LEADERSHIP
No one is born a leader. People are molded into a great leaders through experience and training. Being a part of honors program made me reflect on all my past leadership experiences and know where my strengths and weaknesses as a leader lie. This helped me learn more about myself. Studying as both Mechanical Engineering student and a Honor Student I had to undergo various challenges. I was the team manager of my ME201 Semester Engineering Project. And undergoing through such leadership experience while being mentored at the same time I learnt to overcome obstacles and develop my skills further. I have realized that leaders are individuals who bring out the best in their team members after working hard enough to earn their trust first.
All my past experiences and recent ones combined with mentoring through honor class has helped me become who I am as a leader. An essay that goes more into what and how my past shaped my Leadership skills is viewable below.
I have been involved in various Leadership roles since my Freshman year, including The Honors Society, project team leader for my engineering classes, Student Consultant for the IT Solutions and Classroom Technology Support at work, etc. While all those very much helped me get immersed in leadership roles and experience, being a Student Officer for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for our university was probably one of my greatest achievement this year.
While being in a leadership position in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, I also got involved in the engineering team taking part in the National Engineering Festival (eFest) East Competition conducted by the ASME and held in Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, Tennessee. The challenge for our Robotics team was to build a robot that could sprint, hit, throw, climb and lift. There were many teams from all over the country and we stood in the top 30 position. I also filmed and edited a short film of the event, which is attached above
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American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Engineering Festival East 2017
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As a student officer and the Webmaster for the ASME Mankato, I am tasked with maintaining and running all the social media pages, getting people involved online, spreading the online presence and reaching out to all the students about events, programs, etc. Along with all this, I work directly under the Chairman of Mechanical Engineering Department of our college, Dr. Patrick Tebbe, to address any issues regarding our engineering program, conduct and attend weekly meetings, make sure all ASME events are running well, etc.
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While being in a leadership position in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, I also got involved in the engineering team taking part in the National Engineering Festival (eFest) East Competition conducted by the ASME and held in Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, Tennessee. The challenge for our Robotics team was to build a robot that could sprint, hit, throw, climb and lift. There were many teams from all over the country and we stood in the top 30 position. I also filmed and edited a short film of the event, which is attached below:
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