Columbia Engineering - why FU? Anonymous

One afternoon, I bought a cheap Lego kit off the street. The bright colored blocks fitted naturally, forming a miniature Qutub-Minar, leaning like the real one. That marked a life-long marriage between me and Mechanical Engineering.

My interest increased when, in class, my teacher explained a Heat Engine using a Drinking Bird model, the red liquid rhythmically rising in its body with each bob.The toy cars unveiled their secrets on examining their gears. Similar examples revealed themselves as I studied Mechanics in Physics, and Industrial-chemistry in Chemistry. Online Courses took me beyond my IB course, as I learnt of Astronomy and Number-Theory.

Mechanical engineering formed a major part of all my internships. Seatech, Rajkot, exposed me to the overhauling of marine engines, revealing their intricate functioning. My internship with Atul Auto, at Rajkot, demanded first-hand resolutions to manufacturing process problems, such as reflexively redirecting the gas-flow to contain leakage from ruptured pipes.

Such a research project introduced me to interdisciplinary study in Engineering, as I investigated the efficiency of Solar Bottle lights as a cheap alternative for light bulbs. My ongoing research on truss bridge structuring...