Ean Hall - College of Engineering - Purdue University

Undergraduate Institution: North Carolina A&T State University

Graduate Institution: University of California, Berkeley

Current Occupation/Sector: Sr. Thermal Controls Integration Engineer at Ford

What led you to pursue your current career sector? My mother was an inspiration to me as a child and she worked as an engineer testing weapons for the US military. While I did not follow the same career exactly, she is a big reason I chose to become a mechanical engineer. The software part of my career came more because of my interest in robots, which I consistently would see from the science fiction media I would consume as a child.

If you could give one piece of advice to graduate students exploring career options, what would it be? Your network is your net worth. Through out my career I have seen the best candidate for a position lose out just because they did not have a personal connection within the company. Just knowing someone internally can put you in the position to be hired.