Essays about technology, sports, and life.
What do smartwatches actually measure?
Wearable sensors, training scores, and the limits of predictive models
Where we’re going, we don’t need prompts
Three takeaways from teaching aerospace engineering with AI
How to be bad at things
Life and learning happens when you’re uncomfortable
The 30-Day Peak: Training for the Tour de Mars
How do we prepare astronauts for a 30-sol Mars surface mission?
Is there a "right way" to enjoy the outdoors?
This is a story about the Grand Canyon. It is not about the Grand Canyon.
Progressive overload and heart rate zones: an aerospace engineer's guide to fitness
An overview of endurance, strength training, and recovery science most relevant to astronaut health and performance.
How do we measure the Right Stuff?
An overview of astronaut selection, pre-flight training, and in-flight countermeasures
Are astronauts the ultimate endurance athletes?
The start of a series investigating how we can apply sports science to long-duration spaceflight
On identity, and the things we do
A personal examination of imposter syndrome and the role of institutions in shaping our identities
What the Artemis II Mission Reveals About Science Communication
Thoughts from an aerospace engineer who is tired of talking about Moon Shuttles and Katy Perry
Is AI designed with a human in mind?
A couple months ago, I sat down to think about the best way to streamline the design, development, and test of Artificial…
My favorite books of 2025
And some thoughts on reading when the world is on fire