My professional career began in 1966 as a Reliability and Failure Analysis Physicist at AC Electronics, a division of General Motors. This work involved the investigation of electronic device behavior, failure mechanisms, and the reliability of emerging integrated circuit technologies at a time when integrated circuit (microchip) electronics was still in its formative stages.
During this early period, I was involved in work connected with the Apollo space program, including the development and analysis of electronic systems associated with the Lunar Excursion Module. One of my early investigations focused on the mechanisms of microplasm failures in integrated circuits, a problem of critical importance in high-reliability aerospace systems.
Over the course of more than thirty years of working as a Senior Physicist in research and development, I worked across a wide range of disciplines in semiconductor physics and electronic system design. My work included integrated circuit development, device modeling, reliability analysis, failure investigation, and the resolution of complex technical problems that often required innovative approaches beyond conventional design methods.
After retirement from R&D, I was appointed as the Expert Physicist by the Research and Innovation Administration to oversee some work being done by NASA. I also taught University Physics for seven years for pre-med students.
This project, Word Light, reflects a continuation of that same pursuit of understanding—bringing together the study of Scripture with a disciplined approach to truth, structure, and interpretation.
The same discipline used to understand the physical world can also be applied to understanding the Word of God.