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Welcome fellow Minnesnowtan. Jumping into the work place today must
be a real
challenge. The advice this old timer can give is do something you
really enjoy. Life is
a lot nicer road if you choose the right one.
Dean Ackman
Duluth
In a message dated 8/11/2010 12:09:20 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
coupe413@yahoo.com writes:
Hello
all,
I figured I might as well introduce myself, as I have been reading the
group emails for a few months and learning a lot. My name is David
Hoffman, I live near St. Paul, MN and I am a recent graduate in mechanical
engineering from the university of minnesota. I have a huge range of
interests in science and engineering ranging from evolutionary biology to
cosmology to jet turbines. My focus in education is on thermodynamics,
particularly computational thermodynamics, heat transfer and combustion.
I know my way around the shop and am a pretty good welder, machinist and
fabricator.
I don't know what got me started on my interest in
submarines but it seems to have started with reading a wikipedia article on
the mid-ocean ridge in the Atlantic. I think that might have gotten me
onto Robert Ballard and the sinking of the Thresher and Scorpion.
Anyway, after doing a lot of reading I am considering a career in oceanography
or deep water work. I am still trying to figure out exactly where I want
to take my career, whether I should go to dive school or go for an advanced
degree in oceanography or get a desk job. If anyone here has any advise
I would love to hear it. I likely won't be building my own sub any time
soon but I am still interested in the goings-on of the community.
I am
pretty impressed with most of the discussion and projects being built by the
group, and hope that I can be of help through my thermodynamics education and
fabrication experience. You guys have some elegant ways to solve complex
problems that I had no idea even existed prior to reading about them
here.
David
Hoffman
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