User:MQuinn

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Welcome to my humble abode. Well, not quite a real world abode, but I seem to have become pretty comfortable with Wikipedia, so it almost fits...

Since I intend to be actively contributing to the Wikipedia, it also seems appropriate to provide a short page about myself. After all, people might like to know who's definition they are getting.

I am a 26 year old, male, caucasian (not that any of that really should matter), Civil Engineer from Ottawa Canada working in New Zealand in my final year of my required intership towards licensing as a Structural engineer. My intention is to eventually obtain my doctorate in structural engineering and to teach engineering until the day I die, all the while practicing as a consultant engineer.

I am currently continuing work on several personal projects, including a rather interesting Bridge design based on new materials: The specifications I set out for myself call for zero traditional materials. No metal, no concrete, no wood, no masonry, etc... Plastics and recyclables only.

Wikipedia wise, I am just starting out. However, I am strongly considering a series of How-tos for the application of engineering principles and techniques. The emphasis would of course be on Structural engineering.

In my rather short life to date I have been many things, but most of all I have learnt and learnt that I love learning most of all. I also picked up the awareness of just how little I know, and hope that through Wikipedia I might be able to exchange some of my knowledge for new learning.

Some interesting quotes:

One dead man is a tragedy. A million dead men is a statistic. Vladimir Lenin

Oh people, know that you have commited great sins. If you ask me what proof I have for these words, it is that I am the wrath of God. Had you not sinned, God would not have set a punishment like me upon you! Genghis Khan

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