Change through engineering

On Wednesday November, 29 I attended the presentation by Liz Gerber. Liz Gerber is a faculty founder of Design for America and co-founder of Delta Lab. Both are innovative programs that seek to solve problems with engineering and creativity. Liz Gerber's presentation focus on her journey to where she is today. Her presentation was inspirational to someone like me who aspires to become some sort of engineer one day. At the end she answered questions that gave insight on how to preserve and make use of our own ideas. Before her presentation I had the chance to meet her personally. We spoke casually about school life and if I had any cool ideas myself. I couldn't remember at the time so I left without sharing my enthusiasm for engineering but I felt inspired to come up with more ideas. After meeting her and watching her present I got to go to the Design For America lab at Northwestern. At Northwestern I saw a lab full of college students working on engineering projects. It was cool to see how small ideas can have a large impact on society. Luckily I was pared with Liz to tour the facility and I got to experience a lot of the lab.