Engineers in Predicaments

The content below details my adventures, misadventures and shenanigans while trying to find my place in the engineering profession.

Thoughts on certain developments in the engineering and STEM community in general, as well as scientific interpretations of weird scenarios will be shared as well.

Occasionally, I also learn a thing or two and will mention some of my findings while updating the portfolio. Please enjoy!

Plague Inc: Evolved vs COVID-19

Plague Inc: Evolved vs COVID-19

Featured image: Official screenshot from Plague Inc: Evolved on Steam If anyone has played Plague Inc before, you'll know that the best way to win is to make your pathogen practically harmless at first, aim to infect as many people and nations as possible under the...

ENGR 2000X: My Course Evaluation

ENGR 2000X: My Course Evaluation

Welcome back! I've noticed that a key challenge for people interested in engineering simulation is not knowing where to get started. After taking ENGR2000X (A Hands-On Introduction to Engineering Simulation), I am convinced that this course is a great...

One Month Later

One Month Later

Life update: Japanese: the running gag/inside joke around the house now is that I am a reincarnated Japanese person--enough said. Work: Been gaining ground with teaching a more holistic design strategy for buildings, such as but not limited to considering different...

Learning Japanese: The Journey so Far

Learning Japanese: The Journey so Far

こんにちは!With all the free time that became available after the semester ended, I am finally able turn my attention to a few things on the old bucket list, and one of them was becoming truly trilingual. Despite having some conversational-level background in Mandarin and...

PSA: Free eBooks

PSA: Free eBooks

In case you're bored enough to actually start learning something at home (or are just an avid ebook collector) Springer Nature is providing a whole bunch of textbooks for completely free during this period. Get them before they change their minds! Link here. As you...

Super Update 1

Super Update 1

Hello there! Last time we left off on the blog, I was still in Yangon mid-2019 a little bit after getting into Northeastern. It's been two semesters, so I am only halfway into my masters program, but it's been such a wild ride already even with the rest of 2020...

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