Me next London Phone Booth 2012 trip.

Hello fellow travelers!  I am originally from Lima, Ohio and have always been a Buckeye!  I am an alumnus of The Ohio State University and have been an employee the College of Engineering for the past 22 years.  I started in Information Technology in the Knowlton School of Architecture in the wonderful era of Brown Hall.  I was fortunate, under the direction of Robert Livesey (former KSA Director) to be heavily involved in the planning and implementation of IT during the building of Knowlton Hall.   In my time I have seen IT evolve from just a few computer labs in Brown Hall to a new massive studio floor of over 500 computers, large format plotters, laser cutters, and 3D printers in Knowlton Hall.   The College of Engineering has recently centralized and my role has recently changed to Manager of Instructional Technologies for the College of Engineering.   This brings me to why I am part of this wonderful trip.

In 2012 I was fortunate to informally shadow Aimee’s class trip to London.  at the time my wife Amy was working as the Undergraduate Advisor in KSA and was going as one of the Resident Advisors so I decided to tag along.  I always wanted to travel to London and the fact that we were going to Stonehenge was just another bonus (bucket list item for me)!  The trip was amazing and London is absolutely one of the best places I have ever been.  Aimee is a wealth of knowledge and phenomenal at setting up and leading these trips.  I was at awe the entire time at how much we were able to experience and see.  London is truly one of my favorite places in the world.  Next to Beijing China, it is one of the most eclectic cities that I have ever visited.

Stonehenge from Aimee’s 2012 London Trip. I am fascinated by this place!

Tower Bridge

A little about me.  I have been married to my amazing wife and high school sweetheart, Amy Shaw, for 21 years.  She is a Graduate Coordinator in Integrated Systems Engineering here at Ohio State.  We have two amazing children, Ty (16) and Ella (12).  Ella was adopted from China in 2011 as special needs child with a cleft lip.  She is an amazing and smart little girl and keeps us on our toes everyday!  Ty plays baseball and golf and I have been fortunate to coach him in baseball up until his Freshman year of high school.

My wonderful Family!

I have also been told that I have to many hobbies.  During the summer weekends you will find us on our boat on Indian Lake. In the winter you can find us on the slopes skiing.  My other hobbies and interests include: Jeeps, golfing, golf carts, jet skis, computers, AR/VR, 3D printing, drones and anything R/C, old school arcades and pins, traveling, Ohio State Football, San Francisco 49ers, and fixing just about anything on my own.

Looking forward to traveling with everyone and I am excited to see what we can do with the iPad integration!

~Jeff Shaw