Being a STEMian gets a considerable amount of time and also, being a STEMian and being included in athletics takes more. Sebastian Hagn is not merely a senior civil engineering student, but they are a tournament winning tennis player for any YSU Men’s Tennis team too.
Sebastian, an Austria native, first attended the University of Florida, but it wasn’t quite what he was looking for. Sebastian begun to find a school which have an incredible engineering program. When he looked at Youngstown State University, he was surprised by the Civil Engineering Department and also the athletics that YSU were required to offer, as well as the accessibility additionally, the helpfulness from the faculty.
“The University of Miami was so much wider,” Sebastian said. “I just a drop in the bucket.”
While Sebastian has long been considering problem-solving and architecture, he needed more than design. After speaking with multiple people, like the CEO of his internship and Dr. Scott Martin, Sebastian decided that civil engineering was simply broad enough combine all of the subjects he loves, like mathematics and physics.
Over the very last couple summers, Sebastian has returned home to Austria to intern at Wiehag Timber Construction. This company has over 160 years of experience building wooden structures for instance observation towers and also the Canary Wharf in London, the project that Sebastian worked tirelessly on this last summer. ?Sebastian claims that he hopes that his next internship are working the us.
When Sebastian just isn’t in college, they’re normally playing tennis. Not too long ago, he won a tournament on the US Open Facility in Manhattan, and recently, Sebastian was named the Horizon League’s Newcomer of the year.
While STEM and tennis keep him busy, Sebastian enjoys spending his extra time planning to concerts, spending time with friends, and reading. Sebastian has also enjoyed helping together with the YSU chapter with the American Society of Civil Engineers and tutoring.
Sebastian has always liked to support his fellow classmates understand the work they do better. At some point, Sebastian hopes to be capable of continue his education and turn into a higher professor in the usa.
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