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A Day in the Life is a new Campus Times series highlighting the studies and lives of UR students. Answers have been lightly edited for grammar, clarity, and/or style.

Tenzi Zhuoga is a junior majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

A Typical Wednesday:

Why Electrical and Computer Engineering?

Its actually kind of a funny reason. I really disliked chemistry and biology, so I went with the only engineering major that didnt require them, and that was ECE. It was something I had never really tried before in high school, and I was curious. I did know I wanted to go into engineering, because I liked to make stuff and be creative, but I didnt know exactly what kind of engineering. My first year was my first introduction to ECE. When I started to take ECE classes, rather than calculus, physics, the pre-requisites, I started to realize it was something I never really learned before, and I enjoyed that aspect of it, so I stuck with it. I feel like theres a lot left for me to learn in ECE, so that I will never get tired of it.

What is your favorite thing about Electrical and Computer Engineering?

I guess how diverse it can be in what I can do in the future. I can do more programming-based ECE or do hardwarereally, the possibilities are endless. I like that I have a lot of options in how I apply it.

What are your favorite classes?

Currently Im taking ECE 216: Mechatronics and Embedded Systems. In the labs you work on computer chips, and its a hands-on kind of class which I really enjoy. It feels like Im learning something thats not just theory based. Ive also enjoyed [] a class called ECE 112: Logic Design. It was something new that I had never tried before, and I found that pretty interesting and exciting.

What is challenging about Electrical and Computer Engineering?

Definitely its the learning curve, because I feel like in the beginning, you really just dont know anything. And then they start introducing all these topics that youve never even heard about before. I still feel like I dont know whats going on in class. But also, thats just how engineering works I guess. How anything works, really. You never really know until you start.

What is something you want people to know about Electrical and Computer Engineering?

Dont be afraid to try it. I would like to see a lot more girls in the class. I remember my first year, in ECE 101, I was the only girl in my class. It was kind of daunting, but I would love to see more girls try it in the future.

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