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When I first came here I wasn't really sure
what type of Engineering.
I was origionally Civil Engineering
but then we had some courses,
our freshman course where we had to go to
different seminars for each department.
Once I heard the faculty from the
Ocean Engineering department give their
description of what they did and
some of the courses they offered,
I kind of became more convinced that
that was the field that I wanted.
I think that the German faculty,
every professor I've had in that department
has been very open and they make
learning the language a lot less intimidating.
I was kind of a litle nervous, apprehensive
at first but you know they
make it their way of teaching,
just puts a student at ease and they're very helpful
throughout the learning process.
That was also one of the reasons why I chose URI.
It's a great location and
I've always loved the water.
I remember taking vacations as a child,
always going to the coast.
It was something I loved to do and I thought that
Ocean Engineering combined a couple of my passions.
When I was abroad in Germany I worked in
the world's largest wave tank and I was involved in
a project on *** breaching or levee breaching,
and I was involved where I helped some,
a doctorate student,
along with another undergrad from URI.
Helped them set up and run some testing on a
large model of a life-size model of a levee.
The facilities they had I could not have seen
or learned at anywhere else.
Being at URI and having the partnership with
the foreign university provided me with
an opportunity that wouldn't be
offered here in the states.
It helped me expose my cultural understanding
of other countries and people and languages,
and I came back with a new mindset.
I liked my time abroad so much that I didn't
throw out the idea of going to live in Germany
for a couple of years, so I actually went over and
did, sent my resume to a lot of companies over seas
and I had an interview while I was over there.
I'm working for a company that does
international shipping, so I'm able to combine
my language that I've learned at URI with
a technical Ocean Engineering related job.
This IEP experience helped set me apart.