Engineer Dad Data

Engineering stories
in motion.

Animated data charts about technology, engineering, and the world — made to stop the scroll. New chart every week.

All Charts

From the Engineering Days

True stories from a life in engineering — before the charts, there were the classes.

The Cheat Sheet — a true story from Electromagnetics II

The Cheat Sheet

Electromagnetics II. Toughest course in EE. One allowed cheat sheet. A photocopy machine. And a professor who kept the result on his wall for years.

The Relay — a true story about two campuses and one exam

The Relay

Two campuses. Same course. Different exam times. A 25-minute bus ride. And a 15-minute window that seemed like the perfect engineering solution — until the results came back.

Course Correction — getting into a full computer design course

Course Correction

The computer design course was full. The booking cards were in the bin. Engineering logic said: if they can't refute it, it happened. No space? No problem.