I do technical support work here in the Physics Dept at University of Minnesota. My training is in electronics, but I have 20+ years experience in the industrial measurement and control world. Frequently, acting as a system integrator, I pull together hardware, and write software (NI Labview) to get a job done.

• Programming in National Instruments LabVIEW since 1992, ~25 projects to date,
• Certified Labview Associate Developer (CLAD)
• Automated measurement and control systems, design & build
• Use various CAD systems for mechanical, electrical, and printed circuit design .
• Sensor instrumentation for physical measurements, temperature, pressure, fluid flow, force, displacement, position, acceleration, etc.
• Proportional (PID) process controllers and programmable logic controllers
• Instrument interface communications using GPIB, Serial, USB, Ethernet.
• Application of thermoelectric coolers, recirculating chillers

• Automated fiber facing (flycutting) machines for NoVA detector modules (photos)
• Automated QA testers used to characterize avalanche photodiode modules used in NoVA experiment. This system featured 464 analog input channels, and 14 PID temperature control loops driving thermoelectric coolers (photos)
• Automated QA testers for Gigabit Optical Links used in CMS experiment at CERN (photos)
• HMI/SCADA system for neutron irradiation facility using NI Lookout software (photos)
• Long term Gamma Irradiation Tester for CMS ECAL APDs (photos)
• Data acquisition systems used to monitor devices undergoing neutron irradiation (photos)
• Data acquisition application used to monitor the Veto Shield at the Soudan mine (LowRad Wiki page)
• Darkroom photonic test systems (photos)
• Optical Character Recognition system to read serial numbers on photodiodes
• Automated QA tester for sheet resistivity and optical transmission of ITO coated glass for liquid crystal displays
• Data Acquisition and control for vacuum coating processes
• System for timed delivery of audio,visual, and tactile stimuli to test subjects. Hardware and software design
• Ankle joint torque data acquisition system for use in MRI scanner, using fixture built by Virtumed
• Thermoelectric freezer designed to hold test samples at minus 30 degC indefinitely while under irradiation (photos)