Welcome back, readers!
I apologize for not writing in a while. Before I knew it, the semester ramped up and I was swamped (happily) with activities and studying.
This semester I am serving on the executive board for two different organizations. I am the Parliamentarian for ERRSA (I handle the constitution, bylaws, and order of the meetings), and I am the News Editor for the Avion Newspaper. These positions are both exciting for me because I am very passionate about both! There will be more details to come in later journal entries…
For classes, I am moving on with my physics and calculus classes, but I’m taking on a lot of new stuff as well. Last semester I took EGR120, the class for drafting and CAD, but this semester I am taking EGR115 and learning another fundamental skill: programming in MATLAB. Although it is a lot of work, programming is actually really fun.
My favorite class this semester, however, is Survey of Meteorology. I was so excited to be able to start working on my minor in meteorology this semester and I have completely fallen in love with the subject. Surprisingly, my weather textbook is the first textbook that I can sit down and read cover-to-cover and actually enjoy.
My professors this semester are really cool, especially my PS160 (Physics 2) professor Dr. Sanders. He uses a lot of demonstrations to teach the information, which is good because, unlike in PS150, which was mostly kinematics and motion equations, PS160 covers topics that are not as easy to visualize, like fluid motion and waves.
Another cool class that I am taking this semester is Technical Report Writing. I like writing, and although it takes a lot of work to churn out a technical report, we are getting to research topics of our choice, such as mechanical exoskeletons and cloning, which makes for really interesting research.
Over winter break I started applying to more internship opportunities, and I even got an interview with a local company. I haven’t heard anything yet, but even if I don’t get the position I am glad that I’ve had the experience of going through a real interview.
In my next entries, I will be updating you on all the fun and exciting things I have been doing in my extracurricular activities. Stay tuned!
