Theory and Fabrication Laboratory....
Electronic Designer
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laboratory testing of circuitry
• temperature analysis
• software skills applied to de...
How would you describe your time at northern arizona university?
Senior Capstone Design: Seismic Alarm system. Detects the presence of earthquakes from seismometer, analyzed signal, and remotely dialed the client's telephone
Moderate range temperature stable power supply. Instructor provided design failed at extreme temperatures, but with modification was more than adequate as we demonstrated both analytically and by testing on moderate ranges of temperature that you might find on most of the earth.
Use of Microprocessors to control traffic signal and video cameras through interrupt and wait cycles on the processor. This involved also learning to program the microprocessor, and I was considered one of the best at the school.
Power and Machinery Design Project: design to provide power to a professional workshop meeting electrician's codes, customer satisfaction, and within budget....
Advanced Student Mathematics Researcher
tags:
work ethic
• steadiness
How would you describe your time at arizona state university?
Performed research tasks in differential equations, applied mathematics, and mathematical physics. Planned on working in the area of bifurcation analysis.
Worked as a graduate assistant during the 1983-1986 time teaching introductory algebra, intermediate algebra, college algebra, Trigonometry, and Calculus and Probability...
Mathematical Research
tags:
communication skills
• clarity of thought
• research
How would you describe your time at university of new mexico?
Practicum/Thesis: Proper Axial Channeling of Positrons in Silicon Crystals:
Worked with mathematical physicists on the problem of Proper Axial Channeling of Positrons in Silicon Crystals. Analysis of system, solving individual problems, and synthesis of solution. Involved clarification of ideas and goals with advisors, Further research in journals, papers written by advisors, and steady working towards goal.
Mechanics (Celestial Mechanics). Orbit of Mercury. The orbit of Mercury involves invoking the theory of relativity to fully explain the orbital discrepancies from the classical model. This examination, which turned into a research project, required intricate and complex calculations to arrive at the solution of explaining the orbit. Required further and more in depth research into reading, analyzing, and applying other papers written by the professor
Consultant. Performed radio work analysis in regards to the curvature of the earth analysis for various engineers with their work in regards to radio transmitters and receivers for the engineers in the Department of Interior. Basically deriving and explaining the laws of spherical trigonometry. Trigonometry on curved surfaces (positive and negative). Radio Tower Work analysis for Federal Government. Performed consulting work for Federal Worker Engineers. Deep interest in physics/mathematics interface.
Teaching Assistant. Taught students in courses from Arithmetic up through Calculus. Given free reign to teach the class in the way I wished. I chose a traditional lecture approach because of conventionality. Assigned homework, supervised graders, wrote tests, interacted with students. Counseled students. If asked for advice on other school related stuff, I provided it. All students who took the core final exam in Calculus passed it. Developed skills with the usage of office equipment....
Mathematics and Computer Science Student
tags:
imaginative
• tenacious
• resourceful
How would you describe your time at Departments of Mathematics ...?
Veterans Administration Tutor. Counseled and mentored veterans in study skills and course of program studies. Tutored veterans in mathematics from Calculus through Linear Algebra.
Microprocessor Hardware Design and Programmer. Computational project of calculating the transcendental number (e) to ANY specified number of places. Using the series of the number as a starting point. Project was to display the output in a scrolling fashion on an independent screen display to scroll down the expansion as it was calculated. Used imaginative ideas, intricate/ingenuous programming and mathematical analysis skills to enable complex programming on microprocessors beyond their usual limits.
Digital Logic Design. Elevator control circuit design system problem. Behavior in certain states, and transitional effects between states including wait times and steady state positions before entering a cycle of activity. Digital Logic design and Boolean algebra
FORTRAN Programmer (Numerical Analysis Programming).
SNOBOL Programmer (Cryptanalysis Programs).
Recursion Programmer (Machine/Assembly Language)
FORTRAN Computer Graphics -- 4D cube and 5d cube, shapes of curves gotten by rotation of curves and translation of curves. Mathematical twisting and bending. Though it was lame compared to today???s standard techniques.
Advanced FORTRAN Character String Manipulations...
Education
Physics
tags:
materials analysis
• physics analysis
How would you describe your time at northern arizona university?
Earned BS degree in physics. Classical Mechanics, Mathematical Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Relativistic Mechanics, Solid State and Surface Physics
Started work towards Chemistry Major.
Advanced Physics Laboratories including exposure to surface analytical techniques and Semiconductor fabrication laboratories
Honors: Sigma Pi Sigma, National Dean's List Student. Phi Eta Sigma, graduated 2nd in the class of 1994. Superior Achievement award, partly financial....
Engineering. Electrical/Electronic
tags:
trouble shooting
• testing
• computer analysis
How would you describe your time at northern arizona university?
Electrical Engineering and Network classes (3) and laboratory, of course both AC and DC
Electronic Design both analog and digital with associated laboratories. Exposure to microwave and RF
Extensive electromagnetic and electromagnetism classes
Automatic Controls (feedback systems and servos)
Honors: Tau Beta Pi, Order of the Engineer. Cum Laude. Graduated 1st perhaps 2nd among the US citizens for the graduating class of 1992. Alpha Lambda Delta...
Applied Mathematics
tags:
computer programming
• mathematical analysis
How would you describe your time at university of new mexico?
Graduate level numerical analysis year sequence, Graduate level differential equations (PDE's and ODE's), Graduate level Probability, Statistics, and Stochastic Processes.
Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Physics sequences.
-Practicum done in Channeling Theory in Silicon Crystals under indirect supervision of CERN laboratories.
Honors: Results of my work were presented before the European Atomic Physics community. Was told off the record that my practicum was ALMOST a Ph.D. disssertation, and they wanted to use the results of my masters examination as the tests for the PhD qualifiers....
Computer Science
tags:
tenacity
• inventiveness
• self drive and motivation
How would you describe your time at northern arizona university?
Took programming course work primarily, however took the course work for digital design and electrical networks.
-FORTRAN, Basic, APL, COBOL, SNOBOL, Computer Graphics, Advanced FORTRAN, Assembly and Machine Language Programming. Exposure to SL-1, PL-1, LISP, ALGOL.
-NOTE: Skills have been recently updated in PASCAL, ADA, C with exposure to C++.
Microprocessor Design Interface: programmed the processor to do intricate calculations to calculate the value of the number e = 2.7182.. out to any specified # of digits. Did the design to display the output in a scrolling fashion in base 10.
Elevator control circuitry design. Designed an operating system for an elevator system to operate on wait and go cycles that I built into design
Music Synthesizer: Programming the microprocessor to play music and then to drive an external basic synthesizer, and was recently planning on programming the music played on a synthesizer to be store into a computer and printed out. Seeing "robotic" music being performed has increased this interest in me personally.
--Honored by verbal praise on imaginative skills with programming. Honored at two parent's day convocations....
Mathematics
How would you describe your time at northern arizona university?
- General program of study towards BS Mathematics, though I concentrated mostly on Applied Mathematics.
- Raymond Foundation Scholarship
- Highest university score on the William Lowell Putnam Mathematics Exam since 1966.
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