Increa Technology ^TM,SM

On this web page, you'll find information hovering in the void between professional activities, entrepreneurial feasibility, and renaissance curiosity. If you use material from pages I maintain, please let me know. Early intentions out of high school were to become a medical doctor, but during my second year of college, the computer revolution caught my attention, and my life became a combination of interests. I obtained a Ph.D. degree doing atomic emission analysis of atmospheric pressure spark discharges, and then joined the military as an Air Force pilot.

When I left active duty military, I settled onto a rural homestead in Michigan and secured work as a Sr. System Engineer in the field of industrial automation, while continuing to fly KC-135s with the Air Force Reserves. I thoroughly enjoyed the intellectual freedom of being a telecommuter, but the dot.com implosion in 2001 sent me out on my own to breath life back into the sole proprietorship company I had started back in 1988. I ended up doing contract work under conditions that many dream of, but was disappointed at the lack of integrity in some business relationships.

I was pleased when a job opened up as a Flight Test Engineer at Edwards AFB on the Airborne Laser program. Later, I took a job in the Electronic Warfare directorate, where I found more expansive work doing Directed Energy Test & Evaluation and other Technical Assistance representing the Air Force Flight Test Center enterprise at Edwards Air Force Base in this new technology area.  As an Air Force Reserve officer, technical efforts have gone toward developing new flight test instrumentation and software that will significantly cut costs of aircraft modification, while changing flight test execution paradigms.

Fall of 2007, I accepted a full-time faculty position back in Michigan, while simultaneously serving a 1/3-time appointment in a Residential Life position on campus.  During semester breaks, I have been able to continue Air Force Reserve work at the USAF Test Pilot School, and also with the Electronic Warfare Directorate. I miss being out and about in the wind and weather, and the long office hours staring at a computer bear down on me.  I miss being out and about in an operational environment.  I heard the Air Force is recalling pilots to active duty...

Increa posts may appear in news groups for Hewlett-Packard HP48, Palm Pilot, Radio Equipment Swaps, or Linux Newsgroups.  Every once-in-a-while, I separate the time to publish articles about my activities, including finances,taxes, and energy needs of a small homestead. I moderate both the Volmer VJ-22 and Sugar Springs Airstrip Yahoo groups. Mork's Market always lists a few things for sale. If I ever run out of things to do, I turn to the catalogs of Tom Lindsay and buy a new book.

"When you don't know where else to go, go back to the beginning."

This page is maintained by Brian Mork, owner & operator of Increa^TM // It was last modified August 2008. Suggestions for changes and comments are always welcome. The easiest way is to contact me through the Internet.

PHD, ATP ME, PRIV SEL, COMM GLIDER, ARO KA9SNF, GROL #PG-GB-000395