Fall 2010 Career Fair & graduate School
Grambling State University
10/15/2010
Black & Gold Room
Valon McCall
This year’s career fair was very rewarding and helpful. Having the opportunity to speak with several different companies I found the most interest in pursuing graduate schooling. Through Educational Advancement Alliance I obtain information not only on how to find some of the top graduate programs in the nation, but how do get funded and monthly stipends to help while pursuing my graduate degree. Requirements to be consider as candidate for this pacific fellowship all fell within my accomplishments to this point.
Another company which was more focused on going straight into the work forces was Naval Oceanographic Office. This job would retain to going out at seas, oceans, and large bodies of water to survey the earth’s surfaces for cracks, displacements, volcano’s and other disruptions that may have a near future impact on communities nearby. With this job being federally paid benefits and pay are very good for college graduates.
Last but not least IBM was another spark of interest. With their business being more focused on computer programming they seen some interest in my abilities from classes completed. Explaining my most recent project pursuing in computer aided design they representative asked me detailed questions about taking more classes that would pertain to C++ computer programming if funded by their company.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Friday, October 8, 2010
Senior Research Project
Senior Research Project
Valon McCall
Ben Gray
Christine McGee
Advised By:
Dr. Thomas
Remote Control Ice/Snow Decent Grater
Project Proposal
Our group will try and work alongside Dr. Thomas making a mechanism that will replicate a remote controlled car. What will make our project extensive is that act of making it to be utilized in cold weather where snow and ice tend to be present typically up north. We also branched off the thought that we can potentially have vast interest amongst domestic and small commercial airports with our creation. Researching on the temperature/ time in which snow and ice would melt in a respectable time. Once we figure the calculations we would take the next step of researching the right heating mechanism that will output heat needed as well as being able to function under those type of weather conditions.
Once that is accomplish we can then go back into the training of AutoCAD and find a reasonable design/ structure that will best fit our project demands. This stage will probably be the most time consuming, not only having to design the foundation of the object to be intact, but conducting it to where all the elements are able to function accordingly will take time and numerous corrections especially dealing with heat and materials used.
Objectives that our group has taken into consideration is, altering the project to have a blowing device to make the heat spread covering a wider area to make production more consumer happy; making the device work off a remote control that can be controlled from a warm location; the materials used will not be effected by the heating plate that will have high altitudes of heat; the effects the heat me have on concrete; the effects on the weather conditions on our device; and the efficiency rate of the device by sq. ft. in a timely factor.
Overall we plan to take the next two semesters to tackle this complex project to hopefully come up with an overall project that can be introduced to the market as a potential consumer need in areas that encounter snow in winter seasons.
Valon McCall
Ben Gray
Christine McGee
Advised By:
Dr. Thomas
Remote Control Ice/Snow Decent Grater
Project Proposal
Our group will try and work alongside Dr. Thomas making a mechanism that will replicate a remote controlled car. What will make our project extensive is that act of making it to be utilized in cold weather where snow and ice tend to be present typically up north. We also branched off the thought that we can potentially have vast interest amongst domestic and small commercial airports with our creation. Researching on the temperature/ time in which snow and ice would melt in a respectable time. Once we figure the calculations we would take the next step of researching the right heating mechanism that will output heat needed as well as being able to function under those type of weather conditions.
Once that is accomplish we can then go back into the training of AutoCAD and find a reasonable design/ structure that will best fit our project demands. This stage will probably be the most time consuming, not only having to design the foundation of the object to be intact, but conducting it to where all the elements are able to function accordingly will take time and numerous corrections especially dealing with heat and materials used.
Objectives that our group has taken into consideration is, altering the project to have a blowing device to make the heat spread covering a wider area to make production more consumer happy; making the device work off a remote control that can be controlled from a warm location; the materials used will not be effected by the heating plate that will have high altitudes of heat; the effects the heat me have on concrete; the effects on the weather conditions on our device; and the efficiency rate of the device by sq. ft. in a timely factor.
Overall we plan to take the next two semesters to tackle this complex project to hopefully come up with an overall project that can be introduced to the market as a potential consumer need in areas that encounter snow in winter seasons.
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