Born to Engineer

摘要

Ah, the fanciful thinking of youth. Some grow up wanting to be an astronaut, a fireman or the president. Matt Gardner tipped that thinking on its head. From an early age, he says, he always knew he was going to be an engineer. The big question was what type of engineer? "I am a third-generation Virginia Tech Hokie," Gardner starts, referring to the Blacksburg, Virginia, home of Virginia Tech. "The question in my family wasn't really what do you want to be when you grow up, but rather, when you get out of Virginia Tech, what kind of engineer do you want to be, electrical or mechanical?"