X Bubbler: Gates into engineering :: on how best to train engineers

Thursday, March 8, 2018

Gates into engineering :: on how best to train engineers

Essay 1: Kindly provided by Zeno Gaburro
Essay 2: Kindly provided by t - that's me

Both are from early 2016 and address questions posed as part of the hiring process at a cool new university in Africa. Enjoy and critique.

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Piekniewski's blog

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Howard University News

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LinkedIn Engineering

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Nick Higham

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notes on Ethereum by Vitalik Buterin

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Caltech Letters

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Free Technology for Teachers

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opencalculus

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Running a Math Club: My Experiences

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I Speak Math

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inclusion/exclusion

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Beyond Reviews: Inside MathSciNet

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AMS Grad Blog

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nature.com blogs

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Capital Currents

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e-Mentoring Network

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dy/dan

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Science Editors' Choice

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Traveling Thru History

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Editorial: Diagnostic and Proof Load Tests on Bridges - I recenlty published an editorial for the jounal Frontiers in the Built Environment: Bridge Engineering on the topic "Diagnostic and Proof Load Tests on ...
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South African Author and Illustrator Trevor Romain to Keynote ACM SIGGRAPH Diversity and Inclusion Summit at SIGGRAPH 2020 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 7 August 2020 CHICAGO — As the SIGGRAPH 2020 North America conference goes to a virtual format starting on 17 August, 2020, the 3r...
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Mother Nature Network

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Math and Multimedia

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Cosmos Magazine

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SpringerOpen blog

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Authentic Inquiry Maths

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BorschtWithAnna

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Khan Academy

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The Accidental Mathematician

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ScienceBusiness.net

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New GamesandLearning.co Marks Evolution of GBL Work - The National Science Foundation has awarded GamesandLearning, Inc. one of its America’s Seed Fund grants to develop and test a new platform for identifying...
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Book Ends

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The polymath blog - Collaborative advanced maths

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Change Over Time

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AIMS Center for Math and Science Education

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Edutopia

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Middle School Math Rules!

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Visual Insight

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Mr Reddy Maths Blog

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Cambridge University Press

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