MIT + Harvard Lecturer Reacts to “For the Birds”!

When I teach I like to bring in “real life” examples…here’s a twist on that with my react video to “For the Birds”…an excellent short cartoon from Pixar!
About Me:
Hi, I'm Paul Kassabian. I'm a structural engineer and a Principal at SGH in Boston, MA. Being a structural engineer is my fulltime job and I’ve also I taught full courses to graduate students at MIT for nine years, Harvard's Graduate School of Design (GSD) for five years and at RISD (Fall 2023). These are videos based on my structural design projects and years of teaching structures to students.
Some legal/professional stuff.
As of this video, I’m a:
• Licensed Structural/Civil Engineer in 26 US States including my home state of Massachusetts.
• Professional Engineer in British Columbia
• Chartered Structural Engineer in the UK (both ICE and IStructE)
So my full designations are: Paul E. Kassabian, P.E., P.Eng (BC), C.Eng MICE MIStructE
I’m clearly not a lawyer but I am aware that there is a thing called “Fair Use” in the USA (and named different things in other countries). I believe I’ve added new expression and meaning to the original work “For the Birds”. Specifically its representation of the physics of how cables work that I refer to throughout the video and, notably, when I pause the video. I have used the video when teaching structural behavior in class, not just because the physics simulation is helpful, but also because the beautiful and amusing narrative helps the students remember the points I’m making about how cables work. Overall I’m adding a new dimension to the cartoon and one that relates to the profession of structural engineering. If you represent Pixar and you disagree with this, please reach out to me.

[@universalalgorithm3263]

Best reaction video ever!

[@armenianheritagepark]

Love this!

[@diigitalname6582]

👍😂

[@markbrown585]

Hehe, I thought you might be reacting to Walter Lewin…. This was better!