Resume
Bill Alexander 
[email protected]
530-304-1592
 Activities
 
2000.01-Present
Consultant to Tamzen Media
Information Technology Advice and Planning, Disaster Recovery, Research and Testing of emerging technologies.
1999.01-2000.03
Contract Consultant to UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies 
Facilities Management, System and Network Administration for Macintosh, UNIX, and Windows systems, Information Technology advice and planning, workgroup solutions, and web development.
2000.01-2000.06
Consultant to EDISTI
System and Network Administration assistance for a cluster of Red Hat Linux and Windows systems.
1997-1998
Consultant to Marathon Communications,
Analyzed and provides solutions for electronic prepress and automatic packaging operations.
1995.03-1999.05
Programmer/Analyst, Typesetter and other Titles 
Performed a wide variety of duties in the Temporary Employment Pool at UC Davis. Tasks included Typesetter, Graphic Artist, Project Planner, Messenger, Clerk, Network Administrator, System Administrator, and Web Developer.
1991.01-1998.12
Business Manager, Fun & Learning Preschool,Davis, CA 95656.
1990.01-Present
Editor and Desktop Publisher 
Co-Editor and Desktop Publisher of the CRC Handbook of Materials Science and Engineering published by CRC Press.
1984.07-1984.12
Mathematical Modeler 
Worked with models of Direct Access Storage Devices (DASD) at IBM General Products Division using PL/I. Developed Human Interface screens. Participated in Groundwater Protection Program (Confidential).
1982.10-1983.08
Programmer, U.C. Advanced Physiology Simulation Laboratory: Department of Human Physiology, School of Medicine, U.C.Davis. Implemented the SLAM II simulation language on an Intel 86/330 (8086/8087,960k) running under iRMX-86 real time operating system. This was the first microcomputer implementation of the complete SLAM II language (10,000 FORTRAN lines). Funding by Project Micro (Intel).
1981.01-1989.12
Research Engineer, Research Scientist, Programmer 
Conducted research in Soil Science and Materials Science at UC Davis. Developed Mathematical Models in FORTRAN, ALGOL, and BASIC.
Review of
Creative Works
 
1995
American Research Books Association, Book Review by C.D. Hurt: of CRC Handbook of Material Science and Engineering, Second Edition: "This is a classic work ... it establishes a new standard for handbooks in terms of layout and design".
Education
 
1988
Ph.D. Engineering, University of California, Davis
Dissertation: A Structural Classification System for Materials.
Examination Areas: Science of Materials, Mathematics, Computer Science. 
1981
MS Engineering, University of California, Davis. 
Thesis: Structural Analysis and Modeling of Silicate Glasses.
1978
MS Soil Science, University of California, Davis.
Thesis: Transport and Transformation of Methyl Bromide in Soils.
1975
BS Soil and Water Science (High Honors), University of California, Davis. 
Senior Project: Testing and Evaluation of a Drip Irrigation System Design.
Honors
BS Degree: High Honors