ENGR 0715: Engineering Applications for Society

A Brief History of: Andy Abdel-Kader

The year was May 24, 1989. The place? None other than soon-to-be-world-famous Downingtown, PA. On this mighty day in this hailed location, one was born who would show others what it means to have an excessive amount of irrelevant nicknames. That's right, the Birth Day of Andy Abdel-Kader, a.k.a Sidler (reference from a Seinfeld episode due to the fact that I enter rooms quietly, i.e. "sidling"), a.k.a Stridler (from a misinterpretation of Sidler), a.k.a Stradler (???), a.k.a Stride (Hell if I know why), a.k.a Stride Long-Lasting (immediate reference to the gum after the previous was created, and in a bit of irony, this one was deemed to be too long-lasting in terms of pronunciation, not unlike this aside which is also likely excessively long, but it has nothing to do with me not wanting to type out a bio or anything, because I have a tremendous work ethic and all, and it is unfortunate sarcasm cannot be picked up through text, not that I'm saying I used any, etc, etc), a.k.a "The Abdelkader" (Apparently the name I should use should I pursue a career in professional wrestling, pronounced "ab-dil-kay-der", even though my last name is actually pronounced "Ahb-del-kah-der", but whatever, I'm used to it, and look, another useless aside, how did that happen).

Hey look, a random tangent. Har, har, har.



Ugh, I'm worse than Buzz Killington...

I'm not sure what I was talking about, but since it provides for some humour (British spellings are apparently more professional, I mean when is the last time you met a Brit who didn't know what he/she was talking about? ...Oh. Right-o, chap.), I'll mention that my father comes from the land down under (under the Mediterranean Sea, that is), Alexandria, Egypt. My mother is from Nova Scotia, Canada, since I know everyone is so familiar with that area. Don't ask me how they ever met, although I guess you can, but I'll likely respond with a "How the *expletive deleted* should I know?" or some other unnecessarily rude answer with a profanity thrown in there for good measure. Perhaps the odd combination explains my behavior. Ah, if only excuses were that convenient. Anyways, as you can tell I have a greatly over-inflated pretense of my sense of humor (I've decided to drop the British colloquialisms, as I figure I'd have to stop brushing my teeth to say them properly), but I continue on mainly because it bothers people, and I'm a d!Šk, like Scott (South Park reference there, from the episode where Ike's real parents from Canada take him back, so the boys travel there to get him back, as if the plot really mattered, it was just a ploy to make some good 'ol Canadian jokes).

I also take great solace in the fact I've told absolutely nothing useful in this section. Now, I'm off to patent and market that whiny female dog/my friend Andy's and mine soon-to-be smash hit invention, the Floppy Disk Music Player. Why use some small mp3 player that holds 10,000 songs, when you can have 8 floppy disks for a single song and have to change them out during the song, as well as have to use an entire backpack to carry your 4 songs? I don't know about you, but I've always been disappointed that my music experience doesn't get constantly interrupted by a stoppage of play, but I thought I'd solve that problem for everyone. But as if that isn't great enough, it will also come free with the USB Waffle Maker! Don't you just hate it when you're at your desk and think, "Damn, I could use a waffle about now, but to hell with that "walking to the kitchen" stuff!"? Well there's great news friend! Now, you can simply plug in the USB Waffle Maker into your computer (and outlet) and use our ridiculously horrible program to make a waffle from your computer in under 30 minutes (most of that time will be spent wondering why the interface of the program looks like it was drawn in crayon, until you realize it actually was, and it's just a jpeg image we scanned with clickable stuff). You'll never have to get up for food again! Now you can be on your way to Carpal Tunnel, near-sightedness and extreme weight gain faster than ever before! And best of all, I'll be selling the Floppy Disk Music Player (plus USB Waffle Maker!!!!) for the low, low price of your next 6 mortgage payments. And I'll even be getting that unreasonably loud/annoying guy who does the Oxyclean commercials, Billy Mays, to be my spokesman. So you better pre-order now before his presence sends everyone else into a frenzy to order!

<Budny> Who thinks my ignorance of the fact I have a horrible sense of humor is awesome?? </Budny>

Community Partners & Projects

Coordinator: Dave Torick

Overview: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering requires students to take a course in fluid mechanics (CEE 1402) with and accompanying lab. This course teaches principles that prepare engineers to basic design fluid mechanic design, such pumping systems, pipings systems, open channel flow, etc.

Project Description (Team 15: Fluids Lab): Development of laboratory experiments designed to improve student learning of basic fluids concepts. Project will involve design and construction of various experiments requiring the use of the machine shop. Additionally, the group will be required to assist in the completion of a rock crusher for villagers in Uganda.

Team Members: