{"id":2509,"date":"2007-07-15T17:01:17","date_gmt":"2007-07-15T21:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/?p=2509"},"modified":"2014-12-15T17:04:47","modified_gmt":"2014-12-15T22:04:47","slug":"objects-admiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/2007\/07\/objects-admiration\/","title":{"rendered":"Objects of Admiration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>We asked a sampling of faculty, students, and staff: What\u2019s the best-engineered object you own?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-125.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2554\" src=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-125-106x300.jpg\" alt=\"JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-125\" width=\"106\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-125-106x300.jpg 106w, https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-125-363x1024.jpg 363w, https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-125.jpg 473w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 106px) 100vw, 106px\" \/><\/a>\u201cThe human body,\u201d<\/strong><\/span> says <strong>Pablo Iglesias,<\/strong> a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. \u201cI know it\u2019s not exactly engineered in the traditional sense, but by every other aspect, it\u2019s the most impressive thing I can think of. But that may be cheating, and I certainly don\u2019t \u2018own\u2019 it.\u201d On further reflection, Iglesias, who grew up in South America, suggests that his house\u2019s water supply system is the best-engineered object that he owns. \u201cThis is not very sexy, but having been to places where there\u2019s not much running water, you realize how important it is,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s one of those things that you don\u2019t think much about at all, which is a good hallmark of a well-engineered system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-126.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2553\" src=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-126-171x300.jpg\" alt=\"JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-126\" width=\"171\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-126-171x300.jpg 171w, https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-126.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 171px) 100vw, 171px\" \/><\/a>\u201cMy golf clubs,\u201d<\/strong><\/span> says <strong>Edward M. Joffe,<\/strong> the project manager with the Whiting- Turner Contracting Company who is overseeing the construction of the Computational Science and Engineering building on the Homewood campus. \u201cRecently I have been trying to play more than in years past,\u201d he says. \u201cI had been playing with a set of clubs that were handed down from my father, and I think that they were from the time of Arnold Palmer. Old clubs were made in a blade format and had a very small \u2018sweet spot.\u2019 That meant that you had to strike the ball with great accuracy in order to have a good shot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s clubs are a result of engineering and technological advances; they have larger sweet spots and are more forgiving. I am thankful for this engineering progress; it\u2019s made the game a little less frustrating. Needless to say, I have gone from being a halfway decent golfer to a few-strokes-better golfer &#8230; but I\u2019ll take it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-127.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2552\" src=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-127-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-127\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-127-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-127.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a>Erin Fitzgerald,<\/strong> a graduate student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the founder and chair of Women of Whiting, a graduate student organization to support female students, says she values <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>her tablet PC.<\/strong><\/span> The small laptop permits her to operate the computer with a digital pen or a fingertip instead of a keypad and a mouse. \u201cA tablet PC is physically easily manipulated, the screen spins around; I can download papers and PDFs and write on those and store on the soft copy instead of having piles of papers around,\u201d she says. Fitzgerald first started using a tablet PC when her faculty advisor, Frederick Jelinek, the director of the Center for Language and Speech Processing, sent her to work in Prague for a semester. \u201cWe thought that if we could write directly on the screen, it would help us work remotely,\u201d she says. \u201cWe had Web cameras set up. I could directly draw on the tablet so as we spoke he would have the image appear on his screen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-128.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2550\" src=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-128-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-128\" width=\"115\" height=\"118\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-129.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-2551\" src=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-129-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-129\" width=\"192\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-129-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-129-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-129-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-129-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-129.jpg 613w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a>Nikhil Ram Mohan<\/strong>, a rising junior studying applied math and statistics, believes that any well-engineered object should include thoughtful, simple technology. For that reason, this Dubai native picks <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>his DeLonghi espresso maker:<\/strong><\/span> \u201cIt\u2019s simple, it uses the basic ideas of pressure and heat\u2014things that everyone understands\u2014and it gives you a great cup of coffee in the morning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-130.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-2549\" src=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-130-191x300.jpg\" alt=\"JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-130\" width=\"199\" height=\"355\" \/><\/a>Walter Krug<\/strong> has been an instrument designer for 33 years for the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. He had a tough time narrowing his list to just one object. \u201cA few items have wowed me in my lifetime,\u201d he says. \u201cAs a farm boy growing up in Pennsylvania I was subjected to many different machines. One of these machines was a corn sheller. It was very simple in construction and yet it would remove the kernels from the cob no matter the size or shape of the corn. The second device was a thing called a knotter, on a hay baler. I have studied it many, many times,\u201d Krug says, \u201cand can\u2019t figure out how it works. But it does and quite well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the end, the machinist\u2019s top prize goes to <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>his fishing reel<\/strong>.<\/span> \u201cMaybe the greatest engineered device I own is a fishing reel. In particular a spinning reel. If I consider all the things it must do\u2014from being able to use it whether you\u2019re right-handed or left, setting variable drag, casting and retrieving the line without it getting tangled, being submerged under water without damage, and being manufactured at a reasonable price\u2014 someone did a great job on this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-131.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2547\" src=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-131-95x300.jpg\" alt=\"JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-131\" width=\"95\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>M. Gordon \u201cReds\u201d Wolman \u201949<\/strong> says <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>his walking stick<\/strong><\/span> gets the honor of best-engineered object. \u201cI use this walking stick from REI as a cane,\u201d explains the B. Howell Griswold Jr. Professor of Geography and <a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-132.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2548\" src=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-132-114x300.jpg\" alt=\"JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-132\" width=\"114\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-132-114x300.jpg 114w, https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-132-390x1024.jpg 390w, https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-132.jpg 423w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 114px) 100vw, 114px\" \/><\/a>International Affairs in the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering. \u201cIt is lightweight, it has a comfortable handle, it\u2019s very strong, and it\u2019s retractable. It telescopes into a very short length, which fits into a suitcase. It also has the ability to become either a point or rubber at the base. The rubber at the end of the cane has a hole in it so you can rotate a spring coil from one position to another, rotating an inner cylinder that allows the point to come through the rubber. You lock it into that position or rotate it out of that position so that the point retracts again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"r\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <!--nextpage--><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-133.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2546\" src=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-133-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-133\" width=\"126\" height=\"116\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-134.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2545\" src=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-134-183x300.jpg\" alt=\"JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-134\" width=\"183\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-134-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-134.jpg 365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/><\/a>Water is on the mind of <strong>Maya Sathyanadhan<\/strong>, an \u201906 and \u201907 graduate from the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering. The president of the Executive Board of JHU\u2019s chapter of Engineers Without Borders\u2013USA, Sathyanadhan has traveled to places like South Africa to help supply water to remote villages. <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>\u201cI like my Nalgene bottle,\u201d<\/strong><\/span> she says. \u201cThe product itself has had a lot of materials testing to it because it\u2019s considered unbreakable. But the reason I like it is that it allows me to not use plastic bottles, but to reuse this one. I don\u2019t own water, but the Nalgene product allows me to carry water without having to buy it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-135.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2544\" src=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-135-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-135\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-135-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-135-704x1024.jpg 704w, https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/JHU-ENG-MAG-SR07-135.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a>Technological advances to a classic design impress <strong>Nicholas Jones<\/strong>, dean of the Whiting School. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>\u201cI love my new bike,\u201d<\/strong><\/span> Jones says. \u201cIt\u2019s great in its simplicity and how it hasn\u2019t changed in more than a century. Yet it has evolved in detail. The high-end bikes these days are so superbly engineered in terms of what they contribute relative to their weight and how efficient they are.\u201d On the weekends, he enjoys riding his Trek hybrid along the many trails near Baltimore. Jones, who grew up in New Zealand, didn\u2019t get a bike until he was 10\u2014\u201cwhich is probably a good thing,\u201d he says, \u201cbecause I grew up in quite a hilly region and I could have ended up in a pile at the bottom of a steep hill.\u201d (The dean is making up for lost time\u2014he estimates that he logged more than 3,000 miles on his last bike.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We asked a sampling of faculty, students, and staff: What\u2019s the best-engineered object you own? \u201cThe human body,\u201d says Pablo Iglesias, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. \u201cI know it\u2019s not exactly engineered in the traditional sense, but by every other aspect, it\u2019s the most impressive thing I can think of&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","issue-summer-2007"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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