Objective: To use my talents and my wide experience to develop effective web sites for small businesses, to teach individuals to use the web, to support cannon-charge developers in areas in which my expertise could make a significant contribution, and to pass on to the next generation something of the art of thinking like a physicist.

Education: 1956 - 1965, Georgia Institute of Technology, BS, MS, and PhD degrees in Physics.

Summary of Qualifications: 1967 - 1998 Ballistic Research Laboratory and Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. Research Physicist, working in laboratory astrophysics, in-situ stratospheric measurements of positive ions, chemical kinetics, and (for 17 years) interior ballistics: gun muzzle flash, thermal management, development of interior ballistic models and codes, and charge ignition mechanisms

Professional Experience: Research projects in the past ten years included a) development of interior ballistic codes, b) serving on the Army/Navy panel of experts who investigated the USS IOWA turret explosion, c) serving as the principal investigator for modeling investigations of Unicharge/modular artillery charge system (MACS) ignition processes, d) work with Benet and with PM-Crusader on the thermal management of fast-firing 155-mm cannons, e) assistance to ARDEC in modeling and understanding unusual ignition processes in 120-mm tank guns, and f) a continuing study of gun tube erosion mechanisms.

Experience as a Consultant in Interior Ballistics, a) short course in interior ballistics for the firing crews at Yuma Proving Ground, AZ, 1999. b) membership on Picatinny Arsenal (NJ) Red Team for solving problems with weapons system under development, 2000. c) study of charge cook-off. d) study of cannon-pressure-wave quantification using modern statistical techniques.

Publications: 40 government reports, 60 other publications, details on request.

Presentations: Numerous presentations to government, academic, national, international, military, and non-military organizations

Professional Memberships: American Physical Society, Sigma Xi. President of the University of North Carolina at Asheville chapter of Sigma Xi from 2003-2005.

References: Available upon request

Computer capabilities: MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Word, HTML, Paint Shop Pro, Eudora, MS Publisher, FORTRAN.

Professional activities since moving to Asheville:

1. Several consulting contracts regarding interior ballistics
2. Adjunct Professor at UNC-Asheville, teaching introductory physics in Summers 2001-2006.
3. Design and implementation of the Buncombe County GOP web site
4. Design, implementation, and maintenance of the 11th North Carolina Congressional District GOP web site
5. 2002-2006, implementation and maintenance of the RiverLink of Asheville web site. Winner of RiverLink's 2003 Critical Link Award.

Other recent experience:

1. 2001-2003, received small-group facilitator training, and facilitated one of the Asheville-Buncombe VISION Community Dialogues small groups in the Autumn of 2001 and in the Autumn of 2002. In 2003, vice-chair of the Community Dialogues Steering Committee. In 2004, chair of the Community Dialogues Steering Committee and VISION Board member.
2. 2001, completed Leadership Asheville Seniors. Since 2001, member of Leadership Asheville Forum.
3. 2003-2005, President of Buncombe County Republican Men's Club.
4. 2003-2005, Vice Chair, Buncombe County Republican Party.
5. 2005-present, Chairman of Buncombe County Republican Party.
6. 2005-2006, Member of the Asheville Civic Center Commission.
7. 2005-2006, Member of Asheville Sister Cities, Inc.
8. Member of Asheville Art Museum.
9. Member of Asheville Downtown Association.
10. Member of Downtown Asheville Residential Neighbors (DARN)
11. Member of FreedomWorks

Details of employment by the US Army.