Eric Jacob

Personal

1)      Name:  Eric James Jacob

2)      Hometown:  Oconomowoc, WI

3)      Age as of today (and birth date):  21 on the 3rd of July

4)      Interests:  Dark hair, fair skin, athletic, religious, in their 20’s, and likes to take long walks on the beach (Catholicism, Engineering, Physics, poetry, and art)

5)      Craziest ambition:  To be like Henry David Thoreau and build a cabin in the woods and live off the land with no material possessions

6)      Favorite sport:  Football

7)      Favorite movie:  Amelie

8)      Free time activities:  Reading, going to mass, writing

9)      Person you admire:  Leonardo Da Vinci, Albert Einstein’s mind, and my father

10)  What 3 things would you purchase if you won a million dollars:  A Choco Taco, some flowers, and give the rest to the church

11)  Something no one else knows about you (until now):  I once stole a little plastic toy airplane from the neighbor when I was a kid and I’m sorry.

Education

12)  What university you’re currently attending:  MSOE

13)  Year in school:  Senior

14)  Major(s)/minor(s):  Majoring in Mechanical Engineering and minoring in Physics

15)  Why you chose your major(s)/minor(s):  Well, it all starts with my childhood.  I think what did it was the Legos and the Digger Dan Construction Set.

16)  Groups and organizations currently involved with:  St. Bellarmine Society, Schoenstatt

17)  Toughest assignment ever received from professors:  Designing the air intake scoop for the radiator on a WWII P-51 mustang

Career Choices

18)  Career destination and goals: NASA, Skunk Works, or my own business

19)  Why did you apply for this project

1-     I needed a job

2-     My roommate did it

3-     It paid well

4-     The opportunity to work on something that uses my brain instead of cutting grass at the golf course

20) What you think about this project and how it will benefit your future career needs:  Everyone loves to see NASA on a resume.