Dr. Nathan Landsberger is the stereotypical Experimental Engineer. With his messy hair graying from stress, blue jeans and polo shirt, and the appearance of pulling constant all nighters, he always seems to be contemplating about his experiments rather than trivial matters. He speaks in almost incomprehensive Physics jargon, perpetually unorganized and overbearing; yet, has an erratic but captivating sense of humor. The room was spacious, but unbearably messy and clustered. Complicated circuit boards were spread out through the workstations; projects lay around the room as they were some sort of decoration furniture. The blackboard was completely filled with physics problems and a single bolded quote on the corner of the board, “I’ve got a …show more content…
It was around this time when Dr. Landsberger would get up from his work station and hover around the team only to ask questions instead of orders. It almost seems as he could have answered the same questions he asked himself, but was only testing his students. Despite his unwavering confidence in his team to discover the solutions, the tone of his voice and his perplexing body language says otherwise. Outside the laboratory, Dr. Landsberger could be seen pacing back and forth, reviewing some of his notes from the questions he asked. He stared blankly into the sky and just talked. It was as if someone was there, challenging him with new ideas and experiments. After an hour he would come into some sort of realization, but simply walked back into the room. He sat back down to his work station and simply observed the team. The room laboratory was quiet for once, as if everyone had gave up. “Let’s call it a day, shall we? Your professor here would treat everyone to dinner.” His students reluctantly agreed, but spends a couple of minutes after his announcement rethinking about the robot. Outside the laboratory, the team livens up. The students were no longer teammates, but friends. They would jokingly tease one another and even the professor was not excluded in this ordeal. Sometime throughout the night, the professor would lecture to his …show more content…
Landsberger approaches the door with the keys on his hands. “Professor, we figured out how to fix the problem. I think spring would do the trick-remember how you were describing springs as an anti-moment mechanism? How about we use springs to counter the momentum of the weight?” Dr. Landsberger smiled as he opened the door and a sense of excitement and engagement filled the air again. The professor sat at his work station seeming busy, while his students paced across the room to fetch supplies and write on the board. As months past, the students could see the compilation of failures built to a physical form. All of their compilation of failures had allowed them to construct a fully functional robot that not only can lift objects of different shapes and sizes, but can move autonomously without the guidance or control of another person. Now it was time to test if all their work was worth the amount of effort they put into the
Upon first glance at Alexey Aprelev, one would immediately guess that he is a scientist. This slim guy with glasses possesses a remarkable resemblance to Sheldon Cooper from the Big Bang Theory in both his appearance and occupation, because he is also a physicist. The current assistant professor and biophysics researcher at Drexel University, Aprelev has a long history with the most fundamental science. Born in Petersburg, Russia, he showed an early flair for engineering and science as he played with various instruments as a child. “My father was an experimental physicist. He used to entertained me with instruments he brought from his lab and gave me a screwdriver,” he explains; and, curious how they worked, he would take them aparts with a
The moment arrived. When I opened the doors, I scanned the architectural design of the room. The classroom looked like a mid-size basketball gym. The concrete blocked walls were painted white. The hard-wooded floors complimented two black pianos scattered in different locations of the vicinity.
Allen, Paul G., and Mark Greaves. "The Singularity Isn't Near." MIT Technology Review 12 Oct. 2011: n. pag. Rpt. in Robotic Technology. Ed. Louise Gerdes. Farmington Hills, MI: Greenhaven, 2014. Opposing Viewpoints. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 7 Oct. 2015. .
As a child, my favorite movie was Robots. It seems an odd choice—I otherwise conformed to stereotypical “girl” things—but the emphasis on mechanics and the central slogan of the film: See a need, fill a need, resonated with me. Eleven years later, I have come to embrace both the science and the motto fully. Thanks to Penn’s unique dedication to academics and service, and its location in my beloved hometown of Philadelphia, it tops my list.
Team 2470 may not be the most organized team: the robot’s main components may go on in the last hours, tape drawers hold everything from pliers to saws, and metric-sized bolts may cause everlasting annoyance in their perennial placement on the robot. Still, this team has the right combination of quirks and science to ignite the fire of inspiration in its students and mentors. Team 2470’s fight to create and keep robotics as a sport for everyone has lasted through the years. They have not weathered the years completely alone, as they have grown a large community of support. Traversing outside of their cozy robotics room, this team has gone out to the community to shine. While this team cannot boast an assembly-line process, they can boast their inspiring influence.
Fooling around with his friends Troy Etchberger noticed his teacher standing in the classroom. “That’s when it went downhill.” He said with a sigh as he retraced the story of Mr.Mouse.
Nathan Strahl, MD, PhD is a board-certified, licensed physician in North Carolina and a Clinical Associate in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University Medical Center. His training includes a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Pharmacy, a Master’s of Science (MS) in Medicinal Chemistry, and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics. He taught at the University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy for nine years, achieving the tenured rank of Associate Professor, prior to attending medical school in 1980.
The three of us filed into the narrow room that had raised cubicles down the left side. Dr. Powers explained that the room was once used as an observational room with one-way mirrors; this explained the soundproofing boards across the narrow walkway. We each settled into a cubicle and began to clean the phones, headsets, and keyboards while Dr. Powers’ graduate student located
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I am sitting in an open bay office among 14 others sitting at their desks. The walls are windowless and made of cinder block painted a light beige color. There is a table in the corner filled with all kinds of candy, chips, and random snacks for sale. There is also white fridge where you can buy sodas sitting next to the candy table with a old 42 inch tube television sitting on top playing CNN. One wall is cover with a giant white board with phone numbers and teaching schedules written on it. The other three walls have nothing on them. The ceiling is full of flouresant light fixture that give off a yellow glow. Class just got out and you can here students in the hallway talking about their weekend plans.
In this room there are students lined up in neat rows. They are sat at gray slab tables, 16 to a row. All heads are down, buried in work. The instructor sits at the front of the bare room. Scanning up and down the rows of desks, you search for differences. Finding none you move on.
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