Practicing Chemical Engineer (The Schwan Food Company)
Patent_D527862
(623k pdf). Design Patent: Brick Oven Pizza Crust with an Irregulary-Shaped
Edge (Issued Sept. 12th, 2006) - Freschetta® Brick Oven® was
launched in 2003 and has annual sales of about $100 million.- Patent
20060068065 (1,134k pdf). Patent Application: Container Comprising
Edible Manifold (2006)
- Patent_20040146622
(1,678k pdf). Patent Application: Pizza and Crust Having a Square Aspect
and an Irregular Edge (2004) - Freschetta® Brick Oven® was launched
in 2003 and has annual sales of about $100 million.
- Patent_20040175477
(1,136k pdf). Patent Application (continuation in part): Pizza and Crust
an Irregular Edge (2004) - Freschetta® Brick Oven® was launched
in 2003 and has annual sales of about $100 million.
- Patent_20030044493
(1,129k pdf). Patent Application: Container Comprising Edible Manifold
(2003)
Practicing Chemical Engineer (P&G)
- Patent_WO9942000
(1,831k pdf). Patent Application: Oven Finishing System for Food Products
(1999)
- Torengos
(162k pdf). How Chemical Engineers helped make Torengos Tortilla Chips,
for "An Introduction to Engineering for High School Students"
(2001)
Chemical Engineering (B.S. Degree)
- Air-Flow (281k pdf). Mathematical description of venturi meters, orifice meters, & TSI meters. (May 12, 1995)
- Centrifuge Settling & Filtration Theory (109k pdf). Centrifugal forces, filtration, and scale up methods. (1995)
- History
of Chemical Engineering (web site). Explore the past, present, and
future of our profession. (1995)
- Logarithmic Graphs (82k pdf). How does taking a logarithm change the shape of a data plot? (August 20, 2000)
History of Science & Technology (Minor)
- Art, Science, & Technology (67k pdf). Brief examination of art, science, and technology during the Renaissance. (February 7, 1994)
- Chemical Weapons Disposal (79k pdf). History of chemical weapon use. Status at the end of the cold war. Co-authored by Matt Witzman. (1992)
- Different Paths: China and the West (67k pdf). Medieval technology plays a different role in East and West. (February 7, 1994)
- Modern Warfare (132k pdf). The impact of technology on warfare. (June 3, 1996)
- Visualizing Tycho Brahe's Mars Data (web site). Explore the data Kepler used to discover his three laws of planetary motion. (2000)
Scientific & Technical Communication
- Communication
Flatland (web site). The dimensions of communication. (October 12,
2000)
- Digital Watermarks in Scientific Visualization (132k pdf). Review of three articles. (May 8, 2000)
- Invisible Digital Watermarking: Software & Implications (2,582k pdf). Review of steganographic software. (May 3, 2000)
- Media Analysis: Overhead Transparencies (140k pdf). How do overhead projectors impact your message? How to select proper font sizes? (February 16, 2000)
- Media Effects: Video Game Violence (116k pdf). Do violent video games increase youth violence? (February 24, 2000)
- Minnesota Heroes (web site). Read about James Root, hero of the Great Hinckley Fire, or the First Minnesota's Charge at Gettysburg. (Spring 2000)
Older Writings (High School)
- Shoes (74k, pdf). Published by Concordia College's Fresh Tracks (Vol. 4, No. 1, Fall 1992) as outstanding creative writing. (1992)
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