Electrical engineering

Please tell us about particular life experiences, talents, commitments/interests you will bring to our campus community. Tell us about your academic goals, circumstances, that may have an impact on your academic performance, and in general, anything else you would like us to know in making an admission decision. QUESTION ONE As a child with an interesting background, I bring an understanding and appreciation of diversity. My mother is a Russian immigrant who moved to America in her early…

I can recall a time when I challenged myself to do tremendous work over the summer. That summer was this year, where I encouraged myself to take drivers education for my license next year, test out of Algebra 2 and P.E., work at my parent’s nail salon to earn some cash, do my AP History and Advanced English homework, practiced my viola for Symphonic Orchestra, read during the night, and study for the S.A.T. (which was way too early for me). I was prompted to act because I recently found my…

science technicians. Science Technicians of both laboratory and school backgrounds deal with lots of strange chemicals and equipment every day, and of course they need to know how to get the best out of what they’re using. Although they are specially trained, some of their day to day activities may seem pretty mundane; measuring, sampling and testing chemicals. The chemicals may need to be tested to ensure they are what they say they are, or to see if they have degraded. The chemicals may need…

Interviewer: Esai Robinson Interviewee: Jeff Boushe, Mechanical Engineer at Lockheed Martin Date of Interview October 9, 2015 Subject: Interview of a Mechanical Engineer Introduction The purpose of this interview is to gain a better understanding of what it’s like to be a working engineer as well as gain some insight on what it takes to get a job in the industry. I will be interviewing Jeff Boushe, he is currently the Vice President of hiring at Lockheed Martin located in Sunnyvale. He…

RGM Reflection My Rube Goldberg Machine is the PROTOTYPE-SR213. It accomplishes the simple task of lifting a cup. When I started brainstorming about the project, I wondered what I could do and how I could do it. When I finally came up with one idea, it was already time to make up two more ideas to pass the EDP. In the building stage, after I already chose what design I wanted to build, I made a bunch of changes. For one, I got rid of the part in the middle where a toy car rolled down a…

In Carolyn Miller’s article, What’s Practical about Technical Writing, she portrays techne as scientific, describing it as a productive means of reasoning that focuses on the practical construction and application of texts. She states that it is “both applicable and conceptualized,” combining theory and application together (22). It provides a framework by setting expectations for a given product, but also dictates the actual portrayal of a product. She refers back to Aristotle’s use of the…

Growing up in rural Ghana, my school days were often interrupted with frequent blackouts. I grew tired of missing school and wanted to be an “electricity superwoman” who solved energy problems. I noticed that anytime the electricity had to be turned on, a male engineer showed up. I did not personally know any female engineers, and there was a common belief in my school that men were more competent in STEM fields. Whenever I told my friends and teachers about pursuing an education that would…

Introduction The overarching goal of this paper is to understand the Deepwater Program SoS engineering and integration failures before the program change in 2007 and develop recommendations for future similar SoS programs that can potentially prevent some of the failures from occurring. In order to achieve the goal of this study, reviews of documents produced by the Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports related…

job, but gets the satisfaction of helping others with everyday problems technologically . According to CareerOneStop workers will “test electrical equipment or systems to ensure proper functioning.” This is a daily duty has a very basic explanation with a more complex, separate jobs. Conclusively, electronic repairers can indirectly save lives. In the Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers article, it states, “Electronics Repairers are mainly indoors on the job.” With this shows…

chemical engineering. Carnegie Mellon’s state of the art facilities, concentration on cutting-edge research, and location inside the jubilant city of Pittsburgh combine to make Carnegie my top choice for my upper level education. Over the last summer, my family and I visited the university. We were blown away with the beauty of all of the buildings and the marvels of the high-tech facilities, in particular the computer science building. But with my prospective major being chemical engineering, I…