Share one fun fact about yourself.
I played competitive hockey for 8 years.
Who is the most inspiring engineer you know or have heard of?
There was not a specific engineer who motivated me to pursue my studies in engineering. However, I can say that one of the engineers that I look up to now was one of my professors, John Rogers. He genuinely cares about his students’ understanding of the material. He made his course difficult but always gave us fair warning to bring our A game because he would be bringing his. By doing this, and by providing us with several little anecdotes, he was trying to prepare us for what being an engineer in the industry would really be like.
Why did you choose your program of study?
From a young age I always wanted to be an engineer. When I got older and I took a general science program in Cegep, I really loved learning how and why the things around me exist as they do. I wanted to discover more and I thought that engineering physics would be a good way to combine science and engineering together. The physics courses provide explanations and proofs, on a small scale, behind the experiences of everyday life whereas the engineering courses provide larger scaled applications of some of those things. I felt that the duel nature of this program would provide me with somewhat of an advantage in the work place when compared to other types of engineering programs as well as physics programs.
What has been your favourite course?
I always enjoy the physics courses the most because we always go into a lot more depth than most of the engineering courses when it comes to proving theories, which helps me grasp concepts more profoundly. My favourite engineering specific course was a 3rd year electronics course (ELEC 3908) called physical electronics. I enjoyed learning about the chemical processes behind the fabrication of certain devices as well as their physical operations.
What has been the best part of your engineering education to date?
Engineering is a very labour-intensive field of study and getting a degree requires a lot of work and thus creates a lot of stress. However, at the end of every semester when I look back at all of the really cool things that I’ve learned, things that most people know absolutely nothing about, it makes it worth the long days and long nights.
