1. Engineering I Final Presentation
Mrs. Kummer
January 16, 2017

2. Summary of Engineering Traits
Good problem solvers
Strong analytical skills (use logic and reason to methodically solve problems)
Strong team player (pull my own weight and sometimes others too)
Most interesting trait: attention to detail…seems to be the hardest skill to refine

3. Summary of Engineering Design Process
Most challenging: troubleshooting (Step6)
Most comfortable: communicating results (Step7)

4. Summary of Disciplines
ME: “Jill of all trades” Experience, not expertise, in many diverse topics for any product
2 pros: highly marketable to companies and duties of job change frequently
2 cons: too diverse of experience sometimes and rarely an expert on anything
EE/CpE: architects and designers of electricity and the products using electricity
2 pros: highly respected in industry and EE/CpE the most complicated discipline
2 cons: highly specialized expertise (can be “pigeon-holed”) and staring at computer screens all day
Civil Eng: project managers and designers of all things infrastructure
2 pros: most exciting as end products are used to benefit so many and never the same day twice
2 cons: mostly male dominated field and could be stereotypical crude working environments
Chem Eng: managing and executing large scale chemical processes to make different chemical products
2 pros: chemical reaction knowledge is extensive and making many decisions to maintain safety for all
2 cons: too much chemistry for my preference and mostly female dominated field
Environmental Eng: cleaning up the mess humans have caused to Mother Earth for all our “stuff”
2 pros: feel as if serving some higher purpose with life/career and actually seeing results of Mother Earth’s health improving with EnvE changes
2 cons: Job sustainability dependent on legislation/election cycles and must work closely with politicians

5. And the winner is…. Mechanical Engineering
Turning wrenches since I was 8 (first brake job)
Internal drive for understanding how things work
I am supposed to: Dad was mechanic, Grandpa was first serviceman in town to service refrigerators

6. My plan how to get there…
Applied to MTU Fall of senior year
Already taking classes at night and 3rd-5th hour at LMC community college in Benton Harbor
Accepted in January of senior year
No backup school selected…BAD IDEA
Major setback: SHHS cost me a full ride academic scholarship by removing me from school system for two weeks
Had to find many jobs…stat

7. My next steps: how to pay for it
Completed 36 credits at LMC (cost <<<<< cost at MTU)
Filed FAFSA every year…parents did not qualify all four years
Worked 3 jobs while at MTU (dishwasher at DHH cafeteria, Nissila’s Greenhouse, HW grader for Dr. Narain—Fluids and Heat Transfer)
Applied (and awarded) MTU partial scholarships 2nd-4th years based on performance and sex
Applied (and awarded) 3 South Haven scholarships, $500 a piece one time payouts
No internet resources to search and apply for any other outlets of cash (and Dad was US Veteran-Army, Mom was Federal Employee, Grandpa was US Veteran-Navy WWII Combat)

8. The biggest thing I learned about myself this during this class is….
Engineering is most difficult, stressful, exhausting, extreme major you can attend college to study….but doable and the reward is a lifetime of endless possibilities