I’ve spent my whole life fascinated
by the world around me. Why everything works the way it
does. Growing up I was a tinkerer, which is just a polite way to say I liked to
destroy things and take them apart and never figure out how to put them back
together. I took my affinity for math and science as a calling to become an
engineer so I spent a good portion of my academic career preparing myself to
become an Electrical Engineer until one day I was sitting in one of the hundreds
of math classes it seems you have to take and realized that I had no passion
for what was going on in my classroom or what was happening in the next class
or any class that I was scheduled to take for the next 2 years. It’s difficult
to spend your whole life preparing yourself for one thing and then to realize
that it isn’t the path you were meant to be on, that you chose wrong. I needed that realization to remember what I wanted as a child, I wanted to find solutions to problems
that affect us all and threaten our world. I want to help people
and the animals that we share this world with. Environmental Science/ Engineering really
gives me that platform and the chance to make a difference. It motivates me
because I could possibly reach and help so many people and animals with any
research I get involved in. Global Warming, Endangered Species, the unknown whether
it be the ocean or space and everything in between are all things I could see myself doing now, I feel
like I’m not restricted anymore.
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| We are so small compared to the universe around us, but our world has such big problems that need solutions |
As for my Independent Research
Project, I have a few ideas. I haven’t fully narrowed it down yet, but when I
do decide, I want it to make an impact, I want it to be something that I can be
proud to present to my peers and something that I could possibly continue to research
throughout my career. I’m sure those are the famous last words of every science
major, but I feel like my ideas are big enough to get me there.
Excellent job, Augustus! I can fully sense your passion in your writing; that's a good thing! Let's be sure to develop a strong piece of research. I may have a great opportunity for you in the fall!
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