- Name:
- Buff Furman
- Location:
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San Jose, CA
- University:
- San Jose State University
- Department:
- Mechanical & Design Engineering
- Personal Quote:
- He has half the deed done who has made a beginning.
My Life
- My friends describe me as:
- Nice, calm, level-headed, having amazing self-control, always prepared, good at packing moving trucks
- Hobbies:
- Building things, fixing things, gardening, hiking, reading, learning
- Fantasy dinner guests:
- Y'shua, Thomas Aquinas, Leonardo Da Vinci, James Watt, Thomas Edison
- In college I drove a:
- Sky blue 1972 Super Beetle
- My worst subject in school:
- Penmanship (elementary) and Calculus (college)
- College for undergrad degree:
- UC Davis
- Best advice I ever got:
- "Don't let school get in the way of your education."
- Favorite books:
- (besides the Bible) The Ashley Book of Knots, Foundations of Mechanical Accuracy, Practical Electronics for Inventors, Unshakable Foundations
- Favorite movies:
- Breaking Away, The Matrix, Three Days of the Condor
- Favorite city:
- Mountain View, California
- Favorite coffee:
- Hazelnut/Vanilla made STRONG
- Nobody knows I:
- Slept in a snow shelter at -20 F outside in the Wind Rivers in Wyoming
- If I weren't a professor, I would:
- probably be working as a design engineer in some high tech company, or be an astronaut (if NASA had accepted my application!)
- Latest accomplishment:
- Making it through last week!
Friends
