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“Engineer, yes… but which flavor?”
Art without engineering is dreaming. Engineering without art is calculating. - Steven Roberts “I want to be an engineer.” As an educator, scientist and...
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Mind The Gap!
The reality of making a four-year commitment to a university has never been more… intimidating. The costs and long-term obligations associated with college are not...
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Adolescents and Disc Brakes
“Teenagers have remarkable accelerators and very poor brakes.” - Laurence Steinberg, author of Age of Opportunity: Lessons from the New Science of Adolescence Any...
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Common Facts We All Know
Hemingway wrote War and Peace. Peeing on a jellyfish sting will alleviate the pain. Your hair and nails continue to grow after you die....
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