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Year in Review
This first year at The Ohio State University has helped me make massive progress as an individual in multiple ways. First, the university has challenged me in more ways than I had previously. This happened through the difficult course work of Chemistry 1250 and Math 1172. These classes forced me to show perseverance, patience, and determination in order to overcome the new-found challenges. Second, OSU also forced me to step out of my “comfort zone”. I joined student organizations like the “Boo Radley Society” that force me to be more outgoing and personable than I would otherwise have liked to be. Being uprooted from my home to go to OSU, an out of state college, also forced me to make new friends, some of whom are not what I would have previously chosen to be friends. As a result, I have also developed a more well rounded personality. Lastly, my first year made me resolve my academic faults. As a student, I had not been seriously challenged in high school. But in college, I found that it took more focus and more time to complete my work. This helped me realize that I needed to go to specialized, studious environments in order to be productive.
G.O.A.L.S.
[ “G.O.A.L.S.” is a place where students write about how their planned, current, and future activities may fit into the Honors & Scholars G.O.A.L.S.: Global Awareness, Original Inquiry, Academic Enrichment, Leadership Development, and Service Engagement. For more information, go to: http://honors-scholars.osu.edu/e-portfolio. Delete these instructions and add your own post.
Global Awareness: Students cultivate and develop their appreciation for diversity and each individual’s unique differences. For example, consider course work, study abroad, involvement in cultural organizations or activities, etc .
Original Inquiry: Honors & Scholars students understand the research process by engaging in experiences ranging from in-class scholarly endeavors to creative inquiry projects to independent experiences with top researchers across campus and in the global community. For example, consider research, creative productions or performances, advanced course work, etc.
Academic Enrichment: Honors & Scholars students pursue academic excellence through rigorous curricular experiences beyond the university norm both in and out of the classroom.
Leadership Development: Honors & Scholars students develop leadership skills that can be demonstrated in the classroom, in the community, in their co-curricular activities, and in their future roles in society.
Service Engagement: Honors & Scholars students commit to service to the community.]
Career
[“Career” is where you can collect information about your experiences and skills that will apply to your future career. Like your resume, this is information that will evolve over time and should be continually updated. For more information, go to: http://honors-scholars.osu.edu/e-portfolio. Delete these instructions and add your own post.]
Artifacts
This is a pdf file of my final project for the second semester engineering course. The final project was based around the creation of an “AEV”, an “Alternative Energy Vehicle”. The vehicle required large amounts of detailed testing in order to optimize the final design. Additionally, the design team was required to code the AEV to retrieve a load along a rail system. This artifact represents my academic interests and achievements largely through its close relationship to the field of engineering. This is especially true due to the fact that the AEV is meant to show students the applications of alternative means of efficient travel. Considering that I have an interest in working in the automotive industry, learning about efficient means of travel would be valuable. This artifact also represents my achievements as my team was very successful during the class. We faced immense progress throughout the course and learned to overcome innumerable challenges.
About Me
This is me at the Blythewood High School Awards Night in early 2015 where I was awarded the title of “Student of the Year”.
My name is Timothy Joseph Kirby and I am a member of the Architecture, Landscape, and City Scholars program. I was born September 7th, 1997 in Tacoma, Washington into a military family and have been moving ever since; in fact, my dorm at The Ohio State University is the tenth place I have lived. The nomadic lifestyle that I adhered to while growing up has had a profound effect on me as a person. Due to my constant moving, I could not have the same friends for more than a few years. So, instead of completely investing myself into friendships, I chose to invest my time into things that I could take with me wherever I went. This includes things such as academics, athletics, and my character as a whole. And it is these investments have brought me to where I am today: a scholar at OSU. However, this does not mean that I do not value person relationships. It means quite the opposite, actually. I have been forced to make new friends ten times over. At this point, I would like to consider myself to be relatively good at it. As a result, I have become a personable individual with a remarkably outgoing personality.
The traits and characteristics that define me go far beyond that of “personable” and “outgoing”, though. I am also a very hard worker. As a member of a military family, I was raised in accordance with the military values. One of these values is selfless service. My father always wanted me to put in then extra effort that was required of me, to never give up. Because of this, I have recognized the significant benefits of doing everything to the best of your ability and have subsequently adopted this value. In addition to this, I am a very determined individual. If I become passionate about something, I will pursue it tirelessly. Unfortunately, this resolve can sometimes become stubbornness and consequently hinder my ability to collaborate with others.
I am currently a Pre-Mechanical Engineering Major. I love the idea of creatively expressing my STEM based abilities in a creative environment, especially one as flexible as mechanical engineering. However, I have not always wanted to be mechanical engineer. I would trace the origin of my engineering interest to a research paper on influential Americans in the 7th grade. The American that I selected was Frank Lloyd Wright. I thought that his buildings are beautiful and revolutionary. It is this interest in his work that originally made me believe that I wanted to be an architect. However, after extensive research, I concluded that architecture would not be the best use of my talents. Engineering was the field where I would be able to express my scientific and mathematical prowess. Despite this, my interest in architecture has not subsided. So, in order to follow my passion for architecture, I chose to join the Architecture, Landscape, and City Scholars program.