User:Silverbone

About Me
I am currently a Electrical Engineering/Photonics student at Michigan Tech. I plan to continue here for my Master's degree in Electrical Engineering. Languages are of particular interest to me and this is the area I generally focus on at Wikipedia.

Wikipedia Contributions
I typically contribute between the English and German Wikipedias. My contributions to all Wikipedias are listed below.

English

 * Heidmühlen (creator)
 * Mephisto (novel)


 * Großenaspe (creator)
 * Broomball at Michigan Tech


 * Wahlstedt
 * Gentex


 * Neresheim Abbey
 * Blumentopf

German
My Userpage

Heidmühlen

Michigan Tech (creator)

Sandbox
User:Silverbone/Sandbox

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Languages
I am very interested in languages in general. The two languages I have learned thus far are Spanish and German.

Spanish
Some highlights from my Spanish education/experience:
 * Received personal tutoring in fifth grade as an extra challenge.
 * High school Spanish studies from 9th through 11th grade (All A's).
 * Placement by exam into third year Spanish (highest possible result) at Michigan Tech.
 * Two semesters of Spanish at Michigan Tech for completed minor (Spring 2006 and Fall 2007).
 * Spanish language consultant at the Michigan Tech language lab (originally hired for German) in 2007.

German
I've learned German mostly on my own. Here are some highlights:
 * 5 week short term exchange in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany in 2004.
 * Continued relationship with former host-family.
 * Placement by exam into third year German (highest possible result) at Michigan Tech.
 * Two semesters of German at Michigan Tech for completed minor.
 * 5 week trip to former host-family in 2006.
 * Hired as German consultant at the Michigan Tech language lab in 2007.
 * 4 week trip to former host-family in 2008.
 * 3 month internship at Gentex GmbH in Erlenbach, Germany in 2008.
 * 3.5 week trip to Rostock and Schleswig-Holstein in 2009.

Others
I briefly studied Swedish before starting German. I occasionally spend time with Koine Greek, but have never made a genuine effort to learn it well. I have also spent minor efforts learning Italian and French.

Education

 * Jenison High School (3.938 GPA) 2000-2005
 * Michigan Technological University (BS Electrical Engineering with a concentration in Photonics and minors in International German and Spanish) (3.42 GPA) 2005-2009
 * Michigan Technological University (MS Electrical Engineering) (3.48 GPA) 2009-2011