Yakun Qie
About Yakun
My name is Yakun Qie. I come from China. I live in Beijing; it is the capital of China. I think Beijing's climate is very similar to Flagstaff. So I felt very comfortable when I studied in NAU. This is my first year in America. I studied English in the PIE last semester. And now I am a student of the Electrical Engineering Major. In China, I am the 2+2 program student. And I just study the basic courses. I do not have a major. So it is the first time to know Electrical Engineering in NAU. In my opinion, Electrical Engineering is the same as science and technology. I think it is a little difficult to me to study this major. Because my English is not very good, and sometimes I cannot understand the teacher very well. I try my best to study English and I think I make a great progress. In this class, I hope to design some useful products. I think I am a person who always have the originality. I want to communicate more with the teammates and I think I can learn many things from them. I believe everyone is different. For me, I think the most different is I will work more hard than the other students. Most students study in their first language, so I need to use more time and pay more attention to study well. And I always very patient with all the things.
During my first semester in China, I took part in the school student union which is interested in the robot car. I mainly responsible for circuit parts of the robot car in the team. I have mastered how to use sensor and program to control the robot car. As I come to United States, I still working on the robot car during our EGR286 class. We make a fire car to help the firemen to put out the fire. Our design was really successful and we earn the best design during this semester.
In additional to my summer position, I have taken every opportunity possible to prepare myself for doing the engineering project. I work with the professor to research the electrocardiogram. We make MatLab code to measure the heart rate and we search lots of information from different websites. So I have strong ability to make code, connect the circuit and collect data.