Essays

A selection of essays on technology, modeling, AI, and the practice of engineering, written for a broader audience.

AI, Language Models, and Risk

• Breaking the Turing Trance
• Sophisticated Parrots and Statistical Failure
• Why “Understanding” Is the Wrong Question

Engineering & Practice

• Why FEA Is Structurally Essential in Tire Design
• From Stress Checking to Structural Stiffness Design
• What Modeling Really Is (and Isn’t)

Personal Reflections

• Akron Winters, China Summers
• On Time, Memory, and Design Work