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Author: Dr. Steve

Muahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!! Ok, now that I have that out... I can get to work. For as long as I can remember, I have been making things. This habit used to be called "Inventing" but has lately been repurposed by the Maker community with the term "Maker". While there are some subtle differences between Inventing and Making, I have discovered my passion for both by inspiring a new generation of Makers. In this quest to spark creative thinking and problem solving through practical and exciting projects, I draw on my background in biomedical research, high energy fiber laser development, and 15 years of building laboratory devices. As an experimental physicist with a PhD from Case Western Reserve University, I have seen research and development from many angles and am now bringing that experience to middle school and high school students who want to make everything from catapults to cybernetic augmentations. Through the medium of Making and Inventing, students are transformed from passive observers of education to active learners. This powerful shift fosters deep insights, creative expression, collaborative thinking and a host of other skills that are difficult to learn in traditional settings. Along with my wife Debby, an accomplished constructivist educator, I am on a quest to transform education and am looking for like-minded collaborators to bring hands-on learning to future generations.

Keeping the Dream Alive

By Dr. Steve Posted on July 26, 2019 Posted in Big Picture, Engineering, Innovation, Science

What would you think if I told you everything we think we know about social change and equality is wrong?

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Secret to “the Good Life”

By Dr. Steve Posted on June 15, 2019 Posted in Innovation

What constitutes a good life? There are probably as many answers to that question as there are eyes to read it, and yet I can’t help asking it. At some level we are fixated with achieving it, but on the …

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Good SAT scores are the key to success, right? Not Really!

By Dr. Steve Posted on January 19, 2017 Posted in Random

If you are concerned about how to prepare your teenager for the harsh realities of life after high school, you are not alone.  There’s test prep.  Keeping up the grades.  Extracurricular activities.  And somewhere, a social life.   Yet studies …

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Think teens only know how to work an iPhone? Watch This!

By Dr. Steve Posted on January 19, 2017 Posted in Random

These are candid videos of teens caught doing amazing things during Engineering Camp.  Listen to these students describing what they have been doing.  Lots of experimentation.  Lots of learning. These guys built the world’s coolest “Hello World” program:   They …

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8 Startling Truths about Teens

By Dr. Steve Posted on January 12, 2017 Posted in Random

One night not too long ago your dear, sweet child went to sleep in their safe little bed.  But during the night the Teenager Fairy flew in the window and sprinkled pixie dust around the room.  In the morning your radiant …

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