Lou Ford
Lou Ford
Science Teacher
Lou Ford came to Geneva in 2017 and teaches science in the rhetoric school. He earned the Rensselaer Medal for Science and Mathematics when he was in high school, and his enjoyment of science and math led him to earn a BS in engineering from the University of Central Florida. He later completed an MA in religion and more graduate work in manufacturing engineering, computer science, systematic theology, and ethics.
Lou began his engineering career providing concept formulation documentation for training systems and continued with bounding analyses on the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI, aka "Star Wars") with a report published by the USAF in 1987. Since then he has published numerous additional reports on a variety of training-related topics. He also implemented a robotic system for refurbishing the space shuttle's solid rocket boosters in 1990. In 1994 he received a Certificate of Appreciation Award from the Army for his work on the Crisis Action Model, and in 2002 received a STRICOM STAR Team Award for work on the IEWTPT program. For several years he wrote telemetry development and processing software for theater missile defense targets and has engineered several multi-million dollar projects for large companies. His recent engineering involved fielding mobile ad-hoc networks for video, audio, and data capture for after-action review purposes to train soldiers in counter-IED techniques.
Lou has many eclectic interests that include Christian history, apologetics, literature, philosophy, music, and acoustics. The integrated learning at TGS fits with his thinking. He lives in Oviedo with his wife Joy, two sons Josh (TGS Class of 2018) and Jonathan, and two dogs.
