Skills Information

Technical and/or Professional Skills | Communication Skills and Teamwork | Professional and Personal Growth |

Technical and Professional Skills:

Classes Enrolled: Fall 2004-

Classes Enrolled: Spring 2005-

Skills acquired over past semester-

• Quantitative Reasoning: Physics and Engineering
• Computer:
  • Producing Spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel
  • Utilizing Microsoft Word to create a functional Table of Contents and separate sections
  Drafting a Final Presentation with Microsoft Powerpoint
  Creating a perssonal website with Dreamweaver
• Technical Writing:
  • Writing several essays for English 104 along with a Research Paper
  • Learning and applying the proper formats for a Memo, a Proposal, a Progress Report, and a Final Report in Engineering
• Design Process:
  Using the design process to create a cardboard boat and a catapult (Parabolic Beanie Baby Launch Mechanism- PBBLM)

Communication Skills and Teamwork:

Skills acquired over past semester-

• Design Team Experience: Cardboard Boat Project, PBBLM Project, and Engineering Lab Workshops
  Learning and applying proper team work skills such as communication, tolerance, and trust
• Technical Writing:
  • Learning to communicate through the usage of Memos, Proposals, Progress Reports, and Final Reports
• Oral Communication:
  • Presenting numerous Oral Presentations within groups and alone
  • Learning to speak Spanish with the completion of a semester of Spanish 201

Professional and Personal Growth:

I have grown both professionally and personally throughout the course of this year. I began this school year doubting both myself and my plans for the future. Adjusting to being away from home and being out on my own was hard, but I soon became accustomed to it. After four months at college I believe that I have matured. I know that being independent is not the most horrible thing ever, and I have come to the conclusion that college isn't so bad. In speaking with my advisor and engineering professor Dr. Kurt Schulz and in taking the Intro to Engineering course, I have decided to continue with my plans of being an electrical engineer.