Ana's Visit to Dallas!

Ana is studying English in Houston for about 8 weeks and made a little weekend trip to Dallas.

It was really great to see her again after so long!

We had a great time, although it started out a little rough with my car breaking down right after I picked her up.

Thankfully we still made our way to the State Fair. Ana was shocked at how big everything was, the crazy rides, and all the fried food. (Also shocked that the ticket to get in didn't come with food or drinks lol). She had her first funnel cake and corn dog (and understands America's obesity problem now).

 Afterwards we went up on the roof for a nice view of the city and to enjoy the cool weather.

Then Sunday morning we walked down the street to get some coffee and breakfast.

Then a scooter tour of downtown!

And of course a little window shopping too. :)

I can't wait to go back to Spain one day and see everyone there again and keep learning Spanish. Ana is teaching Spanish to some people over Skype while practicing English with them, so I think I'm going to try to get in on that too!

Post Grad Life

Well here's a quick update!

Senior project went well. We had a water treatment design project.

Graduation was really exciting

I had nice little after graduation break but now back to the engineering world.

After passing the FE in October and finishing the paperwork after graduation, I got my EIT certificate a couple weeks ago!

I started my masters at UTA this spring and am enrolled in Prestressed concrete design with Dr. Chao, so far it is really interesting.

Last week I started working at Walter P Moore in Downtown Dallas. I work in the Structural Diagnostics group and really enjoy it so far. They do restoration/renovation, forensics, parking restoration, and building enclosure. I'll get a wide range of experience here which is really great. I also have the opportunity to work with the structural design group.

Spanish Learning with Ana

Ana, the coordinator at AIDICO is looking for a girl to host this summer. If your interested in living with her to immerse yourself in Spanish culture and learn the language, here's her flyer. She's so sweet and a great host, I'd do this in a heartbeat if I could.

IRES Presentation for Chi Epsilon

Part of the IRES program is to share what we've learned and to try to keep the globalization going. At the end of the semester, I presented my research and experiences at a Chi Epsilon meeting and again at an ASCE meeting. It was nice to reminisce on the great experiences and to share to prospective IRES students! There were a lot of questions about the research and experience in general so it was great to see how interested everyone was in the program. It reminded me how lucky I was to be a part of it!