Gonzaga University - Engineers Without Borders (EWB)

11/11/2014

From our students' 2013 trip to Zambezi

11/08/2014

I have used this example in my Risk Analysis class in the past. Very interesting:
http://www.intuitor.com/statistics/BadTestResults.html

Within probability and statistics are amazing applications with profound or unexpected results. This page explores how good drug tests can go wrong.

12/26/2012

More on education:
http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2012/12/how-many-bankruptcies-to-come-in-higher-education.html

Bryan Caplan doubts that on-line education will lead to many bankruptcies in higher education. To provide a contrasting point of view, I see the landscape as follows: 1. The absolute wages of coll...

12/26/2012

News reflecting challenges:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/24/world/americas/in-aiding-quake-battered-haiti-lofty-hopes-and-hard-truths.html?hp&pagewanted=all&_r=0

Despite billions of dollars spent — and billions more allocated for Haiti but unspent — rebuilding has barely begun and 357,785 Haitians still languish in 496 tent camps.

12/16/2012

Education is facing changes:

http://the-american-interest.com/article.cfm?piece=1352

The End of the University as We Know It - Nathan Harden - The American Interest - The higher ed revolution is coming. Just a few decades hence, half the colleges and universities in the United States will have disappeared, but schools like Harvard will have millions of students.

11/21/2012

Great Position on Science!

The one single thing that I think would be very important to achieve is how people regard evidence and policy making. For me, that is absolutely central. I would like to develop that a little bit more. From my point of view, science has an obligation to generate the knowledge and the evidence that can be used in policy making. That should be the fundamental platform on which policy is built. That is just as appropriate for every member state as it is for the European Commission.
http://rogerpielkejr.blogspot.com/2012/11/anne-glover-on-eu-science-policy.html

11/13/2012

As you can see I am interested in this topic:

http://www.cato-unbound.org/2012/11/12/alex-tabarrok/why-online-education-works/

Oxford University was founded in 1096, Cambridge in 1209. Harvard, a relative newcomer, was founded in 1636. Other than religions, few institutions appear to have maintained their existence or their relative status for as long as major universities. And few institutions, notably again other than rel...

11/09/2012

The Khan Academy:

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/506356/qa-with-salman-khan/

An amateur teacher who rocketed to fame on the Internet tells us how he’ll take his free video tutorials to the next level.

11/09/2012

A good reminder for all writers:

http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/everyday-ethics/188789/patchwriting-is-more-common-than-plagiarism-just-as-dishonest/

Standing for journalism, strengthening democracy | Journalism training, media news & how to's

10/31/2012

Neat idea:
http://www.technologyreview.com/article/429738/nanopore-desalination/

09/17/2012

This one is for you social entrepreneurs; the superstar changemakers! "I believe anything is possible, I see opportunity when others see impossibility...I believe it's never too late to start living a dream..."

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09/07/2012

What a great idea

http://www.innovationlab.eastman.com/explore/Packaging_FMCG/HydroPack.aspx

The HydroPack™ uses a membrane made from Eastman™ cellulose acetate that is the heart of HTI’s Forward Osmosis technology.