Let’s do this in FAQ fashion. But first be aware that some generalizations and personal opinions follow… What is the Semester 1 Syndrome? Simply put, it is the tendency for students, fresh into 3rd year, to put an inadequate amount of work in, and who consequently don’t perform as well as they wish. Have you [...]
In the Presentations (83 hits) section of the site I’ve mentioned Edward Tufte and the art of presenting complex information. He even suggests that PowerPoint was complicit in the Challenger disaster due to its inability to convey complex information. Read an extract from his essay The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint: Pitching Out Corrupts Within here [...]
(45 hits) The paper titled Determination of bridge lifetime dynamic amplification factor using finite element analysis of critical loading scenarios will appear in the September 2008 edition of Engineering Structures (48 hits). This journal has an impact factor of 0.986 for 2007. This paper outlines the simulations behind the dynamic interaction model which was used [...]