Chrris Bakerr “I have had a pretty forttunate life,, so I like to
o give backk to the community wheere I can. Itt would bee really greeat to use m
my educatiion to give back on a glob
bal scale. ”” Demogrraphic: Chris iis the oldest of th
hree siblings. As ssuch, he feels com
mpelled to set a ggood example forr his younger bro
other and sister.
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He has always done weell in school and been involved in extracurricular aactivities. Through
hout high school and college, Chriis h eld leeadership roles in
n every organizattion he was involvved with, from viice president of the math club in h
high school to a student government seenator at Georgiaa Tech. he spends a large part of each weeek studying and w
working on class Chris iis very busy with,, and devoted to,, his education; h
nments. He also o
assign
organizes study groups and meets with his professo
ors on a regular b
basis. Chris comp
petes in an amphibious vehicle competition every yyear with the sam
me group of studeents. Despite Chrris’s very busy sch
hedule, he still finds ttime to go out wiith his friends eveery Friday night. •
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Gender: Male Age:: 22 Occu
upation: Studentt Mecchanical Engineerring Georgia Institute of hnology Tech
Inco
ome: 0 Tech
hnical Profile: Higgh profficiency with engineering technolo
ogy, perssonal computers, and mobile devices. Internet use: 2‐3 hou
urs everry day for email, new
ws, research, and Faceebook. Hobbies: Camping, volunteering with Habitat for Humanityy When
n Chris needs to d
do research for claass, or has an enggineering related
d question, he beggins by scanning his textbooks and search
hing Google. Chris will go to his prrofessors for help
p with particularlyy difficult questio
ons. One of Chris’’s professors recenttly told him abou
ut EngineeringToo
olBox.com, which
h Chris plans to use in the future. Despite all of thee research tools aat Chris’ss disposal, his texxtbooks have alw
ways proven mostt useful. When ussing the Web, Chrris becomes easily frustrated with
h sites w
when the informaation he needs is difficult to find. Chris iis also very involvved with his frateernity. Chris and h
his fraternity brotthers regularly vo
olunteer for Habiitat for Humanityy build p
projects. While C
Chris volunteers fo
or Habitat because his fraternity rrequires commun
nity service, he allso enjoys giving back tto less fortunate people. Chris feeels a responsibilityy to help people w
without the samee luxuries he has enjoyed. He lookks forward to using his ed
ducation to makee life a little betteer for impoverisheed societies. Chris is currently looking for some waay to con
ntribute to charitaable work using h
his engineering knowledge; howevver, he is concern
ned that he may not have enough
h experience to provide significant help.