State University and I possess a common vision. I, like State University, constantly work
to explore the limits of nature by exceeding expectations. Long an amateur scientist, it was
this drive that brought me to the University of Texas for its Student Science Training
Program in 2013. Up to that point science had been my private past time, one I had yet to
explore on anyone else’s terms. My time at UT, however, changed that. Participating for
the first time in a full-length research experiment at that level, I felt more alive, more
engaged, than I ever had before. Learning the complex dynamics between electromagnetic
induction and optics in an attempt to solve one of the holy grails of physics,
gravitational-waves, I could not have been more pleased. Thus vindicated, my desire to
further formalize my love of science brings me to State University. Thanks to this
experience, I know now better than ever that State University is my future, because
through it I seek another, permanent, opportunity to follow my passion for science and
engineering.
In addition to just science, I am drawn to State University for other reasons. I strive to
work with the diverse group of people that State University wholeheartedly accommodates
– and who also share my mindset. They, like me, are there because State University
respects the value of diversity. I know from personal experience that in order to achieve
the trust, honesty, and success that State University values, new people are needed to