Abundant Life… Leadership in Three Models 4 May 2018 Not too long ago, a campus group asked me to describe my ideas on leadership. How did I define leadership in general? How did I lead, specifically? Being a researcher,…
Geological Engineering… Dissertation Defense 5 Mar 2018 Looking much like I sat waiting to see the middle school principal about some infraction, I sat in the hallway waiting for my committee's determination. I glanced at my phone…
Grad School How To One Month 2 Nov 20172 Nov 2017 Yesterday I presented the results of my Sprint Month. Sprint Month: I stepped down from my positions in my various clubs, logged out of Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and even my…
Abundant Life… Cultivate a New Hobby 22 Sep 201723 Sep 2017 Hobbies, in many ways, constitute a luxury. Hobbies require time, money, and thoughtfulness. For most in the world, any one of these three constituents is scarce or non-existent. But in our…
Grad School How To SJB Bfst 9 Sep 20179 Sep 2017 After years of eating my Scyller Breakfast in front of fascinated/horrified on lookers, and a couple of requests, I decided this recipe warranted a post. Initial considerations when making the…
Geological Engineering… Testing, Testing 4 Sep 20174 Sep 2017 Having spent as much time in the lab and machine shop as I have this past year, I can say with confidence, there are two ways to approach your research:…
Grad School How To… Tribes 14 Aug 201715 Aug 2017 Stick out right hand, shake firmly, "Hi, my name is Scyller and I like black coffee, have a scrappy gutter dog, and have lived in every time zone in the…
Grad School How To Research Rites 8 Aug 2017 The obvious challenges of graduate research are taking and passing qualifying and comprehensive exams, defending one's dissertation proposal, navigating relationships with committee members, and finding funding. Less obvious are the…
Grad School How To Giant Small Stride 5 Aug 20177 Aug 2017 Yesterday, my research took another step forward and another conundrum unraveled. I'm using strain gages on my rock samples to determine at what internal stresses they fail. Locating the correct…
Grad School How To Doing the Thing 6 Apr 2017 Amy Poehler writes in her book, Yes, Please, “talking about the thing is not the thing. Doing the thing is the thing.” To this, I would add blogging about the…
