Posted: So far this year I’ve learned more than I could have imagined last summer. I had learned some things from my dad, since he works in mechanical design, and I did work with him sometimes in his workshop. Units in eighth grade tech ed, such as drafting, electricity, and pneumatics, also helped. However, none of these, even put together, can compare to what I’ve learned over the past few weeks.
Being on the Electrical-Hardware team, I’ve gotten a little taste of everything. I’ve learned how to solder, wire, and check battery strength. I’ve also helped out the Firmware with some thought processing, which involved trying to figure out the “clouds” in the control theory.
I’m glad I still have one more year with our current team lead Sam. I can really get a lot of useful experience from this program, and I hope to earn a scholarship to a nice college. After college, I hope to, like my dad did, enter into a career in engineering, specifically medical engineering, or something of the sort.
Whatever I end up doing, I know I am getting a head start, and that is pretty cool.
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