[Daniel Morse]

I will be studying to become a mechanical engineer at RPI, and hope to be able to get a concentration in both design and manufacturing. I am completely addicted to the manufacturing process and making things that work. FIRST introduced me to this concept originally. I took a full year machine tool processing class this year, spending 4 months on manual machining and 6 months on CNC machines. This really cemented my love of making things. I learned Mastercam and how to run post processed programs on the mill and lathe. I also learned introductory G-code for the lathe (mill I haven't tried yet), and have written several programs completely from scratch. And while I am doing this, as my user title indicates, I love it. I have applied and interviewed for a job at a local precision CNC machine shop for the summer so I can get experience in industry before I go to college. Thanks to FIRST I realized that engineering and manufacturing was a passion of mine, and that I wanted to pursue it as a career.