Hello, kind stranger

The Curious Engineer is an independent publication launched in May 2026 by Taylor Hanayik. The concept is still a work in progress, but the idea is to publish articles about engineering, science, and research from the perspective of a curious engineer (me). Curious is a fun word. It can mean that something is strange and unusual or it can refer to the inquisitive desire to learn something new.

I think my perspective could be strange and unusual compared to someone from a traditional engineering background, and I consider myself a life long learner with an insatiable desire to understand things.

Here’s my quick bio in reverse chronological order

• Full stack Engineer in medical imaging, Virdx (QuantCo)
• Senior Research Software Engineer, University of Oxford
• Experimental Psychology PhD, University of South Carolina
• Experimental Psychology, BA, University of South Carolina
• High School (two different schools)
• Middle School (two different schools)
• Should I keep going?
• Elementary School (again, two different schools)
• Surely you haven’t kept reading…
• Umm… Day care I guess (just one as far as I know)
• It’s getting pretty hard to remember this far back
• Born: 1, July 1991