毕业一年2021年12月
主要:电气工程
家乡斯托克顿，加州
活动: Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) and 社区参与计划 (CIP)
是什么促使你学习电气工程?
Monica: I used to be a math major before transferring to Pacific from a community college, but I thought I’d have a bigger impact on others if I study engineering, and design something new or improve a product that's already out there. 我的家庭可能是另一个动机. I think they really pushed me to do what I really wanted. I also saw that there were a lot of opportunities in electrical engineering.
I think I discovered electrical engineering when I was taking a physics course back in the community college. I found it very interesting because we were learning about circuits and electromagnetism. So, I thought it was pretty cool to study something that you can't really see, 但是你仍然可以理解它.
你为什么决定在博彩平台网址大全学习?
Monica: A huge part of it was the Cooperative Education program at Pacific’s 工程与计算机科学学院. 加州的很多学校都没有, so it really caught my attention because it allows you to graduate with some work experience in the industry. Another thing that caught my attention was how you get to interact more with professors because the classes aren't that big.
在德尔塔学院, 我是MESA项目的一员，也是我的导师, who had studied at Pacific and worked for the engineering department there, 真的促使我去博彩平台网址大全学习. I had also done a bunch of community service at Pacific, 所以我认识一些人，我来到了学校. 然后, the MESA program had an event where you got to spend a day with the Pacific engineering students. I was able to sit in their classrooms and watch the lectures.
What are the benefits of being part of the SOECS Co-Op program?
Monica: The Co-Op is required for mechanical, civil and electrical engineers in order to graduate. 为他人, 比如生物和计算机工程, 我不认为这是必须的, 但机会就在那里等着他们去抓住.
The program consists of three classes which help you with building your resume and with interviewing, and then you get to apply for different internships during that semester. Once you get your internship, you work with your company for six to nine months as a paid intern. At the same time, you’re taking classes that guide you through what you learn. It's very important to do this program because you get to work in the field and get a work experience, 你建立了你的软技能，比如沟通, 展示或写作. And you also make connections because you get to talk to real engineers and managers, 你在做真正的项目.
我有机会站在另一边, 太, because I got to interview the new Co-Op students who joined the company I worked for. 所以，你可以看到这个行业的两个方面.
你在实习期间都做了些什么?
Monica: I worked for a medical company called Abbott located in Pleasanton, CA. One of the projects I got to work on was testing a heart pump to make sure that it worked properly and didn't cause any issues before it was updated and introduced to the public.
心脏泵延长你的寿命, whether you are waiting for a heart transplant or decide to live with the pump. A cool story that I like to tell is about a patient in Korea whose blood flow was 太 low for the heart pump settings, so when she was going to sleep the controller would set off the alarm every two minutes. 闹钟又响又烦人. 我得去更新水泵了, like testing the software update and the documentation needed. It was pretty cool to work on it and see how it impacted someone directly. I think that was the highlight of my time at the Co-Op.
Did that experience help you decide what you're going to do after you graduate?
Monica: I think it definitely opened a different door because I like the power side of electrical engineering as well as the telecommunications side, but I had never even considered the medicine field because, 诚实, 我不喜欢生物. Now I’m definitely considering the medical device side as well.
What are the other ways that you can get that real-life experience at Pacific?
Monica: There are classes that require labs where you get to work with circuits, 数字万用表等设备. 然后 there’s the senior project which is two semesters. You work on a project from designing, to testing to actually building it.
我的毕业设计是关于单面逆变器的. We'd take power from a battery and then we designed a circuit that would convert that output into a sinusoidal wave with specific frequency and specific power. It's practically like a cartridge which you can connect to the car battery, and then you connect a device that you want to charge, 比如你的手机. It is also used for solar systems, to convert DC power from solar panels into AC power.
In your opinion, what is unique about Pacific’s education?
Monica: I think it's just everyone wanting you to succeed and guiding you or providing resources for you to succeed. Knowing that you can go to any faculty and ask them for help, 他们的帮助意愿是真诚的.
What advice would you give to any incoming Pacific students?
Monica: I’d say have fun and just take advantage of everything Pacific has to offer, 从资源到博彩平台网址大全排名. Just take advantage of that and know that the help you get here is amazing.
