Hey, mid-Movember when did you get here? It is surprising how the time sneaks up on you when there aren’t milestones like midterms and project due dates to focus on!
I am currently on my second-term of my co-op work placement and will be starting my 3rd year of Biomedical Mech in January. I worked for an oil and gas company, Devon Energy, this summer and am presently working for a company called Evasc Medical Systems. I will be talking about some of my favourite things (cue music) and learning experiences while on the jobs and in industry!
One of my favourite things is having a plan. Whether it is a Mech 223 gantt chart (shout out to all you Mech2’s) or personal roadmap, I like being able to see where I am going and what needs to be done to get there. When I first started in engineering, there was no such plan. It was rather bewildering and felt like jumping off a diving board (another of my favourite things) and not knowing what to do in the air. I do remember one of the events that helped develop this pathway I am presently on, and it is coming up this weekend. The Engineering Open House! Not only does it continuously open my eyes to the amazing projects fellow students are working on, but it also allows me to provide information to those facing the “scary and big decision” of specializing whether they are in high school, 1st year or beyond.
No matter what stage of your schooling you are in, I highly recommend attending the Engineering Open House. It will be Saturday Nov. 26th from 9am to 4pm in Kaiser. Be prepared to see some awesome engineering. Bring questions and an arm for free swag (always a good thing) and come check out innovative projects, informative booths and student teams.
If you need something to shake out those mid-Movember blues, here is a project one of my co-workers, Jonathan Tippet, worked on. Imagine the pure thrill of being able to operate that spider and be one with that engineering masterpiece. Amazing!