History A 'Riveting' Book on the Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution is a period of history that has long fascinated me. Largely because of the technological developments and sense of potential, and also for the way that engineering and modern business were shaped during the era. William Rosen wrote The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story
New Brunswick A Quick Overview of New Brunswick History Last weekend I read the book New Brunswick: A Short History by Timothy Frink. It's a very quick read, but I still found it informative. Recently I was complaining with some friends about how history is taught in our schools and this book just drove home the point
3D Printing Best Practices for 3D Printing When I first got a 3D printer, I was a little disappointed with the print quality, to be honest. But after using it for a while and fine-tuning some of the settings, I've started to get better results and a sense for what works and what doesn'
Re-Published The World By Numbers Although my statistics skills are stronger now and I probably would do some things differently now, I still like this analysis I did back in 2010 on some publically-available data on countries around the world. I wrote it on Facebook then a former classmate from UNB who works in the
Water My Master's Thesis For my first regular post (I plan to normally publish on a weekly basis, probably on Thursdays), I decided to look back at the research I did for my master's degree at the NSERC Chair in Water Treatment [http://www.civil.uwaterloo.ca/watertreatment/] at the University of
General About Me I was born and raised in Fredericton, New Brunswick and studied Civil Engineering at UNB (Bachelor's) and Waterloo (Master's). My thesis topic [https://danbscott.ghost.io/my-masters-thesis/] for my Master's degree was "Nitrification in chloraminated drinking water distribution systems". Now I'
General Welcome! As 2014 dawns, I decided it was time to start a blog. My goals are to hone my creative skills and share some ideas that I hope readers will find interesting or useful. Some of what I plan to publish will be semi-related to what I do professionally—information and
