I currently work supporting both our design teams and our manufacturing and operations teams to create products that meet and exceed our customer's requests. Those customers are other aerospace companies. Some of the devices we make were designed in the middle of last century! That means I get to work with some pretty interesting pieces of machinery.
I always loved math and science. As I grew to the end of my high school career, I was struggling to choose just one discipline to study in college. A friend suggested engineering because it providing a little bit of all sorts of things. I have never been disappointed with the variety of things I can do with my training.
I attended the University of Vermont and focused on Biomedical Engineering as an undergraduate, but went on to get my Masters Degree there with a concentration in Thermal Fluids.
Testing is one of my favorite things! During college I did both experimental and analytical work, but my career has brought me back to testing at every turn. I do not believe you can understand something fully until you test it to its limits.
There are many things that I like about engineering, but at a high level, I enjoy problem solving. There are many ways to approach a good engineering problem, and almost no wrong way. To me problem solving is a very creative activity.
Engineering is a terrific discipline with so much breadth. There are few if any limitations to what you can do in this field, or what direction you can take your training and career.
