Live and Learn on Purpose.
Today I’d like to share an insecurity I’ve had that came to a tipping point yesterday – and how I discovered that I was worrying unnecessarily. It started last Thursday at work. In an effort to be proactive, I notified a colleague about an external […]
“What do you want to do with your life?” I think this (or some version of it) might be the most often-asked question that college students get. Whether you’re meeting a new peer, sitting around the table at a family event, or in a job […]
I noticed something this week: when we count up, numbers seem bigger than when we count down. Today is my 35th birthday. Since I’ve only ever been younger than 35, it has always sounded “old.” I start doing math such as “I’m halfway to 70.” […]
We spend a lot of time wishing things were different than they are. I had a bad day on Sunday (I’m thankful that they are few and far between). We had plans to meet a friend for rock climbing. I spent most of the week […]
I taught my first course as a graduate student, during my fifth year in grad school. One thing my advisor was always really great at was making sure his students were funded with research money. However, we ran into a 1-semester gap between contracts that […]
One of the most interesting transitions I went through while I was a college student for over a decade involves the way I approach work. When I was starting out, I struggled to find the motivation to do the work – schoolwork, and even research […]
Couldn’t resist the song reference – Maurice is my middle name. It’s the start of the semester, which means I recently met several hundred new people. Every time, I face a challenge: a student will ask me what I prefer to be called and I […]
My graduate advisor, the late Dr. Walter O’Brien, rarely told me stories from his personal life. However, after I expressed concerns over my own future, he shared with me a little of his own past. Graduate school takes a lot of work and seems to […]
“We want you to come, Tony.” I’d just been offered a job that would mean leaving my current position, packing up, and moving my family across the country. What started a few months earlier as “just looking around” had become a very real, and very […]
After three amazing years as a mechanical engineering professor at Temple University, I’m excited to announce that I’ve accepted a new faculty position at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas! This is an amazing opportunity to expand on what I’ve been doing at Temple, and […]
