Writing
In addition to writing on my blog, I have contributed to a number of other fora over the years.
The Latecomer
We Will Build Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis
Cosmopolitan Globalists
Hyperloop
As the Hyperloop One levitation engineer, I had the opportunity to write about our levitation strategy.
Levitating Hyperloop on the company blog
Quora
I am a top writer on Quora, where I have written more than 1100 articles on a wide variety of topics. These answers have been republished on external blogs or media.
Technical challenges of photonic propulsion to Mars in Forbes
Relative difficulty of terraforming Mars and Venus on Slate
What data points lead us to believe there was life on Mars?
Consulting
I frequently deploy my scientific expertise through the Science Entertainment Exchange, where I work with writers to improve the science in TV shows and movies, including How To Build Everything. I have a wide range of interests and am always happy to be asked to write, consult or fact check. If I am not the expert you're looking for, I will know the one you are looking for.
I was acknowledged in "Ministry for the Future" by Kim Stanley Robinson.
I was acknowledged in "Escaping Gravity" by Lori Garver.
I contributed to the 2023 JP Morgan Annual Energy Paper.
Caltech student newspaper
Between 2010 and 2015 I regularly contributed articles to the Caltech newspaper: The California Tech. These articles cover concert reviews, international affairs, science reporting, sport, social justice issues, and cultural commentary.
Organ recital - Cameron Carpenter at the LA Phil
Dispatches from the cultural front: Laszlo Fassang plays organ at Walt Disney Hall
When Lucent Met Herakut and Latry at the LA Phil
Cameron Carpenter at the LA Phil
The Tesla Model S: What's all the fuss about?
The worst conference talk ever...
Report from The Amazing Meeting 2013
NASA Commercial Crew Transport Capability: Winners and Loser
Elon Musk’s twitter: Time to unveil the D
Film review: Citizenfour moving, unsettling
Obama reaches emissions agreement with China
Journalists murdered by fundamentalists in France
Daring FBI burglars to attend film screening of 1971 at Caltech
Why do smart individuals form stupid organizations?
Disease continues to exist in the world
Security Issues Complicated Advancement of Journalism
Women offer honest perspectives on grad school
Grad school, exploitation, and gender: the discussion continues
The California Tech: Caltech Space Challenge
Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev found guilty
Visions of the future with Kim Stanley Robinson