Employment Objective

Application software development, software support, technical writing, publishing or library work.

Experience Summary

My experience emphasizes analysis, software development, instruction, and preparation of written material. My software development experience is mostly in the C++ and Java languages in UNIX environments.

Work Experience

Tensegrity Solutions, Cambridge, MA, 1981 - Present, Principal
Analyze and design space frames. Fabricate models. Develop structural design software. Document results. Consult on tensegrity: issues, model building, computations. (C/C++, BASIC, Java, docs, HTML, MathML, VRML, X Window System, MFC, OpenGL, POV-Ray, UNIX, Windows, MS-DOS)

Robert Burkhardt Software Services, Cambridge, MA, 2006 - 2007, Principal
Develop software to browse audio files. Implement design by MIT Media Lab graduate student. Interpret capabilities of multi-media libraries. (Java, C++, docs, GUI, XML, JMF, JNI, Eclipse, Visual Studio, Windows)

Lycos.com (Gamesville), Waltham, MA, 1999 - 2002, Software Engineer
Develop client/server software for simple games and classic board games played over the Internet by single and multiple players. Member of software development team of about 10 people. Interface with creative department. (C++, Java, Perl, GUI, HTML, SQL, CVS, UNIX)

Northeastern University (College of Engineering), Boston, MA, 1999, Part-time Lecturer
Develop and teach Intermediate C++ Programming. (C++, training, docs, UML, Windows)

Adecco, Kennison, Franklin-Pierce, TAC, TAD, Olsten, MA, 1996-1997, Temporary office work
Type. File. Answer phones. Call customers. Enter data. Prepare mail. Pack/unpack computer systems.

Lowell Institute School (now at Northeastern University, Boston, MA), 1988 - 1996, Contractor
Develop and teach computer programming courses providing training in intermediate programming skills, user interface development and graphics programming. (C/C++, BASIC, GUI, training, docs, X Window System, Motif, graphics, MS-DOS, Windows, UNIX)

Carvajal, S.A. (Grupo Editorial Norma), Bogotá, Colombia, 1991 - 1993, Contractor
Develop software to parse dictionary entries and store them in a database. Train customer. Provide information and solutions relevant to software issues as they arise. (C, training, docs, GUI, X Window System, UNIX)

Boston University Metropolitan College, Boston, MA, 1988 - 1989, Instructor
Develop and teach Introduction to Computer Graphics. (C, training, docs, GUI, X Window System, UNIX)

Computervision (now part of Parametric Technology, Needham, MA), 1985 - 1986, Contractor
Develop software to interactively display wire-frame snapshots. (docs, GUI, FORTRAN, GDDM, VM/CMS)

Olsten, CDI, Manpower, MA, 1982 - 1984, Temporary office work
Type. File. Answer phones. Enter data. Prepare mail. Assemble electronics.

Tufts University (Economics Department), Medford, MA, 1981, Instructor
Develop and teach undergraduate course in statistics for economics. (training, docs, FORTRAN)

Internal Revenue Service (SOI Division), Washington, DC, 1975, 1976, Student assistant
Predict the number of returns filed by type of return and service center. Design prediction models. Enhance statistical software. (BASIC, TSP)

Education

Lowell Institute School (now at Northeastern University, Boston, MA), 1982 - 1986
Certificate in Electronics Technology, 1986. Park Medal.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 1975 - 1980
Graduate student and research assistant, Department of Economics. National Science Foundation Fellow 1975-78. Statistically analyze time-series and categorical data. Write analytical reports on results. (TSP, SPSS, VM/CMS, MVS, matrix algebra, multivariate statistics)

University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA, 1973 - 1975
B.A. Magna Cum Laude, Economics, 1975. Phi Beta Kappa. Correct homework for mathematics classes. Develop simulation, multiple-regression and course record-keeping software. (APL, BASIC, matrix algebra, multivariate statistics)

Los Angeles Harbor Community College, Wilmington, CA, 1971 - 1973
A.A., Economics, 1973. Alpha Gamma Sigma. Matrix-inversion routine for complex-valued data. (APL, matrix algebra)

Publications

R. Burkhardt, "The Application of Nonlinear Programming to the Design and Validation of Tensegrity Structures with Special Attention to Skew Prisms," Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures, v. 47, no. 1 (no. 150, April 2006), pp. 3-15.

John Osgood Field, Robert Burkhardt and George Ropes, "Supplementary feeding in rural Egypt: The health system in action," Food Policy, Vol. 6, No. 3 (August 1981), pp. 163-172.

Volunteer Work

I am currently working on Wikisource (en.wikisource.org) developing electronic versions of several old encyclopedias. I also develop electronic versions of text and images relating to Carl Schurz and others. I use this information in Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org) articles as seems appropriate, and supplement it with information from local public and college libraries and my own library. As my language skills and interests permit, I work on Wikipedias for languages besides English, and on the German Wikisource.

I have been a member of the Shirley Conservation Commission since 1992. I am responsible for the Commission's website (www.shirley-ma.gov/conservation). The website has all the Commission's annual reports and all the agendas of recent years. I developed several things for the Shirley Historical Society website, mostly electronic implementations of existing print documents, but also an interactive map for identifying points of interest in Shirley. I volunteer at the Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge doing field work. I maintain several websites (www.trip.net/~bobwb for example) with information relevant to various things I am interested in.

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