...In high school, I was on the Speech and Debate team specializing in Humourous Interpretation winning multiple awards. I also grew up acting and performed in multiple plays throughout my life. In high school, I was also part of an improv production that performed for hundreds of other students. (read more)
...I also published many peer-reviewed papers in the field. Coauthored multiple papers/books on data science (eg. big data) during my PhD work, as data science is a core discipline for my machine learning specialization. My PhD advisor was a famous programmer statistician who authored many books in data science. (read more)
...I actively study the craft of writing and create works of fiction, memoir, poetry, and songs in my free time. I have a passion for books and communications in general and am considering earning a master's degree in speech pathology so I can further my understanding of communication sciences. I'... (read more)
...I provide a shadowing program where a student spends the day with me to observe what civil engineers do. I coached youth soccer for 19 years and was a Boy Scout and Troop Leader. My wife is the Librarian at a high school and my daughter teaches school in Grass Valley, so we are very educationally oriented. (read more)
...It helps for students to see how the theoretical converts to the practical. I worked for the US Forest Service for 16 years ranging from using my degree in Biology (recombiant DNA) for the Institute of Forest Genetics to doing the Abandoned Mine survey for the El Dorado and Tahoe National Forest... (read more)