Ryan Perez and Brandon Daguer plan to break into space engineering and civil engineering, respectively.
Space is a beautiful mystery — a mystery that has intrigued freshman Ryan Perez since he was a child.
"Space is so massive," he says. "There's so much stuff out there that we don't know. I want to be a part of exploring it."
Perez began at FIU this summer as a mechanical engineering major with a goal: to break into the space engineering field.
His love for space began with his dad. When Perez was about eight years old, he would watch space documentaries with his father.
Engineering is also freshman Brandon Daguer's calling. His area of focus: civil engineering.
"Engineering has been my passion my whole life," Daguer says. Like Perez, Daguer was also inspired to pursue the field by his dad. "My dad is a handyman. He works on lots of construction-based projects."
Seeing his dad's work opened Daguer's eyes to the construction field, and then to engineering.
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