I felt I needed to be a perfect student or get straight A’s in order to get the opportunities I needed to enhance my career. But this isn’t always the case.
Pepper and Parsley Don’t Taste the Same
Okay, so you’ve read my title and are probably wondering what in the world I’m going on about. Here’s the short version: I’m talking about why you shouldn’t compare yourself to other people.
Redefining Space with Engineering and Business
Over this past summer, I participated in the Student Engineering Council’s Directed Internship (SEC DI), a unique internship program. I’d like to share about it and my thoughts and experiences!
Unleashing Creativity and Innovation: My Journey as a Mentor and Judge at Howdy Hack
Ever wondered what it’s like to witness bright young minds turn ideas into reality in just 24 hours? Let me take you on a journey through the incredible projects, the energy in the air and why you should consider participating in hackathons like this one.
Embracing the Unknown: How Studying Abroad in France Transformed Me
Having spent my entire life within an hour of my home, venturing into a completely foreign environment was thrilling and terrifying.
Making small talk as an engineer
New year, new semester, new opportunity to make friends. This post aims to share some tips and tricks that worked for me as someone who’s moved around. I hope it does you some good too.
Fight Life’s Autopilot Trap
It is easy to take the path that life sets up in front of us, never truly pausing to think about the implications. This is called autopilot: going through life semi-consciously from one thing to the next. It is problematic because it belittles your purpose and pursuits, but it can be combated in several ways.
Tips and Tricks for an Out-of-State Internship
Congratulations! You got an internship in a new and exciting place. Now how do you make the most of it? Internships far from home can be great personal and professional development opportunities, so here are some tips to help make the most of your summer and avoid common pitfalls.
Engineers in Energy share career fair insights
Career fair season can be stressful for engineering students. Check out this advice from former students currently on the ExxonMobil recruiting team for making those quick career-fair interviews count.
Managing Finances as a Grad Student
Navigating the intricate landscape of graduate student life, rife with its fair share of stressors and obligations, can be daunting. Let me guide you in taking advantage of these elements to deal with the financial constraints often placed on graduate students by those supplementary burdens.
Quick guides and practice tests: The best way to study
Studying is the key to academic success in college. I was fortunate to learn a very effective way to study, a method that has earned me A’s in every major-specific engineering class. Check out the four steps of my study method, so you can become a pro at studying and bring your A-game, literally!
Software skills are the key to success for an electrical engineer
Gone are the days when companies searched for a narrow set of skills. If you are banking on a single aspect of a specific domain in electrical engineering, it is time to expand your expertise.
Amazon’s Peculiar Ways, a Q&A on interning with Amazon
Many students contact Ingenium to ask bloggers about their internship experiences. The following Q&A is one blogger’s way of providing answers.
An Engineer’s Civic Obligations
We talk about the ethical obligations of an engineer fairly often…What we fail to acknowledge is the broader civic and community obligations we have as engineers.
Need an adventure? Try a hackathon!
For this blog post, I interviewed fellow Ph.D. student Tushar Pandey, who works primarily in low-dimensional topology and hyperbolic geometry in the Department of Mathematics at Texas A&M University.
Why be a math person?
Maybe you were surprised by the amount of math in your classes and maybe you weren’t, but love it or hate it, you are going to need to be a math person to be successful as an engineer.
Finding Your Place in Research: A Guide to Navigating Research Labs
Attention! Are you feeling lost in a sea of research labs? Don’t worry, I’ve got you covered. In this blog post, I’ll give you the lowdown on how to find the perfect research lab that matches your academic goals and research interests.
3 Ways to Maximize Your Time Abroad
Time really flies while abroad. There are so many new and exciting things to do, it can be overwhelming. Follow these tips to ensure you maximize your time.
IRAP: Two weeks in Yucatán that changed my life
Studying abroad can be intimidating, but a two-week program is an excellent way to get a feel of the experience.
Planning a research paper
The factors contributing to success and failure of a paper mostly depend on research type and domain. Only a handful of steps can be generalized, but here are five of the most important steps in writing a research paper.
Dear Aggie Engineer…
After a long first semester of engineering at Texas A&M University, here’s what I’ve taken away. Learning is not easy, and if you are not getting physically angry at your lab assignments, then you are doing something wrong.
Find your place in Aggieland
It is easy to get lost in the daily hustle in engineering school, so it is essential to take a step back once in a while to do something creative, fun or both. The 1000+ student organizations plan and organize the activities. All you have to do is show up and make some connections.
How Being Abroad Made Me Value My Major More
Studying abroad is an amazing experience, and I would highly recommend it to any Aggie. Not only are there many opportunities to learn a new culture and language, but being abroad also made me value my industrial engineering major in a whole new way.
A day in the life of a graduate student
Ever wondered what the day-to-day grind of a grad student looks like? Is it laid back and relaxed or insanely hectic? Let’s explore in this post.
7 Tips for Freshman Cadet Engineering Success
Being in a Navy/Marine Corps outfit as both a fish and an upperclassman, I know that being an engineer in the Corps is challenging. Thus, here are some tips I used for engineering academic success as a cadet.
5 tips for being a TA
While all teaching assistantships aren’t equal and your mileage may vary, I put together some general advice on handling a TA position that I have learned over the last two years.
The importance of a strong support system in graduate school
To pursue a degree in a place thousands of miles from home can be daunting. For many students, like myself, who come here for an education, a community often provides respite from the rigors of academic work.
The Pursuit
During my time at Texas A&M University, a resounding lesson has been that there is always more to learn. Despite the frustrations, stress and monotony that can come with a college experience, I want to learn. But to truly learn, it is necessary to step out of the comfortable scope of your own knowledge.
A semester in life of spaceflight operations
My favorite class in my undergrad at A&M has been Dr. Greg Chamitoff’s human Spaceflight operations course. Not only is Dr. Chamitoff a former NASA astronaut, he has successfully maintained his connections in Spaceflight to provide an exhilarating class for all space enthusiasts.
Treat your graduate school journey as a full-time job
Graduate school can be exciting and exhilarating. However, the change from strict undergraduate deadlines or fixed work hours can be a double-edged sword. One of the best ways to deal with this is to treat graduate school like a full-time job.