Due Date: Thursday September 11 by 8AM
Based on what you have done for your senior project so far, answer the following questions (be specific and use examples).
1. Mentorship question: Describe your experience in how you found your mentorship? If you haven't found one yet, describe your experience so far in the search of a mentor.
About mid-June, I began my grueling quest for an electrical engineer that would take me under their wing. I spent about 5 days researching and calling different companies (such as Edison, LA DWP, and Cal trans) for a mentorship, but to no avail. On the seventh day (like an act of Providence), my mom gave me a list of phone numbers of engineering firms around my area. I called about ten firms from three different cities before I stumbled upon a company called BERG Power Engineers (BPE). When I contacted the company, I was greeted by the secretary who told me about an electrical engineer named: Allen Barreno and how he could possibly assist me with my dilemma. After consulting with the secretary, I visited their website to check the resumes of the different engineers that worked there. When I looked over his resume, I couldn't help but grin at how legitimate and well-rounded he was and I decided to make a trip over to BPE to ask him to be my mentor. The next day, I went to BPE, where I met up with Allen to discuss my Senior project and the opportunity to pursue a mentorship there. After a few minutes of discussion, he pleasantly agreed to make me his apprentice. He told me I could start observing and helping him the subsequent Monday. The following week, I began my mentorship at BERG for 14 days before the beginning of the school year. Since then, I have been mentoring there every Friday.
2. Research question: What has been your most important article you have read so far and why?
The most important article I've read so far is called What are the Different Types of Jobs for Power Engineers? because it has helped me to focus my research on problems encountered primarily by power systems engineers. This article also offers a concise description of many other jobs [as wells as their educational requirements] related to the power engineering field, such as a power plant control engineer, software engineer, and a service & repair engineer.
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