Matrix

Learning something new everyday is exciting and amazing. Never seen a matrix in my life, and only being introduced to them a week ago was eye opening. In my electrical engineering class we used a matrix to solve a system of linear equations. It was way easier than substituting and solving the 3 unknowns with 3 equations. I wish I was introduced to this earlier because it was easier than substituting. I had to take 2 physics classes, 2 math courses, and all of my engineering courses that I had to take could have used this method to solve the equations. MatLab was also the same way, only learned of it this semester only to find out I can do so much with the program. I wished I was introduced to these things earlier into my career here at Temple. However that doesn't take away from how amazing they are and interesting. Learning how to multiply a matrix in Linear Systems class was great and pretty simple. The new idea of a inverse matrix is interesting too, because I hate division and I hope that inverse matrix isn't like that. Nonetheless, still excited to learn more.

Engineering

As my first post I decided to make it fun and exciting. I am horrible at writing and shy when sharing my ideas to the entire world. I hope to make this a learning experience and through this blog, obtain the courage to keep sharing my ideas. I am currently a junior at Temple University and my major is Mechanical Engineering. I decided to become an engineer around the age of twelve or thirteen. At the time I was in 7th or 8th grade and there was a program that we took that helped us decide what we wanted to do in the future. Given that this story is based off of memory, forgive me if none of the stuff I am saying doesn't make sense. We attended a nearby high school called Furness High School which allowed us to have a small idea of what it was like. There I decided, "I want the highest paying job I can find." While we were there the coordinators allowed us to take this online course where we had to write an essay, complete math problems, and go through a questionnaire. Afterwards it would direct us to jobs, and of course I went to the highest paying job I could find. I found out that a doctor or a surgeon was the highest paying job. I thought that it would be too hard and that other people would want that job so I decided to not take it. I went to the next highest paying job and found out that becoming an engineer was an optimal choice considering I did well in the math portion of the course. I ended up going with that and that's how I decided I wanted to become an engineer. However, it was not until my first semester of college until I decided I wanted to be a Mechanical Engineer. Contrary to popular belief I did not become a Mechanical Engineer because I was interested in cars, however I recently did become interested in them. I studied about car tires and what the pattern on the car tires mean. My favorite part about being an engineer is the fact that I get to use a computer. I am interested in computers, however circuits, codes and the idea of being shocked made  me not want to become an electrical engineer. However, I am always open to learning it. I hope to continue my journey and can't wait to learn Linear Systems.