Blog 14 - Interview 3 Preparation

1.  Who do you plan to interview?  What is this person's area of expertise?
I plan to interview my summer professor who I took a class with on architecture. He has been teaching architecture for a couple of years and is a certified architect. 

2.  Verify that you have called your interviewee to schedule an interview.  What is the date and time of the interview? 
I can not verify because I have no contacted this person yet. 

3.  Phrase an open-ended question that will help you find research resources that would help to answer the EQ.
How can I learn about the effects of architecture has on an individual? 

4.  Phrase an open-ended question that will help you think about other useful activities you might do to help you answer the EQ (IC2, possible experts to talk to, etc).
When designing a building, what aspect do you make a priority? 

5.  Phrase two open-ended questions that help you to understand your interviewee's perspective on an aspect of your EQ.
What do you want your client to feel when design your building?
In what ways can you ensure your client is content with what you build?

Blog 13 - 10 Hour Mentorship Check-in

1.   Where are you doing your mentorship?

I am doing my mentorship at CMC Architect and Engineers in El Monte. 

2.   Who is your contact?  What makes this person an expert?

My contact is Mr. Chung, the big man of the firm. What makes him an expert is that he has been doing architecture for over 20+ years. 

3.   How many  hours have you done during the school year? (Summer Mentorship Hours and Mentorship Hours should be reflected separately in your Senior Project Hours log located on the right hand side of your blog).

I have completed about half of my school year mentorship hours. I have 28 hours. 

4.   Succinctly summarize what you did, how well you and your mentor worked together, and how you plan to complete the remaining hours.

I worked on programs (AutoCAD) and did some overlooking of plans. My mentor and I are pretty good to one another, there are no problems. I plan to complete my hours by continuing to go to his office and do more work he wants to give me. 

Blog 12 - Holiday Project Update

1.  It is important to consistently work on your senior project, whether it is break or we are in school.  What did you do over the break with your senior project?
I actually did a lot over break and boy did it take a lot out of my time. I complete a lot of my mentoring hours and I started my first independent component during the beginning of the break. 

2.  What was the most important thing you learned from what you did, and why?  What was the source of what you learned?

The most important thing I learned from what I did was not to wait so late to get work done. It ruins you in the future. I wasn't able to enjoy my break completely because I had to get senior project done. The source of what I learned was my misery of not being able to enjoy break. 

3.  Your third interview will be a 10 question interview related to possible answers for your EQ. Who do you plan to talk to and why?
For my third interview, I plan to ask my summer architecture professor. I met him before and I hope he is willing to be able to spare a little of his time for me. He has a lot of experience in the field and hopefully shed knowledge on my topic.