Honor Society® member
Alexander Pledger
Cashier at Chick-fil-a
- Louisiana Tech University
- Mechanical Engineering
- Class of 2018
- Bossier City, LOUISIANA
Member since January 2015
About
I am currently enrolled at Louisiana Tech in Ruston, LA. My life goal at this point in time is to get my Bachelor's degree through Tech and then move on to Embry-Riddle in Florida to get my Master's degree in aerospace engineering. Aside from school school life, I'd call myself pretty adventurous and a bit of a thrill seeker. I've climbed to the peak of a mountain 13,000 feet up, went parasailing, kayaking, canoeing, skydiving, snorkeling and countless other adventure and I plan to keep this trend going.
Education
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Louisiana Tech
Mechanical Engineering
2014 – 2018
Honors and awards
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Freshman Engineer of the Year
I kept a 4.0 GPA, chosen out of other nominees through interviews.
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2nd place at Freshman engineering expo
Me and my team designed a device that received 2nd overall through multiple judges.
Goals and interests
- Career goal
I want to one day work for NASA (or whichever space exploration corporation is at the top of the list by the time a graduate) as an aerospace engineer. I want to help design the ships or probes that are sent out to the great unknown to teach us more about what we're so curious about. And as a dream, I'd love to be able to be one of the astronauts sent up with a team to explore as well.
- Graduate school interests
I'm currently in the percussion ensemble at Tech. On the side, I tend to play piano as a hobby to pass time. The most interesting class I've had so far would be my engineering class. It involved hands on learning which meant I got to build circuits and machines that do certain tasks.
- Outside the classroom
Flying RC planes, building RC planes and other machines, skydiving, camping, canoeing, wood working, and swimming.
Experience
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Cashier
Chick-fil-a
Jun 2012 – Aug 2013
