Monday, March 16, 2015

Professor Cook on Math

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Sunday, July 13, 2014

Get Lit: The Literature Review [VIDEO]

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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

How to conduct a Literature Review [VIDEO]

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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Agile Scrum: James Grenning - The Father of Planning Poker

Planning Poker is a tool for estimating user stories on software development projects. It is a technique that minimizes anchoring by asking each team member to play their estimate card such that it cannot be seen by the other players. After each player has selected a card, all cards are exposed at once.  Here is a good planning poker website I've used when working with distributed teams.  http://www.planningpoker.com/ Try it out...

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Complexity Theory for Design & Process

"Complexity Theory for Design & Process," turned out to be another good course in my pursuit of a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Engineering.  The course was broken down into 5 distinct components: Defining and Measuring Complexity Modeling Complexity Managing Complexity Reducing Complexity Application (Examples of applying to different disciplines) Of the five components, we spent a considerable amount...

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Thomas S. Kuhn: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

First and foremost, let me give a very special thanks to Dr. Ertas and Dr. Tate for a magnificent first semester in the PhD Program at Texas Tech University.  In a very short period of time, they have managed to reignite my burning desire for Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).  Specifically, they lit a fire with this excellent book entitled, "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions," by Thomas S. Kuhn. Thomas...