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Meet a Technology & Engineering Student Trent Williams started out in the engineering academy at Northridge High School in Layton, Utah because “it sounded like fun.” He says, "I enjoy hands-on learning. The first year of the program was mostly background learning. However, in my junior year everything changed! I was able to be involved and do my own thing. One of the projects we did was a pneumatic robot. The teacher set a few guidelines, and then everything else was up to my partner and me. We were able to learn from our mistakes and ask the teacher if we needed any help. That is when I knew I wanted to go into engineering."
During senior year, Trent decided to take an internship class. At that time, most of his knowledge was in drafting with Auto-CAD, so he figured the best place to jump right in was to intern at an engineering firm where he could work and learn at the same time. During the first semester, Trent interned at Hill Air Force Base in the Civil Engineering department. During the second semester, he interned at Ensign Engineering and Land Surveying. The employees there were impressed with the material taught at Northridge.
After graduation, Ensign Engineering offered Trent a job. He plans
to work at Ensign Engineering while attending the University of Utah
pursuing a degree in Civil Engineering. After becoming
a certified engineer, Trent plans to pursue a surveyors license.
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