List of Contributions

Christopher, I am a retired practicing engineer. I do not like the task of writing papers. I have done it many times, motivated by desire to share knowledge and experience gained through developing ways to solve practical problems. Several of those papers were recognized at a national level. I have ...

In my career, I have often worked on problems that had stakeholders from widely different disciplines and cultural backgrounds. Facial expressions not matching what I take to be the meaning of the accompanying words is, in my experience, most often a sign of miscommunication. Rather than being put off, ...

I bemoan the extent of the shift from teaching to research in universities, and its effect on the education of engineers. I also appreciate impacts of the limits (e.g. graduation credits, other required courses, recruitment pressures, etc.) that universities face. I think there is little we as professional ...

This is a cautionary tale about avoiding the terrible consequences of making assumptions about the unknown and not confirming them as things develop. In the 70’s a vast array of tubewells were dug in Bangladesh as a part of international humanitarian and development projects. The tubewells were ...

In response to Karl Seig. Karl, we agree an basically everything in your note. What we may not agree on is what it takes to train someone to adequately perform the very first step. In my view, that first step, defining the problem, is an art, and that art needs to be taught. And, because it's an art, ...