Curriculum Vitae of Craig Tyler Van Degrift

Addresses

• e-mail: craig@yosemitefoothills.com
• WWW: http://yosemitefoothills.com/kanjiflash/CTV.html
• 33455 Road 613, Raymond, CA 93653
• Phone: 559-689-3296

Family

Married, two daughters - a Quaker Hospital Chaplain and Pilot in the US Air Force

Date of Birth

June 16, 1945

Citizenship

USA

Health

Excellent, regular hiking in the Sierra Nevada

Education

• BS, 1966, Harvey Mudd College
• MS, 1967, University of California, Irvine
• Ph.D., 1974, University of California, Irvine

Professional Experience

• Adjunct Professor, Physics, Clovis Community College/Fresno City College Campus, January, 2009 - present
• Adjunct Professor, Mathematics, North Centers - Madera Campus, January, 2005 - December, 2007
• Grower, Kirby Peak Ranch Hydroponic Greenhouse, April 2004 - December, 2005
• Instructor, Los Angeles City College, Community Services, July 2000 - January 2008
• Owner/President, Kanji-Flash Softworks, Raymond, CA, November 1991 - present
• Physicist, Electricity Division, NBS (now NIST), January 1987 - September 1996 (Retired)
• Visiting Scientist, Electrotechnical Laboratory, Tsukuba, Japan, August 1988 - September 1989
• Solid State Physicist, Temperature and Pressure Division, NBS, November 1975 - December 1986
• Assistant Research Physicist, UCI, August 1974 - November 1975
• Postgraduate Research Physicist, UCI, July 1974 - August 1974
• Acting Instructor, UCI, April 1974 - June 1974
• Lecturer, UCI, January 1974 - March 1974
• Postgraduate Research Physicist, UCI, December 1973 - March 1974
• Junior Specialist, UCI, 1972 - 1973
• Research Assistant, UCI, 1967 - 1972
• Teaching Assistant, UCI, 1967

Publications

• Physics Articles
• Other Articles
• Books Edited
• Books Authored
• Japanese Language Software & Study Guides
• Linux Software
• Patent
• Translation

Unpaid Presentation and Volunteer Activities

• Workshop on Setting up and using Raspberry Pi
• Raymond-Knowles School, Raymond, CA, November, 2008 to 2009, science demonstrations and explanations

Summer Employment During School Years

• 1966 Hewlett-Packard Corp., development of Rb vapor frequency standard
• 1965 Harvey Mudd College, measurement of absolute f values of atoms
• 1964 Cal-Tech Jet Propulsion Laboratory, spacecraft tracking data analysis
• 1963 Bunker-Ramo Corp., language translation by computer

Research Interests

• Quantum Hall effect
• Primary Thermal and Electrical Measurement Standards
• Precise low-temperature instrumentation
• Properties of liquid and solid helium
• Electrodynamics of metals
• Low-temperature rf oscillators
• Microwave oscillator pressure and temperature sensors
• Experiments at very low temperatures and high magnetic fields
• Digital Image Processing
• Video Compression

Other Interests

• Japanese Language Instruction Software
• Translation of Japanese Technical Literature
• Machine Translation of Languages
• Science Education
• Alternate Energy Technologies (Wind, Solar, Hydrogen)
• C++ and Java programming
• Robotics
• Hiking

Computer Programming Experience

• Raspberry Pi System, and PIC16F877A & ATMega328P Microprocessor programming for home projects (present)
• Use and teach Linux (contributed 'whatfor' utility) (2000)
• Teaching Introductory Java, C, and C++ courses (present)
• Japanese language educational software with C++ & GUI on Intel under OS/2 (1992-1996)
• Digital video research with C on SGI (1995-96)
• Digital video research with C on Princeton Engine video parallel processor (1992-96)
• Japanese language educational software with Comal on Intel under DOS (1989-92)
• Lab automation with C on Intel under DOS (1991-92)
• Lab automation with HP Basic on HP9845 (1987-91)
• Educational applications with Comal on C-64 (1985-89)
• Lab design using HP Engineering Graphics Language on HP9845 (1986-87)
• Lab automation with Fortran on Interdata mini-computer (1976-86)
• Educational applications with Pascal on Z-80 (1983-85)
• CPM operating system and word processor modification with Assembly on Z-80 (1980-83)
• Scientific Data Analysis with Fortran on a variety of mainframes (1964-82)
• Crude English-to-Japanese translation with machine language on IBM 1620 (1962-3)

Foreign Languages

• Japanese (reading fluency for technical material, translation experience, conversation intermediate)
• French (introductory level)

Awards

• NSF Grant for Long-Term Research in Japan, August 1988
• AIST Foreign Researcher Invitation Program Grant, May 1988
• Sustained Superior Performance Award, NBS, April 1984
• Outstanding Performance Ratings, NBS, April 1981, May 1983
• Thomas B. Brown Award, Harvey Mudd College, 1966
• School records in shotput and discus throw, Harvey Mudd College, 1965 to 1994

Participation on Outside Committees

• NASA Review Committee to Assess the State of Technological Development of the Stanford Gyrorelativity Experiment, July 21-25, 1980.
• OSTP Meeting with Japan Productivity Center R&D Management Study Team, October 26, 1989.
• NSF Review Committee to evaluate proposals for visits to Japan by US graduate students, March 22-23, 1990.

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