Ronald W. Hull
 

11830 Spring Grove Drive Houston, Texas 77099-5025

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Education
 

EdD --  MSIE --  BS

Communications Technology  Graduate Study in Education  Biotechnology (Human Factors)  Graduate Study in Human Factors Industrial Technology

West Virginia University  University of Wisconsin-Stout  Stanford University  University of Wisconsin-Madison  University of Wisconsin-Stout

1/74  70-71 1/68  66 1/66

Experience
 

    Authored many poems (some published, one sold to ETS), articles, and newsletters (editor-publisher) before writing my autobiography (90-98, unpublished), created this website with over 1000 pages (97).  Authored four novels (01-10, published) and a book of 15 short stories (11, published).  Write, edit, and format all work, published either POD or on two websites.  Judged a short story contest (10).  Editing a Civil War novel.  Life member of AuthorsDen.Com since 2003 (over 300,000 hits).

9/85-8/11

Director of Land, Facilities Inventory, and Energy Conservation (Retired)   Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas 77004

    Maintained and managed inventories of real property, rooms and room use, buildings, and utility use.  Wrote award-winning Comprehensive  Energy Conservation Program Plan (85, revised 90, 93, 00, 05, 10) and web pages (00) for the division.  Developed and maintained a network of computers with file servers and scanning, plotting, color printing, and other capabilities.  Provided data, projections, floor plans, maps, analyses, and reports for budgeting, grant proposal development, surveys, and building renovation and construction.  Developed computer data bases for land (94), the facilities inventory (93), utility consumption (93), work order dispatch operations (90), employee leaves (93), construction accounting (94), special events (93), financial aid requests (95), custodial time keeping (95), supplies inventory (94), and personnel action forms (95). Combined all these into one database , Facilities  (10), a powerful management and report-writing tool.
    Managed a partially DOE funded  energy conservation project in  1998-90 that saved  $1 million per year since. Established and managed an   evaporation credit program  in 1995 that saved $100,000 per year.  Served on the steering committee for the SACS reaccredidation self study (90, 99-00).

     Prepared responses to state task forces on security, health and safety, and the disabled.  Wrote plans for health and safety (82), disabled access (83), and energy conservation (85).  Wrote annual budget presentations.  Wrote the Facilities Users Manual (88) Strategic Plan (90) and FP & O Computer Users Manual (92).  Acquired $600,000 in grants for energy conservation. Managed $3.5 million project to provide additional campus housing and a $3 million project for campus wide energy conservation measures.  Chaired task force to acquire a new campus telephone system (84) and conducted a study of telephone operations (87).  Edited and provided information for Campus Master Plans (83, 88). and numerous other committees. 

       Taught Production and Operations Management.

     Taught Public Policy and Private Enterprise and Business Statistics. Chaired committee developing a structure for research and wrote four proposals. Academic council. Research on the implications of technology on social and genetic development and intelligence.

     Managed the development of projects to investigate the nature of technology and its implications for society. Two funded projects in FY 78, three in FY 77, two in FY 76. Proposals written (19), co-authored (15), and produced (29). Co-taught extension courses: Introduction to Technology, Technology in History, Energy and Society. Research on the future of technological development in outer space and implications of technology on social and genetic development and intelligence.

     Taught Principles of Management, Production Management, Introduction to Business, Introduction to Computers and Data Processing, and Business Statistics. Graduate faculty, library acquisition, advising, and consultation on computer studies.

       Conducted planning research under a federally-funded project with the Marion County School Board to determine needs and opportunities for training and employment of the handicapped. The information gathered was used to develop a comprehensive special education program plan.

       Several graduate assistant positions. Joined TPTT as a production technology specialist and conducted inservice to update WV high school teachers. Also developed a PERT planning guide for TPTT and trained the TPTT staff on precision teaching, PERT, WYLBUR (first word processing program on interactive computer terminals), and funding proposal preparation. Received joint support from ORD from 8/72 and worked on joint ORD/TPTT proposals. Conducted literature search for an ORD book on evaluation of Appalachian manpower studies

      Taught Industrial Organization, Production Management, Production Control, and Statistical Quality Control. Developed a Human Factors course which was approved. Graduate faculty. Participated in committees, guest lecturing, and consulting.

      Responsibility for several quality data systems for several thousand products. Designed a total in-process quality data system implemented 6/70. Monitored and improved the computer programs of other systems. Conducted computer-assisted reliability, maintainability, and statistical studies. Wrote the human factors portion of a major government contract proposal. Responsible for the quality of all military systems from 5/69.

      Conducted the preliminary factor search for a mathematical model of patient care with funding from UW Hospitals.

Certifications
 

CQAE  GS-9 82.0 GS-11 CEM CLEP

Certified Quality Assurance Engineer  Systems Design and Analysis Midlevel Management Certified Energy Manager Certified Lighting Efficiency Professional

American Society for Quality Control NASA, Langley and Johnson Centers Washington, DC and San Francisco Energy Engineering Association Energy Engineering Association

7/68  11/72 73 10/90 7/93

Professional Affiliations
 

63-Present	Epsilon Pi Tau (Honorary)
65	Initiation Committee
77-78	Faculty Advisor, Alpha Upsilon Chapter
73-Present	Phi Delta Kappa
75-78	Membership Advisor
66-67	American Institute of Industrial Engineers
	Student Member
64-71	Stout Society of Industrial Technology
64-66	Student Member
65-66	Program Chairman
67-71	American Society for Quality Control
69	National Convention, Los Angeles
3/70	Speaker, Midwest Silver Anniversary
	Conference, Minneapolis
71-74	West Virginia Industrial Arts Association
71,72,74	State Conference
73	American Industrial Arts Association
73	National Convention, Atlantic City
74	New York State Conference, Binghamton
75-92	World Future Society
77-78	President, West Virginia Chapter
79-80	Executive Committee, Atlanta Chapter
2/77	Twenty-Twenty Conference, Huntsville AL
80	Mid South Conference, Murfreesboro, TN
7/80	Speaker, World Congress, Toronto
	Society for the History of Technology
75-80	Journal
	American Academy of Arts and Sciences
75-80	Journal
78-91	American Association for the Advancement of Science
1/78	144th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC
1/79	145th Annual Meeting, Houston, TX
79-Present	Charles Babbage Institute
	Charter Member
	Wilson Associates, Smithsonian Institution
75-Present	Journal
90-Present	Energy Engineering Association
2004	World Congress, Austin, TX
2005	World Congress, Austin, TX

Professionally-Related Activities
 

5/70	Coordinator	Management Information Seminar	UW-Stout
70-71	Partner	Arora-Hull Associates (Consulting)	UW-Stout
84	Producer	Multi-Institution Information Tours	Texas Southern University
80-89	Faculty Mentor	Columbia Pacific University
	Completed:	1 Bachelor of Science
		1 Master of Science
		7 Doctors of Philosophy
89	Producer	Strategic Planning Workshop	Texas Southern University
88-91	Producer	Macintosh Training Workshops, FP &O	Texas Southern University
88-93	Supervisor	Energy Intern Program	GEO/TAMU
3/95	Guest Lecturer	Management Decision-Making,  2 Classes	TSU/Technology
12/95	Guest Lecturer	Ergonomics	TSU/Technology
4/00 5/10	Guest Lecturer Instructor	Machine Safety Residential Energy Auditing	TSU/Technology TSU/Technology

Professional Development 

 Speaking Engagements
 

8/88	A Comprehensive Energy Program for Multi-Building Facility. Annual Facilities Workshop, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Galveston.
4/87	A Comprehensive Energy Program for Multi-Building Facility. Annual Symposium on Energy Conservation in Hot and Humid Climates, Texas A and M University and the Energy Systems Laboratory, Houston.
7/14/82	Getting Started. Panel Member, Annual Facilities Inventory Workshop, Texas Coordinating Board for Colleges and Universities, Austin.
3/81	Education for a New Paradigm Society, Northwest Wisconsin Chapter of the World Future Society, UW-Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
7/80	Metaperspectives for the Future: Technology, World Future Society World Congress, Toronto, Canada.
4/80	The Need for a New Metaperspective in Worldwide Planning. Southwestern General Systems Group Annual Meeting, Birmingham, Alabama.
4/80	Education for a New Paradigm Society. National Meeting of State School Boards, Atlanta, Georgia.
3/80	Getting Beyond Coping. Coping with Change Conference. World Future Society, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
10/79	Education for a New Paradigm Society. Educational Futures Conference, Education Section, World Future Society, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
12/77	Professional Progress of a Scholarship Recipient with a Severe Handicap. Kiwanis Club, Marshfield, Wisconsin.
12/77	Technology and the Future: The Opening Window. West Virginia Chapter of the World Future Society, Morgantown.
11/77	Technology, Ecology, and Water Quality. Water Quality Planning Conference, Morgantown, West Virginia.
11/76	The Future of Technology in Outer Space. Third Annual Technology in the Future Conference, Fairmont State College, Fairmont, West Virginia.
8/75	Occupations in the Future. 4H Camp, Camp Muffly, West Virginia.
10/70	A Total In-Process Quality Control System.  Midwest Silver Anniversary Conference, American Society for Quality Control, Minneapolis Minnesota.

Honors
 

High School - - - - - UW- Stout - - - Stanford West Virginia U Texas Southern U -

Kiwanis Scholarship Varsity Letters (4)       Cross Country      Wrestling      Track Uthrotar (Rotary Club Fee Scholarships Dean's List (7 semesters) Medallion Award High Distinction  Wheeler Engineering Fellowship  President's Scholar-4.0 GPA  State Award/DOE Energy Efficiency Awards  Governor's Energy Efficiency Commendation

61 - 59,60 61 61 60 61-65 62-66 66 66 66-67 71-74 7/88 9/91

Service
 

Boy Scouts - Church Groups - - - - - UW-Stout - Stanford Community Texas Southern U - - - - Community

Eagle  Order of the Arrow  High School  College       President, United Campus Ministry       Civil Rights Conference, Madison, WI       Cities Conference, Minneapolis, MN       Quadrennial Conference, Lincoln, NB  Stout Foundation Advisory Board  Volunteer, Drug and Crisis Hot Line  Campaign for Stanford  Treasurer, Cheat Canyon Park  Committee for Environmental Enhancement       Banquet Committee  Advisor, Disabled Students       Word Processor Gift, AB Dick  Guest Lecturer, Management, Human Factors  Abilities Exchange

58 58 57-61 61-67 65-66 62 65 65 70-71 71 77 75-78 81-87 83 81-Present 85 94,95 95-Present

Research
 

Master's Project 9/67- 1/68	Inspector Performance Response: Analysis of the Performance of Inspectors  at Inspection Stations. A paper presented to the Industrial Engineering Department. Stanford University: January, 1968. 47 pages.
Doctoral Research 6/72-1/74	ORACLE: A Computer-Assisted Logical System for Synthesizing the Educational Philosophy of an Individual. A dissertation. West Virginia University: January, 1974. 397 pages.
Post Doctoral Research  5/74-8/74	A Survey of Needs and Opportunities for the Handicapped in Marion County Schools. Final report. Technology Education Program, West Virginia University: August, 1974. 198 pages. (ERIC Reports).
Faculty Research 10/76-8/77	Investigation of the alternatives for technological society in the future.  Unpublished concept paper. August, 1977. 39 pages.
3/78-4/78	The Sources of Energy, Alternatives for the Future, and A Scenario: 2050.  Three slide presentations. April, 1978.
10/78-Present	Pathways to Transformation. Continued theoretical investigation of the  possible course of technology in the future. Unpublished concept paper. August, 1979. 38 pages.

Publications

1. Graduate School Opportunities for Industrial Technology Undergraduates. A guide. Menomonie: Industrial Technology,      UW-Stout, September, 1965.
2. A Total In-Process Quality Control System. Proceedings of the Silver Anniversary Midwest Conference of the American Society for Quality Control, Minneapolis, March, 1970.
3. TPTT Planning Guide. A PERT planning guide for technology teacher centers. Morgantown: Training Program for Teachers in the Technologies, West Virginia University, April, 1972. (Second Edition, April, 1973).
4. Intelligence and the Machine. A monograph. Morgantown: West Virginia University Foundation, Technology Education Program, April, 1972.
5. Looking. A poem. In Quality American Poetry - 1974 - Book II. Edited by William Lloyd Griffin. Huntington, WV: Valley Publications, 1974.
6. Revelation. A poem. In Quality American Poetry - 1975 - Book III. Edited by William Lloyd Griffin. Huntington, WV: Valley Publications, 1975.
7. A Sometime Journal. Chief writer and editor. Newsletter of the West Virginia Chapter of the World Future Society. Volume I, Nos. 1 and 2, 1977-78.
8. Future Think. Chief writer and editor. Newsletter of the Georgia Chapter of the World Future Society. Bimonthly. Volumes 1 and 2, 1979-80.
9. Education for a New Paradigm Society.Educational Futures: Sourcebook II. Edited by Kathleen M. Redd. Education Section, World Future Society, Bethesda, MD, 1979. (ERIC Reports ED 182 255).
10. Metaperspectives for the Future: Technology. Presentation at the World Future Society World Congress, Toronto, 1980. (ERIC Reports ED 198 016).
11. Consulting Resources for the Future: Matching Needs with Knowledge. Co-authored with Joan Maki. World Future Society Bulletin. 16:1:21-24. January-February, 1982. (ISSN 0049-8092).
12. Knowledge/Skills Considerations: A Computer Capacity Management Implementation Strategy. Co- authored with Konrad E. Sadek. Proceedings of the Fourth Annual International Conference on Computer Capacity Management, San Francisco, April, 1982.
13. Communication and Information: Their Relationship to Computer-Based Information Systems. Co-authored with Konrad E. Sadek and Michael A. Wilmer. Proceedings of the Sixth European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research, Vienna, Austria, April, 1982.
14. Knowledge/Skill Transfer between Environments: Its Influence on Computer-Based Information System Design. Co-authored with Konrad E. Sadak and Alexander E. Tomeski. Proceedings of the 1982 Joint National ORSA/TIMS Meeting. San Diego, CA, October, 1982. Also published in The Journal of Systems Management. 34:8:21-29. August, 1983.
15. Computer-Based Information Systems in International Relief Organizations. Co-authored with Konrad E. Sadak and Alexander E. Tomeski. Proceedings of the 1982 American Institute for Decision Science Meeting. San Francisco, CA, November, 1982.
16. A Comprehensive Energy Management Program for Multibuilding Facility. Proceedings of the Third Annual Symposium on Energy Conservation in Hot and Human Climates. College Station, Texas A and M University, 1987.
17. Comprehensive Energy Management Program Plan. Part of the Manual for State Agency Energy Management Programs. Texas State Energy Conservation Office, General Services Agency. Austin, Texas 1990. Revised 1993.
18. Hanging by a Thread. Unpublished Autobiography. 396 pp. 1997.
19. Introducing Organizational Change--The Story of One Group's Journey. Co-authored with Konrad E. Sadak and Lionel P. Ng. Group Practice Journal. April, 1998.
20. The Kaleidoscope Effect. Ahistorical science fiction novel. Bookbooters.com. Stinton, CT: 2000, 75 pp.  2nd Edition 2008.
21. Alone?  A historical science fiction novel.  Bookbooters.com.  Stinton, CT:  2002, 275 pp.  2nd  Edition 2009.
22. War’s End.  A historical novel.  Booklocker.com.  Self published.  Houston,TX:  2005, 245 pp.
23. American Mole:  The Vespers.  A novel.  Booklocker.com.  Self published.  Houston, TX:  2008, 399 pp.
24. Mesa Verde.  A poem  Sold to the Educational Testing Service, in perpituity.  Princeton, NJ  2009.
25. It’s in the Water and Other Stories.  A collection of fifteen short stories.  Booklocker.com.  Self published.  Houston,TX:  2011, 146 pp.
    
    

Software
 

Microsoft Word	Excellent	Desktop Publishing, Letters, Memos
Microsoft Excel	Excellent	Spreadsheets, Forms, Linked Calculations, Charts
MS PowerPoint	Excellent	Original, Color, Presentations
Helix  RADE   Fully relational    database	Excellent	Client/Server Data Management-Input Forms, Multiple Output Formats, including Forms, Form Letters, Notices, Lists, Queried Lists, Summaries, and other Productivity Tools --beta tester
MacDraw Pro	Excellent	Line Drawing, Coloring, Rendering
SuperPaint	Excellent	Scan Editing
ClarisCad	Untrained	Skilled Drafter with Drafting Machines, Both Mechical and Architectural
PhotoShop	Good	Format Translation, Editing, Touch Up, Resizing
MacProject	Excellent	Schedule and Resource Allocation Charts, expert on PERT and other CPM tecniques
Dragon Naturally Speaking	Excellent	Operate computer, dictate, and edit documents with voice.
AppleShare	Good	Purchased, installed, and administered a 35 computer LAN of mixed devices, two fileservers, both ethernet and WiFi.
Mail	Good	Purchased, installed, and administer a LAN mail server
Utilities	Good,	Used Disk First Aid, Disinfectant and Norton to restore crashed Utilities disks, recover files, and eliminate corrupted or incompatible applications from the referenced computers.
Browser	Good	Internet access, search skills.  Use Composer for web pages.
HTML		Design and develop web pages.  FTP files.
Win NT 4.0	In Training	Microsoft Administration and Workstation courses completed.
TMA	In Training	Three days of training in The Maintenance Authority.
Archibus	In Training	Two days of training in ArchiBus.

Hardware
 

Mac PCs	Excellent	Have set up and installed Mac OS systems and software on all Mac computers from Pluses to sthe present. Have installed RAM, accelerator boards, ethernet cards, interal and external hard drives, voice activation systems, fax modems and other accessories with physical assistance from others.
Win PCs	Good	Good use of Windows. Have some difficulty with physical operation. and setups.
Network	Good	Designed, bid, and installed a Farralon PhoneNet LAN using the existing Starcontrollers telephone cabling in building. Added an ethernet controller using InterNet Router software to join ethernet and LocalTalk .
Printers  and Peripherals	Good	Installed dot matrix and laser printers in strategic locations on the network to provide excellent access to printers. Added one scanner, one thermal color printer, and one plotter, to provide for most printing and graphic needs.
Internet	Good	Manage web pages on remote servers using ftp and other resources

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McKen V. Carrington, Dean
Distinguished Professor and Former Dean
Thurgood Marshal School of Law
Texas Southern University
3100 Cleburne Avenue
Houston, Texas  77004
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Cary D. Wintz
Distinguished Professor of History
Texas Southern University
2001 Holcombe Blvd., #602
Houston, TX  77030-4214
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Born: Owen, Wisconsin 12/21/42

Single

Quadriplegic/Spinal Injury 1963

Canada, Mexico, Germany, Egypt, Pakistan, Thailand, Philippines, Bangladesh, Guatemala, Cayman Islands,  Jamaica, Grand Bahama Island.

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