Blog 22: Senior Project Reflection

(1) Positive Statement

What are you most proud of in your Block Presentation and/or your senior project? Why?

I am most positive towards my audience response to my presentation. Mostly everyone in the audience seemed to love how I presented because a lot of the juniors told me that they learned alot in the short block that we had, and that they loved the humorous jokes I threw in their to lighten the mood of the crowd. This made me proud because I knew that I did really good if the students told me that they really enjoyed my presentation.

(2) Questions to Consider

a. What assessment would you give yourself on your Block Presentation (self-assessment)?

Honestly, I believe I deserve a P+ or higher.

b. What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project (self-assessment)?

I believe I deserve a P.

(3) What worked for you in your senior project?

In my senior project I believe that mentor, Oscar Holzmeister, has had the most contribution to my senior project. He helped me with my presentation, gave me sources for research, and gave me ideas on who to interview. I am so glad that I had a mentor like Oscar because he always assisted me in anything that I needed help with in my senior project and always had the time to help me.

(4) (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would have you done differently to improve your senior project if you could go back in time?

I felt I would've done much better with my exit interview, so I would probably go back in time and spend more time practicing on what to say and how to respond properly to the questions. 

(5) Finding Value

How has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors? Be specific and use examples.

Since I love technology and I am aiming for a major related to technology, my senior topic, RF Field Engineer, has allowed me to understand what it's like to work as an engineer and work with hardware and software issues. Hopefully I can find a career related to this topic one day.  

Blog 21: Mentorship

Content:

Literal:

Link is on the side of my blog labeled mentorship log hours under the heading mentorship.

Contact Name: Oscar Holzmeister

Mentorship Place: There isn't one place we work at because we travel to different cities every single time I do mentorship.

Interpretive

What is the most important thing you gained from this experience? Why?

The most important thing that I gained from this experience is all of the information that I know about Cellular Networks. Since I would like to pursue a career in engineering, mentorship at T-Mobile as RF Field Engineer has taught me alot about how the cellular network functions, and it's a good first step to take towards learning what it's like to be an Engineer. From the cellular networks I will be applying what I learned to my future college courses and maybe even career, since I will try to major into something related to the smartphone industry. Obviously, I am not an expert towards knowing everything about the cellular networks, but from most of my knowledge, it's always good to know the basics.

Applied

How has what you’ve done helped you to answer your EQ? Please explain.

From my firsthand experience with troubleshooting Radio Base Stations I have come up 3 stable answers to my EQ. My three answers have to do with software, hardware and power issues in the RBS, and from these you can troubleshoot the cellular network in a city. For example, my first answer focused on power issues in the RBS, and I had come up this answer due to the many experiences I have had to deal with power issues in the RBS. 

In my second answer, I asked my mentor if he would provide me with any sources for research and in response he handed me a handbook called, RBS O&M for T Mobile Modernization by Ericsson. He told me that this handbook would explain all the type of issues that occur in the cellular network. And the first thing that I had read were all of the different types of hardware's in an RBS and what type of issues could occur within the hardware of an RBS. This is how my I came up with my second answer towards my EQ.

For my last answer I had a pretty hard time coming up with software issues. I wasn't sure if this was a good answer, because I had first come up with this answer through a few mentorship experiences that I had done. To assure myself of this answer, I asked my last interview what he thought were some issues in an RBS, and from his response he had mentioned "software problems" and that is how I came up with my third answer.