| William Wheatley
Philadelphia
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of WHEATLEY US LIMITED and Chairman
of WHEATLEY UK LIMITED. A project manager for business and construction
projects with over 36 years' experience, he is as experienced in managing
business projects, design projects (he is a Registered Architect) and
construction projects in the field. His experience in a wide range of
project types enables him to manage consulting assignments for any type of
project
DesignOur story began with the formation of Wheatley & Associates, Inc. in
Houston, Texas in 1975. THE WHEATLEY COMPANIES (SM) have a substantial
history in design for projects of many different types, including:• Urban
Planning• Housing• Biological and Pharmaceutical Research Labs• Retail and
Commercial• Hotel and Resort Planning and Design• Water and Wastewater
Treatment• Power Plants• Oil & Gas Projects• Refinery Projects•
Petrochemical Plants• Software Systems Development, Implementation and
Integration• Military Technology and Construction• Airport, Rail and
Transportation Projects• Microwave, Fibre Optic, Signal Transmission and
Telecommunications Projects
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Department of Physics and Astronomy
Research Areas
Experimental Elementary Particle Physics
Research Statement
The polarized proton beams at RHIC at BNL have been accelerated and stored
with measurable polarization and an exciting physics result has been
obtained. A large community of experimentalists and theorists are eagerly
awaiting further results from collisions of polarized proton beams. In a
separate effort the design for a detector (RPC) with record breaking time
resolution has been completed and a prototype installed in the STAR
detector at RHIC. A proposal involving eight Chinese Universities,
University of Texas, Austin, and UCLA, with Rice in the leading role has
been approved to upgrade the STAR experiment with these detectors. We also
have aided several Korean groups working with Korea University in Seoul to
obtain funding from their governmental agencies to build a different type
of RPC for the muon system of the CMS detector at the CERN LHC. We have
also tested prototype electronics for triggering the CMS muon system.
Measuring the radiation hardness of these electronics, part of the testing
procedure, may also be relevant to national security issues.
Dothan High School
Ph.D., Pennsylvania, 1969
B.A., (1965) Columbia University
Experimental Elementary Particle Physics
Email:
roberts@physics.rice.edu
Phone: 713-348-5941Office: 229 Herman Brown Hall
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William Gray Espy William
Gray Espy (born July 19, 1948 in Dothan, Alabama ) is an actor, best known
for roles in serials such as The Young and the Restless as William "Snapper"
Foster (1973-1975, 2003) and Another World as Mitch Blake (1979-1982,
1986-1990).
Espy also appeared in the 1977 movie Haunts, and had a guest-starring role
on the popular Miami Vice.
He currently resides in Dothan, Alabama
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Jim Farmer Jim Farmer is the son
of Jim and Sally Farmer. (Sally was widowed and is now married to Dr. Bill
Lies.) He has sisters, Sally and Fran. He attended Houston Academy and
remembers his roots.
His website is:
http://www.jimfarmer.com
This is his bio from that website:
Alabama native Jim Farmer comes to country music already a very successful
public figure. He's played to wildly cheering audiences and scored points
with fans for years. Of course, those original hits involved the 6'4" star
playing basketball for the Dallas Mavericks, the Utah Jazz and other NBA
teams before spending three years on Magic Johnson's touring dream team, the
All Stars. Now he is concentrating on another longtime love: music. And one
of his best friends couldn't be happier.
"I'm a longtime fan of Jim's basketball playing," says Sawyer Brown lead
singer Mark Miller. "Now that I've heard his CD, put me down as a fan of his
music as well!" And, adds Sawyer Brown manager T.K. Kimbrell, "I believe
he's better at music than he is at basketball, and that's really saying
something!"
Producer Adam Mitchell agrees. Mitchell, who has worked with acts as diverse
as Manhattan Transfer and Linda Ronstadt, has been working with Farmer since
the ballplayer relocated to Nashville. "Jim has that one thing you must have
to make good music: an emotional connection," Mitchell reflects. "He has a
tonal quality that reaches the listener's heart."
Although relatively new to Nashville, Farmer has been singing and performing
since his High School days in Dothan, Alabama. Time to devote to music
lessened while Farmer played on one of the University of Alabama's most
successful teams, averaging 16.5 points a game in the 1986-87 season. When
he graduated in 1987, the All-American player once again picked up his
singing career, only to be drafted in the first round by the Mavericks.
Living in Los Angeles while playing on Magic Johnson's All Stars offered
Farmer yet another career turn: modeling. His striking and personable look
led to a variety of magazine covers and many offers from commercial clients
including Sony, Diet Coke, Nike, Converse, and Twix candy bars, among
others. Still, his love of music kept pulling Farmer back home to the South.
"I was never sure where I might fit into the music," Farmer admits. "I was
country, yet my sound was pop as well. When Garth Brooks came along I
realized the country umbrella was big enough for a diverse group of
performers. That's when I decided to get serious about music again. I
realized this wasn't something you could just jump into, though. As in
sports, it required discipline and hard work. I moved to Nashville, signed
up for vocal coaching with Lisa Van Wye, who has done such great work for
people on several labels, like Capitol, Monument and Warner Brothers. And I
was fortunate enough to have a producer on the level of Adam Mitchell
believe in me. We spent the time to develop my own natural style and find
the great songs."
Although he has concentrated on recording and performing since relocating to
Nashville, Farmer continued to delight his many fans by suiting up for ball
games at many charitable events. At one reunion game the autograph line
alone was estimated at six thousand. His dedication to the music paid off,
and the result is a seamless contemporary country project.
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