Way back when I went to college (no, the dinosaurs were not roaming the earth then), a standard BS (that’s a Bachelor of Science, folks) in chemical engineering demanded the completion of 144 credits. Given that this is a technical program- and three hours labs only yielded 1 credit- plus there were 14 lab courses to be completed), it meant some 2580 hours of instruction. Part of that curriculum included two courses in aeronautical engineering.
Continue reading Is it safe yet?
Teaching STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) to younger students is still not doing too well. Oh, we’re teaching it- but the kids aren’t really learning it as well as they should. (I’ve written about this plenty. Here’s but one example.)
I always find it amazing how some folks want us to believe there’s a fiscal multiplier- but only if you cut revenue. (That means letting certain [rich] folks pay no taxes.) They just tried that in Kansas- and any sentient being can recognize that disaster.
Continue reading Starve a fever, feed a cold…
Way, way back. Back when we seemed to care about our infrastructure, we promised that we would have swimmable and drinkable water all over this country. A good portion of that promise relied on waste water reuse and desalination plants.
Continue reading More on that water-energy nexus. It’s really tight in CA
I haven’t written about 3D printing in a while. It’s not because nothing is going on in that arena. After all, HP announced that it will be offering a consumer 3D printer this year. (It is 2015 by now.) It’s because I have been involved in a slew of other projects and have lost touch with the groups continuing to work in this field.
Continue reading 3D Bioprinting
I can recall sending out our truck drivers routinely to make deliveries to hospitals and clinics around the US. And, because our company was growing by leaps and bounds (we averaged 220% growth from year 2 to year 12 (the first two years manifested even greater growth), we sent them out with enough cash to get to their destinations. Then, as our payments rolled in, we got them money for their return trip.
Continue reading When do we enforce the usury laws?
You know we all think that folks who die from lung cancer just couldn’t stop smoking. Because we’ve been programmed to believe that.
Continue reading More from yesterday- but no autism, this time
It always amazes me how many “learned” people fail to comprehend the vast difference between correlation and causation. It becomes more annoying when the true causation factors are glaringly obvious.
Continue reading We are what we eat?
