Hello, my name is Stephen, I am in 12th grade, and my plan after high school is to get a master’s in some type of engineering field at Michigan Tech. The reason I took this Science For Inventors class, is to help improve my 3d designing skills, as well as learn how to properly use a 3d printer and know what to do when something goes wrong. I am looking forward to finding, creating, designing, and printing my own things on the 3d printers. Two of my strengths are 1) designing in Tinkercad, and 2) having some experience with Cura. Having these skills will help me greatly when I go to 3d print things, as I will need less help with the more basic things, and will gain more experience with the newer things. One of the personal projects I am interested in working on this year is creating a fully working 3d printed mechanical wall clock. I feel as though the biggest challenge in this class will be learning the tolerances with 3d printing, and trying to make the 3d printed wall clock keep accurate time.