Cycling to Bluegrass in Westport along Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way
Aongus and I enjoyed an amazingly warm and sunny Bank Holiday weekend, the start of June. We travelled by car with bikes on a rack, cycled parts of the Greenway along the Wild Atlantic Way, and...
View ArticleCrisp Fall Open House with a Glimpse of Sun
Following an extra-warm couple of weeks here in Dublin, fall set in with a cold, hard thud. Despite low thermometer readings, the sun did peek over the horizon, hanging low in the sky. We were blessed...
View ArticleCreators I admire: Shane Ormond and Nikkolas Smith
I’d like to highlight some creative endeavors of two people I have had the pleasure to teach and/or mentor over the years. They take time to post about their hobbies and/or professional work on...
View ArticleLearning civil engineering in India
India is now the most populated country in the world. There’s a pressing need for more and better-educated civil engineers there. A civil engineer working in India today can expect to work 9 AM to 9...
View ArticleArchitecture educators in India
The architecture teachers at KLE Tech are really enthusiastic about teaching and about learning to do educational research. A number of them attended the engineering education conferences held at...
View ArticleDiscovering Belfast with EERN UK & Ireland
Believe it or not, I’ve never visited Belfast. Well, I did once tour the Titanic Museum and the dry dock where the Titanic was constructed—was engineered. But I’ve never come to the city itself, and...
View ArticleDiscovering Portland with ASEE
My colleague Diana Martin wanted to attend this year’s American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) conference in Portland, so I submitted a proposal to organize a panel on our forthcoming...
View ArticleStudying architecture in Mexico with Emma and ASCA
I spent last week exploring architectural topics and sites in Mexico, alongside my TU Dublin colleague and Head of Architecture, Emma Geoghegan. Early morning walk to the conference venue. My first...
View ArticleMeaningful moments in Mexico City: Coyoacán, Teotihuacán, Xochimilco canal...
My colleague Emma Geoghegan and I spent the most magical three days in Mexico City with the family of my PhD student, Sandra Ireri Cruz Moreno. On Sunday morning, following the ASCA conference, a...
View ArticleEthics and sustainability for architects and engineers
Last week, I presented the Routledge Handbook of Engineering Ethics Education at a World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development conference in Krakow. Presenting at WED in Krakow Today, I get to...
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