If you’ve been following along with the blog, you've read about a “year away from the classroom”, a “gap year”, a “rather large four-month self-supported human-powered adventure”. You’re probably wondering…
Simon HKMay 1, 2021
Reconnecting with my friends was a large motivating factor in deciding to move back to Victoria in January. Naturally, as soon as I got settled, I started reaching out to…
Simon HKApril 10, 2021
How can the circumstances that lifted me out of anxiety and depression be recreated effectively and reliably? ...my skills as an engineer, no matter how complex the analysis, could not get me there. Instead, I turned to a radically different approach, surrendering to my circumstances, refocusing on gratitude, and acting within my field of influence.
It was evident that I was yearning for adventure when I moved to Langley for my internship in September. While I was there, I progressively started accumulating pieces of gear…
Simon HKMarch 27, 2021
Welcome to my blog. I am Simon Hradil-Kasseckert. When I introduce myself, I usually say “I'm a mechanical engineering student” without hesitation. I’ve started thinking more about the validity of…
Simon HKMarch 13, 2021
When classes went online in the summer of 2020 after the development of the COVID-19 pandemic, some extra time became available to pursue my interest in entrepreneurism and bikes. I…
Simon HKAugust 31, 2020
The University of Victoria, where I did my undergraduate degree offers a unique upper-level technical elective to mechanical engineering students—aircraft design. Aircraft design is a specific branch of mechanical engineering…
Simon HKAugust 30, 2020
