Ian 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!
What 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 …
Greetings!
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 …
