Why Do You Think Our School Is Good for Your Future Plans Andpurposes?
Why do you think our school is good for your future plans andpurposes?
A simple bridge truss was the first structure I ever analyzed . The simplecombination of beams that could hold cars, trains, and trucks over long spansof water fascinated me . Having the tools to analyze the loads on the trussfurther increased my interest in structures . I encountered the bridge in atextbook for my first engineering class .
Knowing that the professor, Mr . John Doe, was a tough teacher, I asked himfor the textbook so I could study and get ready for the class over the summer. Just arrived from Belize, I was determined to succeed . In class we learnedabout forces on simple members and then we put the members together toform a simple truss . At this point I had almost decided that structuralengineering was the career for me . From there the class just took off: Wewent on to frames, distributed loads, considered friction; basically we wereincorporating real world considerations into structural members . I loved thepractical, problem solving aspects of the field .
At UC my classes were even more advanced . In my analysis and designclasses, I especially enjoyed studying steel design because we not onlylearned the use of the load resistance factor design but also applied thatknowledge — I designed a four-story building . The professor was a practicingengineer, and he always related the subject to real life steel structures hehad engineered, for example, the SB Medical Center, an all steel building witha base isolated campus . This is the kind of project on which I would like towork, designing the structure and considering how the building will respondto ground motion . After two quarters of structural analysis, I had come asclose as possible to analyzing real world structures . Looking back I realize, Ihad learned great tools for structural analysis, but my "tool box" was stillinadequate . I lacked a very important tool: finite element analysis . Accordingto my professor, finite
A simple bridge truss was the first structure I ever analyzed . The simplecombination of beams that could hold cars, trains, and trucks over long spansof water fascinated me . Having the tools to analyze the loads on the trussfurther increased my interest in structures . I encountered the bridge in atextbook for my first engineering class .
Knowing that the professor, Mr . John Doe, was a tough teacher, I asked himfor the textbook so I could study and get ready for the class over the summer. Just arrived from Belize, I was determined to succeed . In class we learnedabout forces on simple members and then we put the members together toform a simple truss . At this point I had almost decided that structuralengineering was the career for me . From there the class just took off: Wewent on to frames, distributed loads, considered friction; basically we wereincorporating real world considerations into structural members . I loved thepractical, problem solving aspects of the field .
At UC my classes were even more advanced . In my analysis and designclasses, I especially enjoyed studying steel design because we not onlylearned the use of the load resistance factor design but also applied thatknowledge — I designed a four-story building . The professor was a practicingengineer, and he always related the subject to real life steel structures hehad engineered, for example, the SB Medical Center, an all steel building witha base isolated campus . This is the kind of project on which I would like towork, designing the structure and considering how the building will respondto ground motion . After two quarters of structural analysis, I had come asclose as possible to analyzing real world structures . Looking back I realize, Ihad learned great tools for structural analysis, but my "tool box" was stillinadequate . I lacked a very important tool: finite element analysis . Accordingto my professor, finite