2012. The Year of the Dragon. The first year I’ve ever begun married. Teaching my first course. The Summer Olympics. Rice’s Centennial. This is going to be a BIG year! Smart Office Energy Solutions is starting off on a good note. We closed out last year with awards, patents, and closure of our investment round.Continue reading “2012”
Author Archives: Bryan Guido Hassin
2011 Wrap-Up
Another year has come and gone and this was a particularly momentous one! This year I got married, advanced my startup, and accepted a faculty position at Rice University – wow! Let’s take a look at the goals I set at the beginning of the year and see how I did: Relationships Due to myContinue reading “2011 Wrap-Up”
2011 Fiesta Bowl 5k Race Report
Sunday I raced in my last 5k of the year, the Fiesta Bowl 5k in Scottsdale, Arizona. I had been nursing a hip flexor injury for ≈6 weeks so I hadn’t been running much and was a bit out of shape – but of course that wouldn’t stop me from going all out in thisContinue reading “2011 Fiesta Bowl 5k Race Report”
Merry Christmas from Arizona
Last weekend Katie and I traveled to Phoenix, Arizona for an early Christmas with her family (after an even earlier Christmas with my extended family over Thanksgiving). As in years past, it was a total blast! The twist was that this year we had a very active holiday. We arrived Thursday afternoon and were treatedContinue reading “Merry Christmas from Arizona”
Sonoma Day 3
Our final day in Sonoma began, once again, with exercise. Our friends went for a bike ride while Katie and I went for a run. I was very pleased that this was my first run in weeks during which my hip flexor did not feel injured – now I could get back to training! AfterContinue reading “Sonoma Day 3”
Sonoma Day 2
After sleeping off our wine of the day before, we woke up to a rainy Sonoma morning. Instead of running we did a weights-free workout inspired by the routine that The SHOP put together for me back when I was house-sitting in Switzerland. This included lots of push-ups, plyometrics, and other “grass-roots” exercises. During aContinue reading “Sonoma Day 2”
Sonoma Day 1
After a flurry of post-CleanTech-Open meetings Thursday and Friday, Katie and two friends joined me for three days of wine tasting! Thursday I met up with many Rice and IMD alumni in the San Francisco Bay area while winding my way 90 miles up to Petaluma, where I stayed the night with a friend ofContinue reading “Sonoma Day 1”
CleanTech Open Finals
Last week I traveled to San Jose, CA, for the finals of the CleanTech Open, for which Smart Office Energy Solutions had been selected as a finalist from the South Central region. I and 20 other finalists from the seven regions arrived in San Jose on Monday to begin two exhausting days of competition. EachContinue reading “CleanTech Open Finals”
Is There an Afterlife?
I just had a great discussion with a Rice freshman about whether or not there is an afterlife. As somewhat of an empirical pragmatist, I reasoned through it as follows: People I know who have died continue to have an effect on me. I think about them, I make decisions based on ways they haveContinue reading “Is There an Afterlife?”
Houston Great Pumpkin Run 5k Race Report
Saturday I set a new PR at the Houston Great Pumpkin Run 5k. In the week leading up to the run I had a sore throat and even lost my voice (while yelling all night at a Huey Lewis and the News concert, so it’s my own fault), so I made a morning-of decision whetherContinue reading “Houston Great Pumpkin Run 5k Race Report”