Profession: Scientist

Number of times previously entering contest: never

Favorite design and analysis tools: LabVIEW, TurboCAD,Rhinoceros,PunchPro,Inventor,Maple,SolidWorks

For managing CAD data Christopher's company uses: None

Hobbies and activities: Horticulture of Fruits and Nuts, Classical Guitar

Online communities: youtube "trekease"

Inspired by: Seeing a useful device developed that is simpler, less costly, safer and easier to use than what has been developed before by combining hand craftsmanship and technological innovation. Creating a useful apparatus that demonstrates simple principals of applied physics is especially fun for me.