I'm a Student. I study control theory (a sub-discipline of electrical engineering) at the University of Illinois (UIUC). I graduated with a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from UIUC in 2005, and if all goes well I will complete a Ph.D. within the next year. I have also studied elsewhere; I spent four years in Waco, TX working on my undergraduate degree in engineering at Baylor University. The top photo on the left is of the law school at Baylor, the bottom photo is of the main quad at UIUC.

I've lived in Texas and Illinois. I was born and spent the first 21 years of my life in Texas. I grew up in the forested Eastern part of the state about 100 miles East of Dallas. I attended college in Waco, located in the hill country of central Texas. After college, I moved 800 miles to the North to the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana, Illinois. I've made my home here for the past 5 years. County maps of Texas and Illinois courtesy of geology.com.

I enjoy visiting National Parks. I have a passion for the outdoors and enjoy hiking every chance I have. I'm a big fan of the canyons of Utah and Arizona, the mountains of Colorado and Wyoming, and the forests and coasts of Washington. The picture on the left is of Zion National Park in Southwest Utah, my favorite of the parks I have visited.

I am a Quaker Christian. I worship with the Quakers of the Champaign-Urbana community. Although I was raised an evangelical Christian, my spiritual journey has led me to the community of the Quakers. We worship in silence, and are deeply involved in justice and peace initiatives. The photo on the left is of the Quaker meetinghouse in Urbana.