HYPER Lab featured in Cold Facts
jacob.leachmanCheck out our lab’s feature on pages 36 & 37 in the August edition of Cold Facts: The Magazine of the Cryogenic Society of America. Jake Fisher and Ian Richard are highlighted in the piece.
Hydrogen Properties for Energy Research (HYPER) Laboratory
Cool. Fuel.
The only thing loony about Google’s project Loon is the helium.
jacob.leachmanGoogle’s project Loon may be our best chance at saving the planet. Free access to humanity’s collective knowledge will do more than anything to assist those in 3rd world countries to help themselves,, and to inform those of us in the 1st world how bad things really are. The irony of Loon may be the “Balloon-powered” part of the “internet for all” slogan.
The balloons used in Loon are inflated with helium, yes the same gas filling in your party balloons, that is truly a depleting planetary resource. Helium cannot be created by any process besides nuclear reactions, in the sun or deep in the earth, and has escape velocity. … » More …
Genii featured in WSU alumni magazine
jacob.leachmanOur UAS research recently appeared in the Fall 2014 WSU Alumni Magazine. This is the second time Genii has been featured in the alumni magazine. Thanks Nick for such an outstanding piece!
Genii UAS Shown in Governor Inslee’s Aerospace Video
jacob.leachmanThe Genii UAS developed by WSU MME students and the HYPER lab was recently shown in Governor Inslee’s Aerospace promotional video. Yet again demonstrating the incredible heights WSU students can achieve.
H2 Student Design takes “People’s Choice” Award at Clean Tech Showcase
jacob.leachmanIan Richardson and Jake Fisher won the “People’s Choice” Award for best poster at the Washington Clean Technology Alliance Showcase yesterday in Seattle. The poster presented their design for a drop-in hydrogen refueling station that won the 2014 International Hydrogen Student Competition. We’re looking forward to building the proof-of-concept station!
3 Rules for Engineering Communication
jacob.leachmanWhat if I told you that the key to effective communication lies in following just three simple rules? I’ve found that the following three rules tend to correct the majority of engineering communication problems, and indicate when I consume information:
Relevancy
Credibility
Efficiency
I haven’t seen these rules elsewhere, so let’s expand on each. I’m going to use the Spiral v-Meme value taxonomy to apply each rule on many value levels.
1) Relevancy — to the audience. Indicators of relevance depend on audience and include one or more (if not all) of the following:
Story/fable approach (“…and that’s why we no longer … » More …
Introducing HYPER Laboratory online
jacob.leachmanGreetings!
I initiated the HYdrogen Properties for Energy Research (HYPER) laboratory in the school of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Washington State University. I started the HYPER lab in August of 2010 to meet a growing national need for expertise in cryogenic hydrogen in many fields; aerospace, nuclear energy, and clean energy technologies being only a few of the fields. We’ve had an award filled and exemplary start to the laboratory and my goal is to tell that story through ongoing posts and content uploads.
The final motivation for moving my lab’s story to this website was Jason Priem’s commentary in Nature, “Scholarship: Beyond … » More …