Monday, December 15, 2014
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.
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That is so cool that you actually got to go visit Liz at Northwestern! I went to the same presentation by her and it was absolutely fantastic. What made you interested in becoming a engineer? Would you ever consider maybe getting involved with design for america? Awesome blog post Danilo, and thanks for sharing your insights and aspirations!
ReplyDeleteOrale que Perron mi carnal jajaja! I never knew you were interested in becoming an engineer, but with the passion you describe it and the experience with Dr. Gerber I'm sure you'd make a fine engineer. One of the questions that I'm wondering is what are some of the extraordinary ideas you were able to come up with? I would have loved to hear about them in your blog. If you happen to stumble upon my blog, you'll see I also attended the Dr. Gerber event and explained some of my ideas. Perhaps we can combine both of our ideas in order to make a difference in the world and bring justice to everyone. However, I wasn't able to visit Design For America. Can you please talk about what was your favorite part of visiting it?
ReplyDeleteThat's cool that you got to meet Liz Gerber in person, listen to one of her talks, and get paired up with her for a firsthand look at the lab.
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