ABOUT

Aerospace Enginerd living and climbing in the Pacific Northwest.

email: methuzla AT speakeasy DOT net

AIRPLANES & AERODYNAMICS

**Incense Plume Backlit by Sunlight. Much Laminar. Such Eddies. Wow!**

The aerodynamics of flight has always fascinated me. So I got a couple of degrees and did some work for a little airplane company.

BS/MS in Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1995/97
Senior Aerodynamics Engineer, The Boeing Company, 1997-2014
- 15 years of wind tunnel testing
- Development of flow visualization techniques
- Data acquisition systems
- Servo mechanical systems
- Fluorescent imaging
- Infrared imaging
- Flow angle probes
- Pressure instrumentation

I also know how to fly airplanes.

**First X-country Solo to Friday Harbor (KFHR). Sept. 3, 2010.**

I have a Light Sport Pilot license. Here is a video of me practicing landings at Arlington (KAWO) where I took my lessons. The airplane was a Tecnam Sierra P2002, very fun to fly. Unfortunately the FBO I flew out of closed shop and I haven't been able to find a new place to fly. Hopefully I'll get back up in the air again some day.

COMPUTERS & SOFTWARE

**The Radio Shack Color Computer 2 (CoCo 2) - where I got my start.**

After unlearning the FORTRAN I was taught in college, I learned how to really use and program computers. And I continue to do so, but here is some of what I know.

Programming

C/C++
Java
Object Orientated concepts
Python
HTML5/CSS3
Javascript
Unix shell

Applications

Matlab
Tecplot
Labview
EAGLE
Eclipse
MS Visual Studio
MS Office stuff
git
vi

Other

Linux System Administration
Embedded Systems Programming
Android Application Programming

MOUNTAINS

I climb mountains. Lots of mountains. Photos of some of my various climbing adventures can be found on my 500px page as well as almost a decades worth of older ones on Flickr. Here is a video of me climbing Mt. Redoubt in the North Cascades. Other places where I have adventured to include:

and that's just scratching the surface.

I have always been drawn to the outdoors, but mountains have a special allure for me. Many moons ago, I decided to get serious about it.

2006, BOEALPS Basic Climbing Class
- Basic knots: Figure 8, Prusik, Bachmann, Water, Fisherman
- Belaying
- Rappeling
- Navigation
- Glacier travel
- Ice axe arrest
- Creavasse rescue
2007, BOEALPS Intermediate Climbing Class
- More knots: Clove, Bowline, Butterfly, Klemheist, Munter
- Multi-pitch trad alpine lead rock climbing
- Snow shelters
- Ice climbing
- Anchors, anchors, anchors
- Climber self rescue
- Avalanche rescue with beacons
2010, Lead Instructor for a Basic Class Team
2008-present, Instructing with Intermediate Climbing Class

And I continue to help instruct in these classes while voraciously enjoying the amazingly beautiful mountains of the Cascade range - a lifetime supply of blissful hinterlands, glaciated and rocky.

Current Bulgers Count: 70/100