Engineering Progression

From a young age, I have been fascinated by making things and learning how they work. My educational experience and community service projects have given me an appreciation for engineering from project managing and constructing my Eagle Scout project to enjoying my chemistry and physic classes. I plan on obtaining a degree in Engineering because I enjoy taking something from conception to production and I am interested in the science and math behind

I remember stepping through the door into the robotics room, I didn't know what I was getting into and what impact it would have on my life. Robotics became my life for the next 4 years, constantly spending every moment of my free time investing it in robotics. I found my passion; to learn, with a desire to make the team better by passing my knowledge down to them. Robotics taught me countless valuable lessons and skills that shaped my life. Every day I acquired new skills and techniques to improve the robot, exponentially increasing my comprehension of engineering. Learning how to use tools, create mechanisms, and basic fundamentals of engineering; I began to work up the ranks of the team. Starting once as a clueless freshman I earned the

James McDivitt graduated and got his Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical science engineering from the university of Michigan. Then, he used his knowledge and joined the air force to serve as a pilot during the Korean War. Although engineering is a very broad topic, I find it very interesting. Last year, engineering was one of my electives even though it was not one of my top choices. I was bummed at first, but when I went to class, we built robots and I enjoyed it a lot. I always liked building things with Legos. The engineering class was similar to it, but took it one step further where the things we make can move. This is one thing that we have in common, and what interested me about James McDivitt.

I hope to study Electrical Engineering when I graduate high school. I am a tech savvy, so anything that has to do with technology or perhaps the wiring interests me. In Electrical Engineering you design machines such as computers and phones. I hope that with this degree I achieve a successful life and job. I see myself using this degree to get a job as an Electrical Engineer.

Becoming an HCDE student at the University of Washington will enable me to develop the required skill set to achieve my future goals. Also, it will grant me the opportunities to find connections that I would need to turn my dream into a career. As an engineer, I will have plenty of resources and networking opportunities to improve my problem-solving skills, and engineer new methods of achieving my goals. I wish to create more innovations, connect society to technology and improve communication skills between individuals of varying backgrounds.

Though I have varied interests, ranging from Linux to microbiology, my focus is now on engineering. This interest in engineering started out from a young age. As any other “stereotypical nerd,” I often disassembled anything that I could put my hands on, be it an RC car or my dad’s TI-8250 printing desk calculator. Later in my educational career however, I realized that I could pursue a profession following my curiosity and love of math and science. To begin this pursuit, I applied to Texas A&M for a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering.

When I was a freshman, I took an engineering class not knowing anything about engineering. My teacher, Mr. Chubb, was also a mentor. He asked us to research the different types of engineering to see which field interested us. When I read about biomedical engineering, I knew that was the type of engineering I'd like to do. It includes designing robotic prosthetics to help people with physical disabilities overcome their challenges. Mr. Chubb encouraged us to join our school's robotic team to design and compete with robots. Competing was fun and exciting. From then on, I knew engineering was for me. This will be my 4th year in robotics. Engineering teaches me new ways to solve problems. San Antonio is home to many retired and wounded

Being a girl in the engineering field, there have been times where I have questioned if I am in the right place. At the very start of my engineering "career" I never questioned it. Ever since I was a little girl I have always had a love for building and creating. While the other girls my age were playing with makeup I was playing with Legos, taking apart anything that moved, or sitting mesmerized at anything that had LEDs. The whole world of robotics fascinated me. Lego brick mindstorms, raspberry pis, and basic power tools like jig saws have always interested me. When I entered high school, my school was jumpstarting a robotics program, and of course fourteen-year-old me was one of the first in line to sign up. I was perfectly content with

It’s been a whole academic year being an engineering major at Drexel University. The variety of experiences, skills, and late nights under my belt have accumulated and become a set of values to represent the life of a student in STEM. A simple way to get a glimpse of this life is to understand the inner workings of the classes I took with my fellow engineering students.

My interest in engineering came from being fascinated with the field of medicine and healthcare. From a very young age I have been exposed to many types of healthcare products such as blood glucose monitors and hemodialysis machines. Until my father was diagnosed with renal kidney failure, i had no idea that there were over 8 dialysis centers in the hampton roads area and that so many patients were going through the same treatments as him. I plan to use my skills from my chemical engineering background to make more economically friendly and efficient machines for dialysis patients to improve their quality of life in order to give them more time back into their lives instead of being hooked up to a dialysis machine for over 12 hours a week.

STEM is a subject that has always fascinated me and that’s why I love it. Everything about it never ceases to amaze me. When I went to the Science and Engineering festival I saw so many exhibits that had cool things like a robot that could navigate itself through a maze because of its AI and all of its

I am an Undecided Engineering major leaning towards Software or Computer Engineering. Upon graduating I hope to pursue a career in the field that I decide. I am currently a freshman at Iowa State trying to adjust from living in a town of 200 to classes that dwarf that number. I plan to graduate in 2019 with my bachelor’s degree and go into the world of professional employment.

A multitude of people experience certain events in their life that causes them to pick a field of study. I, too, had a specific experience that encouraged me to interest in engineering. Computer skilled individuals might wish to major in computer engineering; some experience usage with chemicals, therefore they might prefer a major in chemical engineering. The only difference that places me apart from others is that music influenced me to carry out this decision into engineering.

I have literally known what I want to be since I was a toddler. Of course, as a three-year old putting together Legos, I could not have verbalized that I want to be a mechanical engineer. However, it was at that time that I began to develop and use the skills that I will need for my desired career. I began to consider how parts went together and the different components necessary to build and sustain various systems. Part of the inspiration was the simple fun that I had while putting together these small toys, but part of my inspiration was my father. He was a maintenance turn-around coordinator at an oil refinery, which led to my own desire to work as a mechanical engineer in a refinery one day. As I grew older, my interest in mechanical engineering remained constant, though I expanded my interest beyond the oil refineries. In fact, after attending a pre-college program, Jackling Introduction to Engineering, offered by Missouri Science and Technology in Rolla, Missouri in the summer of 2011, I realized that engineering was the perfect way to exercise my curiosity and inventiveness in a constructive and productive manner.

As I get older, I realized that I wanted to become a mechatronic engineer. To become one, you must become fluent in mechanical engineering, electronic engineering, and computer hardware engineering. I’ve collected all the data from all three job occupation and found out what they do, their work environment, how to become one, how much they make, and their job outlook. I really enjoy this job because I am capable to make new technology that will have a big impact in the world as well as be able to change careers and have many different types of opportunities. To become a mechatronic is hard, but it can be very rewarding in the end.