伊恩·里维拉，电气工程 & Music

My name is Ian Rivera I'm a Double Major in Electrical Engineering in Music at Jacksonville University.

I believe music does make me a better problem solver, you're doing a lot of calculations 如何弹奏某些音符. 你必须在不同的 scores. That can be applied to engineering because you constantly have to make cross references between different subjects in order to eventually arrive at the final product.

I chose JU because they had Electrical Engineering and a Music program that I liked. I was like: this has to be the best option because I'm able to do both things at the same time.

My professor Dr Lockwood, when I talked about my interest in music and I really wanted 成为JU的一员. Now, when I told her I also wanted to do Engineering she believed 这是可能的.

I currently play the Cello for the 杰克逊维尔大学 Orchestra. 我母亲是 a flautist. She has a Master's of Music and she really made sure that music was present in my life. My parents got me a cello when I was around third grade and then ever 因为我太喜欢它了.

我一生中大部分时间都在从事音乐教育. 我对工程的热情 started at a young age I used to dismantle everything because I really wanted to know how it worked.

My father he did a lot of soldering work when he was younger, so when I showed interest in soldering, in electronics, he really showed me how to do it and that practice has translated to JU and helping me in the engineering department helping as a teacher's assistant and being able to help other students with solder work and also electronic work as well.

STEAM学院最近刚刚开业，非常棒! 它有很多实验室 that helps Engineers really come together as a group and come up with nice little 解决问题的方法. STEAM学院确实为许多其他学校树立了标杆 and really trying to cultivate problem solving because now we have graphic designers 和全球网络赌博平台在同一个教室.

So, when I graduate, I hope to be able to pursue a Masters in Music and eventually when I finish my music education I would like to go back for a Master's in Engineering.

我相信JU让我成为了一个终身学习者. 我还没学完，因为我 拿一张纸.

我叫伊恩·里维拉，我是未来.Maker!