Discovering San Diego’s Multimodal Transportation System
This is a post I originally wrote for the USC ITE website. In December 2024, eight USC Viterbi School of Engineering and Sol Price School of Public Policy students embarked …
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Consulting Internship Recruiting
I’m currently a junior in college. Post-junior year is well known to be the most important time to get a “good” internship, especially when considering conversion to a full-time job. …
How I Computer in 2024
Introduction I love consumer technology, so it’s always interesting to see how people set up their devices to get work done. I try to be particular and reasoned when choosing …
Recapping the HFES ASPIRE 2024 Conference
I recently returned from the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society’s ASPIRE conference in Phoenix, AZ. At one of the poster sessions, I presented my current research project on integrating Positive …
Advice for High School Me
I was recently asked to speak at a professional development event for teachers at my middle school. They posed three questions for me to answer: I drafted some notes for …
2024 ITE Student Leadership Summit at Cal Poly
A little under a year after my most recent trip to San Luis Obispo, I’ve just come back from another visit – this time for the ITE Western District Student …
Grist “No example workspace available” Error
I’m writing this post since I’ve been managing a self-hosted Grist instance for a while now. Grist is essentially a self-hosted version of Airtable, but even more supercharged! It’s a …
Cool Tech: Active Transit Signal Priority with LYT
One of the most effective ways to speed up public transit operations in mixed-flow traffic is transit signal priority (TSP). TSP, in a broad sense, aims to reduce delay arising …
What’s Up With California’s Highway Mile Markers?
I recently took a long road trip in California. On the way, I noticed that California’s mile markers look very different than most other states. Let’s take a look. The …
Ultra Cheap Pacific Surfliner to San Diego
One of the busiest intercity rail services in the US is the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner. It runs between San Luis Obispo on the Central Coast and San Diego in California, …