Keagan Dolphin '21, '23 MS Mechatronics Engineering, spends his days designing, programming, testing, and redesigning seed planters for John Deere. "Nothing ever works the first time," he said. "But when it finally does, it just lights me up."
海豚是第一批毕业于圣. 可以买滚球的正规平台新的机电工程理学硕士. Its emphases on machine learning, programming, and robotics may seem futuristic, but graduates emerge workforce-ready, 在当今制造过程的各个方面拥有高水平的专业知识, from concept to field.
And industry wants them.
Just ask Dolphin. At 24 years old, 他已经是约翰迪尔公司的设计工程师了, 一个能让他灵活在家工作的职位, office, or field, 他的收入促使他去探索投资机会. It's a heady experience for such a young guy.
"This is an amazing opportunity," he said. “我一直想成为一名过山车工程师，但我喜欢在迪尔工作."
From Des Moines to Davenport
海豚在得梅因东部长大，就读于该市最贫穷的高中. 在那里，他在学术和体育方面都表现出色，收到的信件比他今天所记得的还要多. At graduation, 他有资格获得校友资助的大学奖学金，这使他得以进入爱荷华州立大学.
“我以为我能应付一所规模很大的大学，因为我上的是一所规模很大的高中. But the big lecture halls didn't feel right. I felt like a number. 此外，我的手腕骨折了，所以我不能做运动. It was not a good time for me."
一年后，海豚离开了，开始寻找一个新家. He scheduled a visit at St. Ambrose.
"They had a great engineering department. I met with Andrew Lutz, PhD. He had an impact on me right there and then. 游泳教练罗布·米兹尼科夫斯基(Rob Miecznikowski)帮我说服了我. We talked for two and a half hours."
Ski, as Miecznikowski is known to his team, 为推出新的安布罗西安提供了足够的资金支持. 海豚接受了，并开始了一段从一开始就感觉很好的大学生涯.
“加入游泳队让我立刻交到了一群朋友. 一开始上课，我就确信St. Ambrose was better for me. 教员与顶级行业领袖的关系产生了巨大的影响. 每个工程学教授都很了不起.
"St. 可以买滚球的正规平台提供了一个大型学校的严格的课程和准备的劳动力, but is one-on-one. 这并不是工程部或机电一体化项目的专利. It's school-wide. You're not just another number."
Becoming an Ambrosian
海豚于2021年毕业，获得机械工程学士学位. St. 可以买滚球的正规平台的新机电一体化项目正在推出, 在他强大的工程基础上，提供了未来科技的融合. 海豚接受了约翰迪尔公司的一份兼职工作后加入了这个项目, a decision that paid off many times over.
“在项目的第二年，我得到了一份全职工作，迪尔支付了那一年的费用. It was a lot of work, but it's been my passion. I'm able to pay off my student loans easily. I can't imagine a better life right now."
获得财务安全感符合大多数人对成功的看法. 但这并不是海豚在分享他对St. Ambrose. 相反，他描述了他的归属感和被关心的感觉.
“一对一的氛围让我感觉很受欢迎，所以我在圣. Ambrose. I joined lots of clubs. I served as an international ambassador. 我甚至和我的朋友在高尔文主持播客.
"I was so happy. 我是一个正规买球平台有哪些的一部分，现在包括来自世界各地的朋友. St. Ambrose is a part of me. I definitely consider myself an Ambrosian."
The Imagination to Power the Future
机电一体化可能是未来，但未来已经到来. St. 可以买滚球的正规平台(Ambrose)的新创新机械电子工程理学硕士教育新工程师的技能和想象力，以推动新工作. St. 可以买滚球的正规平台服务的行业从机器人到汽车，从航空航天到制造业.
“大多数机械工程师都专注于硬件，”Dolphin解释道. "Mechatronics isn't confined to hardware. 换句话说，我们不必再转动曲柄了. We program the machine to turn the crank for us."
约翰迪尔(John Deere)的新型机器人肥料系统就是一个很好的例子. 因为它只给种子施肥，而不是整行施肥，所以它承诺减少60%的化学品的使用. That not only costs the farmer less, 与传统的施肥方式相比，它对环境的影响较小.
“我正在做一些我还不能分享的项目，”Dolphin谈到他自己开创性的工作时说. “但它们的目标都是让农民获得更多信息，减少猜测. 当我和客户一起在现场看到我的设计时，我感到很兴奋. It's really great. 我的教育让我做的事情不仅很酷，而且对他人有益. This is really important to me."
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