John Petersen

BYU Hawaii for one great semester with BoydTingey, Colby Wight, Kimo Esplin, Ray Thomson(Merrill), and Chris Hughes. After that the fun ended and I had to get serious. Mission to Bangkok Thailand then back to BYU. BSEE at BYU then masters at UofU. Worked at Eaton-Kenway (now HK Systems) until '95 then worked for Sarcos on Jurassic Park The Ride and Bellagio fountains, then back to school at UofU for PhD. That was enjoyable but somewhat of a hardship with 5 kids and a house payment. Following that, moved to Tucson, Az to do guided missile work for Raytheon. After 6 years in Tucson, I was wooed to Logan to work on Unmanned ground vehicles for Autonomous Solutions. Economy didn't help and I was let go last April and now work for Boomerang systems in Logan working on robotic car parking. 7 patents and 3 pending all related to robotics in one way or another. Quick Update- retired. Run a short term rental near the Logan temple, involved in square and round dancing and in a folk and bluegrass band and trying to keep up with 17 grandchildren. Plan to serve a mission sometime in the next few years. I enjoy art, specifically polymer clay and wall art. I also made a couple of audio books with lots of sound FX and some music background. I made them for my grandchildren, but I would happy to give to anyone who is interested. I hope to make a couple of more in the future.
I also enjoy skiing, mtn biking, hiking, and swimming. I still run a couple of times a week, but just for quick exercise. It's just not as fun as it used to be. So if anyone needs a pal to go with on any of those things, I would love to do it.