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- I had a friend that was from Chattanooga
and when I thought about
going back to school,
he kept plugging E in TC.
When you're a not traditional student
and you're coming back to school,
you kind of have that feeling like,
right before the first
test every semester like,
oh, what if I mess up, this is it,
this is where I mess up
and I go back and I have to be a laborer,
work with my hands or something like that.
And then you get that first test back
and you did really well and you're like,
okay, I can do this, I can calm down.
I was working in the oil fields
and I wanted to get into renewables
so, I felt electrical engineering
was the route to take.
I've always been just sort
of a analytical-type thinker,
always liked puzzles and
just problem-solving.
When I was in the oil fields,
I took a couple aptitude tests
and engineering was in the top three
so, that kind of solidified it.
I've had three internships
and one undergraduate research experience.
So, I've been very busy.
My first one, I got when
I was at the Chat State,
it was with compass
commissioning and design,
they basically commission buildings
to check their energy efficiency
for their HVAC systems.
My second internship was
with the Volkswagen supplier,
a place called Plastic Omnium.
I worked in quality control
but we've made front and rear end bumpers
for the Passat and Atlas.
And then, my third internship
is the one I'm actually currently
working at, it's at TVA,
and I work in their transmission
operations department.
I'd like to be working
in some renewable space.
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There's a lot of new technology in nuclear
to make it less greenhouse gas emissions,
make it more efficient
and things like that
and then reduce the carbon footprint.
So, if I could do something
within that space,
I think I'd be very happy.
I would definitely like
to plug the professors,
I think they realize that if you're honest
and come to them with honest questions
and you show that you care
and are willing to put in the work,
they're definitely gonna
stick their neck out for you.
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