As long as you use that special sauce you brought for Mug Race! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I'm about to start working on a research project for the next 12 months. Basically a feasibility study on using "memory-metals" as actuators of "vibration reducing control flaps" on very large scale wind turbine blades. "Large" meaning that the diameter of the rotor is larger 300 ft. These are BIG "windmills" !

The final intent being to test such a setup on a smaller scale in the windtunnel and proof its usefulness. My part in it will most probably be to design and implement an "inverted dynamic model" as a compensator for the strongly non-linear behaviour the "memory-metal" actuator (the control flap) and when time permits a first-try controller for the windtunnel test. I think an artificial neural network is best used to implement such a compensator. When that is done then I have to think about what I want to do next. More research, more teaching or switch over to the industry and earn my pension. I really enjoy teaching but I hate the political games and lack of upward mobility that is found in such environments. I'm told that the windpower sector is booming right now and looking for lots of scientists and engineers and honestly I would like to earn some bucks again.

Wouter

So jumping in on random threads and bugging us about the F12 is just a "hobby"???

Good morning, Wouter. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Mike

Pizza delivery, cobol programmer, then 20 years as an IT/WAN consultant. Semi-retired after Y2K, and then started a small catamaran shop to pay for my hobby. Currently working overtime again with a Nacra dealership - Sailmax.biz, partner in an online sailing store - Layline.com, and importer/distributor of clothing for the high performance sailor - Zhik.com

Hopefully in a couple of years, I can go back to sailing full time again...

Never finished my PhD in physics and got a job at university administration (investigation analysis and IT stuff). Also writing software for psychologists in my spare time. Some musical background, but at a very amateur level. Probably we could get a good band together for what I read <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

I was a QC tech for years, then a musician for years, then had with an electronic instrument repair shop for years, then moved on to computers in the 90's. Now I'm the IT dept. for a company that changes cataylst in reactors. I like being my own boss, but it doesn't pay like working for the man. Need that retirement fund.

ALOT of people, including myself, say this. Why? Seems like most of the people I worked for were a bunch of rich pricks. Where do so many go wrong? How can I be a rich [censored]?

Swimmer in High school and college
Went out of my first undergrad, right into Grad degree, in Kinesiology (Sports Science).
Category 2 Bicycle racer, Semi Pro Triathalete
Managed a Bicycle shop
Hit by car while training, in coma
Taught public school, coached swimming

Got another degree in Physician Assistant studies
Got married (still am)
1st assist Open Heart& Cardiovascular surgery
Orthopedic surgery
Now work in Emergency rooms and Urgent care clinics, seeing and treating patients.
2 wonderful boys now 4 & 7 yrs old

Some say I never really came out of the coma though! :-)

Todd,

You only really need to come out of it to go sailing anyway.

Lee

Karl, I thought you were your own boss? <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> Anyhow, you may be right about the owner/boss you work for might be a rich [censored] but have you ever gotten a job from a poor [censored]? <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Clayton

Find a early on RP who's going places. Do a good job for the RP so the RP takes you along on the adventure. The smart RPs realize they need good people to make them look good. Most won't share the glory but they will share the filthy lucre.

Daddy's Bad butt skrimp sauce.

If anyone wants the sauce I will overnight it to you with the cooking procedure. Spicy fans, this is a must. Skrimp, wrapped in bacon, skewered and basted with Daddy's Bad butt Skrimp Sauce. Serve on top of Fett Alfredo, with asparagus or brussells sprouts. oooooohhh.

I don't have a batch ready but will produce it for a modest fee. Really modest.

Should I be putting this on the classifieds?

i build boats.
i build race boats.
i build way cool race boats.
i build way cool race boats and i love it.

I'm now a pastor at a local church in the Netherlands. Before that I worked as IT "infrastructure specialist" with EDS.
I like the new job a whole lot better, even though it pays less and I get to work weird hours.

Hi, late to the thread.
I studied jazz in college, was a professional drummer for two years, got tired of starving and went back to university to take pharmacy. I'm now pushing paper in a regional health authority.

Jake, I'll have to check out the music when I reclaim the entertainmet centre from the kids. I think most of the stuff I've recorded has been mercifully destroyed.

Al