My name is Chloe. I’m a mechanical engineering major, and I’m in my second year here at Oregon State. I have a lot of interests, but sadly no time for them usually. I love to run and be outside, it's where I find my peace and where I can just exist. I also love music and being a musician. I've played the flute for nearly a decade and I was raised around music my whole life, it's another thing that comforts me when I need an escape.
My goals and dreams are not far off from many others, I want to be happy and do what I love, and if it helps others too it's perfect. My ultimate goal is to be a robotics engineer, and build things never seen before or use what has been done and make something better. If I were to get my dream job I would work at disney, and design and build rollercoasters and the animatronics inside and around the parks. As for my education, I want to just be able to graduate and go on to do what makes me happy and chase my aspirations.
Many have asked me why I applied to the ursa program. I applied to grow my connections and begin finding out what it really means to be an engineer. Classes are just in theory, hardly ever do you get to really use the skills we learn in the true format that they are used in. I specifically applied for this project because of one other passion I failed to mention previously, my love for sharing my passion of STEAM. I love being able to share that piece of me with others, and being able to be the type of person who inspired me to go on in the steam subjects. If I were able, I would spend my life not only building rollercoasters and giving people joy, but also teaching and helping others learn. I know it is lofty, but what else are we supposed to dream of besides lofty aspirations we one day hope to achieve? I hope that through this program I can begin to achieve those lofty goals I have. I hope to grow into an engineer, and not just study the skills of one and drown myself in physics and calculus homework. I want to be better, and know better for my future.
This all might sound like a tedtalk, so forgive me for being ambitious and passionate. I hope you stick around to see the journey, and I hope my progress and knowledge I gain through this can be of help to you to, dear reader.
