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.
Mountain Flying. Sept. 12, 2011.
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
Mt. Challenger. July 3, 2015
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:
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.