Mary Ann A.Congrats on your first engineering internship — now what?!Some tips for your first week as an intern.Jun 15, 2021Jun 15, 2021
Mary Ann A.Time for ReflectionThis semester has been a roller coaster, hasn’t it? With everything that’s happened, it’s hard to think back to the beginning of class and…May 9, 20201May 9, 20201
Mary Ann A.The Unfortunate and Unexpected Side Effect of Online Learning: Headaches.I’ve always been prone towards getting headaches, ever since I was a little kid. I remember going in to get an MRI when I was seven…Apr 8, 20202Apr 8, 20202
Mary Ann A.Learning impractical skillsWith the current stay at home order plenty of people have been using their newfound time at home to learn a new skill or brush up on one…Apr 3, 20201Apr 3, 20201
Mary Ann A.Advice for working/studying while “Quarantined” from a homebody.Living through a pandemic was never something I considered. I don’t think many people have — and who could blame them? These are insane…Mar 27, 20201Mar 27, 20201
Mary Ann A.Reaching OutTrying to solve a problem all on your own is never easy. Especially a giant problem that’s plaguing an entire industry. You might have some…Mar 13, 2020Mar 13, 2020
Mary Ann A.Poor TimingAs I mentioned before, it seems like every minute of the day is taken up by something or other (even if it’s procrastinating). I also…Mar 4, 20202Mar 4, 20202
Mary Ann A.Simulating Earthquakes: Not All it’s Quaked Up To BeAs I’ve mentioned before, geotechnicians work with foundations, and there are plenty of companies and organizations that are trying to…Feb 28, 2020Feb 28, 2020
Mary Ann A.Finding Time for (geo)TechnicalitiesFinding time for anything during the school year is pretty hard work. Between a part time job, full time school, homework, getting decent…Feb 18, 20202Feb 18, 20202
Mary Ann A.Geotechnical difficultiesIn a field as old and as important as geotechnical engineering, one would think most of the issues had been worked out already. After all…Feb 13, 20202Feb 13, 20202