Introductions Are in Order

Well hello, blogosphere. I've always meant to get around to blogging, although I never thought it would start quite like this. I'm a Freshman at Penn, majoring in bioengineering and minoring (or, if I'm lucky, double majoring) in philosophy. Today I attended my first bioengineering course, BE100. Our first assignment is to create a blog (the one you're staring at) and, well, blog. So while the focus will be on bioengineering, hopefully I can integrate some personal anecdotes and such to make it more enjoyable. That isn't to say that BE isn't enjoyable, but it still is BE. So-

I chose bioengineering because I like math and science and helping people. I enjoy problem solving and thinking of new and interesting ways to approach and solve problems, whether metaphysical or mechanical. With a BE degree, I plan to engineer stuff that helps people. I dunno what kind of stuff, though. Maybe a prosthetic limb or a cure for cancer or a vaccine or two. Whatever works, I suppose.

Although I have had no interactions with bioengineers on the job (besides Dr. Bogen's single lecture), I suppose bioengineers do a vast number of things. The principle things that comes to my mind are research and creating things, both of which interest me greatly. I've heard that bioengineers also own and run companies, study law and medicine, and sleep sometimes, although I haven't experienced any of that first hand since coming to Penn.

Basically, bioengineers do lots of things. I want to do lots of things. Therefore, I'm majoring in bioengineering.