My name is William Pigg, an electrical engineer from Iowa State University. This website was created to demonstrate my learning as an electrical engineer throughout my academic career at Iowa State University. The tabs you can navigate to are described below:
About - A description of who I am, what I want to accomplish, and miscellaneous things about my life. You can get to know me in this tab.
Reflections - A section with a few essays that summarize my learnings and experiences at Iowa State.
Projects - Here you can see multiple instances of the things I learned at Iowa State. These examples of projects are from coursework as well as professional experience.
Contact - My typical contact information.
First thing is first: I would like to say a few words on my experience, experiences at Iowa State University, and my engineering career in general. The following thoughts are focused on education and problem solving specifically.
This electrical engineering program was tough. Throughout my years in this program I have learned quite a lot about the engineering process. Just like most aspects of life, it's all about who you know. Being a transfer student (I transferred from Central College in Pella, Iowa) I came to this university to apply my work ethic into a degree that is innovative and thought provoking. So why not learn about electricity? Upon arrival I found that not knowing any peers was an obstacle. An obstacle that I took my time on getting around. After many tough semesters I met some of my best friends and fellow engineers. I can't see a scenario where this level of learning can be achieved by yourself. It is not able to be seen, and uses imaginary numbers on top of that. I have always been fascinated by electricity, but even into my twenties I didn't realize the depth of technical meaning inside the understanding of electricity.
Although the field itself requires a lot of abstract thinking abilities (and heavy mathematics), I have learned something more valuable. That is, the ability to put ideas (such as quantum mechanics) into relatable and understandable means. This ability, I have found, can be applied to all experiences in life: finding alternate ways to relate and understand people and problems. Sometimes the best way to approach a direct idea or situation is to re-situate it.
With all of this being said, I value my knowledge from this program. Not just the math and concepts, but life-skills learned along the way.
The rest of this website is to exhibit my learnings from ISU and to get to know me more. The contact page has multiple routes in which you can contact me at anytime.
Thank you!