Dr. Lane Carasik
@lanecarasik.bsky.social
Nuclear and Fusion Engineering Prof., Clean Energy, CFB, and LGBTQIA+/Queer topics
A good trait of a leader is one who listens to concerns and criticisms without being dismissive or attacking the person who spoke up.
November 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
A good trait of a leader is one who listens to concerns and criticisms without being dismissive or attacking the person who spoke up.
Headhunters are the most nonsensical people I’ve had to deal with. Completely unprepared to recruit or fulfill their contracts if they’re reaching out to TT faculty for entry level jobs expecting a serious response.
October 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Headhunters are the most nonsensical people I’ve had to deal with. Completely unprepared to recruit or fulfill their contracts if they’re reaching out to TT faculty for entry level jobs expecting a serious response.
For those of you in the nuclear engineering & fusion energy communities, VCU Mech and Nuclear department has opened a search for a tenure track assistant professor focused on AI & Robotics for any mechanical/nuclear engineering applications. Please apply before Oct 7!
vcu.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
vcu.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Assistant Professor- Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering
The Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering (MNE) of the College of Engineering (CoE) at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) invites appli...
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September 7, 2025 at 11:23 PM
For those of you in the nuclear engineering & fusion energy communities, VCU Mech and Nuclear department has opened a search for a tenure track assistant professor focused on AI & Robotics for any mechanical/nuclear engineering applications. Please apply before Oct 7!
vcu.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
vcu.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Virginia tech’s football team is so bad they’re trying to give away tickets to their football game to all state employees. 🤣
September 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Virginia tech’s football team is so bad they’re trying to give away tickets to their football game to all state employees. 🤣
I’m thoroughly amused by fusion folks who hates hearing/seeing folks say/write “nuclear fusion energy” and not “fusion energy”.
Pretty sure the terminology nuclear fusion is what popular culture will use.
Pretty sure the terminology nuclear fusion is what popular culture will use.
August 27, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I’m thoroughly amused by fusion folks who hates hearing/seeing folks say/write “nuclear fusion energy” and not “fusion energy”.
Pretty sure the terminology nuclear fusion is what popular culture will use.
Pretty sure the terminology nuclear fusion is what popular culture will use.
I really wish fusion energy companies would not crap on nuclear energy as a way to promote fusion.
August 19, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I really wish fusion energy companies would not crap on nuclear energy as a way to promote fusion.
Reminder to NIH funded folks, you are not the only people who get federal funding. Those of us funded through DOE/NSF/USDA/etc are not irrelevant. Please do not treat us like we do not matter because we do not do NIH funded work.
July 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Reminder to NIH funded folks, you are not the only people who get federal funding. Those of us funded through DOE/NSF/USDA/etc are not irrelevant. Please do not treat us like we do not matter because we do not do NIH funded work.
I desperately want the background story movie behind the SmokeStack twins from Sinners.
July 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I desperately want the background story movie behind the SmokeStack twins from Sinners.
@americanair.bsky.social your customer, in Seat 3C on Flight AA4990 RIC to ORD, physically threatened me after I asked him to not poke and slap the person sitting next to me in seat 2D.
I hope y’all decide to tell this person to chill out with the attempts at physical intimidation on planes.
I hope y’all decide to tell this person to chill out with the attempts at physical intimidation on planes.
June 15, 2025 at 4:37 AM
@americanair.bsky.social your customer, in Seat 3C on Flight AA4990 RIC to ORD, physically threatened me after I asked him to not poke and slap the person sitting next to me in seat 2D.
I hope y’all decide to tell this person to chill out with the attempts at physical intimidation on planes.
I hope y’all decide to tell this person to chill out with the attempts at physical intimidation on planes.
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i’d rather we invest our time and energy and improving the ability to make flat pack modular mass timber pre-fabrication more cost-effective and viable than spend $ chasing dreams of 3-D printed concrete houses
i’d rather we invest our time and energy and improving the ability to make flat pack modular mass timber pre-fabrication more cost-effective and viable than spend $ chasing dreams of 3-D printed concrete houses
General problem:
If I print buildings out of concrete that don't have to be built out of concrete (and in an unnecessary format, which needs more concrete infrastructure), i.e. the market for concrete is expanded, I end up with more emissions, even if the concrete is decarbonised somewhat.
If I print buildings out of concrete that don't have to be built out of concrete (and in an unnecessary format, which needs more concrete infrastructure), i.e. the market for concrete is expanded, I end up with more emissions, even if the concrete is decarbonised somewhat.
June 9, 2025 at 11:44 AM
This. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
i’d rather we invest our time and energy and improving the ability to make flat pack modular mass timber pre-fabrication more cost-effective and viable than spend $ chasing dreams of 3-D printed concrete houses
i’d rather we invest our time and energy and improving the ability to make flat pack modular mass timber pre-fabrication more cost-effective and viable than spend $ chasing dreams of 3-D printed concrete houses
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Too round to be serious :3
June 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Too round to be serious :3
I really feel conflicted by this. QT makes sense for GA, if you grew up there you know. But Buckees is more popular than Pilot in Tennessee? Wat
Most Popular Gas Stations By State
May 27, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I really feel conflicted by this. QT makes sense for GA, if you grew up there you know. But Buckees is more popular than Pilot in Tennessee? Wat
@dannyavula.bsky.social are you (The City) going to give grants to helps restaurants that have to cancel service again today through the rest of the boil water notice?
Water boil advisory twice in the same six month period is going to be extremely damaging to the restaurant industry.
Water boil advisory twice in the same six month period is going to be extremely damaging to the restaurant industry.
May 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
@dannyavula.bsky.social are you (The City) going to give grants to helps restaurants that have to cancel service again today through the rest of the boil water notice?
Water boil advisory twice in the same six month period is going to be extremely damaging to the restaurant industry.
Water boil advisory twice in the same six month period is going to be extremely damaging to the restaurant industry.
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Everyone says nuclear power is overregulated. With the big nuclear EOs looming, I spent a few weeks talking to people in the nuclear industry to find out which reforms they thought would be most helpful, and which they were nervous about. Here are the top 12. whatisnuclear.com/news/2025-05...
Regulatory Reforms the Nuclear Industry wants
I surveyed lots of people in the nuclear industry and made a list of reforms that most people agreed on
whatisnuclear.com
May 24, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Everyone says nuclear power is overregulated. With the big nuclear EOs looming, I spent a few weeks talking to people in the nuclear industry to find out which reforms they thought would be most helpful, and which they were nervous about. Here are the top 12. whatisnuclear.com/news/2025-05...
I could really go without a grant agency claiming charges on a year past closed out grant are retroactively not allowed.
May 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I could really go without a grant agency claiming charges on a year past closed out grant are retroactively not allowed.
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Last year, I shared a gofundme for one of our students that made it to nationals for the National History Day competition. This year, his younger brother is going. Our first junior high student to make it to Nationals! There is no funding for travel and registration. Please help!
gofund.me/5d6ef6f5
gofund.me/5d6ef6f5
Donate to Gabriel's journey to Nationals!, organized by Ranel Heard
Hello! My name is Ranel Heard and I am the proud mother of Gabriel Heard. Gabriel is in th… Ranel Heard needs your support for Gabriel's journey to Nationals!
gofund.me
May 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Last year, I shared a gofundme for one of our students that made it to nationals for the National History Day competition. This year, his younger brother is going. Our first junior high student to make it to Nationals! There is no funding for travel and registration. Please help!
gofund.me/5d6ef6f5
gofund.me/5d6ef6f5
Journals, please stop trying to shorten review time. A review is gonna take a month no matter what, don't ask me to do it in 7, 14, or 21 days.
May 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Journals, please stop trying to shorten review time. A review is gonna take a month no matter what, don't ask me to do it in 7, 14, or 21 days.
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Unigiri at the bar?
（Uni sometimes looks like an onigiri, so I call him Unigiri）
（Uni sometimes looks like an onigiri, so I call him Unigiri）
April 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Unigiri at the bar?
（Uni sometimes looks like an onigiri, so I call him Unigiri）
（Uni sometimes looks like an onigiri, so I call him Unigiri）
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the most stubborn dog on earth
April 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
the most stubborn dog on earth
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It's fun to ask what kind of mathematics different animals would discover first, what they would find intuitive.
Octopi would obviously instantly figure out differential geometry, but I think possums would discover statistics before the Pythagorean theorem.
Octopi would obviously instantly figure out differential geometry, but I think possums would discover statistics before the Pythagorean theorem.
April 29, 2025 at 2:15 AM
It's fun to ask what kind of mathematics different animals would discover first, what they would find intuitive.
Octopi would obviously instantly figure out differential geometry, but I think possums would discover statistics before the Pythagorean theorem.
Octopi would obviously instantly figure out differential geometry, but I think possums would discover statistics before the Pythagorean theorem.
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Valerie the dachshund is found safe and well after 529 days on the run on South Australian island
Valerie the dachshund is found safe and well after 529 days on the run on South Australian island
Rescuers on Kangaroo Island say they are ‘overjoyed’ after the dog walked into one of their traps
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After 529 days on the run, Australia’s favourite fugitive has been caught at last.
Valerie the miniature dachshund, who went missing on Kangaroo Island way back in 2023, has been rescued by conservationists. Continue reading...
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April 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Valerie the dachshund is found safe and well after 529 days on the run on South Australian island
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End of the academic year fatigue has kicked in. Oof.
April 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
End of the academic year fatigue has kicked in. Oof.
Well it’s good when good news comes in pairs. Two journal papers accepted within the same week!
April 24, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Well it’s good when good news comes in pairs. Two journal papers accepted within the same week!
I once again ask employers to stop asking their employees to donate to their organizations.
April 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I once again ask employers to stop asking their employees to donate to their organizations.