I don’t start with perfect code—I start with momentum. Somewhere between messy datasets, stubborn plots, and iterative fixes, I realized that staying in motion matters more than getting everything right on the first try. That shift quietly changed how I research and why the work feels clearer now.
Academic world and universities used to be the one of the most innovative places to work. Generally speaking, pre-21st century, the most of the innovative break-through happened in the university settings. However, lately, universities are accused of being less innovative and more routined task of publishing, getting tenured, and getting grant. I found that these accusation are not just “accusation” but something real that are being felt by some academicians even though several of them believe that academia is the most innovative place (which, I don’t totally disagree!). Last week during USAEE/IAEE meeting, I get some sense of how academic…
Projoint: The One-Stop Conjoint Shop: https://yhoriuchi.github.io/projoint/index.html Conjoint survey designs are spreading across the social sciences due to their unusual capacity to estimate many quantities of interest from a single randomized experiment. Projoint is general-purpose software for the design, implementation, and analysis of conjoint surveys. Its easy-to-use components include a drag-and-drop web-based application for survey design and an R package for analysis. (Information copied from original source on Nov 3, 2025). Strategies for Essay Writing from Harvard College Writing Center: https://writingcenter.fas.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum451/files/2024-03/Strategies%20for%20Essay%20Writing–Complete_0.pdf This document has several tips for new writers, whether you are writing assignments, thesis, or dissertation. This document is broken into several…
The year 2023 started with a better understanding of the research project I am currently involved in as a post-doc at Auburn University. I am involved in a research project that aims at colocating agricultural crops with a solar energy generation system–also called as agrivoltaic system–to meet dual purpose of food and energy production and reduce carbon emission from fossil fuels and coals. Even though I was supposed to design an economic optimization model, delay on the data acquisition shifted my focus towards solar developers survey design. I started designing survey from February. The initial plan was to develop choice…
This blog post is a synthesis of a recorded version of a webinar by “American Journal Experts” launched on June 28, 2018. I have included tips that might be useful to everyone looking to publish their major research projects or side projects. Make a list of target journals that have published articles similar to the one you are looking to publish. This will help you in future to save time searching target journals. Prioritize them based on your need and quality of papers.
