Run and Tumble

Diary of a bug farmer

Environmental Engineering Update

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

It’s going pretty well in the class I was worried about. There was a slightly rocky period for a few days where I retooled my brain to study for an engineering course (more drills, fewer lecture reviews). The first wave of practice problems really helped me dust off my algebra skills.  Barring mistakes made when [...]

New Class Today

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

I’m starting Intro to Environmental Engineering Science today. It’s a bit like a quantitative sequel to the Env. Sci. course I just finished. The previous course emphasized the effects of oxygen sag downstream from a wastewater outflow. This course talks more about how much organic matter in a waste stream causes a dissolved oxygen decrease [...]