personal introduction

I'm new to this group so I thought it best to start
with an introduction. Here is my partial resume:

Terry R. Kok - inventor, scientist, engineer, educator
POB 1328, Bloomington, Indiana 47402-1328
(812) 275-0694 biostar_a@...

birth date: February 11, 1952, Grand Rapids, MI
education: graduate: Rogers High School, Wyoming, MI
higher education: 1 semester: Grand Rapids Junior
College (1970-71)

personal note: I did not have much interest in
pursuing college as I found it quite boring
(like a continuation of high school) and found that I
learn much better teaching myself and
receiving personal instruction from various experts
in their field. I am very well read and
always keep up on the scientific literature in my
fields of study. I am a hands on person
and a doer who prefers to get my hands dirty in any
project that I initiate or participate
in. I am experienced in managing large projects and
teams of people. The information
offered below provides a glimpse into my background
and experience.

partial lecture experience:
NASA Specialized Center of Research and Training
(NSCORT) - Department of
Horticulture, Purdue University, Indiana
1996 Midwest Space Development Conference - Chicago,
Illinois
1998 International Space Development Conference -
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2000 Chicon - World Science Fiction Convention,
Chicago, IL
2001 Inconjunction (sci-fi con), Indianapolis, IN
Rose-Hullman School of Engineering - Terre Haute,
Indiana
Ball State University - Muncie, Indiana
University of Indiana - Terre Haute, Indiana
Indiana University - Bloomington, Indiana
Bloomington High School North - Bloomington, Indiana
Bloomington High School South - Bloomington, Indiana
Harmony School - Bloomington, Indiana

scientific papers presented:
1992 International Conference on Life Support and
Biospherics - University of Alabama in
Huntsville - topic: Building a Full Scale Biospheric
Community: Ecology, Permaculture,
and the Biospheric Lifestyle
1994 Second International Conference on Life Support
and Biospherics - University of
Alabama in Huntsville - topic: Home Scale
Bioregenerative Life Support
1998 Third International Conference on Life Support
and Biosphere Science - Orlando,
Florida - topic: Biostar-A: a first year report -
Living with a home scale biological life
support system
2000 2nd conference of the Mars Society, Toronto,
Canada - topic: Green CELSS Report
- state of the art CELSS research and development

event organizer (partial experience):
Planet Fest (3 years) - Lothlorien Nature Sanctuary,
Needmore, Indiana
1996 Free Space Congress - Lothlorien Nature
Sanctuary, Needmore, Indiana
. . . and at least 90 other large scale public
events . . .

partial publishing experience:
Synergy News - AEIOU - Kalamazoo, Michigan
Free Space Quarterly - ELF, Inc. - Bloomington,
Indiana
Lothlorien Greenbook - ELF, Inc. - Bloomington,
Indiana
Space Odyssey - a Guide to the Mars Projex -
Bloomington, Indiana
Quicksilver Notes - Earth Base Projex, Inc. -
Bloomington, Indiana

topic coordinator:
Life Support & Biosphere Science, International
Journal of Earth/Space - Cognizant
Communication Corporation - New York, NY

design engineer: Starlight Technology - Bloomington,
Indiana
Starlight Technology is a private company (owned by
Nora C. Liell) which specializes in
photovoltaics, wind generation, and microhydro power
systems - I design systems ....

designer & builder: BioStar A - testbed home for
CELSS technologies
- Lothlorien Nature Sanctuary, Needmore, Indiana
I built Biostar 5 years ago and have accumulated a
huge body of hands on knowledge in
the realm of CELSS (Closed/Controled Ecological Life
Support System) and alternative
power generation. My wife, Nora Liell and our 2
children (Katie-13 and Avery-16) live in
Biostar. I have received quite a bit of press on
Biostar including a segment in the Across
Indiana program generated by the Indianapolis, IN PBS
affiliate.

Elder Council member & co-founder: Elf Lore Family,
Inc.
chairperson: Indiana Chapter of the Mars Society
project facilitator: Sanctuary Rock
project facilitator: Space Odyssey
project facilitator: the PROJEX
project facilitator: Green CELSS Task Force

====Terry Ryan Kok - scientist, ecotechnician, wizard
Elf Lore Family ELDER - Sanctuary Rock facilitator
Green CELSS Task Force focalizer
Starlight Technology: (812) 275-0694
biostar_a@...