Mathematics is central to all engineering disciplines, including aerospace engineering. After all, it underpins every computation that allows aerospace engineers to better understand physical situations and optimize aircraft designs. Therefore, it is worth dedicating a week to discuss math. The first main topic of this discussion is calculus, which has two central … [Read more...] about The Mathematics of Aerospace Engineering
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An Exploration of XR in Museums
Last week, as I walked through Downtown Santa Monica, a flashy storefront on the side of the street caught my eye. The sign in front read “3DAR Art Museum”. My eyes widened at the beautiful graphics displayed in front of the building: huge dinosaurs looming over museum-goers, magical worlds seemed to be unfolding just beyond those swinging doors. But, as I began to talk with … [Read more...] about An Exploration of XR in Museums
A Poetic Justice System: Changing the Stigma of Incarcerated Individuals
If I told you that a flower bloomed in a dark room would you trust it? - Kendrick Lamar, Poetic Justice Like a flower, in order to grow and flourish, a child needs to be nurtured. Sadly, not every child is raised under conditions that foster proper development. Some grow up in poverty, others in the midst of violence, and oftentimes because of their vulnerability, a … [Read more...] about A Poetic Justice System: Changing the Stigma of Incarcerated Individuals
“It is Not Necessary to Accept Everything as True, One Must Only Accept it as Necessary:” A Treatise on the State and Ideology
In his essay, Politics as a Vocation, German economist and sociologist, Max Weber, asserts that the State is the ultimate authority of a society. Unlike other forms of authority, there is a singularity to the State. What makes the State unique, according to Weber, is its monopoly of legitimate violence, how it is the only entity that possesses the power to use violence … [Read more...] about “It is Not Necessary to Accept Everything as True, One Must Only Accept it as Necessary:” A Treatise on the State and Ideology
Food Insecurity and San Francisco-Marin Food Bank as an Agent of Change
With globalization acting as an evolving force for a long period of time now, the number of global challenges that we must readily fight to overcome have increased and our task of maintaining a sustainable and viable future for our posterity has only gotten harder. While solutions on the global scale remain imperative for the eventual cessation of such plights, we must start … [Read more...] about Food Insecurity and San Francisco-Marin Food Bank as an Agent of Change