First a bit of personal background:
While BS is in M&AE from CU,
hobby and professional experiences revolved around tinkering with computers
Kept ending up in systems engineering roles: hence enrollment at ISR to figure out what the heck an SE does
First job during tech bubble: supercomputing cluster architect – much thought on distributed redundant network topologies that shaped my approach to design
Moved on to Boeing ATM: drag ATC into the information age
First class at UMCP: ENCE667 w/ Steve Gabriel: introduced computational methodology for OR
Intrigued by ability to formulate problems in such a way that computers could return meaningful results
Used to generate first attempt at aircraft transit scheduler
Conc. in wireless comm: answer “why” not “how”
This project constitutes a desperate attempt to weave the various threads of my life into a coherent story. Here goes...