I’m a prairie kid who loves research. I have a Master’s in economics with a focus on public programs, labour and education. Long before that, I did my undergrad in physics & English with a math minor.
Besides my resume, you’ll find this page full of sewing projects, the odd published poem, and stories about Canadian science.
A note about the blog title: in math and physics, the prefix eigen means one's own. It comes from the german, but mostly I always liked thinking about a particle's eigenvalues, and thought I might apply the same thought to my excursions.
This lesson was full of all kinds of challenges. Jumping machines of all kinds at Saturday science.
Inspired by the leaproach, we set out on a mission of bio-inspired design. How to make a machine that jumps with legs?
So we knew the leaproach has spring-loaded knees. We looked at a potential model based simply on cardstock, as shown onscreen. Then things got more creative, with other types of legs introduced. Competition!
