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Introduction to Finance Ah, the world of finance. In my opinion, finance is analogous to the “dark side” of the force when it comes to left-brain-focused careers. Perhaps that is too dramatic and most certainly too antagonizing, but regardless I can make a case. I hear stories of the number-savvy business student going into bankingContinueContinue reading “UGBA 103”

Semiconductors: A Microcosmic Manufacturing Marvel Over the summer of 2021, I was blessed with the opportunity to intern in-person with Formfactor Inc., the leading provider of semiconductor metrology equipment and a cornerstone to the semiconductor supply chain. At Formfactor, my work revolved around internal quality assessment which provided me with hours of Python and AutoCADContinueContinue reading “Formfactor Inc. Internship”

Thermodynamics ME 40, though simply called “Thermodynamics”, should more appropriately be called “Graded Table Reading”.  Taught by “Professor” David Rich, this course applied the thermodynamics concepts learned in a physics class to real devices and systems.  Topics covered included different engine cycles, heat pumps, refrigerators, entropy, and humidity.  I will not sugarcoat my distaste forContinueContinue reading “ME 40”

Business Ethics Not many professors are able to get students to admit to cheating, whether that be on something as significant as an exam or insignificant as referring to Slader on a homework assignment.  However, Professor Ross somehow managed to get over half of the class to raise their hand when asked if they haveContinueContinue reading “UGBA 107”

Introduction to Financial Accounting It’s the night before my financial accounting midterm.  I know for a fact that I am still unsure whether Contra Asset Accounts are Credit or Debit balanced.  I also know for a fact that accounting is the one subject notorious for scaring many business majors.  In my subconscious and false senseContinueContinue reading “UGBA 102A”

Macroeconomic Analysis for Business Decisions UGBA 101B, taught by Professor David Levine, was a course that reconciled macroeconomic concepts from traditional economic curriculum with business decision-making. At its core, 101B is an economics course more than anything else. The course covered both qualitative and quantitative macroeconomic topics which were applied on a 3-part deliverable caseContinueContinue reading “UGBA 101B”

Engineering Mechanics II Engineering Mechanics II is a course that seems to re-teach many of the concepts introduced in an elementary physics course using more sophisticated mathematical concepts. This included treating all appropriate variables as the vectors they really are rather than the scalar form they may be simplified to as well as respecting allContinueContinue reading “ME 104”

Designing Information Devices and Systems II EECS 16B is a follow up course to EECS 16A which I took in Spring 2021. Course topics were split up between three modules: front – end circuitry, signal processing, and computer learning. A large part of the course was the lab portion as well. I chose to remainContinueContinue reading “EECS 16B”

mechanical_watch_escapement_dynamicsDownload These days most watches are either digital or at least analog watches with a digital timekeeper. Pure mechanical watches are expensive antiquities only available in higher-end stores. In this project paper, I explore why that is. The intricacies of mechanical watch timekeeping are beautiful. This was my first extensive practice with LaTeX. I’m ratherContinueContinue reading “Mechanical Watch Escapement”

The TeamDesignStructuresAvionics and PayloadAntenna HardwareTesting and AnalysisManufacturing and AssemblyIntegration and LAUNCHDealing with failure and the next steps As a part of NASA’s cubesat launch initiative, universities from across the country are given the opportunity to design and construct their own cubically-modular satellites that will launch into low earth orbit and deliver student-designed payloads and collectContinueContinue reading “2-U Quantum Cubesat”