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Joe Andrade

Toward a Sustainable Future

  • Joe Who?
    • Bios and CV
    • High School
    • Undergraduate Education
    • Graduate Education
    • Mother – Erma’s Story
  • Politics and Society
    • Novels
    • The Run – Congress 2012
    • Letters, op-eds, and speeches
    • Project 104
    • Visual Values
    • Utah CLEAR
  • Science and Society
    • Presentations
    • Science without Walls
    • The Leonardo
      • History
      • Plans
      • STEM Works
      • Leo on Wheels
      • Talks, Travels
      • Media, PR
      • Workshops, Courses
  • University of Utah
    • Books and Notes
    • Courses, Syllabi
    • Dept Bioengineering
    • Dean, Engineering
    • Center for Science Education
    • Papers, Publications
    • Proposals, Disclosures
    • Travels
    • Protein Solutions, Inc (PSI)
  • Books and Writings
    • Books
      • Memoir: Obrigado Pela Vida – Thank You for Life – Gracias a la Vida
      • State Change: A Chemical Fantasy
      • The Run: An Experiment in Democracy
      • The Call: Towards Personal Independence and Responsibility
      • Science without walls – science in your world UU telecourse textbook
      • Future of Health Care – via Medical Biological Engineering AIMBE book 1994
    • Letters
    • Other
  • Quotations and Notes

Books and Writings

Posted on March 2023October 2023

Memoir: Obrigado Pela Vida – Thank You for Life – Gracias a la Vida

Memoir-Obrigado-Pela-Vida-Thank-You-for-Life-Gracias-a-la-Vida-2023-Final
Posted on January 2019March 2025

Letters to Editors 1983-2018

A collection of letters to editors, published articles, and online comments.

Letters to Editors 1983-2018-compressedDownload
Further Reading Available “Letters to Editors 1983-2018”
Posted on September 2018February 2023

Deseret News Letter: Beware the Oil Salesmen

Beware Vernal Oil Salesmen

Letter_ Beware the oil salesmen 9-5-2018Deseret News
Posted on October 2017February 2023

Deseret News Letter: Rational Humans Should Work Toward a Sustainable Population

Letter Demographic Winter Letter 10-20-2017 sustainable population Deseret News
Posted on July 2017February 2023

Deseret News Letter: A Better Way

Letter urging Univ. of Utah to reconsider accepting Koch $$ for a Quantitative Economics Institute.

Koch UU Letter 7-2017 A better way Deseret News
Posted on June 2017March 2022

A Twitter Story

A Twitter experiment in general science education.

From @JoeAndrade2012

Twitter story 6-19-2017
Posted on October 2016March 2022

Deseret News Letter: Response to Natalie Gochnour’s Growth Nightmare

Letter in response to Salt Lake Valley growth mania.

Imagine Gochnour Growth Nightmare Des News Letter 10-27-2016
Posted on June 2016February 2023

Seething with Anger: The Richfield Reaper Letters To The Editor

Letter to Utah rural paper serving coal mining region arguing state should be providing services to those impacted by the diminishment and demise of coal.

Seething with anger – 6-2016 Richfield Reaper_ Letters To The Editor
Posted on May 2016February 2023

Remarks on Behalf of Utah’s Coal Miners and Planet Earth, at HEAL Utah Press Conference for Governor’s Energy Development Summit

Remarks at a Press Conference regarding coal leasing in Utah.

Remarks HEAL Ut energy summit 2016 Press Conf.Download
Posted on March 2016February 2023

State Change: A Chemical Fantasy

statechange.us is the book’s website

State Change a chemical fantasy 2016 by Joe AndradeDownload

Posted on September 2014February 2023

Essay 9-2014 Activism, Revelation, Change

Activism Revelation Change 9-2014Download
Posted on August 2014February 2023

Letters and Media Comments, Spring and Summer 2014

Letters Media Comments 2014
Posted on April 2014March 2022

The Leonardo, the Utah Science Center and Leonardo on Wheels: a brief early history 1986 to 2011

A history of the genesis, development, and implementation of The Leonardo, up to 2011.

The Leonardo History to 2011 4-3-2013
Posted on August 2013February 2023

The Run: An Experiment in Democracy

Report on Andrade’s candidacy and run for US Congress, Utah District 2, 2012.

The Run – An Experiment in Democracy 8-2013Download
Posted on March 2013February 2023

The Call: Towards Personal Independence and Responsibility

Pamphlet dealing with personal philosophy, responsibility, and civic duty, targeted to teens and youth.

The Call Take Control 3-2013Download
Posted on November 2012February 2023

11-2012 District 2 Congress Run Forms Media

Run for US House, Utah District 2: Forms, media, documents, even sample ballots.

11-2012 District 2 Congress Run Forms Media-compressedDownload
Posted on November 2011February 2023

Visual Values Project 2011, Political Candidates’ Values Matter

A summary of the Visual Values Project in 2011, providing a visual, graphical means to assess and evaluate the values of individuals, especially political candidates, using a multi-factorial approach and Rose Plots. Each value is estimated on a 1–9 scale, resulting in a 12-value pattern.

Visual Values Project 2011-2012Download
Posted on May 2011February 2023

Time – Perspectives, Patience, Action talk at Kanab Earthfest 5-2011 Andrade

Time Perspectives Patience Action talk at Kanab Earthfest 5-2011 Andrade
Posted on September 2010February 2022

Erma’s Story

Erma and Joe Sr.

Erma Andrade died in Feb. 2016, just short of her 95th birthday. This is her ‘Story’ as of her 89th year. She wrote it, my son, Aaron, and I edited it, and Aaron did the design, layout, and printing.

Erma’s Story autobiography 12-2010Download
Posted on November 2000February 2022

Science without Walls: Science in YOUR World

A 40 chapter, 40 half-hour videos general, integrated science course.

Also find the Science Without Walls Videos on YouTube.

Science without Walls UU Telecourse Snow College 11-2-00.compressedDownload
Further Reading Available “Science without Walls: Science in YOUR World”
Posted on January 1999February 2022

Andrade book reviews 1976-1999

Andrade book reviews 1976-1999-compressedDownload
Posted on September 1998February 2023

Science without walls – science in your world UU telecourse textbook

Textbook for Science without Walls – Science in YOUR World telecourse.

Also find the Science Without Walls Videos on YouTube.

Science without walls – science in your world UU telecourse text by Joe Andrade, 1998
Posted on November 1994August 2022

Health Care Book U Utah Press Andrade ed., flyer announcement order form summary reviews quotations

Health-Care-Book-U-Utah-Press-Andrade-ed.-flyer-announcement-order-form-summary-reviews-quotations-
Posted on November 1994February 2023

Future of Health Care – via Medical Biological Engineering AIMBE book 1994

American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) held its second annual conference in the NAS Building, Washington D.C., March, 1993. The proceedings were recorded and edited by Andrade, the Program Chair, and published by U Utah Press in 1994, 244 pp.

Medical Biological Engineering Future of Health Care AIMBE book 1994 Andrade, ed. compressedDownload
Posted on November 1992February 2022

Science by Seduction – Communicating with the (Initially) Disinterested book very rough draft

Science by Seduction – Communicating with the Disinterested draft book Marley-Burns Bracken Boyce Budnick Metcalfe Steadnan-compressedDownload
Posted on December 1989February 2022

1989 Dramatic Science Writing UU NSF SSTS Award Jon Franklin OSU unfunded-compressed.pdf

1989 Dramatic Science Writing UU NSF SSTS Award Jon Franklin OSU unfunded-compressedDownload
Posted on January 1969March 2022

Coagulation-Resistant Surfaces and a Mechanistic Model of Adsorption on Polymer Surfaces – A Dissertation Presented to The Faculty of the College of Engineering, University of Denver

Andrade’s PhD dissertation, U of Denver, 1969

Andrade Joseph PhD Dissertation U of Denver 1-1969 Protein Adsorption.compressed
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