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Ambitious Students at Penn State: Pursuing Happiness, Education, and Meaning

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Katherine Kennedy and Sultan Alsaif are two driven students at Penn State, each with unique aspirations. Katherine, a mechanical engineering major, focuses on learning from her classmates and aims to contribute to the medical device industry. She balances her studies with her love for tennis and horseback riding. Sultan, an ambitious individual with a focus on future opportunities, prioritizes friendships and values material items as tools rather than goals. Both share a vision for a life enriched by technology, social connections, and positive change, while maintaining a joyful outlook.

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Ambitious Students at Penn State: Pursuing Happiness, Education, and Meaning

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  1. Katherine Kennedy • Personal state/Emotional Expectations: • I am a very happy and positive person • I hope to learn from not only the curriculum in this course but from everyone in the class as well. • Immediate Circle of Family and Friends: • I am the oldest in a family of 4 with a younger sister in 10th grade • I have several good friends from back home that I still keep in touch with, plus the many up here at Penn State • Material Life: • Just a comfortable house and secure lifestyle • Able to travel the world • Work/Occupation: • I want to work toward my goal as a mechanical engineer and pursue the bioengineering option in the field • To work for medical device company and work with the productions or sales of medical devices • To teach other about the importance of medical devices • Recreation/Avocation: • Maintain my hobbies of tennis and horseback riding throughout my life • Pursue rowing in my college experience at Penn State • Political: • Be a part of something that has a positive change whether it’s minor

  2. What are the most important things Minxu wants in his life? Never give up! A large circle of friends-from different countries and different levels; happy family Money is not a big deal for me Not a single work, while kinds of fields Be a DJ Never and ever touch POLITICS

  3. William Gilbert A. -Happiness, joy, and love -The effort that you put in is what you get -Do the right thing for the sake of doing good B. -Thriving -Distant, yet loving relatives -Want to raise family near immediate family C. –Nice sized apartment, or a nice, quaint house -Love shopping, especially for clothes D. -Well paying job that I enjoy doing every day -Possibly Nuclear Engineering E. -Video gaming -Movies -Track (recreational) -Nerdy, Sci-Fi stuff (superheroes, aliens, etc.) F. -Democratic -Not a fan of politics (too much corruption)

  4. Sultan Alsaif • a highly ambitious person. I always think about the future is always brighter no matter how dark the present is • Socially I’m a social person especially that I came here to Penn State and I didn’t know anybody, but I haven’t managed to get out of my bubble meet new people create so many friendships that I’ll never forget. When it comes to my family, They are always my first priority!! • I always see materials as a tool and never a goal • I already have for my future with a guaranteed from the company that sponsored me to study here at Penn State. • when it comes to having fun I find the most fun that I can have is while being around my friends and the people whom I love. • when it comes to politics I come from The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia and over there we are ruled by the Saudi royal Family for over 120 years and I think that we have a good life quality where I come from.

  5. Improvements of Life Through Technology • Medicine • Environment • Communication • Transportation

  6. Medicine We as an society are creatively solving problems through tackling major health issues with medical breakthroughs • What is a pacemaker? http://www.biomaterials.org/sigs/cardiovascular/images/pacemaker.jpg • New Hope in the Fight Against Huntington’s Disease • Firefly protein lights the pathway to improve detection of blood clots • Nanoscale gene ‘ignition switch’ may help spot/treat cancer

  7. ENVIRONMENT • Wind Power • At the end of 2009, worldwide nameplate capacity of wind-powered generator was 159.2 gigawatts. Energy production was 340 TWh. • Environmental effects are relatively minor.

  8. ENVIRONMENT • Natural Gas • Consist of methane burns more clearly than other fossil and fuels, ex. Oil and coal b. CNG Transportation.

  9. Media Outlets • Cell Phones • Internet • Instant Messaging • Social Network Sites • Video Communication

  10. Applications • - Business Calls • Much easier communication between businesses all around the world, keeping everyone in the company informed at all times • - Emergencies • Ability to reach medical services for immediate attention from virtually anywhere right away • - Virtual Translators • Cutting out the middle man to translate languages (Transonics) • Business, medical, political, and social applications

  11. Social Aspect • Talk to anyone anywhere around the entire world • Virtual profiles of nearly everyone • Online social networks that connects your friends, relatives, and other aquantences together, giving you easy access to communicating with them

  12. Transportation affected our lives in several ways such as: • Economics • Education • Recreation The Effect of Transportation on The Quality of Life

  13. Economics • number 1 importer in the world • $1.903 trillion. • percentage of 19.3% from China

  14. Education • About 4,400 international students at PSU UP. • 16% in the last 30 years

  15. Recreation • leisure traveling • 60 billion $ per year • Social Life

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