Profession: Engineer/Designer

Number of times previously entering contest: 2

Favorite design and analysis tools: Pencil and paper, scale models, steam-driven calculator

For managing CAD data William's company uses: SolidWorks PDMWorks Enterprise

Hobbies and activities: Travel, hiking, painting and scupture, hot rods

Online communities: Several

Inspired by: Simplicity. I think the best work has the fewest parts that still get the job done. Nature is by far the best at providing the ultimate "elegant solution".