A New Semester and PoE

Welcome Back! After a few weeks of break, I am finally back at Wellesley College and ready to take on a new academic year and have just finished the first week of sophomore year. I'm looking forward to diving into Olin's Principles of Engineering, abbreviated to PoE, (ENGR2210) and Wellesley's Mathematics for the Sciences in addition to ECON102, ARTH259 and HIST205. What's more, I am helping manage the Wellesley Engineering Laboratory (We-Lab) while the department chair is on leave by organizing seminars, aiding set-up of events (e.g. Engineering Night) and implementing regular "open house" activities. I am now also the program coordinator for the Office of Sustainability's Bike Share Program and a peer tutor for the Physics Department (as well as an individual tutor for ECON101.) Feel free to see me in the Help Room on Thursdays! Since working under Prof. Battat this summer in creating a multiplexed digitizer for dark matter detection, the project has become my "baby" and I have agreed to continue working on it until we submit the final report to a scientific journal under PHYS250/250H (independent study). On top of all of this, I still manage to have time for extracurriculars, including holding the position of Sustainability Month Coordinator and Communicating Science Coordinator for Wellesley Energy and Environmental Defense. The Meaning of Being a "Wellesley Women."

Sophomore year has come quickly upon me: I have large aspirations and goals for this year -- both personal and academic. As I engage in the Olin College community and step further on the path to the 4+1 program, I must continue to document my journey to that point and possibly beyond. From planning to study abroad to managing two majors and a certificate to diving into three jobs and extracurriculars, it is important that I keep focused and continue to remind myself -- and others -- of my dreams and visions.

Principles of Engineering (PoE)

Yesterday, my first week culminated with my first class at Olin College of Engineering and it was lovely. The room was clean and definitely said "engineering" with a dual-colored foam mat underneath a wooden, shared workspace at the center. Around the room were smaller pods of metal tables for group projects and equipped with plastic, yellow bins underneath for organization. Professors Aaron Hoover and Siddhartan Govindasamy were obviously excited for the course and waisted no time in letting us begin our first mini-lab. My partner -- also a Wellesley student -- and I went through the tasks of circuit diagramming and breadboard set-up with ease. So much so that we were able to begin Lab 1, which presented a larger challenge and shoved us right into programming of Arduino Uno (Purchase Starter Kit or Single Package). There is a lot of work to be done in all of my classes -- and I am so glad I bought as many calendars as I did. Forward Ho!

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