Eddie Sun

Major:
Mechanical Engineering

Graduation Year:
2017

Hometown:
Peoria, IL

Other extracurricular activities:
Sinha Research Group
Engineering Learning Assistant
Pi Tau Sigma

Research/Internship/Co-op experience:
Caterpillar - Parallel Co-Op - Aug 2015
S&C Electric Company, Product Engineering Intern - May 2015

Why Illinois?
Engineering is really good here.

What has been your best experience at Illinois?
Joining EA!

Favorite part about being an engineering student?
Cool projects, anything and everything project related.

Why did you join EA?
I used to be really bad at communication in general and wanted to get better at it. EA definitely has helped me improve a lot.

What advice would you give to someone interested in pursuing a STEM degree?
It's hard, but as long as you find something you're really interested in it is also a lot of fun.

What do you plan on doing post-graduation?
Grad school