DMN: SMU Re-Names School of Engineering

PK · Post by PK » Fri Oct 17, 2008 6:46 pm

Alaric wrote:maybe they can get the Calatrava bridges to work

Ah yes...the architects draw the pretty pictures, but it is the engineers that make the pretty pictures standup and work.

PK · Post by PK » Fri Oct 17, 2008 6:52 pm

jtstang wrote:I think they ought to call the the jtstang/PK Engineering School. We are the two most famous graduates on ponyfans.com, which ought to be the criteria for all future naming of SMU things.

A nice thought jtstang, but I suspect that will only happen when you and I each pony up 20 million...which means don't hold your breath. I know that isn't a problem for you as an attorney on the rise jt, but I'm just an old engineer with a declining 401K.

mrydel · Post by **mrydel** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 8:09 pm

Alaric wrote:maybe they can get the Calatrava bridges to work

What about London Bridges? They have been falling down since I was a baby.

PK · Post by PK » Fri Oct 17, 2008 10:52 pm

mrydel wrote:
Alaric wrote:maybe they can get the Calatrava bridges to work
What about London Bridges? They have been falling down since I was a baby.

Either you aren't very old or (more likely) all the London bridges are gone.l

MrMustang1965 · Post by **MrMustang1965** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 12:06 am

Alaric wrote:maybe they can get the Calatrava bridges to work

Or Sarah Palin's 'Bridge to Nowhere'.

mrydel · Post by **mrydel** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 8:30 am

PK wrote:
mrydel wrote:
Alaric wrote:maybe they can get the Calatrava bridges to work
What about London Bridges? They have been falling down since I was a baby.
Either you aren't very old or (more likely) all the London bridges are gone.l

So obviously it would take a good engineer to get them working.

Actually London Bridge was moved somewhere in the US west last I heard. Has it been destroyed since then?

HB Pony Dad · Post by **HB Pony Dad** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:26 am

mrydel wrote:
PK wrote:
mrydel wrote: What about London Bridges? They have been falling down since I was a baby.
Either you aren't very old or (more likely) all the London bridges are gone.l
So obviously it would take a good engineer to get them working.

Actually London Bridge was moved somewhere in the US west last I heard. Has it been destroyed since then?

London Bridge is in Arizona at the Colorado River.

It is spectacularly unimpressive!

Everyone thinks the Tower Bridge in London is London Bridge-NOT!

jtstang · Post by **jtstang** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 10:29 am

ThadFilms · Post by **ThadFilms** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 12:21 pm

ThadFilms · Post by **ThadFilms** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 12:25 pm

I still can't tell you how thrilled I am about the Skunk Works lab. That is so cool. Yes I know, it's military - for those of you who have a problem with such things colluding with education - but seriously, that is the cutting edge of Lockheed Martin's aeronautics. Awesome.

Surprising, really, because no other university has a Skunk Works lab... and there is NO OTHER lab than the original in Cali. Doubly surprising, because when I think SMU engineering, I just have never thought 'aerospace'/'aeronautics'. Fantastic.

smupony94 · Post by **smupony94** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 2:39 pm

ThadFilms wrote:

That was actually playing on Channel 4 this morning since Time Warner yanked NBC last week

ThadFilms · Post by **ThadFilms** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 2:58 pm

smupony94 wrote:
ThadFilms wrote:
That was actually playing on Channel 4 this morning since Time Warner yanked NBC last week

Yeah, I channel surfed pass it last Sunday.

couch 'em · Post by **couch 'em** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 2:53 am

ThadFilms wrote:Yes I know, it's military - for those of you who have a problem with such things colluding with education -

Fear not, SMU is not in Austin or California.

Doubly surprising, because when I think SMU engineering, I just have never thought 'aerospace'/'aeronautics'. Fantastic.

Maybe this means an aeronautical engineering major is in the works.

jtstang · Post by **jtstang** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 8:09 am

ThadFilms wrote:Doubly surprising, because when I think SMU engineering, I just have never thought 'aerospace'/'aeronautics'. Fantastic.

Before the law school gig, I took my ME degree to Bell Helicopter and Boeing in Seattle for 4 years. Those guys to a fair amount of aerospace work. There's a fair amount of cross-over in those disciplines.

ThadFilms · Post by **ThadFilms** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 1:07 am

jtstang wrote:
ThadFilms wrote:Doubly surprising, because when I think SMU engineering, I just have never thought 'aerospace'/'aeronautics'. Fantastic.
Before the law school gig, I took my ME degree to Bell Helicopter and Boeing in Seattle for 4 years. Those guys to a fair amount of aerospace work. There's a fair amount of cross-over in those disciplines.

Never knew that. Good to know....