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MIT prof Patrick Winston lectures on How to Speak

January at MIT is neither fall semester nor spring semester. It's the Independent Activities Period (IAP). Students can choose to stay back in their hometown, travel, or come back to campus, and once on campus there are hundreds of activities to choose from. Nearly every department offers for-credit courses in...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 14, 2013 7:29 PM

I/ITSEC 2012: World's largest simulation conference recognizes Tulsa-area engineers

In case you wondered what I've been up to: I'm on my way back to Tulsa after a week at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. The conference brings together the military agencies that need training devices, the companies (big...

Posted by Michael Bates on December 7, 2012 4:56 PM

Future British monarch to train on Broken Arrow-built simulator

Partly personal, but this news is reason for a bit of local pride, a bit of reflection on the reach of products built right here in northeastern Oklahoma. Today, Prince William of Wales began an 18-month search-and-rescue training course at the Defence Helicopter Flying School (DHFS) at RAF Shawbury, in...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 12, 2009 10:10 PM

Simulation: It's the real thing

An edited version of this column appeared in the December 5, 2007, issue of Urban Tulsa Weekly. The published version is no longer available online. Posted September 9, 2017. Simulation: It's the real thing by Michael D. Bates How often do the stars line up this auspiciously for Tulsa? Congress...

Posted by Michael Bates on December 5, 2007 12:42 AM

Sim you later

Today is a major milestone in my professional life. After 19 years in one industry, 12 at the same company, I'm starting in a new business and a new position. I've made it a policy not to talk about my work on my blog, so while I won't be telling...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 2, 2005 5:25 PM