Well it has been a LONG time since I’ve posted…but I promise I can explain. In the past two months I have…
- Raced a triathlon
- SURVIVED FINALS (finishing my Junior year at Hope)
- Participated in the Formula SAE competition at the Michigan International Speedway
- Started work at Jacobs Engineering – Technology Group in Tullahoma, Tennessee
So let’s back waaaaaaaay up.
One of the clubs I have loved being a part of at Hope is the triathlon club. Every year, we pick a triathlon that happens some time in that narrow window between Spring Break and finals. This year, we went to Kentucky for a race. We took about 20 people and it was TONS of fun! There is a picture of our group below.
After that I was mostly home free for the semester…finals week was tough, but I finished and was named to the Dean’s list for my grades!
Immediately after finals were over, I checked all of my residents out of their housing and then packed up and headed to the Michigan International Speedway for the Formula Society of Automotive Engineers (FSAE) competition. This is a huge event, with over 130 schools attending. Our team was incredibly honored simply to be there competing alongside schools like Purdue, Auburn, Ohio State, and even foreign teams like University of Stuttgart. Our team did very well, especially for how small our school is. A team picture is below.
And then most recently, I began working as an intern with Jacobs Engineering. Jacobs is a huge engineering firm that tackles projects ranging from national security to medicine to oil and gas. I am working in the Aerospace and Defense sector, in the Technology group. I am getting to do projects with Boeing, NASA, and Honda…suffice it to say this is a huge learning experience.
Very soon I am actually getting to go on a company trip to one of the project sites at the White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico…I’ll post again after that to give an update on how that was. I am very nervous and very excited!
Until next time…Go Dutch!