Profession: Scientist

Number of times previously entering contest: never

Favorite design and analysis tools: Tracepro, Comsol, Matlab, Mathematica, Maple

For managing CAD data Richard's company uses: None

Hobbies and activities: music, nature hikes, photography and film, novels

Online communities: daily kos and greenparty of canada

Inspired by: sustainable technologies, saving the ocean from acidity death