JOHN M. CROWELL

• Over twenty-five years experience in scientific computer programming including real-time data acquisition, data analysis, statistics, feature extraction, pattern recognition, interactive graphics and presentation graphics. Five years experience programming various microprocessors. Programming languages include FORTRAN, C, ALGOL, PERL, POSTSCRIPT, SQL and various assembly languages.

• Three years experience management of software development, design of engineering specifications, data structures and documentation produced by diverse team of programmers.

• Fifteen years experience in design and development of scientific instruments for use in fields of nuclear physics, solid-state physics, biomedical engineering, and health & safety.

• Seventeen years experience with Sun Workstation system management, system integration, installation and networking.

• Extensive background in electronics - circuit design and instrument fabrication. (See also Academic Experience.)

1995 - present

Systems and Network Manager for Davis Community Network, non-profit research, demonstration, and community service organization for promoting network-based civic activities.

1996 - 1998

Site Manager for University of California Davis Sun Technology & Excellence Center. Responsible for management and maintenance of computer laboratory in UCD Department of Political Science. Manage all technical aspects of various projects involving the use of high-performance servers and workstations and high-speed networks for implementing solutions in world, federal, state and local government.

1995 - 1997

Project manager for City of Davis, establishing "Electronic City Hall" to provide City information and services on the Internet, including implementation of World Wide Web (WWW) server, creation of HTML documents, training City staff in WWW publication, and creation of Common Gateway Interface (CGI) programs.

1994 - present

Independent Consultant: Technical project management; Computer system and network analysis, installation, and administration; system and application programming.

1993 - 1994

Director of Engineering, The University Research Network, Inc. (TURN): Responsible for technical design of medical and health fitness data recording and reporting devices. Coordinate efforts of team of engineers and programmers for prototype production and testing. Author technical specifications for manufacture.

1992 - 1993

Manager for Workstation Support, University of California at Davis, Information Technology/Technology Advancement & Resources (formerly Computing Support Services): Manage team of engineers, technicians, and programmer/analysts for hardware maintenance, system integration, operating system software support and general consulting for campus technical and administrative workstations, LAN servers, and large systems. (See also following item.)

1990 - 1992

Group Leader for Software and Engineering, University of California at Davis, Computing Support Services: Manage a small team of programmer/analysts for system integration, installation, and general consulting for campus departmental computers and local area networks. Principal campus contact for Sun Workstations; responsible for administration of site licensing of Sun Software Library. Provide consulting for SUN and VAX computer systems, SunOS, ULTRIX, and VMS operating systems. Site license administrator for ORACLE database software for DOS, OS/2, VMS, UNIX, Ultrix, and Sun.

1987 - 1989

Vice President for Engineering, Multiware, Inc., Davis, CA.: Supervised development of graphics software products for VAX and PDP-11 computers. Software architect and principal software engineer for Q-bus coprocessor operating system development.

1985 - 1986

Staff member at University of California, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Health Physics Group: Supervised development of instrumentation for personnel radiation dosimetry and environmental monitoring.

1979 - 1985

LANL, Instrumentation Technologies group: Supervised development of computerized transuranic radionuclide assay systems for environmental monitoring and low-density waste management. Assisted in development of portable instruments for data encryption, wide area nuclear radiation surveys, and tornado detection.

1973 - 1979

LANL, Biophysics and Instrumentation Group: Assisted in development of cell sorters and associated instrumentation for automated cytology. Investigated application of light scattering and Fourier optics as tools for morphologic analysis of biological cells. Developed computer programs for multiparameter data analysis and pattern recognition.

1972 - 1973

The Johns Hopkins University (JHU): Investigated magnetic properties of gamma-phase nickel-iron alloys at cryogenic temperatures with particular interest in the antiferromagnetic state of gamma-iron. (Ph.D Dissertation)

1970 - 1972

JHU: Designed and built superconducting magnet system suitable for Mössbauer spectroscopy.

1969

JHU:Assisted in investigation of magnetic properties of ultrathin iron films by means of the Mossbauer effect.

1966

Summer work at the Goddard Space Flight Center: Assisted in development of a conical radiometer that could measure, without reference to standards, incident radiant energy flux. Device subsequently used in Apollo lunar missions. Assisted in computer analysis of solar simulation tests.

1965

JHU: Assisted in development of computer programs to simulate interactions of high-energy elementary particles with particular interest in lepton pair production. Assisted in design of interface between minicomputer and film scanning machines to facilitate analysis of high-energy bubble chamber photographs.

1964

Summer work at the Engineering Experiment Station of the Georgia Institute of Technology: Investigated application of mathematical models of electronic noise to studies of atmospheric turbulence.

Academic Experience

• Instructor in General Physics, Classical Mechanics, Classical Electricity and Magnetism
• Laboratory Instructor in Electronics
• Taught short course in Practical Electronics for Physicists
• Laboratory Instructor for Intermediate (undergraduate) and Advanced (graduate) Laboratory courses involving experiments in electricity and magnetism, electronics, optics, optical and X-ray spectroscopy, and modern physics.

Patents

• Radiation Detector Spectrum Simulator: Patent No. 4658222
• Cell Classification by Multiangle Light Scatter: (pending)

Honors and Societies

• IR-100 Award for development of WC-11 portable computer, 1982
• NASA Fellowship, The Johns Hopkins University, 1964-1967
• Gilman Fellowship, The Johns Hopkins University, 1967-1973
• Member - American Physical Society
• Member - Association for Computing Machinery
• Member - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
• Member - Computer Society
• Member - Americal Choral Directors Association
• Member - International Federation for Choral Music
• Member - U.S. Chess Federation
• Tau Beta Pi

References:

• Dr. Robert Walraven, president
  Multiware, Inc.
  1812 Estero Bay Ct.
  Davis, CA 95615
  (530) 756-3291

• Mr. Richard Kreischer
  Digital Equipment Corporation (retired)
  Rt. 1 Box 92F
  Santa Fe, NM 87501
  (505) 455-2701

• J. W. Cline
  Director, Technology Advancement & Resources (retired)
  424 Citadel Dr.
  Davis, CA 95616
  (530) 756-4110

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