Welcome!
My mechanical engineering senior project: 2015 University of New Hampshire Remotely Operated Vehicle (UNH ROV) pictured in the Chase Ocean Engineering Lab.
Welcome to my blog!
Since going through the educational system (and still going through it) and coming out the other side in a Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM) field, I have always felt a duty to mentor and advise the next generation of the world’s problem solvers.
It’s that same feeling that you get when you have a little sibling only a couple years younger than you getting the same homework that you eventually mastered back then. It’s like you have cheat codes to a video game or know the real way on how to do multiplication.
The purpose of this blog is to do just that, share some of the experiences that I have had and some tips and tricks I have learned along the way
“I don’t have all of the answers and don’t expect to. All I know is that if I could do it all over again, I would do it something like this.”
As with everything, hindsight is 20/20.
So no matter where you are in your career: an adult looking to make a career change or a high school student who is STEM-curious, I hope that my thoughts can provide some inspiration to join us in solving the world’s toughest problems.
As I kick off this blog, I wanted to establish a few goals for the content, myself, and the reader as well.
🔭 Help Others in their STEM Journey
My focus on helping others will be widespread, but specific. Everything from figuring out which classes to take, to which books to read, to who to talk to and follow on social media will be discussed collaboratively. I would like to appeal to as wide an audience as possible, while keeping the information focused on what it take to put one front in front of the other in pursuing a STEM career.
🗣 Become a Better Communicator
It’s commonly thought that being an engineer excuses you from being an excellent communicator. This is something that I vehemently disagree with. Although the traditional “nerd” stereotype refers to someone that lacks social skills, it is vitally important that you have good communication skills when solving complex problems in a team atmosphere.
But seriously, cut me some slack, I’m not an English major after all.
💡 Inspire a Community of Passionate Individuals
It is my hope to develop a community of individuals that are passionate about STEM fields so much so that they are able to complete the journey and make positive changes to our world. From first-hand experience, engineering school can be difficult a lot of the time.
I think that’s about it. I hope that you consider reading my other posts, participate in discussion, and stay curious.
Take a look at all of the tags below for a taste of what’s to come with the posts. I intend on uploading at least one post per week.
If you have a suggestion, concern, or just want to say hello, please reach out to my email (hi@natecordova.com) and I will do my best to respond in a timely fashion!
