Well, a new semester has started, and that means getting used to all the new classrooms that I have to go to, and remembering all of the stuff that I have learned in the bast 2 1/2 years that all applies to the classes that I am taking now. Engineering is like that.
That, though, is one of the things that I love about it. It has a real sense of coherency throughout the field, because everything is interconnected. Mechanisms builds on Mechanics, which builds on Dynamics, which builds on Statics, which builds off of Physics, which builds off of Calculus, which builds off of Algebra, which builds off of Mathematics. Its like I'm climbing a mountain of knowledge, and I'm actually getting pretty close to the top now.
All of my classes this semester seem pretty interesting. Heat Transfer, which I'm sure will be the hardest, is necessary for basically anything in Mechanical Engineering, from engines to power generation. Everything is basically the movement of heat and energy.
I have an assignment for my Mechanisms class to go out somewhere on campus and to find an example of a mechanism. Looking around has really opened my eyes to how much engineering there is around me. I was aware of it, of course, but it made me look even more into the little things. Someone designed the little pneumatic door stop thing on all doors, they probably put many many hours into its design and development and testing and finally production, and now we all never think about it at all. Its just a given on many doors. And I think that's something that Engineers want. For their products to improve peoples lives. I will never meet the person who designed almost all of the things that I use every day, but I owe so much to these people.
That's why I want to be an Engineer. I want to create things that I might not be thanked for, but that I know will help people.
Kevin
TV: Family Guy
Movie: Beauty and the Beast
Music: Thirteen Senses
Game: Skyrim
Food: Cereal
Showing posts with label Classes. Show all posts
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Monday, January 16, 2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Madness of Swimming
Well, I am back from Florida, settled in in my apartment in Valpo.
Florida was a really fun experience, albeit tough, painful, and cold. One of the days that we were there it was 44 degrees F, and we had to swim outside. Chilly.
Here's the pool that we swam at. 50 meter, 8 lanes, actually fairly warm for intense swimming in.
On one of the days we actually went to the beach. Imagine that! Being in Florida and only going to the beach once.
We were training at a gym called the "Institute of Human Performance" or "IHP." It's a really nice facility that trains everyone from UFC fighters to professional Baseball players.
Speaking of Professional Baseball players, here's a completely different Maserati from the last one, yet still at the same place. I found out that the one in my last post belonged to the catcher for non other than the Colorado Rockies! Really cool.
This was at our hotel. I just thought that it was cool.
Now I'm back in Valpo, getting ready for classes to start tomorrow. I wish that break was a few days/weeks longer, but whatever.
Mainly because I want to play Skyrim... Fantastic game. I can see all of the work that went into it, from the faces and bodies of the people to the little pieces of grass and plants, to insects on the ground and rabbits running around. It sometimes gives me goosebumps when I get to a really awesome part. And that bodes well for a game.
I'll probably review it more when I have more than 5 hours of play on it.
I have a couple more classes this semester than I did last semester, so I'll have to deal with that as well as having swimming until February.
Classes:
Should be interesting. I have heard that some of these classes are kind of fun.
So that is all for now. I'll probably post more later, but now I'm tired and have class at 8:00 am tomorrow. Lovely...
Kevin
TV: Archer
Movie: City of Ember
Game: Skyrim
Music: Coldplay
Food: My meal card didn't work today...
Book: Barsoom Series
Florida was a really fun experience, albeit tough, painful, and cold. One of the days that we were there it was 44 degrees F, and we had to swim outside. Chilly.
Here's the pool that we swam at. 50 meter, 8 lanes, actually fairly warm for intense swimming in.
On one of the days we actually went to the beach. Imagine that! Being in Florida and only going to the beach once.
We were training at a gym called the "Institute of Human Performance" or "IHP." It's a really nice facility that trains everyone from UFC fighters to professional Baseball players.
This was at our hotel. I just thought that it was cool.
Now I'm back in Valpo, getting ready for classes to start tomorrow. I wish that break was a few days/weeks longer, but whatever.
Mainly because I want to play Skyrim... Fantastic game. I can see all of the work that went into it, from the faces and bodies of the people to the little pieces of grass and plants, to insects on the ground and rabbits running around. It sometimes gives me goosebumps when I get to a really awesome part. And that bodes well for a game.
I'll probably review it more when I have more than 5 hours of play on it.
I have a couple more classes this semester than I did last semester, so I'll have to deal with that as well as having swimming until February.
Classes:
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Should be interesting. I have heard that some of these classes are kind of fun.
So that is all for now. I'll probably post more later, but now I'm tired and have class at 8:00 am tomorrow. Lovely...
Kevin
TV: Archer
Movie: City of Ember
Game: Skyrim
Music: Coldplay
Food: My meal card didn't work today...
Book: Barsoom Series
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