Who am I? (Blog Entry 0)

bethanymcnabb@gmail.com               

4^th year senior

I’m taking this class because I think it would be fascinating to learn how people interact with computers, and it would be helpful to know when developing any software. I also wanted to take a psychology class at some point, but never had room in my schedule for it. 

Qualifications

In regards to experience, I did a semester of research under Dr. Murphy working on Survivor Buddy (SB) which is a search and rescue robot. Different experiments were done to see how to make the victim the most comfortable around SB. It looked at movement speed, eye contact, height, lighting, sound, size, and speech. This is a prime example of computer and human interaction.

Dreams

I don’t really have many professional life goals. I’ll probably go into the corporate world, but I don’t care about climbing the ladder. As long as I work hard and build good relationships with my co-workers, I’m happy. In regards to my personal life goals, there is really only one main one – to live a life according to God’s will. That being said, some goals that I would like to achieve (God willing) is to graduate with honors, eventually have a family, and hopefully be a stay at home mom.

The Final Frontier (well, at least the next frontier)

After I graduate, I’m planning on going on a one year mission trip to East Asia. After that, I’ll probably try to get a job in the corporate world. If you ask me what type of job that is, I have no idea. It will probably involve programming one way or another.  I can’t know what I’ll be doing in 10 years from now. Life has too many twists and turns that lead you to unexpected destinations. I wonder if I’ll be married or have kids by then. I wonder if I would be in management or stay technical. I wonder if I would join with Valero, who I interned this summer with or accept a job at a software company. Who knows, I may even by a full time missionary.

Sci-Fi Becoming Reality

I love it when this happens! However, to be honest, I don’t normally keep up to date with the latest discoveries. Looking at this article though (http://www.highexistence.com/10-ways-the-next-10-years-are-going-to-be-mind-blowing/) makes me really excited for bio-technology, which obviously has a lot to do with biology and mechanics, but it also involves computer science. Plus, this technology can and probably will be used to make keyboards and mice obsolete. According to the article, Intel is looking at how to control these devices with our brains. That’s pretty cool.

If time travel actually worked….

I would like to meet Jesus after the resurrection. To be able to sit at his feet and audibly be able to listen to Him teach would be an awesome experience and blessing. Or better yet, before time and space existed so I could see God creating every part of the universe.

Shoes – I probably have too many

My favorite shoes are either flip-flops or tennis shoes because they are both extremely comfortable. However, tennis shoes are more practical and useful. So, let’s go with tennis shoes.

你会说中文吗？

Do you speak Chinese? I wouldn’t mind being fluent in it. However, I also like Japanese. Chinese is probably more practical because it is used more often, but Japanese just sounds prettier because it is not a tonal language.

Interesting Facts:

·         Born 9 weeks early

·         My first time out of the country was two summers ago on a mission trip to East Asia (which I could ramble on and on about because it was by far the sweetest time in my life thus far)

·         I love to play soccer

·         I’ve never gotten my ears pierced – *shrug* I just don’t want holes in my ears

·         I lost my first tooth the summer after third grade and my last tooth in my senior year of high school

·         I prefer the term nerd over geek

·         Coming into college, I debated whether I should become a teacher or an engineer

·         I love talking about my faith if you couldn’t already tell :P