October-27-2011

    On Monday when we had the meeting after school, Lajvardi explained to us about the next underwater robot competition the team is going to attend. First he explained what the task was that the robot had to accomplish, and all the different scenarios that can happen, or are supposed to happen while driving the robot. We were also told that for the competition we had to portray a certain role in the beginning. Lejvardi said he choose to do the 'X Files' and that two people are going to have to play the role of Mulder and Skully.

    Yesterday, we completed most of what had to be done with the robot. In my opinion things go more smoothly when Lajavardi is the one that is showing us how to do it, because not only does he show you, but he actually gives you tasks to do, so you won't just be standing there watching him doing all the work. Since it was going faster, it was much easier to comprehend were everything goes and how it works. Honestly, I think I learned more yesterday than the other days combined.

October-20-2011

On Tuesday, we had the Resume Workshop. In the presentation there was much information that I wasn't aware of that you had to put on your resume, for example I didn't know that it was required for you to put your GPA in it, but now thinking about it, it makes sense, it would be best for your employer to be aware about how intelligent you are, which also would also increase your chances of obtaining a job. Bianca also explained to us how short an interview usually is, and because of that you have to keep your resume to a minimum of one page. To go along with that there are certain fonts that would be more appropriate for a resume, such as fonts that are easy to read usually Times New Roman, and the text should not be that small or large, usually a 12 font with one inch margins. Included in the presentation it also said that we can include a picture of yourself, but make it appropriate.

Networking Workshop

In one article that someone posted was that they didn't understand why an all girl's club in robotics would be viewed as 'exclusive', if i were to respond i would say it's because engineering is mostly a male dominant job and to have an all girls team competing against teams that have both male and female is pretty inspiring. In my theory, the engineering field is in need of more females.