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This post describes the goals and accomplishments for my 2020 sabbatical.

#ILookLikeAProfessor #ILookLikeAStudent #NoireSTEMInist #OfficeHours101 #DoingCollege #ProfessorAdvice101 #MySTEMIsForTheStreets I know that going to see your professor can be intimidating. In fact, I am probably one of those intimidating professors. .I know it can be scary going to see the sage on the stage and the person who assigns your grade. However, know that all students were once a professor and may have been one of those intimidated ones. In fact, I was one who had a

I was that student who did not really talk to professors. There were several reasons. I was extremely shy and intimidated by professors. I worked too many jobs just to pay for school. I had no time for extra interactions. I was usually on my way to or from work. In engineering school, had one too many negative experiences with professors. I did not want to repeat them. So what do you do? You want to go to graduate school, apply for a scholarship or have a summer research expe

Today's blog post is inspired by all of the #BlackListCleared posts on my Twitter timeline. As we prepare for a new school year, America's teachers are crowd sourcing their classroom supplies by posting their wish lists on social media. So as a parent, a child of a retired kindergarten teacher, and engineering professor, not only do I support teachers but I also support students. So in the midst of doing that, I also have to go shop for my own kid's very detailed list of sup

Each year, I receive numerous emails from high school students in engineering classes like Project Lead The Way. I have figured out that there must be an assignment on careers where they need to interview someone in a field they want to pursue. They look up robotics engineer and get me! It got to the point where I was getting inundated with so many requests that I had to make a template of common answers. I am sharing it here for all those emails from HS kids that I see comin