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  • Lisa Meier 11:19 am on September 22, 2013 Permalink |
    Tags: leadership, Passion   

    As the career fair was just a few days ago, I have really been considering what I want to do after graduation. I am really glad I asked Matt about his experiences after graduating in class because hearing other people’s journeys helps me to see the many paths I may want to take. Matt brought up the fact that there isn’t just two options for us-going to grad school or going into industry. We have a third option to do whatever we want and whatever we feel passionate about. After having a few interviews with various companies on Friday, I can see now that it is extremely important to feel passionate about what you want to do. I know that I am not 100% sure on what I will be doing in the future, but after my interviews I feel passionately about just one of the companies.

    I also liked the TED talk that Matt showed us because when evaluating the companies I interviewed for, I made sure to see if the companies seemed to know WHY they did things, not just WHAT they did.

    Speaking of TED talks, here is one of my favorites that talks about leadership in a whole new, accessible way-
    http://www.ted.com/talks/drew_dudley_everyday_leadership.html

     

  • Lisa Meier 12:08 pm on September 11, 2013 Permalink |
    Tags: Passion   

    After being given the assignment in class yesterday I can see how all the talk about passion and creativity is starting to tie in. I even think our first discussion about what we would do if we weren’t scared can be applied to our first project. I am very excited to incorporate my passions for Penn State, coffee and tea, and engineering into some ideas for my group. I think it is safe to say that the majority of students in this class have a passion for designing and innovating, so this project is a perfect way to show it off. I am sure that if some of us weren’t scared, we might go out in the world and try and make some inventions of our own come to life, so this is a great way to learn the process and get a little bit of experience. I am really excited to see what each group comes up with in the next 14 days!

     

    • Jikun Lian 6:14 pm on September 14, 2013 Permalink

      Yeah, absolutely. This will be a great chance for us to develop our skills and train our creativity. Actually that is the first time for me to “do something if you are not scared”.

  • Lillian Brown 11:23 am on September 9, 2013 Permalink |
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    One of the problems I’ve always had is… 

    One of the problems I’ve always had, is that I’ve always wanted to do everything. It gets harder and harder to keep up as time goes on, but I’ve noticed that there are always a few things I miss from my life when I’m not involved with them. The two things I really feel passionate about are China and science. Ideally, post-grad, I would work for a German engineering firm developing components for theme parks trying to sell or manufacture in China. There’s a movement to merge western standards and Asian prices, and I’d like to be a part of that. After a few years, I’d like to go to business school, and move back to the west coast (another thing I’m passionate about). Eventually I’d want to do consulting and work with engineers looking for or with large amounts of venture capital transitioning out of small start-up phase.

     

  • Jack Pokras 12:12 am on September 9, 2013 Permalink |
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    I have two to 3 passions that I love immensely. The first would be extreme sports. Things like snowboarding and parkour are amazing sports that test your mental ability as much as your physical. You need to be comfortable and trust your body. If you at any point doubt your ability then you won’t get very far in these activities. Another passion of mine is space. It has always fascinated me and yes i was the elementary school kid wanting to be an astronaut. there is just so much out that and so much we don’t know about it yet. Space exploration is the next step in humanity. we need to find out what is outside our own planet. My final passion is gaming. I love videogames and I plan to use my computer science major to make video games. I’ve already started my first android game and it’s going quite well! games have always been a part of my life and I love the storylines behind a well made game. Its better than watching a movie! As you can see my passions are quite diverse. I just hope i can continue to pursue all my passions, and maybe I could even combine parkour and space into an amazing videogame! who knows what will happen!

     

  • Katie Plain 6:56 pm on September 5, 2013 Permalink |
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    My passions lie in the realm of improving urban infrastructure if I had to pick a great engineering problem. In reality, I love intense complicated mechanical systems such as cars, airplanes, and bikes. There’s just so many parts that need to work together. When I was deciding on what I wanted to major in in college, I thought of being and architect, civil engineer, or a mechanical engineer. The main thing that made my decision for me was that I like making things that move. There are so many things that have to work together for something to have motion. I also enjoy seeing the fruits of my labor on a daily basis. If I had decided on civil engineering or architecture, I would have designed bridges or buildings. They don’t go anywhere, though there is opportunity to put my own artistic flair to them. Cars and airplanes spark my interest because there are just SO MANY things that have to work together to get them to work. This past summer I worked for Delphi Thermal Systems. I was a manufacturing engineer there for their car HVAC systems. I worked on projects that went in many different cars that I see every day. It was great to work on those things because I would get excited when I saw those cars driving down the highway. I even looked in all of my family’s cars to see if they had Delphi HVAC systems in them. It’s really being able to see my work in action and having the opportunity to jump to different parts of these amazing systems that drives me to work on planes or cars. I think that one of the things this country really needs to work on, regarding improving urban infrastructure specifically, is trains. Europe has a great system of public transportation. However, the US is just to relied on our personal cars to get around. That would be one great cultural leap if this country could start using trains as transportation like Europe does.

     

  • Andrew Kriebel 3:56 pm on September 5, 2013 Permalink |
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    As far as the great engineering challenges go, I’d have to say my biggest passion lies in the area of clean water. A couple different sources have led to this passion, but one of the coolest things I’ve seen was from this TED talk:
    http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_pritchard_invents_a_water_filter.html

    If you don’t have time to watch it all, it is a talk from Michael Pritchard, the inventor of the LifeSaver Bottle. A filtration system for water bottles and water canisters that can filter out nearly all contaminants due to its small filter size. In the video he talk scummy pond water and uses one of his bottles to drink the water on stage in front of the audience (great presentation technique too).

    It still amazes me that there are parts of the world where people walk for hours to collect water and then carry it home, especially when here we fill large pits with the stuff just for the pleasure of swimming in it a few times a year.

    While access to water is tough for some, I can only imagine how it feel for those without drinkable water who live next to the ocean. How can there be so much water without a way to drink it? De-salinization plants exist, but they are incredibly costly and inefficient. Surely there is a better way for de-salinization to make it to the quick and easy personal use level.

     

  • Johanna Hatzell 11:08 pm on February 4, 2013 Permalink |
    Tags: Passion,   

    Taking Risks 

    This past summer I interned for a small business development company. The founder was a Penn State graduate that was working 60 hours a week for a notable company. One day she realized that she could be working 60 hours a week for herself and creating a better product. So she quit her job and started the company in October 2011. By May of 2012 she had a handful of high profile clients, including the Brooklyn Nets. I think this is an excellent example of risk taking and passion. She was extremely passionate for what she did and that passion drove her to take a risk.

     

    • Sam Rifkind 12:08 pm on February 5, 2013 Permalink

      This sounds really interesting, what does her company actually do?

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