personal trajectory: 

student --> design engineer --> student --> environmental & sustainable development design --> global explorer

virtues:

crazy optimist; have people patience; can sing 'Ode to Joy' in Deutsch

vices:

often listen to and get persuaded by the evil whistling shrimp; once started, can't stop eating seeds

favorite projects:

2.007 machine design; relearning 8.01 every year

special interests:

learning languages, ULTIMATE rocks, talking to kookie people, backpacking in different lands