Hello,
My name is Ivan Botov. I was born in Russia and lived there for the first nine years of my life. I moved to North Carolina and then eventually to Herndon, Virginia. I became interested in engineering during the junior year of my high school career. I excelled in physics and decided that I am going to become an engineer. During the senior year in high school I became involved in Robotics at my high school. Almost every part of the robotics team has to do with engineering and it was a great opportunity to get to know many different types of engineering fields. I eventually joined the Inventor part of the team in which I used the AutoCAD program. This was the job of a mechanical engineer. I mapped out the thought process and design of the robot as it was developed throughout the year. I enjoyed doing this and decided that I wanted to be a mechanical engineer.
I planned on becoming a mechanical engineer as my main major, and as an electrical engineer as a minor. I want to do electrical engineering as well because it useful to know both the mechanical and electrical parts of whatever is being designed. I am majoring in Electrical Engineering because George Mason University does not have ME. I eventually plan to transfer to another university that does offer it and double major in EE and ME.
