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iPhone, We Need to Talk
Please come here iPhone, I’d like to talk to you for a few minutes and share some important fatherly advice. To begin, let me tell you how proud I am...
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“The iPhone Will Bomb” – Why Predicting the Value of Innovation Is Hard
Ten years ago, Silicon Valley icon Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone. Hailing the device as a “revolutionary product,” Jobs gleefully walked a MacWorld...
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Makerpreneurship: The Evolution of an Engineer
Whether it’s a fad or the new reality, the Maker Movement is here, at least for the near future. This movement captures the upswell of interest in...
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Can We Program Self-Driving Cars to Make Ethical Decisions?
Robotic technology is becoming more and more prevalent in our daily lives. No longer isolated in manufacturing plants or relegated only to...
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Engineers with an Entrepreneurial Mindset
I want all of our SCU engineers to be entrepreneurial. By that, I don’t mean being a typical Silicon Valley entrepreneur, although that’s certainly...
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A Tsunami in Lake Tahoe?
Have you heard about the tsunami that recently hit Lake Tahoe? Really. I'm not joking. Although by "recently," I must admit that I'm using the...
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Do We "Waste" Money on Space Technology?
When I meet someone who discovers I work with satellites, a typical response is: "That's very interesting, but I wish we would spend that money"...
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The Internet of Stuff... No, Items... No, Things!
If you're tuned in at all to the world of technology, no doubt you've heard the buzz about the Internet of Things. Unless you're up to speed on this...
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It's Time To Cross your T!
Here in the School of Engineering, we educate students to be "T-Shaped" engineers. This is a metaphor for having deep disciplinary...
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It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's a..... Drone!
I have drones on my mind! It seems that every day there's another feature about drones in the news, and these stories truly span the good, the...
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How Is SCU Joining the "Maker Movement" ?
It's spring on campus, and students are on the make! But wait, it's not what you think. I'm talking about students making things in the...
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Are Two Robots Better Than One?
Robots are good at performing tasks that require strength, speed, and precision. They're also useful when jobs are dangerous or highly repetitive...
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Give Me A Break!
As a roboticist, I love creating new and complex engineering systems, refining their capabilities, and making them work. But believe it or not...
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Engineering Education: Keeping it Real
Engineering is fundamentally associated with application. So, in addition to learning theory and analysis, our students must design systems for the real...
