First of all, I want to thank everyone who made this summer possible, I couldn't have done it without your help. Being part of the Blue Stamp Engineering program was one of the best experiences of my life. This is my first time joining a summer program, and I can say that it was worth it. I learned multiple subjects within engineering and programming. We used tools as big as a drill to small as a screw driver. However, the hardest part of all was the coding it self.

For example, my first project (they named it our Starter Project) was easy to build. We used a solder machine to solder the pins into a microchip. A pin is used to hold in the resistors (conductors of energy) with metal that eventually makes the energy travel without failing. Once we put everything together, we then used a program to make it work, but it took longer for the coding to work correctly. Eventually, I got it working then moved on to my main project. I built an 8v8 LED box display. The box again was easy to make, but the Aurdino (a coding program) was hard to manage. If it wasn't for Fred, Omer, and the rest of the instructor's guidance, I couldn't have done it successfully.

Overall, I learned new information about coding and programming that I never thought I would be able to learn in two weeks. Once again thank you for this opportunity.

I've spend most of my summers at home. BlueStamp Engineering Program is going to be my first time attending a summer program. I am really excited to be able to participate in BlueStamp, and being able to gain experience that will benefit me in the future. This program will teach me to build projects individually and find resources on my own. There will be supervisors that will help us students, but most of the work will be done individually. I am truly thankful for having this opportunity. I can't wait to start.