EDUCATION

University of California, Berkeley B.S., 1958 (Mechanical Engineering)

University of California, Riverside M.A., 1964 (Mathematics)

University of California, Riverside Ph.D., 1967 (Theoretical Mathematics)

EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor, San Francisco State University 1984 - present
Computer Science Department

Director, The Kestrel Institute 1981 - present
A non-profit artificial intelligence research and education corporation.

Director and President, OZ Projects 1978 - present
A non-profit corporation which explores and educates the public to new ideas in science, ecology, self-sufficiency, & alternative energy.

President, The Village OZ 1971 - 1991
This corporation operated scholarship camps and futuristic retreats for the public. It operated as a model community which was almost 100% food and energy self-sufficient.

Assistant Professor, Mathematics 1967 - 1971
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS Research and teaching in analysis.

Engineering Officer, U.S. NAVY 1958 - 1962
Registered Engineering certification.

MAJOR GRANTS

Co-Author of NSF Laboratory Infrastructure Grant 1992 to SFSU ($100,000)

San Diego Supercomputer Center Block Grants 1988 - 1991 ($100,000)

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

Undergraduate Supercomputing, San Diego Supercomputer Center GatherScatter, December, 1991

A Guide to SFSU, a HyperCard Program for students

Mathematica, A System for Doing Mathematics by Computer, American Mathematical Monthly, 11/9/89

Uniqueness Of Hermite Series Under Poisson-Abel Summability Trans of American Mathematical Society, Vol 135, January, 1969

SPECIAL UNIVERSITY ASSIGNMENTS

Laboratory Coordinator, Computer Science established the Macintosh, NeXT, and Visualization laboratories

Faculty Coordinator, Work/Study Program Developed a workable work/study program with industry contacts.

School Of Science Facilities Committee CSC Department Laboratory Development Committee

12 Master's Thesis Committees

Supercomputer, NeXT, and Apple Support Coordinator to SFSU

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery

IEEE, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION - ENERGY RELATED PROJECTS

5 KW Wind-Electric Generator and Tower
Providing 110 volt DC power to a rural community.

Windmill Water System
Wind-gravity system providing 20,000 gallons water over 1/2 mile.

Solar Greenhouse (Passive)
Energy-efficient greenhouse providing heat to attached building.

275-Foot Suspension Bridge
Spanning the Garcia River, Mendocino County, California

Tri-Dome Complex (Geodesic)
Connected 3-building home based on Buckminster Fuller's mathematics

PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION

SFSU Meritorious Performance and Professional Promise Award, Spring 1990

SFSU Register 1990 On Teaching Mathematics with Computers

San Francisco Examiner, January 30 1983 Futuristic workshops at OZ.

CBS Evening Magazine, Summer, 1982 National TV interview on alternative energy and solar power.

Energy News Digest, April, 1982 Practical energy self-sufficiency.

Sacramento Bee, April 12, 1981 Sunday special feature story on futuristic workshops and energy-efficiency.

Sacramento Union, July 14, 1979 Saturday Showcase on OZ

San Jose Mercury News, December 31, 1978 California Today special color feature story on OZ.

San Francisco Chronicle, July 12, 1976 Front-page story on the first human-potential camp for kids.