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Novel Problem Solver
I am an Inventor and Autodidact (self taught). I like solving technical problems that require
out-of-the-box-thinking. See Atoe.com . I am an Electronic Technician with 20+ years of
production experience. I received a certificate as a Digital Specialist (top of class). If you
are experiencing problems that never seem to stay fixed, or have a need to reverse engineer
or update an older piece of equipment, I can help with your problems. If you are thinking
about incorporating a new technology, I can independently research and analyze the
problem.
Description of Work Experience
I have >1000 hours programming Koyo (Automation Direct) PLCs and some Allen
Bradley SLC500 (04), and A. B. Micrologic 1500 series PLCs. I have engineered and
adapted equipment from different manufacturers to work together. I have built and wired
electrical control panels. I have extensive experience in the precision measurement of light
and lasers with photo-multipliers, photo-diodes and thermopiles. In addition, I have
experience repairing electromechanical equipment including precision electromechanical
weighing devices.
I am an Inventor and Autodidact (self taught). I like solving technical problems that require
out-of-the-box-thinking. See Atoe.com . I am an Electronic Technician with 20+ years of
production experience. I received a certificate as a Digital Specialist (top of class). If you
are experiencing problems that never seem to stay fixed, or have a need to reverse engineer
or update an older piece of equipment, I can help with your problems. If you are thinking
about incorporating a new technology, I can independently research and analyze the
problem.
Description of Work Experience
I have >1000 hours programming Koyo (Automation Direct) PLCs and some Allen
Bradley SLC500 (04), and A. B. Micrologic 1500 series PLCs. I have engineered and
adapted equipment from different manufacturers to work together. I have built and wired
electrical control panels. I have extensive experience in the precision measurement of light
and lasers with photo-multipliers, photo-diodes and thermopiles. In addition, I have
experience repairing electromechanical equipment including precision electromechanical
weighing devices.
Work History Chronological Order
Maintenance Electrical Technician Sept 2009 to Jan 2010 $16.00 hr. 45+ hours weekly
Q. B. Johnson Manufacturing, Inc. 9000 S. Sunnylane Rd. Oklahoma City, OK 73189
(405) 677-6676 Jason Bayless (Project Engineer and Maintenance Supervisor)
Repair equipment as needed. Primarily welders and wire feeders. Trace and mark electrical
distribution panels. Work in all weather conditions. Working at heights on cranes and
rooftops. Some work on heavy equipment.
Electrical Technician, June 2006 to March 2009 $15.75 Hr.
Roasters Exchange, 1530 W. Main Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73106
(405)232-1223, Owner: Dan Jolliff
Writing programs for Koyo (Automation Direct) PLCs and some Allen Bradley SLC500
(04), and Allen Bradley Micrologic 1500 series PLCs. Rebuilding the electrical sections of
coffee packaging machines. Engineering and adapting equipment from different
manufacturers to work together. Aligning and adjusting the electrical and mechanical
operation of coffee packaging equipment. Updating machines controlled by cams and
switches to PLC's. Building and wiring electrical control panels. Making replacement parts.
Calibration Manager, Feb 2005 to October 2005 $25.00 Hr.
Gamma Scientific, 8581 Aero Drive, San Diego, CA. 92123
(858)279-8034 Supervisors Name: Frank L. Jones
I was hired to solve a problem between 2 generations of light measuring equipment where
the new generation was incapable of making high level pulsed light measurements
accurately. The problem was actually 3 problems, the photomultiplier tubes used different
dynode string tapers, (space charge effects), the dynamic pulse span was greater for the
older generation electronics, and the construction documentation was incorrect. I also wrote
data entry forms in Word and Excel for calibrating optical detectors. In the light
measurement lab I would calibrate customer equipment, maintain, design, and construct
laboratory equipment and test fixtures. I was responsible for generating calibration data and
certifications. Analyzing discrepancies in data and determining their causes.
SQA Technician June 2004 to February 2005 $9.50 Hr.
Oasis Staffing/Hitachi, 1800 E. Imhoff, Norman, OK. 73071
(405)364-4240, Supervisors: Ralph Upchurch (Oasis), Gordon Bentley (Hitachi)
Incoming inspection of parts to insure that they were coming from approved vendors or
manufacturers. Verification of circuit boards with microscopes. 3D measurement of
mechanical frames with a FARO DMM dimensional measurement arm. Experience using
Lotus Notes, PeopleSoft, and Agile.
Unemployed from May 2003 to June 2004
Process Technician II May 1993 to May 2003 40 hrs week $16.34 Hr.
Scientech Inc., 5649 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder CO. 80303
(303)444-1361, Supervisors Name: Michael Campbell
Assembly of laser power measurement systems. Troubleshooting and component level
repair of laser power indicators and their detectors. Calibration of laser detectors optically
with a calibrated laser system or electrically with resistive heaters.
Repair of balances sent in by customers. The repair would include both the mechanical and
electronic assemblies. Assembly and testing of OEM weighing cells both 35 gram and 50
gram to .0001 of a gram. Repair of OEM weighing cells from field. After I took over the
assembly of these cells, the rate for manufacturing defects dropped >70%.
Designed and built a proof of concept design for a 2 chip RS-232 interfaced MicroChip
PIC controller as a data acquisition and readout for a laser power calorimeter. Began
preliminary designs on a speckle interferometry device to measure the loading and bending
of components, (in real-time), in a high precision (.00001 gram) balance.
Investigation, study, and troubleshooting the sampling ratio drift in the laser calibration
laboratory. This reduced by 80% the sampling ratio drift due to temperature affects in the
laser cavity. The laser lab could become unusable without the modifications since the laser
lab was not temperature controlled. Assist in troubleshooting and repair of the primary
Nd/YAG laser.
Senior Electronic Technician June 1985 to March 1992 40 hrs week $10.30 Hr.
Gamma Scientific, 8581 Aero Dr. San Diego, CA. 92123
(858)279-8034 Supervisors Name: Bob Ruff
I would troubleshoot failures to the component level for light measuring equipment.
Electronic circuits included op-amp amplifiers, analog to digital converters, analog circuits,
digital, and very high impedance electrometer amplifiers. Troubleshooting and repair of
precision mechanical assemblies including monochromators and automated optical test
fixtures.
Electronic Technician June 1984 to April 1985 40 hrs week $1300 month
Sym-tek Systems, San Diego, CA.
Supervisors Name: Sam Williams
Responsible for final mechanical alignments and troubleshooting of high speed integrated
circuit handling machines. These machines would heat or cool integrated circuits and then
electronically test them at their operational temperature extremes. For cooling they could
use liquid nitrogen.
Field Service Technician May 1981 to Jan 1984 40 hrs week $1130 month
R.K. Black Inc., 3M Dealer. Oklahoma City, OK.
Supervisors Name: John Courtney
I serviced and repaired microfilm cameras, duplicators and reader/printers. 85%
mechanical, 10% electrical, 5% optical.
Jr. Instrument Technician November 1978 to January 1980 40 hrs week $6.25 Hr.
Mobil Chemical, 555 Wolverine Road Shawnee, OK 74801.
Tel.: (405) 275-6850. Supervisors Name: Jim Parr
I repaired and calibrated temperature controllers, chart recorders, SCR DC motor
controllers. I am familiar with relay logic and ladder diagrams.
Sandblaster WG-5 Federal Civil Service Tinker A.F.B. Sept. 1976 to Sept. 1977 $5.75
hr. Sandblasting turbine engine parts. 1 Year temporary appointment, declined remaining on
so that I could go to school for electronics.
Military U.S. Navy 08/1975 to 06/1976 I received a General discharge under Honorable
conditions.
Maintenance Electrical Technician Sept 2009 to Jan 2010 $16.00 hr. 45+ hours weekly
Q. B. Johnson Manufacturing, Inc. 9000 S. Sunnylane Rd. Oklahoma City, OK 73189
(405) 677-6676 Jason Bayless (Project Engineer and Maintenance Supervisor)
Repair equipment as needed. Primarily welders and wire feeders. Trace and mark electrical
distribution panels. Work in all weather conditions. Working at heights on cranes and
rooftops. Some work on heavy equipment.
Electrical Technician, June 2006 to March 2009 $15.75 Hr.
Roasters Exchange, 1530 W. Main Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73106
(405)232-1223, Owner: Dan Jolliff
Writing programs for Koyo (Automation Direct) PLCs and some Allen Bradley SLC500
(04), and Allen Bradley Micrologic 1500 series PLCs. Rebuilding the electrical sections of
coffee packaging machines. Engineering and adapting equipment from different
manufacturers to work together. Aligning and adjusting the electrical and mechanical
operation of coffee packaging equipment. Updating machines controlled by cams and
switches to PLC's. Building and wiring electrical control panels. Making replacement parts.
Calibration Manager, Feb 2005 to October 2005 $25.00 Hr.
Gamma Scientific, 8581 Aero Drive, San Diego, CA. 92123
(858)279-8034 Supervisors Name: Frank L. Jones
I was hired to solve a problem between 2 generations of light measuring equipment where
the new generation was incapable of making high level pulsed light measurements
accurately. The problem was actually 3 problems, the photomultiplier tubes used different
dynode string tapers, (space charge effects), the dynamic pulse span was greater for the
older generation electronics, and the construction documentation was incorrect. I also wrote
data entry forms in Word and Excel for calibrating optical detectors. In the light
measurement lab I would calibrate customer equipment, maintain, design, and construct
laboratory equipment and test fixtures. I was responsible for generating calibration data and
certifications. Analyzing discrepancies in data and determining their causes.
SQA Technician June 2004 to February 2005 $9.50 Hr.
Oasis Staffing/Hitachi, 1800 E. Imhoff, Norman, OK. 73071
(405)364-4240, Supervisors: Ralph Upchurch (Oasis), Gordon Bentley (Hitachi)
Incoming inspection of parts to insure that they were coming from approved vendors or
manufacturers. Verification of circuit boards with microscopes. 3D measurement of
mechanical frames with a FARO DMM dimensional measurement arm. Experience using
Lotus Notes, PeopleSoft, and Agile.
Unemployed from May 2003 to June 2004
Process Technician II May 1993 to May 2003 40 hrs week $16.34 Hr.
Scientech Inc., 5649 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder CO. 80303
(303)444-1361, Supervisors Name: Michael Campbell
Assembly of laser power measurement systems. Troubleshooting and component level
repair of laser power indicators and their detectors. Calibration of laser detectors optically
with a calibrated laser system or electrically with resistive heaters.
Repair of balances sent in by customers. The repair would include both the mechanical and
electronic assemblies. Assembly and testing of OEM weighing cells both 35 gram and 50
gram to .0001 of a gram. Repair of OEM weighing cells from field. After I took over the
assembly of these cells, the rate for manufacturing defects dropped >70%.
Designed and built a proof of concept design for a 2 chip RS-232 interfaced MicroChip
PIC controller as a data acquisition and readout for a laser power calorimeter. Began
preliminary designs on a speckle interferometry device to measure the loading and bending
of components, (in real-time), in a high precision (.00001 gram) balance.
Investigation, study, and troubleshooting the sampling ratio drift in the laser calibration
laboratory. This reduced by 80% the sampling ratio drift due to temperature affects in the
laser cavity. The laser lab could become unusable without the modifications since the laser
lab was not temperature controlled. Assist in troubleshooting and repair of the primary
Nd/YAG laser.
Senior Electronic Technician June 1985 to March 1992 40 hrs week $10.30 Hr.
Gamma Scientific, 8581 Aero Dr. San Diego, CA. 92123
(858)279-8034 Supervisors Name: Bob Ruff
I would troubleshoot failures to the component level for light measuring equipment.
Electronic circuits included op-amp amplifiers, analog to digital converters, analog circuits,
digital, and very high impedance electrometer amplifiers. Troubleshooting and repair of
precision mechanical assemblies including monochromators and automated optical test
fixtures.
Electronic Technician June 1984 to April 1985 40 hrs week $1300 month
Sym-tek Systems, San Diego, CA.
Supervisors Name: Sam Williams
Responsible for final mechanical alignments and troubleshooting of high speed integrated
circuit handling machines. These machines would heat or cool integrated circuits and then
electronically test them at their operational temperature extremes. For cooling they could
use liquid nitrogen.
Field Service Technician May 1981 to Jan 1984 40 hrs week $1130 month
R.K. Black Inc., 3M Dealer. Oklahoma City, OK.
Supervisors Name: John Courtney
I serviced and repaired microfilm cameras, duplicators and reader/printers. 85%
mechanical, 10% electrical, 5% optical.
Jr. Instrument Technician November 1978 to January 1980 40 hrs week $6.25 Hr.
Mobil Chemical, 555 Wolverine Road Shawnee, OK 74801.
Tel.: (405) 275-6850. Supervisors Name: Jim Parr
I repaired and calibrated temperature controllers, chart recorders, SCR DC motor
controllers. I am familiar with relay logic and ladder diagrams.
Sandblaster WG-5 Federal Civil Service Tinker A.F.B. Sept. 1976 to Sept. 1977 $5.75
hr. Sandblasting turbine engine parts. 1 Year temporary appointment, declined remaining on
so that I could go to school for electronics.
Military U.S. Navy 08/1975 to 06/1976 I received a General discharge under Honorable
conditions.
Education
United Electronics Institute, Oklahoma City OK 1979. Certificate as Digital Specialist (top
of class). 18 month course
Introduction to Lasers O.S.U. Technical Institute Spring 1983 GPA (4.0 of 4.0) 4 Credit
Hours
Central State University, Edmond OK 8/80 to 5/81 General Education GPA (3.6 of 4) 24
Credit Hours
Rose State College, Midwest City, OK Spring 1977 GPA (3.0 of 4.0) 3 Credit Hours
Choctaw High School, Choctaw, Oklahoma. 1975 High School Diploma
Awards
Won 3M's Grandmaster Technician Award (1983) top 3 percent of technician's in the
nation.
1991 U.S. Patent 4910633 Levitation apparatus and method Referenced by 18 later
patents.
United Electronics Institute, Oklahoma City OK 1979. Certificate as Digital Specialist (top
of class). 18 month course
Introduction to Lasers O.S.U. Technical Institute Spring 1983 GPA (4.0 of 4.0) 4 Credit
Hours
Central State University, Edmond OK 8/80 to 5/81 General Education GPA (3.6 of 4) 24
Credit Hours
Rose State College, Midwest City, OK Spring 1977 GPA (3.0 of 4.0) 3 Credit Hours
Choctaw High School, Choctaw, Oklahoma. 1975 High School Diploma
Awards
Won 3M's Grandmaster Technician Award (1983) top 3 percent of technician's in the
nation.
1991 U.S. Patent 4910633 Levitation apparatus and method Referenced by 18 later
patents.
| Resume and Work history for Louis P. Quinn |
Papers and Posters
(2008) EARTH SAFE nuclear explosive for defending Earth from asteroids. A nuclear
explosive that is not a weapon. (Poster Session) Joint Annual Meeting of
LEAG-ICEUM-SRR
Updated version at http://www.atoe.com/qdevice.html
(2001) Mining With Limited Force Tools and Micro scale Mining Machines. The Ants of
Toutatis.
Paper given at Colorado School of Mines Space Resources Roundtable III 2001
Some of the technology topics in the paper included:
A)Exploiting pre-existing fractures with intelligent piezoelectric wedges. (It doesn't work
because the asteroid's internal temperature is too cold. Piezoelectric materials depolarize at
these low temperatures.)
B) Orbiting a solar powered furnace and processing facility around an asteroid. This
simplifies sun tracking compared to the complex problems of sun tracking from the surface
of a tumbling body. Using regolith, (crushed surface material), and linear action catapults,
(crossbows), for station keeping.
C) A solar powered rock crusher, based on memory metal (Nitinol).
D) Using surface tension and liquid wetting to make structural shapes from molten metals
with frames of refractory wire.
Link http://www.isruinfo.com/index.php?page=srr_3 Scroll down to L. P. Quinn
(2008) EARTH SAFE nuclear explosive for defending Earth from asteroids. A nuclear
explosive that is not a weapon. (Poster Session) Joint Annual Meeting of
LEAG-ICEUM-SRR
Updated version at http://www.atoe.com/qdevice.html
(2001) Mining With Limited Force Tools and Micro scale Mining Machines. The Ants of
Toutatis.
Paper given at Colorado School of Mines Space Resources Roundtable III 2001
Some of the technology topics in the paper included:
A)Exploiting pre-existing fractures with intelligent piezoelectric wedges. (It doesn't work
because the asteroid's internal temperature is too cold. Piezoelectric materials depolarize at
these low temperatures.)
B) Orbiting a solar powered furnace and processing facility around an asteroid. This
simplifies sun tracking compared to the complex problems of sun tracking from the surface
of a tumbling body. Using regolith, (crushed surface material), and linear action catapults,
(crossbows), for station keeping.
C) A solar powered rock crusher, based on memory metal (Nitinol).
D) Using surface tension and liquid wetting to make structural shapes from molten metals
with frames of refractory wire.
Link http://www.isruinfo.com/index.php?page=srr_3 Scroll down to L. P. Quinn
Personal Study and Self Education
Areas of personal study: the operation and design of nuclear explosives, technology and its
effect on tactics, asymmetric warfare, portable aerial gun platforms for ground troops
(Sky-wolves), novel methods of drilling or cutting through rock, optics, magnetic levitation
and suspension (feedback and control), electromagnetic waves both visible light and
microwave, measurement of dimensional changes in objects using laser speckle
interferometry, programming and application of Microchip PIC micro-controllers, and
design of analog and digital circuits.
I have taught myself Generic Cad, QuickCad (an AutoCad Subset), Rhino 3D, Adobe
Illustrator 8.0 Mathcad 8.0. I also use Microsoft Word nearly every day.
U.S. Patent 4,910,633 Magnetic levitation apparatus and method (1990).
Areas of personal study: the operation and design of nuclear explosives, technology and its
effect on tactics, asymmetric warfare, portable aerial gun platforms for ground troops
(Sky-wolves), novel methods of drilling or cutting through rock, optics, magnetic levitation
and suspension (feedback and control), electromagnetic waves both visible light and
microwave, measurement of dimensional changes in objects using laser speckle
interferometry, programming and application of Microchip PIC micro-controllers, and
design of analog and digital circuits.
I have taught myself Generic Cad, QuickCad (an AutoCad Subset), Rhino 3D, Adobe
Illustrator 8.0 Mathcad 8.0. I also use Microsoft Word nearly every day.
U.S. Patent 4,910,633 Magnetic levitation apparatus and method (1990).