15 credit hours of classwork
-->Machine Design
-->Hydraulics
-->Instrumentation & Controls
-->Analysis & Design of Agricultural Field Machinery
-->Senior Design
-->Senior Seminar
2 Research Projects
-->The Use and Effects of Controlled Traffic Farming. I'm spending my Thanksgiving break in England for this project.
(
http://www.ag.iastate.edu/news/bolson.html)
-->Evaluating Mobile Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Units
Senior Design Project
-->1/4 scale tractor design, I'm one of the team leaders for our 2007 tractor. My primary duties are hydraulic system design, brake design, and fundraising/sponsorships.
(
http://www.eng.iastate.edu/cyclonepowerpullers/)
Instrumentation & Controls project
-->Installing MegaSquirt EFI on a VW bug engine running E85 (and soon to be turbocharged)
ASABE International Preprofessional Council President
(
http://www.asabe.org/membership/students/officers.html)
Department of Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering Recruitment & Retention Assistant
-->I recruit new students
(
http://www.abe.iastate.edu/)
Trying to find a fulltime job upon graduation in May.
Occasional beer drinking
I like to have stuff to do.
