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Alan Meyer
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Alan W. Meyer is a Research Engineer at the University of California
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He has held this position
since 1998. In July of 2001 he received a commission in the USNR
where he is currently Project Engineer in the EDQ program. Mr. Meyer
earned his B.S.E.E in 1983 from California State University, Sacramento
and his M.S.E.E from the University of Southern California in 1994.
Prior to joining LLNL, Mr. Meyer was the Manager of Operations and
a Project Engineer for GTT Industries. Among other accomplishments
GTT developed the MDM ATE for the International Space Station. As
an Systems Engineer for the USN Pacific Missile Test Center, Mr.
Meyer applied radar signal processing, guidance and control systems,
and realtime aerodynamic simulations in support of test and evaluation
of Naval weapon systems. Mr. Meyer is currently a Senior Member
of the IEEE and an Associate Member of the Acoustical Society of
America. His research interests embrace signal and image processing,
distributed and non-linear control systems, array signal processing,
estimation theory, systems identification and tomography, with applications
to communications, radar systems, sonar systems, biomedical and
seismic signal processing.
Mr. Meyer first became fascinated by volcanoes during a family
vacation trip when he was 11 years old. He has pursued this interest
as an avocation ever since. These pursuits have taken Mr. Meyer
to most of the Cascade volcanoes, the volcanoes of the eastern Oregon
and Washington, the Snake River Plateau, Yellowstone, Hawaii, and
the Italian peninsula. His fascination with volcanoes has lead Mr.
Meyer, on several occasions, to speak to students at local schools.
Mr. Meyer, compelled by this interest, has studied geo-physics,
geo-chemistry, geology and volcanology both formally, and informally.
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Stan Hitomi
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Stan Hitomi teaches biology and physical science at Monte Vista
High School in Danville, California. He has 20 years of experience
as a teacher and has served as a Mentor Teacher for the San Ramon
Valley Unified School District for the past 8 years. He is currently
a member of the Community Advisory Panel for station KQED in San
Francisco, and has worked on science education projects with Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), U.C. Berkeley, San Joaquin
County Office of Education, WNET-New York, KQED-San Francisco, Access
Excellence (Genentec), and the Exploratorium.
While working with LLNL, Stan worked with other teachers to co-author
the Biotechnology Education Program, Laser Science & Optics
for the Classroom, and Research Bootcamp. Each of these programs
focused on teacher development and training, with a strong focus
on integrated instruction. Stan currently serves on the Staff Development
Leadership Council (SDLC), a national organization whose mission
is to study, research, and develop staff development programs. He
was recently awarded a scholarship by the Carnegie Foundation for
the Advancement of Teaching to conduct research on teaching methods
and practices.
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