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Activity Number:
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482
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Type:
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Invited
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Date/Time:
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Thursday, August 2, 2007 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
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Sponsor:
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Committee on Membership Retention and Recruitment
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| Abstract - #307842 |
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Title:
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The Evolution of an Engineer
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Author(s):
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Matthew Pocernich*+
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Companies:
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National Center for Atmospheric Research
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Address:
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3450 Mitchell Lane, Boulder, CO, 80301,
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Keywords:
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career development ; engineering ; local chapter ; involvement
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Abstract:
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Beginning my career as an environmental engineer who enjoyed statistics, the ASA helped me realize how much more there was to learn. This lead me back to graduate school for a degree in statistics. As a statistician I use the ASA as professional resource. Since ASA members are from many professions, I am exposed to research and methods not used in my specific field. While this is important, I now find myself using the ASA to find ways to use statistics in meaningful ways outside of work. This includes working with the local chapter in K--12 outreach programs as well as interest in the efforts in volunteerism.
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