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Using Architecture Design Studio Pedagogies to Enhance Engineering Education
I’m celebrating the publication of a new journal article today, with the help of Sally O’Neill. She’s one of the librarians here at DIT, and she secured permission and posted the article on DIT’s...
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Research Methods of Historians
Cecilia Hartsell, an inspiring historian and PhD candidate conducting research here in Dublin, chaired a workshop on Saturday (February 27, 2016) to help people learn about the use of primary documents...
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Research Methods of Philosophers
Philosophers sometimes use primary documents in ways not much different from the historians I mentioned in my previous blog. According to Yale: Primary sources provide first-hand testimony or direct...
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Research Methods of Forensic Engineers
Catherine Simpson is here at DIT tonight describing the research she does as a Forensic Engineer. You can also call her an expert in thermal modeling and a Building Services Engineer. She can make...
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The Talented Don McClure Presenting at Maynooth University
As a young researcher, Don McClure lived in my Dublin flat while he was collecting data for his PhD. Now that he’s finished his project, and earned his doctoral degree, he’s working as an Assistant...
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What we can learn from architecture studio pedagogy, a guest lecture at KTH...
After the lecture at KTH, with two librarians and two architecture profs, including my former classmate from Virginia Tech, Eric Stenberg.Professor Jonte Burnhard invited me to KTH in Stockholm to...
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Brussels sprouts Christmas
Brussels is a buzz with the look and feel of Christmas, and the festive smell of spiced wine, waffles, and even Raclette sandwiches. Since I’m here for the week to evaluate grant proposals for the...
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Researcher in Motion, in Portugal
Europe’s research framework encourages researchers to move around. The principle “Researchers in Motion” underlies most of research funded by the European Union through its individual fellowship and...
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Back to School: Engineering Induction at DIT
The first year students have arrived at DIT and are getting orientation this week. Today, the whole group of incoming engineering students were at our Kevin Street campus to learn about electrical and...
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Getting to Know London
The time has come to start moving over to London since my new research fellowship starts with the new year, so I flew across last weekend to finalize our apartment choice and leave some luggage with...
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Learning London–one month in!
Tower Bridge selfie in the mirror above to the bridge floor and Thames River, far below. Learning the lay of the land in London—the best way to spend the cold, wet month of January. I’ve been in my new...
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Learning London: Tower Bridge Museum
Defying gravity at Tower Bridge. Tower Bridge is well worth a visit. A long visit at that! Last weekend’s weather was dreary in London and we almost passed on the activity–a result of not knowing what...
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Learning London: Science Museum
The Mathematics gallery, designed by Zaha Hadid and partners. London’s Science Museum is so interesting that we went two days in a row. We hadn’t had our fill after just one visit, so we woke up Sunday...
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Learning London’s Lengthy Flat-hunt
As I peered over my Asian-style crispy chicken burger–the healthiest lunch I could find in the time ticking down to my afternoon workshop on supervising PhD students–I was reminded by my view of my...
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Engineering Education in South Africa: Facilitating Teamwork and Celebrating...
My sister and I just crossed paths, like (air)ships in the night, at Johannesburg’s O. M. Tambo airport. At precisely the time my University College London colleague, Dr. Folashade Akinmolayan, and I...
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Work and play in South Africa: Teaching and sightseeing in Jo’burg
I was filling in for Dr. Kate Roach, and she provided many of the slides. Fortunately, I was able to draw from three decades of running group learning activities and from my own research on teamwork...
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Sharing research at EERN
The Engineering Education Research Network (EERN) for the UK and Ireland met today at Newcastle University. Since one third of the presentations at this colloquium were delivered by DIT’s research...
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Learning London: Four-Day Family Extravaganza
My cousin Kaitlin has been teaching English in Spain this past year. So we (my partner Aongus and I) decided to add a second stamp to her passport and we invited her up to London for an extended...
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Learning London: Transport for Mobility
PAMELA in action. Image from http://www.ucl.ac.uk/transport-institute/lab/PAMELA My research supervisor in London, Professor Nick Tyler, is a global expert in transportation systems, with expertise...
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Excursions from London: Weekend trip to Rye
Window shopping in Rye. During May, we celebrated our third “bank holiday weekend” of the year in the quaint medieval town of Rye. Enamored with England’s southeastern coast from the two prior...
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