Honor Society® member
Nathaniel Lasher
lighting technician at Highland High-school (highland NY 12528), worked as a lighting technician in the auditorium for events
- computer engineering
- Class of 2026
- Highland, New York
Member since October 2021
About
Hi! My name is Nathaniel Lasher, I'm am a freshman here at the University at Buffalo and I am looking forward to furthering my education. I've been exploring possible career paths by trying out different positions in the community here (mainly Teaching-Assistant positions for now). For as long as I can remember I’ve been taking things apart to understand how they work, everything from flashlights, clocks, and radios to eventually computers as I’ve gotten older. Now, I'm just starting out in college and truly beginning to understand where my interests lie and expand upon them. I'm passionate in computer science and I will go out of my way to educate and help others who want to learn more. I've already shown to have a deeper understanding than most in my class, but I'm still learning from others of course.
Education
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University at Buffalo
computer engineering
2022 – 2026
Goals and interests
- Career goal
Education in my field. Maybe not in the traditional sense, as I would like to design equipment with a team and then teach others how to integrate and utilize the technology properly. Also not one-hundred percent opposed to becoming a computer science teacher along the way either.
- Graduate school interests
I'm currently looking into grad school for my major, what it entails and the benefits. Right now I plan on working towards a Master's degree
- Outside the classroom
-Tinkering with small electrical circuits, so far I've made a working metal detector from scratch (a pre-made PCB being the only exception), various neat little LED circuits, a shake-recharge flashlight, and some modifications to a few RC hobby vehicles' circuits.
-My love of recycling old computer equipment stems from the above. I've graduated to taking fans and other useful components out of old junkyard-worthy computers and reusing the parts to make useful cooling arrays, small art pieces, modifications to adapters for equipment/computers/devices and using the raw cable to fuel my smaller projects. Nothing, that’s not in use of course, stays together for long before the next endeavor.
-Recently I've been getting into 3D printing, haven't had an outlet for it until about a month ago, still pretty new to it. I've only made a few basic desk decorations and brackets and racks for small things around my room
-Racing! whether on foot, with an RC car, or competitively on a bike I've done it. BMX is a huge part of my life (and bikes in general) for about 12-13 years now
Experience
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lighting technician
Highland High-school (highland NY 12528), worked as a lighting technician in the auditorium for events
Sep 2018 – Jul 2022
Volunteering
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Extensive track maintenance and general upkeep during major events over the course of 12 years (dates provided are a rough estimate as I've been volunteering/participating in the BMX community for most of my early life to this day)
Kingston Point BMX track (USA BMX)
Mar 2009 – Dec 2022
Languages
- English (US) Advanced
