About Jorge
Jorge Cham was born and raised in the Republic of Panama. He obtained his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech and his M.S. and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University (specializing in Robotics), where he started drawing the comic strip ‘Piled Higher and Deeper’ or ‘PHD’. He was subsequently an Instructor and Research Associate at Caltech from 2003-2005, where his work focused on developing “Smart” Neural Implants. He has published and presented nationally and abroad on his Robotics and Neural Prosthetics research.
Piled Higher and Deeper is a unique comic strip about life (or the lack thereof) in Academia. Often called the Dilbert of academia, PHD has appeared in the Stanford, MIT, Caltech and Carnegie Mellon newspapers among others, and it is published online where it receives over 7 million page views a month from over 1000 universities and colleges worldwide.
About the talk: The Power of Procrastination
A recent survey by U.C. Berkeley found that 95% of all graduate students feel overwhelmed, and over 67% have felt seriously depressed at some point in their careers. In this talk, Jorge Cham recounts his experiences bringing humour into the lives of stressed out academics, examines the source of their anxieties and explores the guilt, the myth, and the power of procrastination.
How to Book
Please note that this event is now fully booked. if you have already registered, please print your confirmation email and bring it with you as proof of registration.
Seats are not allocated and we are expecting demand to be high, you are therefore advised to arrive in plenty of time.
Please note that a maximum of 2 tickets only can be allocated per person.