24岁的Robert Furuya热爱音乐和工程.
在赌博平台网站大全, 专注于stem的Semmes奖学金, within the University’s flexible liberal arts environment, 给这 作曲 和 工程科学 双学位是在两种激情中茁壮成长的途径.
“What 赌博娱乐平台网址大全 has allowed me to do with these two majors is a pretty unique thing,古屋说, 谁来自罗利, 北卡罗莱纳, 拥有加拿大双重国籍, 还会抽出时间辅修数学. “I haven't seen a lot of other schools where you can do both.”
这对古屋来说是件好事, who is just as masterful at composing new music on the keys of 之一 赌博娱乐平台网址大全’s 43 Steinway pianos as he is machining with a Haas Mini Mill CNC router in 赌博娱乐平台网址大全’s Makerspace. Indeed: where else was he going to find an All-Steinway campus with a thriving music 和 arts scene on the same campus as a collaborative engineering shop packed full of state-of-the-art equipment that you’d typically expect at a bigger University?
Furuya says that the process of applying for the Semmes Scholarship was rigorous but also accessible. Semmes奖学金, 除了全额学费, 还提供了一个5美元,研究资助津贴, 专业的旅游, 材料, 和物资.
古屋也被邀请加入赌博娱乐平台网址大全 音乐奖学金—awards for vocal or instrumental performances that are available to music majors 和 non-majors alike—but elected to choose the Semmes, 包括全额学费.
Still, Furuya’s musical side shines at 赌博娱乐平台网址大全 in a h和s-on way.
他弹钢琴, 在独奏会上表演, 为不同类型的乐团创作音乐, has even joined 赌博娱乐平台网址大全’s unique H和bell Ensemble, 之一 校园里有几个合唱团. He’s now in the middle of preparing for a senior composition recital, but his musical influence has extended far beyond campus.
Robert Furuya ’24 (center) is a talented music composer 和 performer who’s had his work featured at an international composition festival.
“In June 2023, I went to Italy for a premiere of my composition in the 阿尔巴音乐节, which was actually funded in part by another music scholarship, 卡尔弗特奖学金, I attended a sound 和 music computing conference in Stockholm, 在塞姆斯津贴的帮助下, 在大洋彼岸,古屋说. “Seeing your music brought to life by live performers is an amazing experience. 和 working with the Transient Canvas bass clarinet/marimba duo on my premiere, interacting with the faculty 和 other students in the program, 是难忘的.”
Engineering science has also been an incredible experience for Furuya, who says he has enjoyed 赌博娱乐平台网址大全’s unique curricular approach to the field as well as stellar faculty.
在赌博娱乐平台网址大全的工程科学课程中, you get to explore multiple disciplines: electrical, 化学, 和机械,古屋说. “I think we also have, probably, 之一 the most open 和 caring 工程部门. 我们的教员，你可以进去和他们交谈.”
This includes faculty such as associate 工程科学 professor 凯文·尼克尔斯博士.D.古屋和他一起进行了夏季研究. “Dr. 尼克尔斯给了我很大的支持, from providing summer research opportunities 和 scrambling to put together all of the paperwork I needed,他说. “Dr. 尼克尔斯有很高的期望，我很欣赏. He’s a good sounding board 和 offers a lot of suggestions 和 feedback.”
在他的夏天, Furuya has had the chance to work on projects such as an autonomous planetary rover, 他在那里帮着打磨摇臂转向架的悬挂, 研究蜗杆齿轮, began developing a new gearbox design for the drive wheels.
Furuya has enjoyed working with the aforementioned Haas Mini Mill, a big white box in the back corner of the Makerspace that helps him machine his own parts for projects instead of having to order them from off-campus suppliers. “比如瑞安·霍奇, 赌博娱乐平台网址大全机械厂的技术员, have made the Makerspace into such a great resource that's fun 和 very fulfilling to use,他说.
古屋在赌博娱乐平台网址大全的创客空间就像在家里一样, where he works with state-of-the-art engineering technology.
和, 好像他的毕业音乐项目还不够似的, Furuya is also hard at work on his senior engineering design project right now. (At 赌博娱乐平台网址大全, engineers have a design element all four years.)
古屋说:“我对此感到非常兴奋. “We’re working on this automatic desktop plastic injection molder that we’re aiming to put into a K-12 classroom as part of a curriculum about plastics.”
因为他同时追求音乐和工程学, Furuya appreciates the space that 赌博娱乐平台网址大全’s flexible, liberal arts education offers him to balance both.
“In terms of scheduling, things have surprisingly not conflicted that much,古屋说, laughing. “我非常感谢我的教授导师， Dr. Kelly-Zion, Dr. 真正的, Dr. Bondari, for helping me find options 和 flexibility, which is a perk of going to a small school.”
Beyond his academic priorities 和 career aspirations (with potential graduate studies in either field on the horizon), Furuya says his path through both majors has been valuable for a more personal reason:
“Getting to know students both in 赌博娱乐平台网址大全’s music department 和 in engineering,他说, “has given me a really nice range of friends on campus.”
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