Scientist, Artist, Fulbright Scholar

Experimenting, Reflecting, Creating

Monday, October 19, 2015

Awareness and a brick made of mud

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Can we be aware of what we don't see? What about phenomena that escape our other senses? What is the dimension of awareness and how do w...

The Monk Who Flew a Kite: Taking an Interdisciplinary Fulbright to New Levels

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I read in one of the English language papers here in Sri Lanka about a Buddhist monk who flies kites. It's not all he does according to ...
Sunday, October 18, 2015

Design is an iterative process

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So I just finished a weekend with excellent students from Moratuwa University who are in a seminar course on urban design.  At the ...

With students from Moratuwa University

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Waking up early but not early enough perhaps to regain my equilibrium after a long day yesterday working with students from Moratuwa Unive...
Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Without breaking all my limbs

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Without breaking all my limbs was the term Amara used When he said to his nine siblings After their mother died You let me stay in this hous...

The Lime & Other Cultural Questions

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In my country we serve a piece of lime one of two ways. Either it's served in a wedge, like with fish, or in a slice, like when it comes...

Tank Cascade or Village Tank Morphology? Function or theory?

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The question of unwrapping, unraveling, elucidating, or "uncovering" the landscape carries its own complexity beyond the complex...
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I communicate science to non-scientists. My interest in the intersection between art and science, which I consider to be closely related practices, is the focus of two essay collections I am working on. As a Harvard PhD I realized that the work we do in the library and laboratory, while worthy in and of itself, does not necessarily translate to normal people. Bridging that gap is my goal in my teaching practice and in these posts. I teach college sophomores at Boston University and I teach in the sustainability program at the Boston Architectural College.
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