Computer Assisted Design & Making a 9 mm Endwrench
One of the fun projects that I use to get people to try their hand at computer assisted designing (CAD) is to have them make something utilitarian, like a tool. One of the best...
Science & Technology Outreach Blog
Creative Commons and Conservation
This last month was a good month for my photography. I have a fairly extensive collection of images on the Flickr website under the moniker “Wolfram Burner,” and a large fraction of those are...
Coding, Computers, & Generative Art
This winter I am teaching a class on visual communication and one of the projects for the class will likely be a quick exploration of generative art. This is art that is created using...
Mercury Transit II
Well, we tried to see the transit of the Sun’s closest planet, but the weather challenged our desires today. My colleague, Mike Urbancic, set up a couple of telescopes to see what he...
Transit of Mercury
Monday, November 11th, 2019, marks the next time the planet Mercury can be seen crossing in front of the Sun from Earth. This event is known as a transit. In the case of Mercury,...
Visual Communication & Technology (VizComm & Tech Lib399)
My Colleague Theo Harrison and I are teaching a new course this winter. It’s called Visual Communication & Technology. The class explores the pedagogical uses of high-resolution video screens like the 50 million pixel...
Pacific Northwest Aerospace Expo – 2019
Saturday September 28th, Portland State University hosted the first local Pacific Northwest Aerospace expo/conference. It is planned to be an annual event and is particularly interesting to us here at the University of Oregon...
Cre8Con PDX – A Creative Benefit for the Arts
One of the highlights of the Portland Cre8Con Conference is the after-event party at the Wacom Studio. This is because Wacom has all its wares out on display for testing. Their drawing tablets are...
Arborists and Tree Diseases – Pacific Northwest Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture (PNW-ISA)
Fungal Pathogens This last week the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture (PNW-ISA) had its conference here in Eugene. It is always exciting to see what groups come to our area. ...
Exploring the Troposphere/Stratosphere – High Altitude Ballooning
Helium Filling Team We are always trying to improve the skills of our university community members. This week under the inspiration of Mark Fonstad from the Geography Department we trained a few colleagues on...