Summer Workplace Safety & Testing Assumptions
Image source Summer is here! That means swimming, barbecues, and watermelon. I’ve got to admit, though, I’ll be looking at watermelons a lot differently this season. Recently, I came across a Black & Veatch video illustrating the importance of wearing your hardhat. They did it by demonstrating structural bolt falling from 20 and 30 feet onto a watermelon. While physics is not my primary background, I thought it would be interesting to share Rhett Allain’s discussion of the…
Your next idea could come from a Whopper.
Any process engineer with a love for creativity will appreciate this Business Week article about The DNA of Strawberries. The article features Phil Stewart, a fruit breeder for Driscoll’s (“the largest player in the $5.6 billion U.S. berry market,” according to Business Week). Stewart spent about two years regularly visiting a wild strawberry plant near a Burger King in Wastonville, California. When the vigorous plant finally bore fruit, Stewart was able to taste the deliciousness of its small…