I lead the Indianapolis R&D group for Beckman Coulter Life Sciences. I am also the Chief Engineer for our Life Science Automation product line. My professional interests lie in collaborative robotics: making automated sample prep systems usable by scientists and clinicians with minimal training.

Outside of work, my hobbies and interests align with simple and independent living.

• Bicycling and air-cooled Volkswagens for transportation
• Sustainable farming starting with apiaries (beekeeping) for food and pollination
• Open-source software, hardware, and science for community ownership of intellectual property
• Cooperatives for local, community ownership of capital

You can keep up with what I’m doing in a few ways.

• My linklog
• Recent and past reading
• My online journal
• Open source software contributions

Many years ago I was an academic computer scientist. I have copies of some of my publications from that time.

You can reach me using my first name at this domain (ashleyfamily.org). My PGP key is available.