Alan Richmond's CV

• I and my wife operate Curious Minds, an online shop selling various science-related products, especially toys, gifts, and educational kits. I advise customers on appropriate products and how to use them. I have developed a couple of products which we now make and sell.
• We also operate Science_Zine.net, an online science encyclopedia and magazine. I wrote most of the articles.
• I own a private physics museum and laboratory with about 150 items, e.g. vintage books, bunsen burners, gas law apparatuses, resistance boxes, galvanometers, Tesla coils, Wimshurst machines, Van de Graaff generators, induction coils, etc. (PhysicsMuseum.co.uk).
• Experienced in working with scientists at major scientific research projects, e.g. (Hubble) Space Telescope Science Institute, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, European Southern Observatory, Joint European Torus (nuclear fusion), Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility.
• I was a software developer for the above projects. I have published several papers on software development. I have spoken and lectured at several international conferences on scientific software development, and web design and development.
• I was a Principal Systems Engineer, team leader, and web developer at NASA/GSFC. I later founded the Web Developer's Virtual Library, the web's first commercial web site for web developers, and EncycloZine, the web's first XHTML site.

Technical Skills

Acquisition, repair, refurbishment, and photography of scientific apparatus.

Development of physics demonstrations, e.g. how to measure a solar radiometer's speed of rotation; how to create spectra without sunlight.

Web development and programming: Graphical user interfaces, real time, monitoring, control and data acquisition, scientific instrumentation, databases, SEO, Google Adwords, HTML, CSS, CMS (e.g. Drupal), osCommerce, Object-Oriented Design, UNIX, Linux, Motif/X, Windows, PHP, C/C++, Perl, FORTRAN, Ruby, SQL, Java, JavaScript, Basic.

Education & Professional Awards

• BA (Bachelor of Arts) from the Open University (Upper 2nd Honours); math & physics.
• BSc (Bachelor of Science) from Queen Elizabeth College (now part of King's College, London); physics & math.
• Postgraduate Teacher's Certificate from Goldsmith's College, London. 1 year science teacher. Home educated 2 sons in sciences.
• C.Eng. (Chartered Engineer) awarded by the Engineering Council, UK.