https://www.austinslin.com/fashion-gallery daily 0.75 2015-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1442554136109-2M9OV2M9FBDNS652QYAQ/20150131_120752.jpg FASHION GALLERY This is cup of Gregorys Coffee that gets you to the elevator that gets you to aisles and aisles of wholesale fabrics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1442554136109-2M9OV2M9FBDNS652QYAQ/20150131_120752.jpg FASHION GALLERY This is cup of Gregorys Coffee that gets you to the elevator that gets you to aisles and aisles of wholesale fabrics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1442554141076-294R4Q11ET956NMXRX3D/IMG_20150624_235031.jpg FASHION GALLERY No button hole settings. Not sure if I can handle this one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1442554139503-8W4WS5EK955E8IQUZ2NQ/IMG_20150624_234926.jpg FASHION GALLERY My muse is an ice cold PBR in a coozie made by me :) Thanks SF Workshop Sewing Bootcamp! https://www.austinslin.com/caving-gallery daily 0.75 2015-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1442333998693-QT5J8JBBAYTCJWPVWGED/20150117_154315.jpg CAVING GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1442333998693-QT5J8JBBAYTCJWPVWGED/20150117_154315.jpg CAVING GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1442333902801-T48L4CC1KH288OXGUS5J/20150117_154820.jpg CAVING GALLERY Nary a boulder was free of climbers, pads and gear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1442334612708-D0RN5J06QF3LRL26JH8R/20150117_153126.jpg CAVING GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1442335293995-HP3HKUPVWD5MUCX97QAQ/20150117_154016.jpg CAVING GALLERY Hanging out by the boulders around Camp 4. https://www.austinslin.com/home daily 1.0 2025-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1547527476799-MSOXJJDFVV7NGP77G772/iron.jpg Home is where the ~ is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1516563569432-I572OQHNQU96GIEKDHDV/image-asset.jpeg Home is where the ~ is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/578dd75b-fe90-495d-b4e2-5772140c6036/Screenshot+2024-07-03+13.36.27.png Home is where the ~ is. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1444589246071-5BFNWOQAX18JD4XS7BHV/image-asset.png Home is where the ~ is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/085d0c26-7a48-48af-affa-1454b5580c72/winterized.png Home is where the ~ is. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1574529958343-SJN1YDT4G59INMESMYE3/image-asset.png Home is where the ~ is. https://www.austinslin.com/gallery-goer daily 0.75 2016-05-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1463284382667-W1Q8JISSS0QBO3ZX541Z/greenoutdoors.jpg GALLERY GOER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1463284382667-W1Q8JISSS0QBO3ZX541Z/greenoutdoors.jpg GALLERY GOER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1463284382330-N1I6DRUTUEFY1ZURO32W/greengallerywide.jpg GALLERY GOER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1463284396081-JWUU0BNTC9RD1VMGT5RS/barrickman1.jpg GALLERY GOER https://www.austinslin.com/quality-gallery daily 0.75 2016-05-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1464492374738-S5RAXKOETHFTXAOOYEQ3/DSC_0468.jpeg QUALITY Gallery Hanging out with Gurpreet Singh, the 2015 Feigenbaum Medalist, in Milwaukee at the Quality Management Division booth during the 2016 ASQ World Conference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1464492374738-S5RAXKOETHFTXAOOYEQ3/DSC_0468.jpeg QUALITY Gallery Hanging out with Gurpreet Singh, the 2015 Feigenbaum Medalist, in Milwaukee at the Quality Management Division booth during the 2016 ASQ World Conference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1464492277626-XGYUYDXJTIU58E69UGUJ/KANO+2015.png QUALITY Gallery Huge honor to meet face to face with quality assurance legend and guru, Dr. Noriaki Kano and wife Akiko at the 2015 ASQ Awards Reception in Nashville. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1464592077766-FEAHX7OOQW8DSO30LNUI/IMG_20160515_133237-2.jpg QUALITY Gallery Receiving my ASQ Fellow pin from the 2015-16 ASQ President and Chair, Pat La Londe and Chair-Elect Eric Hayler. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1464591908365-M5AFMZD72XVDZVLN74YN/IMG_3923.JPG QUALITY Gallery Group photo in Milwaukee with my cohort of elected ASQ Fellows, class of 2015-16! 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For The Grit Factor she promoted the idea of “grounded optimism”: “You can never lose faith that you will ultimately prevail in the end, which is a faith you can never afford to lose, balanced with the sometimes brutal realities of what you face day to day.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1622225317742-7GO8N9K9XTFINSE3GCLH/image-asset.png ASQ - Make it stand out "The only thing that fits in that little cockpit is a publications bag, a Power Bar and a Diet Coke." 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Just moments before my conference keynote on emerging technologies and the QA profession. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1571769181795-N9KBU1X3VH5I5FUDJSY2/image-asset.png ASQ At the start of fellow ASQ Board Member Jane Keathley’s talk on cybersecurity and quality management systems (QMS). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1570861271581-NPYFRIXICAZTOMXZ3QEB/image-asset.png ASQ …the making of bourbon as well as its tasting. At the start of the plant tour at Angel’s Envy distillery in downtown Louisville. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1570861286220-SN7X2S51ZFF5OM1L0QNZ/image-asset.png ASQ Words of wisdom from Angel’s Envy founder and Bourbon Hall of Fame inductee Lincoln Henderson (1938 - 2013) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1570861301529-WP0JQ1PLYIAE7U7HZSUF/image-asset.png ASQ Some see a bottling line; a QA professional sees one piece flow, preventative maintenance records, packaging ergonomics, sanitization SOPs, and throughput capacity. Sometimes it makes our heads hurt, but we can’t help ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1570861316045-K6EI38ZMUB9T5ES0HEUE/image-asset.png ASQ Barrels soon to be blessed by Angel’s Envy for a second maturation. The darker wood barrels on the right are 40+ year old rum barrels from the Caribbean! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1571769274178-KIPPCR0I77UOXEC0VYZE/image-asset.png ASQ I think Louisville has something to do with horse racing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1571769223338-0VWI0B51VA8BOH3MFID2/image-asset.png ASQ Taking in the history, architecture, and between-race silence of Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1571769245296-BVLNKWB8YV3SG8FNZRTE/image-asset.png ASQ Obligatory selfie in front of the Churchill Down gates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1571769427742-S8ZGCNTCWOCOPNR8PB61/image-asset.png ASQ Eddie Arcaro (1916 - 1997): 5 time Kentucky Derby winner and the only jockey to have won the Triple Crown twice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1571769319703-5CNHNYYGLPPVOCS8Y1OW/image-asset.png ASQ Triple Crown winning horses: Whirlaway (1941), Citation (1948), Secretariat (1973), American Pharoah (2015), and Justify (2018). Whirlaway and Citation were both jockeyed by five time Derby champion Eddie Arcaro. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1571769342060-EGM3YJNELP40L1WRAT0O/image-asset.png ASQ One of the world’s most famous finish lines? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1566104346640-WVMACTK7Y361XF4HXQLH/image-asset.png ASQ Always an honor and privilege to have a strong team to work alongside of as we had into the challenges of the year ahead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1559096327579-HHI4BYJSN8OA97AD1PHV/image-asset.png ASQ Excited and honored to take the stage as the 2019 Chair-Elect of ASQ. Also exciting was talking my way into getting a song by metalcore band Darkest Hour as my entrance music. \m/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1559096360313-UX8P8JPPEKV09TXYEGDV/image-asset.png ASQ The International Team Excellence Award finalists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1559096384920-ZSRZALJVKYT6LCQFVQJJ/image-asset.jpeg ASQ Congratulating some of the Continuous Improvement Storyboard teams on being audience vote winners. Here with the team from Peru. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1559096407413-PZ39NQ5OPBQJ57WV8E98/image-asset.jpeg ASQ The Argentina team roaring their way onstage to be one of the teams placing Gold in the International Team Excellence Awards finals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1559098022856-C634GFK8DJI516IAKUCF/image-asset.png ASQ Sons of Liberty was a great mid-day coffee oasis nearby the Fort Worth Omni where I could escape in between sessions to catch up on email and correspondence, reflect on the week’s comings and goings, or just mindfully sip delicious coffee. Super nice crew and a wonderful third place for the week. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1559098963290-2P912C6QKCKGZL7W0KGX/image-asset.png ASQ The green room where I’d run through my remarks in my head, administer taste-sized doses of Dr. Pepper (apparently a locally manufactured sensation here), or hang out to introduce or welcome keynote speakers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1559099745755-WWS6KNFEX1ZNKGJ82R8G/image-asset.jpeg ASQ Had the huge pleasure of thanking author Charlene Li (of Groundswell fame), who was one of this year’s closing keynote speakers. She spoke on disruptive leadership, social media, and member engagement. Here watching her talk from the green room before heading back onstage to thank her and close the conference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1559096441512-U5Z1JPEXN76GSI1JE6R1/image-asset.jpeg ASQ All the finalists and Bronze / Silver / Gold recipients were so enthusiastic and beaming with national pride. Here the Argentinian and Chinese teams post flag waving ceremony for their performance in continuous improvement case studies from their respective companies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1559099003589-BU8KUFN4ERBEIFXCPUG3/image-asset.jpeg ASQ I tried to include Tex-Mex in at least one meal a day during my stay in Fort Worth. The first of my taco side quests was to Velvet Taco, whose added bonus was their later opening hours (as the sign so proudly advertises). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1559099046776-JJLC3RMRNXR07JNR95VF/image-asset.jpeg ASQ Waiting to pick myself up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1559099068484-LOR389VSQK2TBRLXMKF7/image-asset.jpeg ASQ Velvety Tacos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1559097746061-KYDYO0TKKNA2ZSGBUSYU/image-asset.png ASQ One of ASQ’s most exciting programs is our World Partners Forum, where our sister quality organizations join together to share best practices and discuss ideas for collaboration across country lines. In this one photo alone joining the US: Portugal, China, Israel, Czech Republic, Singapore, Germany, Canada, Argentina, Belgium, Mexico, Sri Lanka, Sweden, United Arab Emirates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1559096465976-L3VIQ9NBN7HRVCX50KXN/image-asset.png ASQ At the World Partners session, gesturing dramatically while I speak to better appear as if I know what I’m talking about. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1559097790795-2BHR6ES31ECEMI8MBC2P/image-asset.png ASQ True legacy. For a 73 year old organization like ASQ, that means there have been a lot of Past Presidents. Two more years before I become “a true has-been” and join the ranks of these fine folks. Back Row (L to R): Elmer Corbin (2018); Stephen Hacker (2014); Steve Bailey (1997); Jerry Mairani (2005); Pete Andres (2009); From Row (L to R): Mike Jones (1996); Liz Keim (2002); Chuck Aubrey (1992); Jack West (1993); Pat La Londe (2016) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1559097700154-QYXOOFG5RAOPKP6Y1ZOE/image-asset.jpeg ASQ When in Texas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1559097724625-VLXVOLL4LH3HPC82317V/image-asset.png ASQ Photo crashing Past Presidents Chuck Aubrey (1992) and Debbie Hopen (1995). When Debbie became President in 1995, she was ASQ’s youngest and first female President. When she was an undergraduate, all of her schools of choice told her women weren’t admitted to their engineering programs so it was nothing new to adapt to being “around roomfuls of business men all the time”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1559098052848-U2YO1DZKSUCDMKK76EAY/image-asset.jpeg ASQ The 2019 ASQ Board of Directors just before we headed into our end-of-week board meetings here in Fort Worth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1559099104079-8PCOQ1XD76JUHKA6MC6R/image-asset.jpeg ASQ Plenty of challenges ahead with no easy solutions. Together we agree, disagree, challenge, collaborate, push back, inspire. And when this many people have each other’s back, no complexities seem unsolvable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1559097956151-ICCCSNXJE2YQ4VEWUGEX/image-asset.png ASQ A post-meeting recharge at the Kimbell Art Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1559097973496-HPFTYHEMUXGCDIJ1HETB/image-asset.png ASQ Visiting the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, checking out what’s left of Bas Jan Alder’s performance piece from the 1970s. Ultimately his boat was recovered during an overseas voyage but he was never found. The ultimate performance piece perhaps… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1559098005620-0Y1QT064WR07324ZU37M/image-asset.png ASQ First tried at a moonshine bar in Deep Ellum a couple of years prior, I was finally able to catch up with a quality, hand-made bottle to take home. The chemical engineer in me was excited and intrigued that this is actually fermented from the prickly pear cactus vs. having grain moonshine infused with the plant. Grassy, punchy, Dallas-y. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1559098075842-VTT0CURC6EKFH82G07S1/image-asset.jpeg ASQ The ASQ Board settling into work mode in one of the Sundance conference rooms inside the Omni Fort Worth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1559097987486-652VOBV07R8SQT8YL717/image-asset.png ASQ Reflecting on a long week of questions, answers, and more questions with a little help from Torchy’s Tacos and a cold, cold Topo Chico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1559097929153-VSTY5PLD229B6T06MGJE/image-asset.png ASQ Past, Present, and Wannabe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1559099477837-7UUHD1NI01V73VMS0WJ0/image-asset.jpeg ASQ I’m the Blue Power Ranger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1562219506345-MBIAIG2C1EX54VK35E7G/image-asset.png ASQ Standing with my 2015-16 ASQ Fellow class. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1562219013598-7M1NST1YGTUBB5BVZMO3/image-asset.png ASQ The ASQ Center in downtown Milwaukee, site of the former Gimbels Department Store from 1925 to 1997. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1562207848124-BK7OI6JSAXYCPD27LJ73/image-asset.png ASQ I don’t officially join the ASQ Board until January 1, 2016, so getting to join the current board on this excursion to the Baldrige Award winning Pewaukee School District just outside Milwaukee proper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1562207959180-75G2YUF7CI061DRQJUET/image-asset.png ASQ Pinned. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1562207979902-SJG8IZ8SCTO35BSM54K3/image-asset.png ASQ ASQ Headquarters is like a Hard Rock Cafe meets Quality history with gems like this: Joseph Juran’s bowtie! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1562207994445-R95BIGX0HQ1SO4R5JJ1W/image-asset.png ASQ So cool to find out this Honors Gallery was here, showing the award winners and medalists from past years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1562208015378-Q7OQ3XMWF8NZDKLIBZYR/image-asset.png ASQ The wall of Past Presidents of ASQ (nowadays referred to as Chairs). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1562208029567-O9HR99L99V6KF3DG7NEO/image-asset.png ASQ Gathered up a few board members for a fish dinner at the Milwaukee Public Market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1562208043418-GTODBPYR173XKQ26H7DB/image-asset.png ASQ Each night I’d make it to this Colectivo Coffee just before closing so I could have a to-go brew to take back to my room and round out the night catching up on email or just reflecting on the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1597526018421-YIPI9SVUDLST3EKP4N4A/image-asset.png ASQ Books-A-Million’s Peachtree City location, my library away from home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1562137025343-P3MQZG3X561G0R2LJPJA/image-asset.png ASQ At the ASQ Medalists Award Ceremony with 2013 ASQ President John Timmerman and ASQ Past President Liz Keim https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1562137063699-5HUNHYT68GMS09H6BADB/image-asset.png ASQ When in Indianapolis, flex your ASQ branded F1 race car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1562136412732-9MIWIG14V12LMJVYRBDQ/image-asset.png ASQ The giant main event hall at the Indianapolis Convention Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1562136436323-CALAMNL09FW45ZTI1AQY/indianapolisstage.png ASQ Front and center in the Sagamore Ballroom at the Indianapolis Convention Center, prior to the start of the medals ceremony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1562136454592-3EKAZEGRHB7OYW2TRBGS/image-asset.png ASQ On stage with 2013 ASQ President John Timmerman for a congratulatory handshake during the medal ceremony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1562136467271-HGQ00YFI5VTELXZTQWUB/image-asset.png ASQ On stage with the other ASQ honorees and medalists. Among the other distinguished recipients, the second person from the right is former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neill (!) Not sure why I’m staring off into the ceiling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1562136480794-2EC3LX4GWRL9ZHN6XND0/image-asset.png ASQ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1562136494010-HRL2SNWXJLBUKQPLW7PD/image-asset.png ASQ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1585000604670-3T7JCYN4KDBJR6GY7JWT/image-asset.png ASQ Armand V. Feigenbaum (1920-2014) making an appearance at The ASQ Center at World Conference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/4acb4499-892f-478e-a6db-65a3b46aa336/image-asset.png ASQ - Make it stand out Anyone who’s worked across time zones has had this moment. Leaving the office to grab takeout…to eat back at your desk for an evening teleconference with an overseas partner. My trusty San Francisco post card never let me down—always a beacon to keep going. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/75e57956-76e4-4094-ab0b-430893d16b4e/image-asset.jpeg ASQ - Make it stand out My first real office desk! Perhaps a story for another time, but above the stapler and tape dispenser is a postcard of my dream city, San Francisco. I kept it tacked to the cubicle walls of every office at every site I ever worked in my career until 2014. In April of that year, I finally moved to San Francisco and my daydream postcard became a backyard reality. Today, that same postcard is framed and hangs above the desk in my home office. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/df23f014-f5a4-40ef-aebb-05bfd5c7dcd9/image-asset.jpeg ASQ - Make it stand out Since I was a young emerging engineer with no friends and family in the area nor any related life commitments outside of work, I didn’t have any personal photos to put in my office. Instead, you can (barely) see portraits of 19th century physicists Alessandro Volta and Ludwig Boltzmann. On the wall is a framed postcard of Modigliani’s Young Woman of the People (1918) that I got at a museum store. You can see how much of a social life I had those days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1464492374738-S5RAXKOETHFTXAOOYEQ3/DSC_0468.jpeg ASQ Hanging out with Gurpreet Singh, the 2015 Feigenbaum Medalist, in Milwaukee at the Quality Management Division booth during the 2016 ASQ World Conference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1464492277626-XGYUYDXJTIU58E69UGUJ/KANO+2015.png ASQ Huge honor to meet face to face with quality assurance legend and guru, Dr. Noriaki Kano and wife Akiko at the 2015 ASQ Awards Reception in Nashville. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1464592077766-FEAHX7OOQW8DSO30LNUI/IMG_20160515_133237-2.jpg ASQ Receiving my ASQ Fellow pin from the 2015-16 ASQ President and Chair, Pat La Londe and Chair-Elect Eric Hayler. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1464591908365-M5AFMZD72XVDZVLN74YN/IMG_3923.JPG ASQ Group photo in Milwaukee with my cohort of elected ASQ Fellows, class of 2015-16! Being there on ASQ's 70th Anniversary was very special for me and am so grateful to be a part of this amazing group. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1597528334156-OMOV9SACHRCX77ETA0DO/image-asset.png ASQ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1594359483015-EDW9H1QVJ26CRFHD80JI/image-asset.jpeg ASQ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1594359513454-S801CB2YWOU21SC87TDN/image-asset.jpeg ASQ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1440390726799-2ZUHKWCKQ1QYML2YXUOC/image-asset.png ASQ https://www.austinslin.com/chemical-engineer daily 0.75 2026-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1440086787823-JVAA14UD9N7UXRBNA6AJ/che-morningsteps.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/b4da99c2-9198-46f7-aa29-ed2d52ecc316/AICHE+Gemini+Grad+Desk.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Gemini-generated image of a chemical engineering grad student’s lab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/295d2c15-0d68-4836-a3ad-1298a1503bcb/sghjk99-isu.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Enjoying a full circle moment with my cover story in Chemical Engineering Progress (CEP), nostalgically paired with a chicken cheesesteak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/87824256-9600-4a84-96ff-a9ab29b6990f/fellowbrk.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/d72f3444-6c71-4a72-b518-b56d8ae6582f/mentor2.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Made even more special was seeing one of my career-long mentors, who himself is also a Fellow of AIChE, in the audience during my ceremony. Our usual annual catch-up during AIChE’s annual meeting, already celebratory enough, was even more so—and more special for me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/261a172e-d889-4440-b825-f989963cbc93/ghjks0.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/9f4328d4-d5fb-4544-b1ff-eb6c96b70771/pubcrawl2025.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Annual pub crawl with AIChE colleagues, tailored to local indie brewers in the cities we’re in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/a3e49b16-02e2-454f-8bcb-9770d850b8c2/certcoffe.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out The Fellows ceremony was so full of activity that I didn’t actually get a chance to let it all sink in until I was on my way out of Boston. I stopped at my favorite local doughnut and coffee chain, Honey Dew, for a pistachio muffin and a brief moment to reflect (and actually read the certificate). Yep, I walked right on up into that Honey Dew, with the mounted certificate tucked under my arm like, no big deal, just walking around today with my plaque. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/11d41996-126b-46a4-a0a4-87ce7cbcd781/ASC-panel-2025.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out With the my AIChE co-panelists for the 2025 Annual Student Conference, where we got to speak to chemical engineering students about career paths and how your chemical engineering knowledge continues to take on a life of its own as your career grows. (From left to right): Emily Petruzelli (Editor-in-Chief, CEP Magazine); Tayo Femi-Fowode (Sr. Quality Manager, GE Vernova), Victoria Muir (Assistant Professor, University of Delaware Dept of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering), and Past President of AIChE Alan Nelson (VP of Technology at SLB) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/812ae77e-e695-4e3a-8e45-1a50077955de/ghjks0.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/a51df7bd-a560-456a-adbd-c9e369a89d33/fghklwo98k.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Navigating the Hilton Anatole, a building whose outside structure looks like an unassuming brick building, but past its front door, you enter a C.S. Lewis-esque complex, a giant atrium that has sci-fi orchard vibes and never-ending hallways and mezzanines. But no Minotaurs here, just us chemical engineers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/ca3b7ee8-6f99-4d3c-95d1-0a33cc992c43/feloa992hf.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/baed9e4c-724b-41dd-9171-d0e5de2fb50b/efgh987fkee.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out I was notified of the good news while I was on a work trip in Los Angeles so I celebrated with some award winning handmade pasta at Felix on Abbot Kinney. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/8787a7db-de5f-4d6e-b763-cb3731e25110/fghjks92.jpg American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out “The wolf climbing up the hill is hungrier than the wolf on top of the hill. And I'm starving.” — Chef Evan Funke https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/2b73f97f-77d5-4c4e-a3b8-177868448487/qghjk28.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/0f9cd96e-4823-42b8-badb-6116595178c3/asdgswi American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out At any time during the sometimes anxiety inducing hustle of a large conference, it was nice to be able to step out onto the balcony, take in the sea air, and see this view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/c08d5d32-f8ad-4ecc-a006-4427f8563415/asdasgadhjyku American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/8698a181-33ea-41c7-95f5-a0263eb3b93b/dgjdukfhuyhyt American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Celebrating Dr. Darlene Schuster, CEO if AIChE, who announced her retirement earlier this year. A standing room only send-off was held for her at Malibu Farm in Seaport Village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/bb01694d-6535-4175-8ee2-d934d9e4091e/adsfgadhytku American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Caffeinated and ready to set up for the speed networking career sessions, with groups of students and emerging professionals switching tables every 20 minutes to explore everything from careers in government, academia and industry. It was a great chance to meet with engineering students and do some early career evangelizing on quantum technologies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/95434a77-f50c-4dca-91a0-9f5469751ee5/sdhghlmgigch American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Now an annual tradition taking place each annual meeting, I got to enjoy a meal with one of my lifelong mentors, Ram and his wife Deepti. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/a43884fd-e77b-46a2-80ef-5e8807ee224e/lgygdhb American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Hearing the lessons learned and the road ahead from previous recipients of AIChE Management Division’s Management Award, many of whom have gone on into leadership roles within the Division and within the Institute. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/f7151c75-8ae0-4000-acf5-5a2ce7fd6f3b/jkgfdg American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Getting the panel set up to lead three academic leaders in the quantum field on questions about funding in the space and academic dos and don’ts when pursuing academic funding in quantum technologies . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/7c2c5781-9f14-4070-8c64-fba04367373a/pnvxsw American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/c1e6ac26-f16e-4896-b0a1-64d85938c5fc/dfgkktr American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Fermenting beer was one of the first chemical engineering feats of humanity, three thousand years before the first academic program in chemical engineering was established. And in true tradition (professional duty?) I pub-crawled along with a few of our group leads who always know where the best local breweries happen to be. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/f79e4bbe-bb72-4d77-8cfa-8d158dee0aaf/ujteehjfh American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out A perfect combination of picking up a book from Warwick’s Books, and walking a few blocks to La Jolla beach for some pre-sunset reading. Ellen Browning Scripps has left such an impact on San Diego, with so many places still bearing her name, diverting the gains from her publishing empire to local and national philanthropy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/66ba4e43-cd06-41fe-a300-57ba380a1fb6/browning-pool American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Just up the hill from La Jolla beach is a 1997 statue of Ellen Browning Scripps by artist Mary Buckman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/bb39c496-6180-474f-9d0e-d60326a3cfbc/hknfyhncfgg American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Catching up with Dr. Mike Betenbaugh at the University reception for our annual selfie, without whose support, my career literally would have never happened. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/3d497b71-cfc1-4693-a30e-be83af117fcf/outrsde658 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Early morning coffee hit at Breakfast Republic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/32679014-4b17-45c7-b61b-8b8f51b63d52/87654fh American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Artist Christine Sun Kim and the musicality of uncontained aspirations, even if they are sometimes out of tune. (Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/e9f74932-7425-48ae-a79e-02db1f87d582/Screenshot+2024-11-15+at+8.44.18%E2%80%AFPM.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/d22546bf-5f12-4f4a-84ba-3d984c54daba/246sbn American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out The musical trifecta: Willie, Dolly, David. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/d5aa2a19-249f-476d-b999-81849fa50cfe/9876ge2wdfgh American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Doing some pre-conference planning—reflecting on the day’s work and planning for the next day’s events—here at the Tivoli Bar. It is known as San Diego’s oldest bar, dating from 1885, a place to gather for “hot scotch and a warm fire” and a regular hangout spot of Wyatt Earp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/bfd0652f-25e6-41ef-acdf-5de8ec328cdc/muertosmarry American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Remembering the ghosts of technologies past and present, just days before Día de Muertos.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/fabb7a0b-7057-47ec-a613-adec08cbf86f/lkjhgertyu9876 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out See you next year, AIChE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/a4ade09c-92e9-4ca6-ab72-ac40c7035443/COverslide.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/f1077232-a496-4374-a34d-ca84c922a549/Slide1.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/c9c59464-ecdf-4290-a7a1-151af50037a4/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/179a1c99-7ef8-4770-ac1c-802f434d33b1/Screenshot+2023-11-07+at+2.31.24+PM.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out 2023 AIChE Management Award recipient, Shawn Feist. He gave an excellent talk on this career path leading up to present day where he’s a Senior Director in a customer facing role at Dow Chemical. “From far away, the curves in a career path looks smooth but up close they necessarily have negative derivatives.” R to L: Long time Management Division lead, Joe Cramer; Management Vice Chair Harold T. 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Evidence of chemical engineers socializing in public. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1ecaaca3-89d6-4f52-a3af-5e3f4ebc3bf5/Screenshot+2023-11-08+at+1.38.02+PM.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Working hard to make quantum computing the next stop on civilization’s Carousel of Progress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/18937ca0-b142-4452-bb6f-6f47b3fcc1ec/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/8f79536e-5cec-4f3b-aa4e-85714f7b19fd/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/a66239ca-b978-46ee-adef-e0af98ed2861/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out My first appearance in front of a live audience in over three years: Role of Chemical Engineers in Non-Traditional Industries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/6f7ca6f3-ee07-4302-b3dc-a28c547f08fe/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Pre talk setup and mic check before my presentation on nonlinear career paths for chemical engineers, realizing my speaker mojo has severely waned. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/62ba86f3-881a-4eca-bc2d-cfa23c28e0f9/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out I continue to pinch myself, thinking of my undergrad chemical engineering days, when I get the chance to share the stage with industry leaders and Deans of engineering schools. Dr. Levi T. Thompson pictured here, queueing up his talk on his path from industry to academic leadership. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/99200823-91ed-46f5-961f-0087a798c3aa/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out One of my favorite parts of the Annual Meeting each year is the Management Division’s presentation of the Management Award, our division’s highest honor, given to an esteemed colleague in the management profession. This year’s winner is long time Division supporter Dr. Harold Conner, PE whose talk, alongside other executives in the nuclear energy industry, gave an amazing overview of the industry, the need for transparency and the power (pun intended) of public-private partnerships. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/4b0dd579-d32c-4743-b050-af766eead3bd/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/4069cca6-a118-4b0f-b45a-65af35745edf/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/ea5aa4cb-7604-428b-b923-ab5a32bf6a26/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/a1b5a3a7-1810-49d1-8ca2-934548f8dfb7/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Enjoying conference life as an attendee and soaking in applications of quantum computing to chemical engineering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/428a1f34-a67c-41a9-90e4-3fa01b39cfed/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out And speaking of cool technologies, trying out the vision system check-out counter at a local Circle K convenience store whose corporate presence is also headquartered in the Phoenix area. Only one of these four items was consumed within 15 minutes of this photo being taken. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/0d44b103-2215-4f22-bb46-beb086e24ec4/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out The existential mood of leaving a giant conference center at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/32a51e97-95ea-4646-9978-17e8d93a33cb/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/b112f6d2-0858-4988-ae39-398adf4a6c89/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/d49dba56-4932-4992-a4a2-321100937590/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/cf5f8983-c4cf-414b-97ba-f87ecf917819/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/f3235746-26d1-49a7-a02e-56e72dea4c9b/Screenshot+2021-11-05+13.29.04.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/3e91cead-e4d3-4993-a3c6-91aca6d26d68/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/31ad89b0-05a7-4636-83d5-1842d692cb2d/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Also: nonlinear slide editing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1607141671785-GNL6DQSAZTV2RWAL6C69/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1605054606507-0X7KJRFTAU0WVN6WON15/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Wearing my moderator hat to host my emerging professionals panelists for our Management-sponsored session this year, The First Five Years: Early Career Experiences focusing on student transitions to the working professional world in chemical engineering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1605338763544-N8CFIQHKISY9UT14INSP/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1597994870457-AE48UYTHC7UZVOTGFINM/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1599167783265-6C9Q0ST9IQ42LQY642AT/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1585439000989-UUQ7TYWU27JALLHLSETV/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Dreams do come true. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1588365760441-5GHLHP3PWM17KR74M8WY/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1588365973752-SZT60NGZICYEFX725DRE/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/2b17eb1b-0b6b-4de9-ae20-1ec61d4b7fd4/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1577468203442-CFSGQKMBDCCUZ72RRK2L/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) AIChE takes Orlando! 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I literally would not be where I am and who I am without former undergrad professor Mike Betenbaugh taking a chance on me many, many moons ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1577467620359-ZEVTZFNFMAJGNQ4UTX1J/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Thanking our exiting chair, Joe Cramer, for his service to AIChE Management Division. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1577467843349-JXDFTB377PSNXSY3YI08/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Some of our Management Division leaders mixing with the Environment & Sustainability Division Leads at our joint dinner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1577468012996-YQXY1AQ59THZ967R8NFA/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Dr. Quinta Warren with her panelists during her Managing and Coaching Women in Chemical Engineering session. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1577468032637-JSHOG2XTRWG9P1UD979C/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1577468060591-KJI32G1AXEFRKHDEWQS6/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Our up and coming Management Division leaders, Dr. Shweta Karwa (seated, far right) leading a group discussion during her session on transitioning careers into management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1577468153435-62VZSDJMWQZSC6IFRGGQ/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) A nice crowd of students during the Management Division sponsored panel during the AIChE Student Conference. Our panel discussion was: “Inflection Points: Critical Career Decisions in Chemical Engineering”. We wanted to try something other than the accepted (and inaccurate) explanations of career growth being largely a linear process: go to school, get a degree, get a job, get promoted. So we drew a diverse panel that varied in age, nationality, gender, years of experience, different industries, to each share stories on not successes, but those critical moments when their careers took different turns that led them to their present day successes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1577468094372-0EIUTXWT99PI47N1FVDD/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) With my “Inflection Point” panelists: (L to R) Dr. Shweta Karwa, Kiekie Sankey, Dick Siegel, me, and Frank van Lier after our panel discussion at the AIChE Student Conference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1577468131091-D2D64M8PIBI1ZBUICSIC/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Strolling through the Magic Kingdom with Disney CEO Bob Iger’s book. It was extra crowded that evening as they were filming a Disney holiday special right in front of the famous “Partners” statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse. In addition to the coincidence of the AIChE conference being held in Disney's home turf of Orlando, Bob Iger’s book was an important companion during this business trip. From it, I learned how he handled some of his more difficult management challenges throughout his career. I was in the midst of making some difficult organizational decisions of my own at the time and Iger became my impromptu mentor and management coach in book form. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1555834427184-VHMKYCGHECUU7S079M74/hyattshellmound.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) AIChE NorCal’s site of the Symposium for a couple of years now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1555834348733-SWNBXISR42T0EWPT8VBU/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Whole Biome COO, Mohan Iyer kicks us off with how humans are biologically linked to our microbiomes from the day we’re born. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1555834392459-5KFXW81647NACOMN8J7E/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Mohan taking us through the steps linking microbe health to human health. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1555834458773-9FMFL9BVKV0TLQ4UX8LG/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Impossible Foods Research Fellow, Chris Davis, explains the process that makes Impossible’s 100% plant based “meat” so meaty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1555834506502-3X0AYOHUNJDM626UTYRA/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Hosting the panel discussion between Chris and Mohan, where we spent a lot of time talking about the importance of creativity and recruiting talent to solve complex technical problems, even beyond the daily work of microbiology and food science. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1555834542184-3JC8URQB4I116QJN0C2N/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) It was an honor for me to present the inaugural AIChE NorCal Cup which sounds like it should be a prize for a sporting event, but actually goes to the most self-directed, takes initiative “above and beyond” volunteer of the year. The worthy, worthy recipient this year was Sarah Lucere, an engineer at Tanner Pacific, whose leadership over the last two years has really helped strengthen the NorCal community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1555834569317-CH8THMBW6XXXJZXLFR7Q/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) The future of the profession! Scholarship winners and student volunteers during the awards ceremony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1555834713457-BFQUAG6WKZPKKT1OGD7W/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Me pointing at a blank screen and trying really hard to look like I know what I’m talking about. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1555834645642-0TQMU422REZQ1BUGRJCC/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Total gathering having gathered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1555834593815-POOIO49VDUVTV0RZWD87/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Not as good as home, but close. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1555834620973-FTJN679WTQQQRAYB4NDR/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Despite a seriously sleep-deprived 48 hours, meandering through a nearby Barnes & Noble in my non-lucid state still brought me to Ilya Kaminsky’s latest poetry collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1554404311483-GH8F6VNUGYA2O7QC2L81/image-asset.jpeg American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Recognizing the Management Division’s most active volunteers for the season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1554519671851-6B0MGYYT8NDLH4QY4YC5/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Represent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1554404461534-0I5EG88LVANVXI07435O/image-asset.jpeg American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) At our joint dinner and awards ceremony between the AIChE Management Division and the Chemical Engineering & The Law Forum at The Desi Vega Steakhouse in downtown New Orleans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1554404608773-FAIDBOIGUEOQWMY21SYX/image-asset.jpeg American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Jack Hipple receives the 2019 Management Division Award from our current Division Chair and longtime AIChE leader, Joe Cramer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1554519733828-L0ZEXJCCQP3Z202EUH7Y/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) With Management Division leaders Frank van Lier and Joe Cramer in between sessions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1554443126658-JC8B9R01PM0Y5Y2EYU5X/image-asset.jpeg American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Obligatory photo of one of Pittsburgh’s many bridges. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1554519589816-0GQ54D65XQ5X1VLCETSQ/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) It was a pretty cool honor to be a guest speaker in Pittsburgh on the occasion of AIChE’s 110th anniversary, the same city where the Institute’s very first conference was held in 1908. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1554443230736-6UWYGEDCAMEOH4FSRI68/image-asset.jpeg American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) In addition to being a speaker I did get the chance to enjoy being in the audience as well, attending the lecture by Gayle Gibson, DuPont Chemical’s former Head of Engineering, the recipient of the 2018 AIChE Management Division Award, the Division’s highest honor for an executive leader in the profession. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1554443254834-SJN1R672EPGIA88NA2A4/image-asset.jpeg American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Soaking in Gayle’s talk on innovation, growth, and surviving risk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1554443283690-J3ZI76CZGV6BLXLF7Z3J/image-asset.jpeg American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) The added bonus of the trip being in Pittsburgh was the chance to catch up with my longtime friend (and former chemist himself) John. When John and I both worked for Duracell Batteries in Connecticut, we’d plan Friday lunch excursions that involved road side shacks and the indie comic book shop or two. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1554443306781-HX0Q64APN7FVQMHO8Y22/image-asset.jpeg American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Apropos for a chemical engineering conference, John and I met up at Church Brew Works, complete with their own set of fermentation tanks and process equipment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1554443346573-BSSW3CG0C2WIY0BPJT4V/image-asset.jpeg American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Before leaving Pittsburgh, also had to make a stop at Primanti Bros.famous for this massive pastrami sandwich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1554443378760-FI79549SD7RSVM3L6AR0/image-asset.jpeg American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Definitely not cool bar-stool reading, but I had just come from the conference book shop and the counter was the only place to lay down this tome. The pastrami sandwich still felt way more intimidating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1562015172038-GPZI4QTL3H07OGNL8DYF/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Karaoke room selfie break with Nate and Meredith in between meeting minutes, strategic planning, and leadership ideas. We were all smiles after being sated by Escape from New York Pizza. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1562015193180-QYPUE9ADZPM5HBJZSWBM/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Any time you get to include Allen Ginsberg (and in Nate’s case, get introduced to Ginsberg) is a good time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1587279709798-3U2AEGOPMQJ67LFLPD2M/image-asset.gif American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Many late evening sessions fueled by poetry and Escape from New York Pizza https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1487707240876-1I2NIZUTZBSKQMOPXNO7/image-asset.jpeg American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Ram, now an Associate Dean at VCU, giving me a tour of his lab after my career talk to VCU engineering undergrads in February 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/ef5f755e-602f-4597-bcb4-013190f9aa57/fgklwofh83.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out At a December 2017 year end dinner in Walnut Creek, CA with the volunteer leaders of the AIChE Northern California Section. Successful sections can only happen when you have so many tireless professionals who are willing to help out with one more Powerpoint presentation, one more set of meeting minutes, one more programming committee meeting to plan a conference or student mentoring session. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1521266415225-89WB99DIMGU4MRZWIWL5/image-asset.jpeg American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) After catching up over lunch at Johns Hopkins Hospital, filling in stories and experiences spanning nearly two decades of mentorship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1521266748063-WZ7W1W5F725S4YCM6NNM/image-asset.jpeg American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Burgers and bourbon with Mark in downtown Alexandria, Virginia. We had stayed in touch regularly over the years, but that day was our first face to face meeting in 19 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1521266651544-NHT9DB2T7TVOYHVKFK7P/image-asset.jpeg American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Catching up with Mike at the AIChE Annual Meeting in 2016, held in San Francisco that year. I also presented a talk with the AIChE Management Division that year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1521266831675-332LY0G6MT0DOTLZXFV5/image-asset.jpeg American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) In Richmond with Ram and his wife for catch-up, book signings and spicy Indian food. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1565221210201-B1G87DNBLDN2999M8PP7/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) That time I got to meet 2003 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Peter Agre who helped discover water channels in cell mebranes called aquaporins. I was then a recently minted chemical engineering grad in my first job and he was presenting a talk at the Jimmy Carter Center in Atlanta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1557513222491-5Q55O32COLSTCFBI8FD7/image-asset.jpeg American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Seeing an experiment I built over a decade ago still standing was like running into an old roommate (who never cleaned their side of the room, kept you up late at night, and stressed you out with unpredictable problems). But we’re all laughing about it now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1562134413272-YG52PN5HF3EI9612CZXX/image-asset.jpeg American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/cc78de72-6174-4099-8293-676de04aff6d/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Now whenever I catch a whiff of Ivory Soap or Tide, I immediately feel sleep deprived. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1611044650852-TQSPPUR35BQNT08Z3252/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) From 2011 - 2014 I worked in a chemical perfumes plant, mixing up fragrances for Procter & Gamble and filling them into 20 ton tanker trucks. My entire run there was a live case study in supply chain logistics and batch mixing processes. Undergrad me would have been flabbergasted, but proud. And would smell 24/7 like a cross between Ivory Soap and Tide Pods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/67797ae5-83e2-4a8d-a313-73df3e83dbb1/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1617775435421-WHEMSXIY5BW8R8Y22ODA/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Back when I spent 70%+ of my time traveling, working out production line efficiency calculations on the floors of hotel lobbies, sleeping on the carpet in airport terminals near an outlet so my phone wouldn’t die and I wouldn’t miss my alarm to wake up and catch my un-cancelled flight. I miss the people, places and things. I don’t miss the sleep deprivation or the REM cycles lost to the aether; eating cold Wendy’s nuggets in an airport food court by myself on my birthday; getting kicked out of said food court because it was eleven o’clock at night, third shift cleaning crew was starting, and they needed to wax and buff the linoleum floor, etc. etc. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1441341682048-XZYCVIGT1TRLU8YKVUMA/aichelogo American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1561965679391-GC4N0O7Z3EOQ9L1JOKF9/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1561965597752-YJRG4SH76AYSIQX0LN8Q/image-asset.png American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) https://www.austinslin.com/poet daily 0.75 2026-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1440035143083-29N3A13MNQFNJMW32GSS/wolves.png POETRY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1440036014655-V070CATUAOFVROTF8TK3/distillation.gif POETRY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/810e27dd-5619-4b16-8c60-d7dba5f38251/alhig788.ka POETRY - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/df3b5003-c391-4fca-868e-7ab0c27afca1/Scsjhgiw23.png POETRY - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/49320e55-f6d3-4010-b425-2c1393eca5f3/image-asset.png POETRY - Make it stand out from the McCallie School announcement of Kemmer’s passing on March 3, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/a1ff9e4b-e330-474b-b8db-354239c8e90b/image-asset.png POETRY - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/d29cf914-b03f-46d4-9583-3434b6696749/image-asset.png POETRY - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/7161b9ed-773d-4e41-99c9-1921d3702659/image-asset.png POETRY - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/df9c6e08-cd36-46ba-8096-c0d796bfffa4/image-asset.png POETRY - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/7f7e78f5-bd7b-46d5-8774-dbe7c3e14c76/image-asset.png POETRY - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/2cc20dc8-a2a8-4a53-94ab-17e9f8ce0b7b/Screenshot+2022-04-28+16.31.01.png POETRY - Make it stand out EMCEED by Terrence Hayes and my favorite civil engineer-poet, Richard Blanco. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/4d21a84c-e8f1-4a51-8295-64b5e3b97eb7/image-asset.png POETRY - Make it stand out And the magic makers… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1628797435229-PCX39KDCHM7G12WFMV61/Screenshot+2021-08-12+12.41.22.png POETRY - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1622757481228-PQOGF88KLYUWPVHFDBI9/image-asset.png POETRY - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1622757506599-CZK8WB9D9R8QDQ5B4C9S/image-asset.png POETRY - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1616709963549-92KN7BLASAEVD8G5UOHV/image-asset.png POETRY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1616710004822-QPJK9WD0XDIHA9GP0QZF/image-asset.png POETRY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1616710142727-DWRPQAJHIWMU5VJYVR2L/image-asset.png POETRY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1616712964352-MR5YTU0NDWJ0D5J8CUYX/image-asset.png POETRY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1616711367323-GUMMW8UF68F4IX17T68C/image-asset.png POETRY Amazing to be in the virtual presence of all the talent reading today. So incredible and inspiring to listen to this year’s autobiography winner Cathy Park Hong talk about the American-ness and Asian-ness in being Asian-American in the same room as first book nominee Brandon Taylor reading from his debut novel on love, research science and the human condition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1616717075127-D49OPPOWLKS9JKX2V2HY/image-asset.png POETRY francine j. harris FTW! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1611045075233-BXF0VKVQP77KZTTEUVF3/image-asset.png POETRY The National Poetry Series winners for 2020, procured from Bookshop West Portal in San Francisco: Benjamin Garcia, Michael Torres, Diane Louis, Alexandria Hall and Heid E. Erdrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1600589541806-OPJ5Y33O8EMTPQML9KAI/image-asset.png POETRY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1585813205301-Y0ND54T6NKGLC0OEJGLK/image-asset.png POETRY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1547366844816-WQ1PKX01UIC71S916OJ3/image-asset.jpeg POETRY Likely the only time my name will both appear in print next to Carl Phillips on the cover as well as have my poems published in the same issue as his. Cherish those little wins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1530593686471-5KGDMHHD2N4JR68RK952/image-asset.jpeg POETRY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1530593656911-0BCW7XBAAJ2WYL98907Q/image-asset.jpeg POETRY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1529989672718-FR89ZOGSW2LZQOWANJQY/image-asset.png POETRY Getting "encouraged" to do an pop-up reading in the company of fiction, creative non fiction writers and poets outside the VI on a humid Gambier summer evening (thanks Elizabeth Dark and Stacy Murison!). Impromptu writer moments surrounded by scary talented, praised, award-winning creatives like this are what make the community of KRWW so special, year after year, each cohort connected to the community of each other and to the instructors & students of years prior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1529990879239-NWK3T2HTL3QU4H7YGE2I/image-asset.jpeg POETRY Closing down the VI on the next to last night of the week. (L to R): Joel, Caroline, Rachel in front of Caroline, Jabari, Cristi and Sarah sharing life stories, poets and writers we're inspired by and eating lots of tater tots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1529992756982-OIGPNATI5DANPTSAP5Q8/image-asset.jpeg POETRY The famous Middle Path, which connects the original Kenyon College buildings to the rest of campus, through the town of Gambier and to the dorms. During the day, there are writers alongside the grass, sprawled in Adirondack chairs, typing on laptops across the benches. During the night, you're alone with your thoughts (and your writing prompts that you haven't finished yet). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1528344822945-EDCXWYE3BDLIW2WLQDZC/image-asset.jpeg POETRY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1528344250832-7HYHBDDGW4A9VILK7FQH/image-asset.png POETRY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1498497674936-SI468RF12GLC6ZVBWLKZ/IMG_20170623_120432.jpg POETRY A stunning class of creativity, thanks to our fearless leader. Sasha, Me, Kyle, Pam, Carl Phillips, Britny, Lou, Martha, and our Kenyon Review Fellow, Jayme Ringleb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1498497665388-Y1EKZ7T32JM4Z5I6V5CT/IMG_20170623_093135.jpg POETRY Coffee, ink, notebooks, critical readings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1498497698456-YA7PXUHLCU28LE4PVWSO/IMG_20170622_083306-EFFECTS.jpg POETRY Lentz House, where all the magic happened. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1498497691475-KGKNUP5T72W3SYK4RND7/IMG_20170617_215341.jpg POETRY Post writing, post critique celebratory session at The Village Inn (we cool kids just call it "The VI"). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1469299162555-4YRPOF4I8PYJE8WOELOC/image-asset.jpeg POETRY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1442642487662-38Q9BU3DW9NS13O1BUUP/image-asset.png POETRY Judy Funnie discovers Blythe Field, where her poetry idol wrote all of his best work. (DIsney's Doug(TM) is a trademark of The Walt Disney Company) https://www.austinslin.com/fencing daily 0.75 2024-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1507695213078-X8MU3Q9OLMLFZ1OF7480/halber.png FENCING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1476740248449-DWBL8V5IRCDZ9K3THT40/image-asset.png FENCING My initial impressions include mostly pain, but I'm getting there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/e5df436f-79f6-495e-a8f2-c1dae5e92f89/image-asset.png FENCING - Make it stand out Awesome to see two Americans in the gold medal women’s foil bout of the Paris Olympics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/b30db5bc-7c82-4247-b339-223b70f63e56/image-asset.png FENCING - Make it stand out The Historic Team USA Women’s Foil Team taking the podium in Paris. (Photo source: Olympics.com) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/2af5d95d-9863-401a-84b6-0eb0dc4b48a0/image-asset.png FENCING - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/5357bbe7-636c-4925-91a7-c3746dcf0b84/image-asset.png FENCING - Make it stand out A wall of fencing masks converted into wall lamps in the dimly lit Marcel restaurant in Atlanta in 2023. Part of Chef Ford Fry’s culinary empire, Marcel is a high end steakhouse with early 20th century Parisian vibes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1634150376205-JY0SEPSHIOI5XE0FOJHP/image-asset.png FENCING - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1627534942486-MX2CWL28ULC31TLR8V2D/image-asset.png FENCING - Make it stand out From Yeisser Ramirez’s Insta page: Curtis Macdowald, Jake Hoyle and Yeisser Ramirez himself dressed for the Opening Ceremony of the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games. Go Team USA! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1627535506697-R3NYR1G6GD90FT2MXG4A/image-asset.png FENCING - Make it stand out From Kelley Anne Hurley’s Insta page (L to R): Anna van Brummen, Kat Holmes, Kelley Hurley, Courtney Hurley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1627528109676-PNW9NUPG191PGP7T5THQ/image-asset.png FENCING - Make it stand out Keifer one touch away from an Olympic gold in her match against Deriglazova. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1627528168316-10XH7SI0GQL2AXIZGKBN/image-asset.png FENCING - Make it stand out Keifer’s history-making touch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1627529118606-RN7UVKF5SYL4599VB2RK/image-asset.png FENCING - Make it stand out Celebrating the Olympic win for some solid momentum heading into the Women’s Team Foil event. And then it’s back to med school (!). So inspiring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1627531388718-MQ4UO0RS62A8D2TSARGM/image-asset.png FENCING - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1627531317337-F8HSPLJ89GJAZDT7VJVA/image-asset.png FENCING - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1627531343545-J0XW4B1S4H63OULW6MGC/image-asset.png FENCING - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1627531366451-QNB9KK6I7MK5T5FPFEPH/Screenshot+2021-07-28+23.50.27.png FENCING - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1616010231987-5QJDWFO27VU0GNP725B4/image-asset.png FENCING Swapping out some fresh gear for a fresh year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1616010266318-LRJ607MK2XI8S9NT0NJT/image-asset.png FENCING Good evening, Maestro Halberstadt. Thanks for having us again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1616010298038-D80NOOXUX1R692DJTD2O/image-asset.png FENCING Wire up, hook in, dial up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1618513725376-BDN61J6ZQYJ7OSMVNX7U/image-asset.png FENCING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1618513751312-6DA26AWWOM8NH80NL04C/image-asset.png FENCING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1596959267047-6HZOCFTZ81ZA3DBC80HX/image-asset.png FENCING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1592865485603-BZXOXEILDK34AY58GAR5/xkcd-glacier.png FENCING via xkcd.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1587023913749-VK7T4Y2C5UQT26JCE6Z9/image-asset.png FENCING Training tools to attempt (and boy do I mean attempt) to stay in fencing shape when there’s no one to fence and your only real opponent is yourself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1585894482287-DN30WN2S2U5WWUYGQF1I/image-asset.png FENCING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1585894502454-S8AGB6A2Y4QOM5UE934X/image-asset.png FENCING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1583210190155-QM1U3OOALJTH1CMOYXG5/image-asset.png FENCING There’s something charming and poetically brutal about working yourself into a pulp while laying upon the stained asphalt of a parking deck in a pool of your own sweat, still grasping 25 lb kettle bells pulled out of the back of a moving truck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1578697141822-XKHMYESTZJ8HS747DV5E/image-asset.png FENCING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1576180253469-XA9XJLLHXUQ4N8B3899E/image-asset.png FENCING Walk this way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1576180273625-0YYJ8YQ0UMBP6RFDAWEW/image-asset.png FENCING First national level tournament in an unspeakably long amount of time. How long? Let’s not speak of it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1576180299200-BXSN4XN4UVSK38F78RCC/image-asset.png FENCING Getting to watch some of my favorite fencers compete during the Division 1 competition day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1576180315772-N75NP2AS5F4Z1ZBFM4TA/image-asset.png FENCING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1576180345503-O2INXP3LCOQ1G7DJ7QFF/image-asset.png FENCING A realm where I will remain foreign to for a while. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1576180373516-Y9QJK7RC4YLP5181ST2L/image-asset.png FENCING College roomie reunion! The best part of my trip out here was the chance to catch up with my college bestie and former roommate Ben and his wife for a celebratory feast of tandoori chicken and dosa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1578511968155-P6YKNGDZ4R46H2SEYS33/image-asset.png FENCING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1574451523457-Q4L7L6VP3OZPFGBZ9TQP/image-asset.png FENCING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/49674094-f60a-4c7f-9719-5ddfca0ae9fa/image-asset.png FENCING - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1444621611993-F9USO2DVEVVA1O6K35QK/image-asset.png FENCING Epee Fencers (Artist Unknown) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1600297654722-2A4AQD31MSC70D0THIBW/image-asset.png FENCING Saw this photo of a contemplative Curly Lambeau when I was traveling for work to Green Bay, Wisconsin, a town that is centered on the Green Bay Packers and all things football. Pretty inspiring story to learn about the founding team of the NFL, which started their football life as the Acme Packers, named after a meatpacking sponsor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1571029067110-6N6XFJCPHU9JG8H29OYO/image-asset.png FENCING I somehow missed seeing this game in the arcade as a kid. Could’ve started my aspirations as a great swordsman a little earlier, one arcade token at a time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1585991854417-6I58W8I61NNRJKUGIQD8/image-asset.png FENCING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1451779137584-GKG9V8FJJ1F1ZC2PN2F1/image-asset.jpeg FENCING Coach Oles walking the beach at Cape Cod (circa 1998 or 1999) after having the team stop to take in the view as well as learn the history of nearby Marconi Station. Very typical of Coach: fencing is about working with your team and learning alongside them, on the strip and off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1572627461670-3ZJ1DK5MORJAOQ3JFYPS/image-asset.jpeg FENCING https://www.austinslin.com/poetry-previous daily 0.75 2019-03-03 https://www.austinslin.com/engineering-ethics daily 0.75 2026-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1561960557510-BNQ312GCLZYT74GS00US/peetsquare.jpg NSPE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1561958994613-ZMFVQOKWPNJWLLPK2I2H/image-asset.png NSPE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/8bfbd9d8-1ec2-4b7a-8120-3a886a3b8963/engsten.png NSPE - Make it stand out Past and Present: Two NSPE-California Presidents (2017 - Me), and Andrew Johnson, II (2026) walk into a bar…really appreciated the conversation as we shared ideas on member engagement and member value among California Engineers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/a924e36c-f95e-4474-8492-e87d6203eb73/mdgjolj948j.png NSPE - Make it stand out Who doesn’t love a nice, licensed stock image with real humans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/93af4f91-daf9-40b0-8155-26ac50b0499a/blocker.png NSPE - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/37964af9-911c-4655-b4bb-f81bdf7cec23/many.png NSPE - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/9d426722-e2cb-4b40-8e66-3d588e092df4/sueprconrfei680-wkt.png NSPE - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/b35faf5f-a9d4-48bf-bd0f-2406cfbfcda0/image-asset.png NSPE - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1628198168475-50OF2TI138NZFOZTHVSX/image-asset.png NSPE - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1616700047018-91YC76Z3570CMICVANP5/image-asset.png NSPE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1616701786817-ARQ9DT19CJRT43E2L522/image-asset.png NSPE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1612466875108-GI437WX5HCVVW3T5QPT3/miller NSPE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1597995386522-HYJEMSBL4YFEQQ0NO8ZJ/image-asset.png NSPE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1597995329123-MOPYW0O2MMFX9HXD4RJA/image-asset.png NSPE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1597995307451-4D0UHM6BA2IVR5HACZOB/image-asset.png NSPE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1597995365418-CLEZBQFFCNTMGL669S7I/image-asset.png NSPE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1565216404805-5HO40Y8HTLYTIKYNGDDY/image-asset.png NSPE Excited to be leaving NSPE-California in good hands with (L to R): Incoming President Mehdi Khalili, Executive Director Jeanne Marie Tokunaga, and Incoming Vice-President Joseph Quinn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1565216622720-73OODN10YBW48BKC03GW/image-asset.png NSPE Trying to make a talk on emerging technologies as exciting as possible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1565216646113-9IF0D2UJ037GFKZINBRI/image-asset.png NSPE At the conference reception at Science City, an interactive family science museum in downtown Kansas City. Pictured here with the Incoming President of the Japan Society of Professional Engineers (second from left), one of NSPE’s international sibling societies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1565216665075-HKZCZIAXXN2ULNFD75VP/image-asset.png NSPE Joseph and I catching up with NSPE General Counsel and long time friend, Art Schwartz. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1565216687830-WPGNRKRF5CVJNM5GJ7EL/image-asset.png NSPE Mehdi meets Einstein https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1565216720764-NLLXJGVU82RUAL5MFJNR/image-asset.png NSPE One of the coolest parts of this year’s PECON was the inaugural year of NSPE’s Emerging Leaders Program, bringing together a cohort of emerging professional engineers to talk career development, advancement of the profession, and the future of NSPE. Sitting here with Emerging Leader participants in the mentor-mentee program. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1565216736492-MKKBHD03Y0CTN0VC2W0S/image-asset.png NSPE Chatting with the Emerging Leader mentees over breakfast before the day’s sessions get kicked off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1565216765067-KZHBUTC9BQ03C1XSS21O/image-asset.png NSPE Thanks to a trip to Rainy Day Books, was able to gather up some local reading to complement those rare slivers of downtime during my conference travels. I’d like to think Montaigne would appreciate that a book about his writings would have its pages stained with fried chicken grease. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1565216782998-R9UQJ4N3IDIHK4GR2IGV/image-asset.png NSPE Hanging out with a detail from Robert Rauschenberg’s “Tracer” (1963) at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1565216799223-NOL753HE1J42JHV12VTT/image-asset.png NSPE The Quaff in Kansas City’s Quality Hill neighborhood where Friends go to hang out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1561961012074-NIBP0U87DUGEQ1QZUWBK/image-asset.png NSPE Having a joint board meeting between the boards of NSPE-California and our Education Foundation was a wonderful way to close out my two year term as California State President. Was a huge honor serving alongside these fine folks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1561961027120-BS8IGYKZNXW8UYSASXNK/image-asset.png NSPE The 2019 NSPE National President Michael Aitken participating in our officers installation ceremony, welcoming in the 2019-2021 NSPE-California leaders. From left to right: Cliff Ishii, Past NSPE-California President, Michael Aitken, incoming State President Mehdi Khalili, Vice President Joseph Quinn, Treasurer Ken Discenza. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1561961040463-1WWQSIN2N20KDJJ8RB0N/image-asset.png NSPE Issuing the inaugural Marti Kramer Award for Leadership Excellence to Joseph Quinn, an outstanding role model for self-directedness and member value stewardship. We had the chance for the award to be presented to Joseph by Marti Kramer herself, our long time past Executive Director. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1561961055646-WRBLB2PKEOI978LBDU7Z/image-asset.png NSPE Only expecting that she was giving an award, Marti also received this gift on behalf of the NSPE-California Board of Directors, an inscribed golf club celebrating her retirement after having served the Society for almost three decades. Without her leadership, there would very likely not have been a California society that would have survived all the ups and downs over the past decade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1561961070747-9LOI86356DKS6DH9ZD78/image-asset.png NSPE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1561961656481-NZFXJVLF4972J94Y98VT/image-asset.jpeg NSPE The combined NSPE-California and Education Foundation MATHCOUNTS Boards planning away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1561961677341-FXZM1978Q9D2MMILPWW8/image-asset.jpeg NSPE We lucked out by snagging this shaded patio seat at The Rose Venice for a brunch break out in the ocean air. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1561961692439-0DCR2H7OYMB96LLYEVLG/image-asset.jpeg NSPE Back to work on our strategic planning session. No workshop is complete without flip charts and dry erase markers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1561961709930-3B6EYNEH3WPUIBR800CL/image-asset.jpeg NSPE Getting strategic inspiration for our day’s work (sunning ourselves out on the roof wasn’t too shabby either). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1561961723893-OGXNHX9Q8312S7ND03XW/image-asset.jpeg NSPE Instead of heading back to the hotel for sleep as I should have after everyone went home, I went out to one of my favorite L.A. neighborhoods to grab sushi at Hamasaku. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1561961737102-TI9YQEFRB9XJ8WLXV0C3/image-asset.jpeg NSPE My lucky streak continued by showing up at Hamasaku on a Saturday night without a reservation and still getting slotted into the sushi bar. My sushi feast served as a celebratory reward for a long day of planning out NSPE-California’s next five years alongside the Society’s future leaders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1561961751462-OY5B0GBKKNVO0NMA78BB/image-asset.png NSPE Happy, energized, fulfilled (and a tiny bit sleep deprived). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1561962139625-K8N1REO9TL6YBYU3BDHR/image-asset.png NSPE With each of the 50 US States represented at the NSPE House of Delegates, thanks to the alphabet, California’s seat is on the front row right up close and personal to the heat of the action. It’s been an honor to serve as the NSPE-California State President. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1561962154194-5R8F8LOFZ5UXFKTKFJR1/image-asset.jpeg NSPE Introducing 75% of my new NSPE-California leadership team around the NSPE community at the 2018 PECON in Las Vegas. Here with Mehdi Khalili, PE (Vice President 2018-19) and our new Executive Director Jeanne-Marie Tokunaga. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1561962166843-067EMBRRTMX637CHL39A/image-asset.png NSPE We’re at an engineering conference after all, so of course we spent our time touring the power plant that provides electricity to much of Las Vegas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1561962180447-62DE99GW5ONEE9ZJDMII/image-asset.png NSPE While just outside, the majority of patrons of Las Vegas were hanging out on the casino floors testing their luck, this group of licensed professional engineers were touring the chillers that help make sure entire city blocks of casinos, hotels and shopping malls stay cool when the blistering desert heat has its way with the town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1561962196978-B6DXK46RAUZAM9INERGU/image-asset.png NSPE So lucky to have Jeanne Marie Tokunaga as NSPE-California’s new Executive Director: non-profit associations whiz, former journalist, gourmet chef, stamp collecting enthusiast and classic films buff all-in-one. Awesome to have her on our team (using the journalists’ “AP comma” in this description just for her). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1561962212633-S7OKTY4ZISG85VHMTJ02/image-asset.png NSPE With our NSPE California State Vice-President, Mehdi Khalili after the House of Delegates session. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1561962226549-3325CTLWEXJJ8S7ZGGMX/image-asset.png NSPE Inside “The Bat Cave,” what the facilities team at the Bellagio affectionately call the underground service and maintenance area that make the Bellagio Fountains as magical as they appear to be. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1561962242348-J2Y84AM5JXNWZILD73AK/image-asset.png NSPE The floating maintenance rig that services each and every water cannon powering the Bellagio Fountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1561962257784-JI4E8HJS1627I1W86H1S/image-asset.png NSPE One of the Bellagio Fountains facilities leads explaining the literal nuts and bolts behind the captivating fountain show the Bellagio is famous for. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1561962272563-AKDFZN652RYUHUMSWWIY/image-asset.png NSPE Checking out the engineering magic behind the water cannons that power the Bellagio Fountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1561962286930-S6CSOXIGU9E4X221DZOJ/image-asset.png NSPE Watching the results of all that mechanical engineering and facilities maintenance that make the Bellagio Fountains possible. Seeing the machinery behind a selection of pieces by DJ Tiesto. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1561962303506-3TSB9XHY732227D6CGFP/image-asset.png NSPE At the Order of the Engineer engineering ethics ring ceremony with our new inductees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1561962318338-S7JG2F6FJJFH3J213SFQ/image-asset.png NSPE State reps from the NSPE Western Division gathering for our annual region dinner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1561962335237-U32RRMDWGUQR5D1B4Y73/image-asset.png NSPE Mehdi throwing rocks straight down the middle at the NSPE evening social at Brooklyn Bowl located inside The Linq Hotel & Casino. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1561962355166-IND0FWUP5J0661FGIRU6/image-asset.png NSPE Nothing to see here. Just innocently hanging out post sushi-feast with NSPE Treasurer Brian Armstrong on the terrace of Yellowtail inside the Bellagio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1561963872404-NWJNAQBHGFM7EB4SDTB9/image-asset.png NSPE I’m a Pittsburgh Penguins fan, but had to stop by TMobile Arena to pay my respects to the Vegas Golden Knights and their stellar inaugural year in the NHL (personally I think it’s because they have Marc-André Fleury as their goaltender). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1561963983401-9B57HZBUP5719QR3QDIP/image-asset.png NSPE It only took me almost two decades to buy a ticket to Cirque du Soleil’s Mystère. I had been wanting to see it back in the days I was an engineering student in college and was excited to finally get a chance to make it happen. The show ended up being a nice, rewarding way to end a long week of engineering conference-going. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1561964173468-KTBBYD0R1F08EZ7IO3MF/image-asset.png NSPE When I finish reading the books I bring on trips like these, there is always room in the suitcase for more. I needed some “protoplasmic energy.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1561964249185-U1QBL9X96TLE1DTXLI6B/image-asset.png NSPE Winding down at Parasol Up at Wynn Las Vegas, reflecting on a productive and engaging week at #PECON2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1597997056900-3652OCYB08D270GWW77H/image-asset.png NSPE With NSPE-California leaders past and present! (L to R): CEO Marti Kramer, Bob Sims, Treasurer Ken Discenza, Vice President Cynthia Wernet, me, Outgoing President Nader Shareghi, Les Turnbaugh, Sam Grossman, Cliff Ishii, and our Cal Maritime University liaison Mike Strange. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1597997084187-FU8ZQMK8KVFOZY1IADLS/image-asset.png NSPE The joint board taking a break in-between workshop sessions where we mapped out our member activities in California for the coming year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1597997168503-R3MICJ4ZAWBD7XN1LUU4/image-asset.png NSPE Vice President Cynthia Wernet (upper right) leading a breakout session during our planning workshop for the coming fiscal year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1597997107046-ABHZBQF4MYB5AZ1OHKC3/image-asset.png NSPE With new boards also came a new URL and new branding which more clearly linked California to our parent society NSPE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1597997138261-YFZVTX3M7APNYECZVEGQ/image-asset.png NSPE Past President Cliff Ishii receiving thanks from our CEO Marti Kramer for his leadership of our California MATHCOUNTS program for STEM eduication as NSPE Past President Sam Grossman (himself a Past President of NSPE-California) looks on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1597997194576-H4DR07DMLZ7149KYBVY2/image-asset.png NSPE (Caffeinated) Cheers to new, golden beginnings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1563511816596-QFNHVEJNDI1NQHI6TP57/image-asset.png NSPE Ending the face to face board meeting with a photo scavenger hunt around Balboa Island. Here’s the entire team: The Good Ship Guppy! (L to R) Me, Kodi Jean Church; Kevin Skibiski; Dan Witliff, Kim Granados, Larry Jacobson, David Dexter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1566626231271-6JRDOLKIJI2IQEWO5DYX/image-asset.png NSPE With some of my fellow NSPE leaders during the first year of my two year term, serving on the Society’s Board as its Director - Young Engineers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1566626190235-FUYNPBDGPLZYUNQONJFS/image-asset.png NSPE Not just flashing lights and blurry cameras, from the induction ceremony to sitting in on my first conference sessions, Las Vegas was a celebratory environment, welcoming me into the first ever of my non profit board duties that had an impact on our 30,000 members across all 50 states. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1566626211482-O26C2YO27Z5O1E5URSOA/image-asset.png NSPE The House of Delegates meeting of NSPE, where the Board and representatives from each State’s local Society join to discuss and vote on Society plans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1612383102902-STZTA8M5NB345097DOTX/jimbobmaps NSPE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1612383206819-SQPAG9SW0EN7UAOLVICU/image-asset.png NSPE When I reflect on my days and nights working as a newly minted engineer in LaGrange, I return to the Jim Bob’s menu to remind me how wonderful that time was. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1561964391925-FVKGEN7B1ROSMGKXFNDR/image-asset.jpeg NSPE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1598768244648-FAYEKMHFVUXRVV6REJ7T/image-asset.png NSPE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1561964747804-G1HV6NT7NKCXQFVK3RNN/image-asset.png NSPE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1561964775873-UGCIJUSOMQUGR8FK7MKQ/image-asset.png NSPE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1561964848741-5PI8ECOLRF0XDIOI80R3/image-asset.png NSPE https://www.austinslin.com/quantum-computing daily 0.75 2026-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/e2ac9af8-d477-4f00-989a-e8d122807a71/fghjst67829tl.png Quantum Computing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/3e57e020-fbaf-4e44-ba75-418c2a655ce9/dfghj56789.jpg Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/01390cb7-13fb-4df8-9ba3-7b2a16bb3abf/cberg2.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/5a3f3840-d6ce-49f6-b985-28b9f081ebf3/dfghjk67l Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/5e5d79ae-4112-4d27-82d4-e30b9aa43017/spie-escl.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/9c6a3fc9-02f9-4e5c-b14f-23946ba07e05/coversl.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/9db6dc15-f3b1-4965-bc19-6cf160f79ace/spiecast.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/d25b341a-551c-4e0e-b062-112f1122d8f6/panel4.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out (Image courtesy of Jos Donders) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1ec56297-3d79-47eb-9bcf-d879d23d7b70/26team.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out The celebratory final panel on the final session of the 2026 Quantum West Business Summit. (L to R: Jos Donders, Dmitri Permogorov, Andrea Ortiz) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/f430067d-5f6f-40b0-8039-8b2491f263b7/group2.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/63a72892-bf82-4781-8268-056296cd88e4/CEP+Cover.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/63aa3c0e-f0dd-4d95-a727-397cd20634a7/chicken-cheese.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out AI generated rendition of the famous “Chicken Zinger” sandwich at a university snack bar which fed and fueled many a late night study session for college students in Baltimore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1e7d2c1a-1bf3-4aa0-be90-8befac3a9b8a/xtac.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Striking a pose with the QED-C Cross-TAC leads and exec team members in Seattle (Image source: QED-C website) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/d5a38dd7-d505-4a9e-a114-de8854c365d7/QED-Cbann.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/f3f1c807-d25a-4f20-bccf-61bed3c65f5c/timescales.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1d0007b2-8591-4c6b-93f1-a364a22b25fd/coversheet.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/c10d5706-4db3-42c0-b993-5176c2cea647/JTC+3+group+photo.jpg Quantum Computing - Make it stand out The international gathering of IEC/ISO member countries on the Nordhavn waterfront in Copenhagen on a crisp, autumn afternoon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/9049e2b1-7802-4e6f-b047-589688918d4d/ANSI-ESO.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/b758332d-2a9e-4b47-a081-20a8404ad724/subwayfast.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/62a403d8-65d7-427f-86a0-dde25f0ec0f8/NYC-hall.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/5449fed5-68df-4f7e-85be-4ca25e6f74a6/roomcycle.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out James H. Dickerson, PhD, MBA, Director of ASCET, and Ross Brindle lead our team through an exercise on connecting standardization with business needs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/613a2450-31b6-480a-9e0e-9cd8b47a2dcb/qedcwg.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/05e16f0a-6b13-4b78-abef-8351ec8f8046/wkshopteam.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out The 2025 Introduction to Quantum Computing for Chemical Engineers workshop. From theory to programming a real life quantum computer in four hours, thanks to D-WAVE’s generous support for student access to its Leap Quantum Voyager platform. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/17836809-6d23-48de-b3a2-3f25f387b88c/PDDMGMT.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/d2f0505b-ef16-444f-bffa-c1da1ef7e33a/wg11-graph.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/4b130722-3dd4-4df3-bfa2-116800d40afc/shellback.jpg Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/b125cc1c-97d9-438f-a17e-86a73fbe529b/article-header.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/d9d9767e-3766-458b-b19a-3f5c3b83efd4/skghw.789 Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/9d4c111f-3c06-470e-8cd9-f30c6acc08c2/qc-technician.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/9845a3bc-3b49-4b19-86c5-0ae7dc269b24/roomwithaview.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/7a0b4643-70a0-497d-9193-66bbd49b5c9b/kjhgfhj9127fg22.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/37044e97-4c52-4169-be6a-0f094af1bb20/fghjkst7829.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out A virtual thumbs up with Alistair and my gracious hosts in Korea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/c4726d52-327d-40af-a3fd-bdce87158e3d/lkj92pt3.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out The landscape is being set, let’s build it together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/d78d1e35-9944-4724-8ba5-48c087ff35a1/ljin-elec.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/21979824-e75c-468b-bf19-4445bdc804b2/QDA-group.jpg Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Thanks to Nu Quantum and QDA for an amazing day, gathered inside a historic power plant. (Photo Credit: Nu Quantum) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/25cea2ef-21e0-4ca7-8c30-42cf7ba0240b/animals.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out The album cover to Pink Floyd’s 1977 album, Animals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/e2ef0363-2fd9-4d31-90b2-ec32624e738a/floyd.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out The Battersea Power Station is still standing strong in 2025, just surrounded by a few more apartments, cafes, and beer halls, like the excellent Battersea Brewery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/09b73659-c77b-46e3-9698-e7ba10ef9533/QDA-cpb.jpg Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Nu Quantum CEO Carmen Palacios-Berraquero kicks off the session for all of us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/dd97e8cd-4ac8-44ab-9cfa-711ce5ce055a/violaris-panel2.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Listening to Owen Arnold of Oxford Quantum Circuits share his thoughts in scaling, standards, and interoperability. Special thanks to Dr. Maria Violaris, also a moderator at QDA, for this action shot. You can check out her YouTube program, The Quantum Channel for her accessible insights on all things quantum mechanics and quantum computing. ⚛️ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/bd61733b-7983-4ecb-8e6d-ba9e7ee2bdc7/panel4.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Conversation was getting good. (From L to R): Alexander Keesling, CTO - QuEra; Owen Arnold, VP Product at Oxford Quantum Circuits; Joshua Savory, Director of Offering - Quantinuum; Stephan Schaecher Sr. Principal, Trapped Ions - Infineon. (Photo: NuQuantum) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/ab5ee765-e488-4450-8725-3045d787eb61/hauser.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Astonished at the chance to literally sit next to Hermann Hauser and hear about his journey. He co-founded a little semiconductor company called Acorn and launched its seminal product, Acorn RISC Machine, which would eventually become the name of the company: ARM (!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/40634882-0c12-4361-aee8-f8b54acbd3dd/emptystage.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/99f79226-02f6-43aa-b914-fb38726b737d/betterbrew.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/d8db007f-cf63-4545-8c0e-8726a11e82f9/messefront.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/b73bad0e-9b4e-4c5c-a11d-f2cf6f59c8cd/klee-idea.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out A postcard of Paul Klee’s “The Limits of Reason”, part of the permanent collection of Munich’s Pinakothek der Moderne. Apropos for quantum technology’s presence in the real world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/7ff577a3-b7f9-4fd7-b9cf-868e38583928/frontsign.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/52a22527-8576-4b70-82c9-e56fe9b5eb61/panel2.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out An engaging panel on the geopolitics of quantum technologies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/4bdd6f34-3285-46d8-8352-9092f911bff3/blvs.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Quantum is no longer the stuff of academic papers. Plenty of exhibits showed hands on applications of what quantum is (and is not yet) capable of today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/04d01ee0-0ac6-4555-a7f2-6b74b447e5a8/munichmap.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out I am (luckily) here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/ee6f3ac3-4ff8-4754-b90d-200dcef4cb9f/qedc-sign.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Visiting the booth of the home team. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/c67a6f50-89ea-432a-8418-645fdabacf11/vallley.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Munich Quantum Valley and its span of innovative companies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/d7445e73-f7f8-47d3-b8db-92b0c831106c/ommee.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Running into my colleague Oliver from the German delegation of IEC/ISO JTC 3. Just a few weeks prior, we were both in Tokyo for the JTC 3 Plenary meeting, discussing the magic of wormholes inside passenger elevators. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/699b1a36-ae7c-42e0-b2fd-d67a48674086/mugggg.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Shout out to the Neqxt team who put up with me talking way too much about the value of quantum standards even while taking the time to show me demos of their ion traps and gifting me cool swag. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/ba5e738c-fb10-4862-a481-da82902ecb95/tgg2.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Walking through Munich with another JTC 3 colleague from the German delegation, Thomas, who graciously and selflessly toured me around Munich in the summer sunshine, literally walking several miles. And check out the street sign! It’s wonderful to live in a time where quantum events make it onto the everyday lampposts around town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/d2db7ff8-c530-484a-a8ff-2d3c2a0ab59a/messe.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Thank you, Munich convention centers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/ab89c60b-8640-45b8-95c8-ecf2e1fa2453/deutches.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Touring the grounds of the thorough collections of the Deutches Museum, one of the largest (if not the largest) technology museums in the world. As a special treat—their special exhibit: Light and Matter and the early days of quantum mechanics! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/a32eb2c1-8b93-4bcb-8cd8-5590e2a8188b/treatise.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Maxwell. That is all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/67012805-271a-4dbc-9bec-75208d7761c8/livinglas.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Photonics in popular culture. Thinking of petitioning The Living Laser to appear in the next Avengers movie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/d8e05588-a016-49b8-8fd3-ef3881f5af9a/chemistry.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Be still my chemical engineer’s heart: a recreation of a literal old school chemistry lab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/3a019d96-4565-4d87-9063-9e2d28f2e049/laserkit.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Adding to my Amazon wishlist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1e3a2398-c832-42c2-9f3d-93887ca60cf9/weiss.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out When in Munich: weißbrat, Bavarian pretzel and sweet mustard (I opted for a cappuccino at 8 am instead of the traditional weißbier, but hey, to each their own ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/9a5376b7-04c6-43a1-9b2f-34592a2ff137/qcheme-group.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1e20e2d9-3e6f-4b0f-9048-b2d4d92c3ceb/stangerup.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Erik Stangerup, CEO of QunaSys Europe gives our opening keynote address https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/d7459378-4983-42c0-860d-0cae8f15ceb1/bakker.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Jeroen Bakker, Partner at Novo Holdings, walks us through current areas of pursuit at the intersection of quantum and the health sciences. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/3a6a8fd7-7519-4d48-9348-42a2e114cd3a/bache.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Morten Bache, Director of Scientific Research at Novo Nordisk Foundation tell us about possible future areas of investigation between quantum computing and biochemical engineering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/ceee6e24-fd73-4017-8956-d401f5995ab5/clements.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out William Clements, Head of Software and Applications at ORCA Computing, talks about the interface of high performance computing / classical supercomputing (HPC) and quantum computing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/51168c38-a1b6-489b-8122-df25af658d55/standards.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out My fireside chat with David Balslav-Harder of the Danish Metrology Institute (and my colleague in JTC 3) on the role of standards in quantum computing. (Thanks to Dr. Keeper Sharkey for the photo!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/89d2043e-504f-4522-8a4c-8b0d262da55a/huddle1.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Post panel chats after our closing session with Morten Bache from Novo Nordisk Foundation, Anders G. Frøseth at Propagator Ventures, and Jonny Olson from law firm Young Basile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/7298142f-ab77-4a8c-bd34-403147556c19/huddle2.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/414b8f21-908b-4839-8a83-f11403461cba/cberg-start.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/c046fdae-efd7-4518-9782-d470f6f93654/carltruck.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/e38a0a30-b964-4a5e-bc86-a2a31db02f60/carlbertych.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/a2f6beb8-2941-47ae-8221-4b54ff3dd9a9/stayproud.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/b8e594f5-f87f-4328-9fff-e4bf112b96dd/jcdesk.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/880edbfe-29b8-4525-ac4c-0a5b82db70dd/carlscience.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/6c699e62-06e6-41e3-aab6-f1126945b315/beerhall.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/26d90cae-27b1-48a1-8370-bdd5effe891b/mermaid.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out A smaller version of the famous Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, also commissioned by the Jacobsen family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/f1943b23-7e40-4dc3-b498-cc998a7ea10b/glypto2.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Carl and Ottilia Jacobsen were also avid art collectors, their international travels to search for the best practices of beer making coinciding with their experiences in the fine arts world. Their private collection would go on to seed the New Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum in 1888. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/3034c8e3-1acf-4635-a933-6b3a1a5e152d/glypto.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1e039332-2979-41f2-9d95-ea5c08687a4f/exposition.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out One of my favorite paintings at the Glyptotek Museum: “The Committee of the French Art Exhibition in Copenhagen 1888” by P.S. Krøyer. The Committee was formed of Carl Jacobsen and influential Danish and European artists and scientists, including French chemist Louis Pasteur, all whose names are inscribed at the base of the frame. Seeking advancement and innovation across the boundaries of art, industry, science, and society was a theme of Jacobsen’s and an inspiring point of view to take for quantum technologies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/4d7f678c-705e-4fdd-b39d-ba794c86fdf1/glyptogarden.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Gorgeous interior section of the Glyptotek Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/d24b4d5f-69cd-4c44-b99b-6a48537ff110/revnotice.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out It all starts with an idea and a printout. And some Scotch tape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/f29df239-6691-420f-901e-0e8e10495885/dinner3.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Celebratory reception with the attendees and speakers at the restaurant, Madklubben Lyngby https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/5a06e00e-dfb9-4b8e-a27f-4e5861cfc0d5/dinner2.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/934597f4-eca0-432c-9dd8-7941788f63fd/dinner1.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/6b1a1c33-0d60-45d2-881a-1e6bb2c83aae/nyhavnboats.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Obligatory photo of the waterway by the Nyhavn canal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/e453a2eb-851b-42b0-9180-98f470789794/caquavit.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Closing out a successful week in full Denmark mode with a bit of aquavit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/23881fc1-4e0a-4ca9-a5fa-37823df5083d/jointlogo.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/da95708d-48cd-42ac-ad89-665f258669bb/JTC3-Group-2025.jpg Quantum Computing - Make it stand out An amazing opportunity to meet again with the JTC 3 leads, now twenty eight countries strong. We are gelling together so well as a global team and I couldn’t be more proud and privileged to be apart of it all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/85c87cc9-ce9f-42f4-a349-e57a35adfba6/dfghjk5678dfghqwe.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out An early Royal Host restaurant (Source: Royal Holdings Co, Ltd.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/9baeb582-2731-4576-bdc3-b91b37afaa22/gfhj7675100klq.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/8fa02d84-7191-46f8-b9e6-0186793bbcd6/icegh78sk Quantum Computing - Make it stand out I came here to take notes and eat ice cream. And I’m all out of notes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/08bb864e-a74d-4594-acda-6cdfaf32361d/dfghjk567890987%2Cpng Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/208b435c-dc64-4a2a-b2a2-5973f82db7cc/royhgtldn.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Loved hearing from a US National Committee member that she had convinced JTC 3 delegates from Denmark and the United Kingdom to join her for ice cream after hearing my Royal Host inspired quantum supply chain talk during our technical symposium in Tokyo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/a1b55c8b-316a-4cee-b402-3a0fd44ea2db/ghjk9w.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/6ea427c6-032b-4198-a18d-74ff4643d347/lkjhgujhy9876567.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out With part of the United States Technical Advisory Group Delegation to the May 2025 plenary of the IEC/ISO Joint Technical Committee - Quantum Technologies (JTC 3). I am so proud of this away team, who navigated so many international collaborations over the past year as part of JTC 3’s progress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/cd413b4d-a511-4a12-8f72-3b1f15e5e57c/signa-sel9k.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/66f4c293-bb2f-49c2-ba70-8931b570ce58/hrbfsie8-09.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/cffc7730-ff55-4bc8-a35d-99af00fe413b/jpedgleh786dl.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Hellos and goodbyes with some members of the JT 3 Japanese Delegation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/cac77fdd-07ff-44f2-afaa-f91a95905221/fg7828328687.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Rainbow Bridge on the way home from an inspiring week of quantum technologies work in Odaiba. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/e4103782-95f2-48eb-b2fc-41914e713438/fghjakgi4-diky.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Standard spotting around Tokyo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/a00cfcb1-0e5e-4627-8486-af10b1e33c76/fg6789.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/696e4e03-eb5b-4b24-b0b5-0dce6f3afcff/tok-bay-2025-ai.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/e6ab8983-67b3-4b48-93df-536929f6783c/09876kjh987.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out So proud that Google Quantum AI has its own little section at Google I/O this year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/eb6cc3f9-ca7b-4802-9c31-4a98a1ef8d04/09827jihzm.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out No quarters needed, no anxiety on whether or not you remember the joystick sequence to fire off a hadoken. Just human vs. qubit. Let’s go! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/12eba29c-93d2-4a12-8082-9270c4bae838/fghj789.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Collect tokens like the Google Willow tree icon as you race around the maze for the exit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/e8256342-72d2-408f-875e-831d39500e1d/67ghj677.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out How quantum computers navigate mazes in quantum-y ways. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/ff3e7cd9-2999-4330-a254-de3754770cd9/fghj678678yghu.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out See you next year, D. Veloper! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/b33a872b-4e72-447f-9731-2f35cb0440b5/ASTM-ASCET-Panel-May-2025.jpeg Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Giving my talk on trolleys, innovation, and quantum technologies as part of the ASCET industry panel. (Image Source: ASTM International) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/d3fc3d28-c494-4ded-aff0-0610cb788e80/ghjk56789rl.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out AI generated image of a trolley from the 1890s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/901b2752-da99-438d-a19a-7ff67ab476fc/dfghj5678987hgf Quantum Computing - Make it stand out AI generated image of a robot paddling a kayak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/c0d31b8f-dfef-4ead-bfff-be02be791e93/quads.jpg Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Real microphones, real project boards, real thumbtacks, real index cards written on by real Sharpies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/47423c5e-0e15-4fe1-b30b-967dd1a8bd12/ascet2.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/d8ed8d99-ce86-4d81-8662-e18a69d914c6/ascet1.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1eadb8da-6a45-4591-bd9c-39d87c0b0fb6/45678yghgh7 Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/31c341d5-e53d-4485-8247-2fd60d0b8165/567989jhf.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Thanks to everyone who attended my supply chain standardization session. A lot of ideas to carry forward into JTC 3 and this year’s work on QED-C Standards & Performance Metrics Technical Advisory Committee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/de8f37d7-fec0-44a8-975e-c224df368493/fghj678.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Hearing some encouraging words from Montana Senator Steve Daines on laying the groundwork for a quantum industry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/c7e95299-6bf9-43c7-b995-4aca676cf198/dfghj6765443.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Dark coffee served with a packet of Schrodinger equations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/d2d65dd4-8997-4461-87f4-d4b5e7dc31b4/Screenshot+2025-03-25+19.16.48.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out “If you’re not doing some things that are crazy, then you’re doing the wrong things.” - Larry Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/c92aa0c6-1a5f-48fb-8d51-eac0a700441e/fghs02993.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out from mattiasink@ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/3fa61eae-2c06-4bed-a598-dfb635312ae3/asskjh-888gw.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/702cdc2d-e50b-4d07-b44c-6bbcd32ec8be/agjhkkg672.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/50b1d3c6-b408-4754-b304-b03e9fedcbfd/agfhjfikwgw.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out I throw back to the first ever issue of Quality Progress in 1968 where the foundations for continuous learning were established both for QP and for ASQ. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/40120c7c-8f62-4602-a99f-2ecf623a4a0b/this56.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/3dd280c9-d8a4-436b-82e4-1adb58879be7/ghostlight.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/c930f10b-fec5-467d-abab-c245d0286a2e/grp566-9.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out With my guest panelists for our quantum supply chains discussion (L to R): Carmen Palacios-Berraquero, Eric Takeuchi, Eric Kievit, Anjul Loiacono (Chief Commercial Officer of Elevate Quantum and who introduced our session), Brennan Peterson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/9bf5b2c1-821c-4ad6-bbe1-5693bcf03777/sviebhain35.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out With Bob Hainsey, Director of Science and Technology at SPIE, without whom this panel would have never materialized. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/be2365a6-a667-4644-bfc6-09dd830e7f12/mosconeew-3591.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out This sculpture of George Moscone, located in the lobby of the conference center that bears his name, gets it right. Working with each other for the future of the quantum community is an intangible, but critical, part of our growth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/d5e062ea-b0a7-44ef-b608-6bf549e71e5d/peoplethoughts.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out The stained glass panels are visible flanking a fireplace in one of the Winchester Mystery House’s many rooms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/6e3d3765-3852-4a62-bea1-c764328a1c3e/awrfsjho502.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Each year, SPIE Photonics West is home to The Prism Awards, commonly referred to as the Oscars of the photonics industry, which incidentally (pun intended) fall during the entertainment industry’s own awards season ⭐ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/1db9d4eb-e3a5-4331-a51c-fa622f8430ee/prisj689-gj1q.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Abracadabra. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/91a0c089-3e60-4a86-a5d3-1eb382c28d40/ybsj879-s.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out This ain’t Texas. Ain’t no hold’em. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/82861454-0666-4188-baca-757456df46ef/spgb89jo.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/cb7579b8-cd4c-43f2-9d61-477b751d4c19/IYQ2025.PNG Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/9042f5a7-43fe-4412-aaca-3895186bb4d3/mps-arch.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Image Source: Archives of the Max Planck Society https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/23baa437-1b4f-4d22-b245-fa5ca2d6f565/prb-092.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Image Source: chroma.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/fa8fbcd3-3e02-4f51-a790-8e9f3e88fa87/Screenshot+2024-12-17+09.14.01.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/4b402d1a-8c65-4a77-842e-6e7d5b288edb/aiuhga3873 Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Scott Aaronson, John Preskill and QuEra’s Yuval Boger during their Ask Me Anything session. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/c3703779-ddb7-4947-890e-6587ffe88c5c/askjhgeiu3890 Quantum Computing - Make it stand out John Preskill on the next generation of quantum machines and what we’ll need to get there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/c508eda3-6241-4705-a2c5-4248df8f0553/aslikhjei30986 Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Scott Aaronson on the hardest problems and the newest algorithms that might get us closer to their solutions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/65aa5561-64e1-44be-85e8-f2ec9c119a08/kihdg9 Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Google QuantumAI VP Hartmut Neven announcing the breakthrough discoveries of the new Willow processor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/7f026759-9681-49e1-84e8-82b94452003d/sdgeiopp278 Quantum Computing - Make it stand out The home booth on the Q2B floor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/038784d4-c014-4b77-b68f-0440c7d8d65e/sdhjgi278649 Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Introducing Willow -performing a computation in under 5 minutes that would take the Frontier supercomputer a septillion years to complete. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/dbe8e9b5-1e00-4cb8-9597-f6401a9b0c31/skgji37889 Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/4fd7d10c-60dc-4c40-a118-599c4bd638b3/89364hn Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Celebratory yuletide joy at Robberbaron in Polk Gluch for a beverage-assisted journaling session, reflecting on the week’s biggest insights from Q2B. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/dadd4c35-1b9f-4d6f-b956-a67262f390f8/SNST-24.png Quantum Computing - 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Make it stand out Doing my part to have authentic Canadian experiences: working on slide decks in a dark hotel room while eating St. Hubert and cheering on the Habs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/f8a6e0fd-6f19-437b-83ce-31ffd7c86391/764239268 Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Putting some finishing touches on slides at Bridgehead Coffee and Roastery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/0973bb42-f742-467c-8b7e-10a6df1a1157/78636drf Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Some parting words of wisdom from Bliss Carman, the 1921 Poet Laureate of Canada. Perhaps an interpretation of the poem as applied to developing deep tech: look up from the familiarity of our walled gardens, work together by reaching across silos, disciplines, and borders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/3036aa32-f644-4ba8-a2de-78969db68ebb/pjvhwjgidkyw Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Happy Fifth Birthday, QED-C! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/f0fb6c18-3e47-459a-8fe7-a6c2a87a1901/sdfsdfhhkiliu Quantum Computing - Make it stand out QED-C was hosted this year by the University of Washington at its Husky Union Building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/3b96c04b-936d-456d-a010-2cb4c0c81a10/asfagehthju Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Sitting in on the QED-C Workforce Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) panel discussion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/5a8376b2-de6d-4d4c-9c81-312115c901d7/Screenshot+2024-11-10+at+10.12.21%E2%80%AFPM.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Not Final Jeopardy, but with just as high stakes: the panel discussion for the Use Cases TAC share their insights on the quantum technologies and the timelines ahead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/8a372bbd-6e15-470f-9bc8-d1812fa3c57b/ASDGDJFHJKLUDRH Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Quick setup check before taking the stage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/0c3d69e1-480e-42b6-a5af-8d91ad5af08e/HGO2345g8 Quantum Computing - Make it stand out I recently read Jim Weber’s book, Running with Purpose on his leadership lessons from his tenure as the CEO of Brooks Running. From reinventing his market category to being called up to the ranks of Berkshire Hathaway, I found it inspiring to stop by the Brooks headquarters building in Seattle. The runner statue is made up of race medals. Run Happy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/62a8f03e-534a-437e-80fe-7c8ec95e6c69/shbsiukhmfoisdbjzdopr Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Close up of “The Medalist” sculpture by artist Larry Tate. This final arms-raised run through the finish line is made up of fused medals from past wins, finishes, try-hards, and try-agains. The small wins, experiments, failures, and reboots that have brought the quantum industry to this point are the same ones that will help scale its success. (We’re all just one big wave function, anyway.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/5c194036-3725-4966-827d-e900e3012093/fbryo34567b Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Obligatory Space Needle photo alongside the volumes of two previous Washington State Book Awards for Poetry (thanks to my favorite local Seattle bookstore, Elliott Bay Books), by Sharon Hashimoto & Ricardo Ruiz. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/fbaff59a-cdf1-4660-b38a-663b7ded3a59/.....x Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Up front and center with panelists (L to R): Yufei Ding, Seyed Mansouri, me, David Bernal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/982270bd-7a4f-4f33-84ef-b4b7c70a95a4/quantum-header-aiche.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out With the host city being in the land of Comic-Con, how could we not have a comic book theme for our panel? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/9cf15c42-c7db-4990-af44-ef19eaaffc35/aghwybvowjg Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/e8782b9d-cc8e-42bb-9205-96424e05a566/awlkjgawyrkljto Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/e431139b-25e3-4fb3-aa53-fcdc3fed46b3/xyfkw Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Avengers Tower or the San Diego Convention Center? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/67ebfa16-6416-4f0f-9c08-0c6db415c004/ptjhwiobhs Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Pre-panel planning session with Seyed and David by a lucky harbor-side seat in in The Fish Market Restaurant. Yufei unfortunately wasn’t able to join us and take in the view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/a76cbbe2-bc7a-4c7e-8ebf-b46bc86c4972/alihgweowrfigh Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Reminder from artist Ed Ruscha that no technology is forever. “Site of a Former Telephone Booth” (2005) acrylic on canvas Museum of Contemporary Art - San Diego https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/88e95a44-eb55-4670-a07e-a274310cb586/eddkegh93k.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/36c87cad-d909-4bc6-a6f7-a39342c6af98/... Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Edinburgh getting into the year end holiday spirit in the year of the city’s 900th birthday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/a19ac9d2-9e7b-4ba5-9b0e-b2169e7646f6/... Quantum Computing - Make it stand out The United States Delegation to the JTC 3 Edinburgh Plenary in October 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/5ad51554-7fdd-47ae-be6f-42901bda20d9/... Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Getting the chance to address the JTC 3 plenary on the impact of supply chain standards to the quantum economy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/a8ba3ef8-bffb-46ac-830a-d839926d87ce/... Quantum Computing - Make it stand out The banners flying in the pre-storm winds at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC). A day later, Storm Ashley would send rain and gale force winds of over 70 mph across Scotland. (The banners survived). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/faeede22-e21f-471e-a175-6c50b53edbf4/Screenshot+2024-10-25+13.31.44.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/921fb2ec-05b3-468e-8bfc-5d43732bb416/Screenshot+2024-10-25+13.27.38.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/e51e3fd3-5c18-44d7-bff4-7f5e3f002416/Screenshot+2024-10-25+13.05.00.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Visiting the James Clerk Maxwell Building at the University of Edinburgh, where the physics department is housed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/0329eab6-27d4-4001-b701-f196532f4b5a/... Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Physics fanboy moment, stepping through the doors into the Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics at the University of Edinburgh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/d5df58ce-4441-44df-9134-9a5810e10b38/Screenshot+2024-10-25+13.05.56.png Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Peter Higgs’s chalkboard, preserved in the main hallway of the Higgs Centre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/34927a4a-7953-4275-a4fc-5569386827b4/... Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Protected and preserved in chalk. Position fixed, momentum ongoing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/cc54075f-7ba3-4676-a44e-75e1a28e2dcc/... Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Peter Higgs (May 29, 1929 - April 8, 2024) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/8d09819e-50c9-482f-ab2e-c21b591ba01f/... Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Thankfully I wasn’t required to identify these equations before being allowed into the student lounge. They are, from top to bottom (Thanks, Google Gemini!) (1) Maxwell’s Equations expressed in a relativistic context (2) Einstein field equations relating the curvature of spacetime to the distribution of energy and matter contained therein (3) conservation of energy and momentum in general relativity (4) conservation of electric charge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a9ab20e4b0f765fc45ff75/d5d079a1-413b-4d2b-9179-ef94bc6e78a6/... Quantum Computing - Make it stand out Max Born, who won the Nobel Prize in 1954 for his work on quantum mechanics, taught at the University of Edinburgh from 1936 to 1953. He had a portrait collection of physicists, some digital reproductions on display here in the hallway of the Higgs Centre. 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