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Essays from the field & the future.

A growing collection of articles on engineering, AI, and infrastructure innovation. Subscribe — first pieces drop soon.

Upcoming essays

Geotechnical Coming soon

Reading the ground: what rock cores actually tell us

Translating cylinders of rock into design-ready parameters.

Tunneling Coming soon

Designing tunnel support in variable rock masses

How empirical, analytical, and numerical methods complement each other.

AI Coming soon

AI for geotechnical reporting: a pragmatic playbook

Where AI helps, where it doesn't, and how to integrate it responsibly.

Infrastructure Coming soon

What resilient underground infrastructure looks like

From sensors to systems, a vision for tomorrow's cities.

Career Coming soon

From classroom to construction site

Lessons from my first year in geotechnical practice.

Entrepreneurship Coming soon

Building JKore: an engineer's founder journey

Notes on combining technical depth with venture thinking.