-building cohesive courses to introduce new students to mathematics.
-
-I have always had a strong interest in math, and early in my career I
-was able to devote enough time to the subject to double-major in math
-and physics. I have especially fond memories of my number theory and
-formal logic courses at Colgate, as well as complex analysis during my
-semester in Wales. As I advanced through my graduate training, there
-was less time to devote directly to formal math, but I taught myself a
-good deal of statistics in support of my research (especially the
-Gumbel distribution\citep{king10,king13}). Physics and math are bound
-tightly together, and I look forward to returning to the analytical
-side of this pairing.
+building cohesive courses to introduce new students to computer
+engineering.
+
+While I have a long history of interest in science and mathematics, it
+was my scientific research that lead to my interest in computing and
+electronics. I have fond memories of building digital circuits in my
+electronics and instrumentation course at Colgate, but my interest in
+computing really took off as I moved into the open source ecosystem
+while automating single molecule protein unfolding
+experiments\citep{king10,king13}. I have spent the last few years up
+to my elbows in an open source experiment control stack\citep{king13}
+as well as developing and troubleshooting the associated electronics
+hardware. On the side, I've spent a bit of time tinkering with
+microcontrollers such as the
+\href{http://www.atmel.com/devices/atmega32u4.aspx}{ATMega32u4}. I
+look forward to leveraging this interest in open source software and
+inexpensive hardware to engage students with accessible hands-on
+experience.