Personal Homepage for

James Jamal Thomas III

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About Me:

        I want to earn a degree in electrical engineering because of an internship I had at Johnson Controls, Inc. during the summers of my high school years. I worked in various areas of the company and then focused on the engineering area where I was exposed to day-to-day engineering activities.
        I continued to work at Johnson Controls during the summer and winter of 2007. In the summer and winter of 2008, I worked at WE Energies in Milwaukee as an Electrical Engineer Intern; this allowed me to experience the duties of an electrical engineer in the power industry. At the beginning of my sophomore year, I also started research within the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering with the PHARM group whose focus is computer architecture. Exposure to research, as well as my work experiences, has excited me about the possibilities for new technologies in the power industry especially as we face an aging transmission system and the pressure to curb pollution released from energy production.
        I am a very physically active person. In high school I was a multiple-sport student athlete and I received various honors as well as participating in the State track meet. In college I decided to not participate in athletics so that I could focus on my academic pursuits. I still participate in intramural soccer every fall to dull the craving of athletic competition and I like to play pick-up games of basketball or soccer, whenever possible, just for fun!
        I fully expect that I will continue my academic studies and go on to graduate school to complete my master and doctorate degrees so that I can participate in research in either industry or academia. I am excited by the concept of discovery and finding new ways to do things that push the boundaries of existing processes as well as being environmentally friendly.
Established Fri, Oct 24, 2008. CAE Homepage
This page was last modified on Tuesday, 31-Mar-2009 23:18:34 CDT
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