Alxx -> Alex Gibson
Interests include
motor bikes , reading (fan of Raymond Feist , Robert Jordan and others), computers electronics , microcontrollers, fpga , dsps.
Currently working with TI C6000 dsps especially DM642 , Cradle MDSP chips, Xilinx fpgas and Philips lpc21xx arm7 microcontrollers.
Currently working for NeST - Network Sensor Technologies Lab at UTS (www.uts.edu.au) http://nest.eng.uts.edu.au and for www.iOmniscient.com
Was secretary for two years of UTS Engineering society www.secsme.org.au currently president of UTS saladbowl society www.geocities.com/saladbowluts - currently redesigning/fixing up the website
2000 - now
Slowly completing University degrees.
Double degree
Bachelor of Science Applied Physics and Bachelor of Engineering (Elect) Diploma of Engineering Practice.
2 physics subjects to go - HPC high performance computing )parallel programming in fortran 90/95) and Optics and nanophotonics and at least 8 engineering subjects to go.
Previously
2000- 2005 Tutored a few subjects at university: Introductory Digital Systems(2003 - 2005) Computational Mathematics and Physics (just the physics, 2002)
1990 - 1999 Aircraft Maintenance Engineer Avionics(Trade certificate) Worked for Qantas as a Maintenance Engineer.
Mostly in Heavy Maintenance Modifications, installing new equipment and systems to 747 and 767 aircraft.
Everything from GPS and sat comms thru to entertainment systems , strut modifactions and generator feeder cables. Medically retired Nov 1999(motor cycle accident Jan 1998).