My blogs

Blogs I follow

Gender	Male
Industry	Engineering
Occupation	teacher
Location	McGregor, Texas, United States
Introduction	GW had a 20 year career in aerospace defense new product engineering, followed by a 20 year career in mostly teaching, with a little civil engineering and aviation work. He is now retired on a small farm in central Texas, occasionally building and selling cactus eradication tools, available for consulting, and offering a self-published book on ramjet propulsion. He has posted a lot of technical articles on this site, a catalog of which is in the post "Lists of Some Articles By Topic Area", dated 21 October 2021. For information about the ramjet book, see "GW's Ramjet Book Is Now Available!", posted 12 February 2024. Use the blog archive gadget as a navigation tool to find these quickly. He is also developing course materials for teaching or self-teaching in aerothermodynamics, and in the sizing of vehicles for space missions.
Interests	engineering, space travel, alternate fuels, alternate energy, vehicles of all types, killing cactus
Favorite movies	science fiction, war
Favorite music	all kinds, especially older
Favorite books	Heinlein, Larry Niven, Jim Christly (submarines)