2005 Project Synopsis SNAP has become a high profile project and my contributions are now featured in a variety

of new venues. Two major TV Science programs have broadcast segments on the SNAP project; Alan Aldas Scientific Frontiers, and Bill Nys Discovery Channel documentary on the top 100 discoveries. Both have aired large chunks of my design work. In addition, I am now showing up in scientific journals as co-author and am being cited in the science press for past publications. A recent article in Nature is an example. I have appeared twice in the New York Times science section, and I have recently released puhblication rights to a major Science TV organization for future broadcasts and programming. I have also released rights for my tech illustrations to be used in an upcoming text book and as Cover Art for another upcoming book on astrophysics. In the past few years, I have co-authored more than 20 Scientific papers and poster sessions, many have been or will be presented this year. As far as I know, none of these have been mentioned in my evaluation process, so I am including a partial listing as an appended document. UXO, a new client, has been characterized by very rapid iteration from idea to field test prototypes. This unusual project has been a showcase for personal and team skills resulting in bringing a raw concept through a rapid development process and delivering functional hardware under budget and ahead of schedule. This project has won an outstanding project of the year award from our funding agency TRDRP is another new client, and also a showcase for rapid, inexpensive development from idea to, in this case, a small production run. The sensor design is a miniature air-particle sampling device to be deployed in homes around the Bay Area. The Readout and photometry device uses multi spectral fiber optics to do spectroscopic analysis as well as distribution and particle size measurements. The production run of sensors and a bench model photometry rig were taken from idea to final assembly in record time with minimal expense and are now deployed and taking data. This project has been funded for and is now working on a MEMS version of this instrument GRETINA was a fast, intense study of GRETINA options and installations at several National Labs. Close collaboration and rapid iteration produced a tightly focused proposal and presentation, which was immediately successful. GRETINA upgrades are now operating on that funding. UNDERGROUND LAB studies, another unusual project, involved conceptualizing, modeling, and iterating a proposal for an underground laboratory facility at the Homestake Mine in Lead North Dakota. The CAD model and the associated PBS and WBS models became the basis for engineering studies and negotiations with the Homestake Mine and the North Dakota

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