Blog assignment # 4: Interview preparation

1.  Who do you plan to interview?  Why?

- I plan to Interview my older brother Antonio Salas who is a professional in the field of Transportation Engineering. I want to interview him because I will feel comfortable asking him questions and I know he will feel the same answering them. Although I feel like I have interviewed him a million times already. I also want to interview him because Even though we are family I want to see him as a professional only when I have to interview him or even do field work.

2. Questions.

1. What role do you play when new projects are being planned?
2. How do you get a job as a transportation engineer after high school?
3. What are the responsibilities?
4. How much time do you spend on the site of the projects?
5. Is their any major drawbacks from being a civil engineer? 

Blog Assignment #3 ESLR Goals

.Title: Blog 3: topic choice and semester 1 ESLR Goals
 Label: ESLR
 Due Date: August 8AM

 1. Transportation Engineering

 2. This year I plan to learn as much as I can about this career so I can be sure that this is what I would like        to do when i am older. I will use my time wisely when i am in and out of class. One way I will show that I      am an effective learner is by trying to get in challenging engineering courses that will help me in the future.        I will show that I am en effective communicator by speaking with experts in this field and any other                person with whom I might have to speak with about this topic. To show that I am an effective I-poly              citizen I will try my hardest at everything I do. I will be an AVID learner and be respectful towards                others. I will be an effective user of technology by using it as much as I can in a responsible way. I will          use it to find important information and updates about my topic of choice.

Summer Mentorship Component Blog #2

Literal

2. Contact name-Antonio Salas & Ruben Salas
Phone numbers (909)543-2886 & (909)543-2887

3.(Need to know)
   What techniques do traffic engineers use to determine the right-of-way at an intersection?

    What are the different categories of different signals?

    Who coordinates the timing signals for the platoon of cars?

Interpretive

What is the most important thing you gained from this experience? Why?

-The most important thing I gained from this was hands on experience, I was able to learn how to use Adobe illustrater, which is used for traffic maps and traffic volumes, Also I helped out creating survey sheets where I had to go out on the streets, and I got minimal exposure to Traffix program which is used for new projects that will be created.

Applied

How did what you did help you choose a topic?

- I was intrigued by the ways streets and highways work and what it takes for them to function. I wanted to learn more about this topic because I know that there a lot more than I could have ever thought of.