User:Wearman

I was born in Pgh PA in 1943, attended Taylor Allderdice High School, Case Institute of Technology (1960-64), taught at a bi-lingual school in Mexico (1964-65) and obtained a PhD in Physics at Indiana University in 1976. I worked at the Naval Research Lab in Washington DC from 1976 to 2011, specializing in experimental research on the physical and chemical aspect of friction, wear and adhesion. During this period I spent a year on sabbatical at UNAM, Mexico City (1981-82), Cambridge University, UK (1985-86) and Ecole Centrale de Lyon, outside Lyon FR (1992-93). Since retirement in 2011, I've taken college courses in geology, biology, genetics, sociology & anthropology, economics and film. My goal is to be able to read and understand forefront research on major issues such as origins of the universe, life and Homo sapiens.