TECHNICAL/BUSINESS
Knowledge and hands-on competence with a wide variety of manufacturing and fabrication processes including horizontal lathes, CNC and manual milling machines, metal forming, welding, and grinding, electronic brassboarding and breadboarding.
Proficient with numerous office automation tools including desktop publishing, accounting, computer graphics, Website design, and video/multimedia production.
Experience on 3-D CAD/CAM/CAE tools such as AutoCAD.
Constructed backyard observatory and radiotelescope.

O’CONNOR ENGINEERING, INC., Cayce, KY 1999-2000
Research Engineer
Directed and documented project and developed components for digital radar system for railroad applications.

UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL de MINAS GERAIS, ESCOLA de ENGEHARIA, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil 1997-2000
Visiting Professor
Developed and presented post-gradate course on Methodologies for Risk Assessment (Human and Ecological Aspects). Programmed a computer design program for counterflow pollutant stripping columns. Developed and built prototype waste treatment system using UV irradiation combined with O₃ exposure. Developed computer laboratory for demonstrating and teaching application of environmental transport codes. Formed working group on Environmental Risk Assessment. Prepared and submitted proposals and coordinated research projects. Constructed and tested aerosol generation system and performed experiments to investigate the products of mist/gas reactions for a commercial application. Directed student research. Developed and applied concepts of risk assessment, uncertainty evaluation, and environmental remediation.

LOCKHEED-MARTIN ENERGY SYSTEMS INC. (LMES), OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY -- HSR Division, Oak Ridge, TN 1972-1996
Research Scientist II
Developed, implemented and documented numerical models of environmental transport of trace materials including chemicals, radionuclides, and sediments. Focused on atmospheric transport and model quality and uncertainties. Performed assessments and model comparison studies for DOE, NRC, and Developed and applied a variety of numerical predictive codes in FORTRAN and BASIC languages. Worked with advanced breeder systems and fuel recycling models. Analyzed materials related to Nuclear Winter. Directed projects for inter-agency and international work in Germany and Brazil. Initiated and supervised programming and scientific projects. Performed extensive computer-assisted health studies and risk assessment.

COMMISSÃO NACIONAL de ENERGIA NUCLEAR, CENTRO de DESENVOLVIMENTO da TECNOLOGIA NUCLEAR, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil 1996
Research Engineer
Contributed to establishment of atmospheric monitoring program. Presented seminars on computer tools for risk estimation and uncertainty analysis. Prepared proposals for groundwater monitoring program, instrument development, and for program on environmental transport, human exposure, and risk evaluation.

INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY. INSTITUTO PESQUISAS ENERGÈTICAS e NUCLEARES, São Paolo, Brazil 1995
Technical Expert
Developed, implemented and installed microprocessor-controlled meteorological monitoring system; acquired data and developed procedures for the assessment of chemical transport, human exposure, and health impact. Evaluated model capabilities and uncertainties. Presented seminars on computational techniques, environmental transport, model uncertainties, and model sensitivity.

BUNDESGESHUNDHEITSAMPT (German Federal Health Office), Neuherberg, Germany 1984 and 1987-1990 (5 occasions)
Guest Scientist
Compared German and U.S. nuclear fuel reprocessing (Standards and Practices). Evaluated consequences models for radioactive waste disposal. Developed numerical models of atmospheric and hydrologic transport.

ORGANIZATIONS & AFFILIATIONS
Health Physics Society
American Geophysical Union
Tennessee Academy of Science
Past-President, ?-?, Fellow, ?-?, Life Member
ORNL Inventor’s Forum
Past Executive Committee Member, ?-?, Founding Member
ORION Research
Past-Director, ?-?, Founding Member
Sigma Pi Sigma Physics Honorary Society
Past-President, ?-?

PRINT PUBLICATIONS
149 Publications in international scientific journals and technical reports. 89 Conference presentations. 2 Patents on solid-state electro-optical devices. (Complete bibliography available).

PRINT/ONLINE/BROADCAST MEDIA
Complete list of media appearances will be posted soon.

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