Extra blog post

I haven't really done much, but lately I've been working on ASCII. ASCII is similar in binary, except instead of operating off a series of 1's and 0's, it uses letters like ABC. although it's better for people to see what it says, it actually takes up more space, so binary can take up one byte, while the same binary translated into ASCII would be four bytes. Well that's all for now, I should have more by the 30th of this month. By the way here's the UGV I talked about. 

Extra Blog Post

 Alright so this month has revealed a lot of wonderful surprises, especially finding two mentorships, one being at Boeing, and the other being with a Grad student from Cal poly.  I also am working with Brenden, Bryan, and many more seniors on a robot, so we can enter it into a competition.

Bryan and Brenden, I was there as well I just took the picture. We were constructing an arena to do a few test runs for our robot.

This is our robot. Well a verity of designs for it. 

Next time I have to do an extra post, Ill include stuff with my mentorship. The reason I didnt mention that is because I haven't typed up my notes and posted my pics for them yet, so next time I will post on that behalf. 

Research and Working EQ

1.  What is your working EQ?

What are the most important aspects/features of electrical engineering?

2.  What is a possible answer to your working EQ? Please write the answer in thesis format.

 -(more of a personal stand point I noticed) Logic and reasoning skills are also helpful for electrical engineers to determine in what order operations should occur, which components must be engaged in each step of the process and how they should perform. 

-(mechanical Feature) The ability to control and regulate a waveform weather it be Direct or Alternative currents flowing through a terminal safely and efficiently with minimal power loss. includes how it flows through resistors inductors and also capacitors.


3.  What is the most important source you have used that has helped you come up with an answer to your working EQ? 

Electrical, Electronics, and Digital Hardware Essentials for Scientists and Engineers, its a book covering th e basics of electrical engineering, and it has been a huge help, When I first started reading it, it only covered a few basics but as I started advancing, it started to go more in depth with the math behind the components and how they function. Its Made me understand different aspects that I can look at to answer my EQ such as energy storage between transfering energy, and transfering energy safely without any power lost or the energy damaging the components.

4.  Who is your mentor, or where are you volunteering, and how does what you are doing relate to your working EQ?

My mentor's name is Eric Williams of Lockheed Martin Corporation (can vary, its diferent people everytime), I honestly have to say I haven't been able to completely answer what im looking for about my EQ because I havent had alot of time, mostly because of the government shutdown.

Blog 7: Independent Component 1 Approval

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

In the robotics club, we are covering basics of circuits and basic currents (involving resistors, dielectrics, insulators, etc) and a few components  then they are going to show me how to set these components up and how to install them to there proper spot. thats what I know for sure at this point. To continue with my research, as well as continue with a hands on approach, I joined the robotics club. I'm working with Bryan and Brendan on the engineering team.

2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

I've started to take pictures of plans and blue prints we've drawn on the drawing board. We are working on an Edrawing that is basically our blueprint of our robot, I'll be asking if I can post pictures of the design, but if not I'll show pictures of our previous designs, better yet we just ordered our parts to construct it, so I'll definitely have pictures of us building it.

3.  And explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic in more depth.

Im basically working with a group of students from Cal Poly, along with a few seniors and juniors. Its kinda hard collaborating but we all get our ideas onto the board one way or another. When they showed us some of the circuits, I felt a bit lost cause I didn't really understand the functions or properties of the components, but I'm slowly starting to get it. 

So Close Yet So Far

Just a basic update : I finally got my mentorship at Lockheed, but now the problem I am facing is finding a mentorship close. Although I am happy I finally got it, it sucks having to drive all they way to Palmdale to get my hours.  I would love to post pictures and everything, but I don't have anything at this point. Instead of wasting my time, beside mentorship, I've been looking into my past research and I came to the conclusion that I might just start looking for any type of electrical engineering, mostly due to the fact that just trying to get a military position was hard. That's all I have to say for now but, by next month I shall have pictures with detail. I start start mentorship on Saturday.

Blog:6 Second Interview Questions

1.  Who is your mentor and where do they work?
- My background check for Lockheed Martian has been verified and soon will have a spot opening up. But as my back up I called and emailed Boeing, Gunthorp, and two other companies, and I hope to have a mentor within this upcoming week.

2.  What five questions will ask them about their background?

- Where did you get your Engineering degree from? 

-When did you become involved in this specific field of engineering?

- How did you end up working for (company that accepts me first), or what has led you here?

-  What is your daily routine as an Electrical Engineer in the military?

- How has Electrical Engineering changed since you started working in this field?

- What would you recommend for me at this time to enter this profession? 

Blog 5 Project Reflection and Working EQ

The Pentagon: 

(1) Positive Statement: What positive thing happen as a result of what you have completed so far?
- I guess a positive thing that has happened so far would be that I have talked to a lot of people in the field I am looking at. When I first started looking for a field, I was only looking at one field and I found that field relatively boring, then realizing that there are literally thousands of fields for electrical engineers ranging from a military aspect to energy grid aspect. I hope to get into a military aspect of it, although if I don't get it, Ill have to settle for something in electronics.

(2) EQ Content:  Pick a piece of research or your interview.  How has it helped you improve your understanding of your topic? 

- Over the course of the time we have completed so far in school, I haven't came across a strong source of information until my class went to the Cal Poly Pomona Library. There I found outstanding resources and books that are just mind blowing, and they are exactly what I was looking for. This article by Jon J Lowell titled "Military Application: Targeting Systems" i found it fasinating that not only did it give me some good infromation it showed step by step creations and installments, from plug ins to chips, it had it all, and that was just one article out of seven! Now that I know what a valuable resource that library is, I will use it to my advantage.

(3) What has worked for you so far in the senior project?

- I'm still not sure, if anything I was steered into a direction to see what was really out there, and now I'm trying to get into engineering majors in the military, or if something out there thats bigger that I haven't discovered yet.

(4) What hasn't worked so far?  

- Hardest thing would have to be finding a mentor, although I have to get my backround check for Lockheed, but its a hit or miss, I really just want to have a solid mentorship by now.

(5) Finding Value:  

• (A) What is a potential question you would like to study this year?  (working EQ)

- how can electrical engineering help the world from a military aspect? (If that doesn't work then energy fields I guess) 

• (A) What do you plan to do for mentorship?  If you haven't found a mentor yet, then discuss where you are currently looking and who you are talking to to find it.  

- Since I don't have a mentorship, I'm currently emailing multiple companies ranging from Boeing to Northrop. I'm really interested in working or mentoring  with the military, I can't see myself anywhere else. Im currently talking to multiple people from 5 companies and 3 are intrested, so hopfully someone takes me.