About David Stipp

Hello and Welcome!

This is a page all about me.

Misc.

E-mail

Amateur Radio Callsign

KC8PLB

GPG Key ID

0x87CFCE72

AIM

DavidStipp

Education: University

I graduated from the University of Illinois in Urbana Champaign with a Bachelor of Science in General Engineering. Post-graduation, I've done additional coursework in operations research and decision analysis.

During my tenure, I was president of the Synton Amateur Radio Club, W9YH for a few years. I was also in ACM@UIUC, and skated with the Inline Insomniacs. Not to mention playing in the clarinet in the concert and summer bands while I was here. And I worked. A lot.

Education: High School

I attended high school at St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati, Ohio. Thankfully, that's now over. In no particular order, I was:

  • Clarinet player in Marching and Concert Band

  • Editor in Chief of the Yearbook "X-Ray"

  • Newspaper Technical Editor of "BluePrint"

  • President Computer Society

  • Orchestra member in TX production of "Man of LaMancha"

  • Member of Amateur Radio Club - W8GYH.

Work

I work or have worked at the following places at some point...

  • Research Programmar, University of Illinois, CITES, Production Systems Management Group

  • Consultant, Black Brothers Inc. - Worked with a team to do an engineering design analysis of the Black Brothers roller coater spreaders. Affiliated with senior design. Incorporated heavy use of CAD/CAE. (AutoDesk Inventor, ANSYS)

  • Unix System Administrator, Motorola Urbana Design Center

  • System Administrator, University of Illinois, Calculus and Mathematica

  • In the past, I have worked for the St. Xavier Computer Department doing Windows server and workstation support, networking, and lab setup. I also worked for the "Buckeye State Yearbook Workshop" for Jostens, and at the amusement park "King's Island".

Music

I have played the clarinet since the 5th grade. I played in various concert, marching, and pep bands in 5th - 12th grades. After coming to UIUC, I continued to play in the concert and summer bands for my entire stay. However, I think the most enjoyable experience was playing in the Marching Band at highschool.

In addition to playing music, I also have a tendency to listen to it as well.