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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Facebook Research

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SciStarter

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IBM THINK Blog

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AMS Feature Column

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Mathematical Moments :: AMS

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

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Fractus Learning

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SIAM Careers

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Science is Beauty

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Google Research Blog

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Teen - The Huffington Post

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TienPhong :: Education :: News

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LinkedIn Engineering

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Nick Higham

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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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The Earth Story

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The Center of Math Blog

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inclusion/exclusion

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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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Indigenus

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Caltech student blog

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dy/dan

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Education – The Nation Nigeria

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Science Editors' Choice

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Traveling Thru History

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PhD + epsilon

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Krissy Venosdale

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AMS News +

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GuardianTeach

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Mother Nature Network

Forest products help power local economies - Billions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of jobs help weather tough times.
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Math and Multimedia

Feeling stressed? Meditation apps see surge in group relaxation. - Feeling stressed? Meditation apps see surge in group relaxation. 22 April, 2020 | By Rachel Lerman Deep breath in. Many of us are stressed and trapped at...
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Cosmos Magazine

Early disc galaxy puts theories in a spin - It’s huge and distant, so how did it form?
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SpringerOpen blog

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interdisciplinary on reddit

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Google Student Blog

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Authentic Inquiry Maths

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BorschtWithAnna

Proof in a non-Geometry classroom - A beef that I have long had with the standard math curriculum is that for many students who don't take college math courses, proof is a weird one-off that ...
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Physics :: Stack Exchange

Finding the thermal expectation value of a magnetic system from the partition function - Consider two coupled magnetic systems. The Hamiltonian of this system is: $H_{eff} = \begin{bmatrix} H_{m_1} & U \\ U' & H_{m_2} \end{bmatrix}$. Each bloc...
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Khan Academy

20 educational gifts for all ages: Khan Academy team’s favorite toys, books, and games for learning - It’s the season of giving! We asked the Khan Academy content team to share the gifts they love to give the children in their lives. Find a special and ed...
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ScienceBusiness.net

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Homeschool Math Blog

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travelthroughhistory

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Games and Learning

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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scienceofus

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ThinkThankThunk

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Change Over Time

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7 years ago
AIMS Center for Math and Science Education

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Renaissance Headquarters

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Next Einstein Forum

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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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