Mo and I collaborated on our 3D-Printing project.  We had an amazing experience using Google Sketchup and the 3D printer.  There truly was a lot to learn during the process, and here are a few pictures of our process:

First Draft:  The first drafts (four versions) mocked up on sketchup, I honestly had doubts, because it seemed like it took us a long time to create something so simple.  None the less, we developed something that we put time in, and that we were proud of.  When…

Exploration #1:

I looked at the segregation model first. I was interested in this model because it was inspired by writings about social systems like housing patterns in cities. The model shows the patterns that develop when an individual turtle from one of two groups…

Mo Akade

I was born in Lagos, Nigeria, but came to the states with my mother, sister, and brother in 1985. I was three, my brother was two, and my sister was seven. My sister caught the chicken pox from a girl she was sitting next to on the plane. My brother and I caught them soon after. I distinctly remember my grandfather picking us up from JFK airport. He was meeting my brother and I for the first time (my sister was born here in the US before my mother decided to…