Sara Young 10/16/15 Faculty mentor’s name: Dr. Mainak Chatterjee Department: Department of Computer Science with a secondary appointment in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Office Location: HEC 305 Lab Location (if different than office location): Hec 314 Email: mainak @ eecs.ucf.edu Received Ph.D. from: University of Texas at Arlington Cite one recent publication by your faculty mentor in APA format: Sengupta, S., & Chatterjee, M. (2009). An economic framework…
interested in this job or field. Hardware engineering nowadays is growing because of the use of computers in everything. We use computers in, cars, boats, planes, medical equipment, and much more. If we use these things that field is going to grow bigger and bigger, and it is creating more jobs for people that need them. Some things that a hardware engineer do are, design important blueprints, analyze data from the test that they perform, and upgrade computer software and hardware in their…
before to explain exactly what was going on and where everybody was in detail.” His original plan was to go into law enforcement until one of his professors told him that he was wasting his time studying law enforcement and that he should go into computers. He then switched what his life…
solutions. At SOM, creative collaboration is the guiding force between various disciplines and we have thus been able to achieve remarkable innovations within the industry. Over the past two years, I have been an active part of the 30 member structural engineering group in New York City, a team that challenges me to be a more collaborative and thought-provoking individual. Working with a team encompassing engineers from four continents and 16 countries has produced an intense, high impact…
acquisition and the ability for computers to perform the same. In the past, many people feared that computers would end up conquering humans due to the development of “artificial intelligence” in the 1950s. Research has debunked this myth with the simple fact that for computers “the hard problems are easy and the easy problems are hard” (191). For example, a simple question like “Do zebras wear underwear?” can confuse the computer. This suggests that the computers could eventually successfully…
developed and funded by Advanced Research Projects Agency which is now Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. A man by the name of Leonard Kleinrock was the main architect in the internet’s design, a brilliant man who made several contributions to computer science. The goal was to create a mass communication system that could handle a plethora of data if and when a nuclear war were to occur. This was the forerunner to the internet. A thing we now see as something for peace, education and…
currently finishing up my senior year. I grew up in a very hard-working family and have experience with both machines and computers. I was born with a math mind and I have the ability to calculate numbers in my head. Also, I enjoy building things and have a creative mind. I am interested in pursuing engineering in college because of my strengths in math, science, and computer classes. In addition, I have set many goals that I would like to achieve in my future. I desire a solid, enjoyable…
it combines all of the things that fascinate me. My chosen career is a career that I can see myself doing happily. My plan is to get a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering then to continue my education to obtain a master’s degree. It is not bewildering that I would want to be a part of one of the best biomedical engineering programs in the nation. Finding an exceptional biomedical engineer program drew me towards my desired college. As a result, John Hopkins University, with their…
This paper is about Douglas Engelbart. He invented the mouse which we still use today and is said to be one of the fathers of technology and the development of the computers we use today. The point of my paper is to explain how Douglas Engelbart was and is one of the fathers of technology. Douglas Engelbart was born on January 30, 1925 in Portland, Oregon. After finishing high school in 1942 he was drafted in the U.S. Army to fight in WWII as it came to an end. After that he returned to Oregon…
started, we had to pick a career that we thought we would go into. That was difficult for me and several others in the class because we did not know what we wanted to do. We had to make decision, however, so I decides I would do Computer Hardware and Software engineering. This was a broad field, so it left plenty of room for me to change my mind. At first, I thought I wanted to go into the software side, and I even started to learn how to code, but by the end of the project, I ended up back in…