Here is an article that was in our daily campus newspaper. I am a nerdy engineer so I thought it would be appropriate considering the time of the year.
Engineers deserve a little love on V-Day
I love engineering. I absolutely love them.
And how lucky am I that there are 4,500 on campus?
I cannot explain my fascination. But there's something so practical -- yet sexy -- about graph paper, calculators and organized backpacks. Behind those carefully sketched math problems are powerful brains at work -- so detailed, so complex and so
enigmatic.
The engineer seems to harness the power of the universe into practical use -- like electricity, automobiles and flushable toilets. Without them, we'd have no telephones, no airplanes, no infrastructure, no calculators, and no one to manufacture high
heels.
So it breaks my heart when I see lonely engineering students wander between labs and classes, neglected and under appreciated by the opposite sex. How can we not be grateful for all the calculus, circuit theory and heat transfer classes they must endure so that we can turn on a computer? Such dedication warrants a little admiration.I am not alone in my thinking. My Aunt Susie, who married my uncle Larry, and electrical engineer and Cal Poly graduate, firmly believes that engineers make the best husbands.
"Most guys are boring," she said. "But engineers have very active minds and a lot of neat ideas. You don't have to worry that they'll become couch potatoes. Their higher energy drive makes the sex better and the romance more interesting."
And they're incredibly useful; whatever you break, they'll find some way to fix, she said. This work ethic has its benefits in relationships as well.
"They don't run away from problems," said Allison Jantos, a graphic design senior who has dated a materials engineer for three years. "They need to fix them -- that's their major."
Engineers also seems to arrange very creative dates, Jantos said. On one occasion, Jantos' boyfriends gave her a distorted piece of metal wire and instructed her to put it in a boiling pot of water. Once it reached a higher temperature, she was delighted to see that the metal wire (which was shape memory alloy) turned into a big heart.
Engineers love to improve the world and they also love to improve their girlfriends or boyfriends by giving them purposeful gifts. CalPoly journalism graduate Jenniger Robbins, who has dated an aeronautical engineer for five years, once received a pair of
docks and tennis shoes for a birthday.
"In its own way, it's more special than diamond earrings," Robbins said. "The thought really counts. He took time to think about what I really needed."
But perhaps engineers' most appealing quality is their unusual commitment to their significant other, Aunt Susie said."They're more dedicated," she said. "You don't have to worry that they'll ogle over someone else."
At hearing this, Uncle Larry piped in with a nerdy grin: "That's true, we're very good at cross-beneficial analysis," he said. "The quickest way to become poor is to become divorced." You have to appreciate their uncanny wit too.
But engineers aren't perfect. The women dating them said that some struggle to communicate their emotions and needs (with the exception of some, especially female, engineers), and will often neglect their significant other while spending endless hours
in the lab or studying. However, I've found that the tumultuous amount of work engineers do, makes them truly appreciate the people and the time they spend outside of school.
So if you're lonely this Feb.14 and need a Valentine, go scan the library and labs and find an engineer, who will surely craft you an original -- if not practical -- day.
Engineers deserve a little love on V-Day
I love engineering. I absolutely love them.
And how lucky am I that there are 4,500 on campus?
I cannot explain my fascination. But there's something so practical -- yet sexy -- about graph paper, calculators and organized backpacks. Behind those carefully sketched math problems are powerful brains at work -- so detailed, so complex and so
enigmatic.
The engineer seems to harness the power of the universe into practical use -- like electricity, automobiles and flushable toilets. Without them, we'd have no telephones, no airplanes, no infrastructure, no calculators, and no one to manufacture high
heels.
So it breaks my heart when I see lonely engineering students wander between labs and classes, neglected and under appreciated by the opposite sex. How can we not be grateful for all the calculus, circuit theory and heat transfer classes they must endure so that we can turn on a computer? Such dedication warrants a little admiration.I am not alone in my thinking. My Aunt Susie, who married my uncle Larry, and electrical engineer and Cal Poly graduate, firmly believes that engineers make the best husbands.
"Most guys are boring," she said. "But engineers have very active minds and a lot of neat ideas. You don't have to worry that they'll become couch potatoes. Their higher energy drive makes the sex better and the romance more interesting."
And they're incredibly useful; whatever you break, they'll find some way to fix, she said. This work ethic has its benefits in relationships as well.
"They don't run away from problems," said Allison Jantos, a graphic design senior who has dated a materials engineer for three years. "They need to fix them -- that's their major."
Engineers also seems to arrange very creative dates, Jantos said. On one occasion, Jantos' boyfriends gave her a distorted piece of metal wire and instructed her to put it in a boiling pot of water. Once it reached a higher temperature, she was delighted to see that the metal wire (which was shape memory alloy) turned into a big heart.
Engineers love to improve the world and they also love to improve their girlfriends or boyfriends by giving them purposeful gifts. CalPoly journalism graduate Jenniger Robbins, who has dated an aeronautical engineer for five years, once received a pair of
docks and tennis shoes for a birthday.
"In its own way, it's more special than diamond earrings," Robbins said. "The thought really counts. He took time to think about what I really needed."
But perhaps engineers' most appealing quality is their unusual commitment to their significant other, Aunt Susie said."They're more dedicated," she said. "You don't have to worry that they'll ogle over someone else."
At hearing this, Uncle Larry piped in with a nerdy grin: "That's true, we're very good at cross-beneficial analysis," he said. "The quickest way to become poor is to become divorced." You have to appreciate their uncanny wit too.
But engineers aren't perfect. The women dating them said that some struggle to communicate their emotions and needs (with the exception of some, especially female, engineers), and will often neglect their significant other while spending endless hours
in the lab or studying. However, I've found that the tumultuous amount of work engineers do, makes them truly appreciate the people and the time they spend outside of school.
So if you're lonely this Feb.14 and need a Valentine, go scan the library and labs and find an engineer, who will surely craft you an original -- if not practical -- day.
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