Patrick Lam

Thoughts and travels of Patrick Lam

Review: Epic: Adventures across Aotearoa, by Ray Salisbury

A collection of tales about going over, across, and around the motu of Aotearoa.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Saturday, November 16, 2024

Review: How Infrastructure Works: Transforming our shared systems for a changing world, by Deb Chachra

An optimistic look at the role of technology (and specifically infrastructure) in the changes that will be needed in our society in the coming years.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Friday, November 15, 2024

Engineering failures in real life

So here I am staying in a hotel in Burnaby BC. Outside my window I can see a “Save-on-Foods”. Hmm. Let’s see. Save-on-Foods. Burnaby. Wait! I remember something from the Professional Practice Exam book! [edit 2020: This was well before the Algo Centre Mall collapse in Elliot Lake.] OK, so is that the Save-on-Foods in question? Google Maps tells me that my hotel is 0.3km from the Save-on-Foods in Station Square, as described below.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo; patrick.lam@uwaterloo.ca

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