Profession: Engineer/Designer

Number of times previously entering contest: 1

Favorite design and analysis tools: Hand calculation, SAP2000, Solidworks (with Simulation), Matlab, Octave, and NASTRAN.

Hobbies and activities: Bicycling, Arithmetic, and Rock Collecting

Online communities: Bikeforums, Skyscrapercity forums, Sciforums

Inspired by: I sometimes have ideas when I feel that something is missing from an activity, object, or system.