Feeling Minnesota

Some big axe ride thing at MOA

Just got back from a week-long training session at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. It was my first time in "MPLS" and overall I thought it was a very nice city. A few highlights of the area:

- The Mall of America (the ginormousest mall in America) is overrated. Just imagine your local mall, add another two stories of shops, and there you go...the Mall of America. The indoor rollercoaster thing really isn't that big of a deal once you see it.

- Lakes. Yes, there are a ton of them, some of which are nice to hang out at. I especially liked Lake Calhoun.

- U of M professors. Before this trip, I thought engineering professors would be less inclined to be a part of the "Ivory Tower" of academia. Boy was I wrong. Of the 6 or 7 ChemE professors I listened to, all of them were stuck in their own little research world, making suggestions and conclusions that would NEVER work in industry. Go figure.