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KINGSTON, R.I. 鈥� May 6, 2009 鈥� Adam Muratori spent a year studying and working in Germany as part of his curriculum at the 溏心vlog免费B站鈥檚 International Engineering Program. As he looks toward graduation on May 17, he knows that it was his time in Germany that led to the job in Rhode Island that he will start next month.
鈥淚鈥檝e always been into computers, taking stuff apart, learning how things work,鈥� said the North Smithfield native. 鈥淭hat interest translated into the study of electrical engineering when I came to 溏心vlog免费B站.鈥�
When he enrolled in the International Engineering Program, he knew he was also going to have to study a foreign language, so he picked German.
鈥淚 never had an interest in German or Germany previous to college,鈥� he said, 鈥渂ut a lot of people associate engineering with Germany. They鈥檙e very efficient. After my time there, I鈥檓 quite comfortable with the language, though still not perfect.鈥�
During the five months that Muratori spent studying at the Technical University of Braunschweig in the fall of 2007, he was exposed to new cultures and observed how German and American academic strengths differ.
鈥淚 found that Americans are a bit more well-rounded,鈥� he said. 鈥淭he German school system concentrates on some subjects earlier than we do here, so they might have a little more technical knowledge than most college-level Americans, but I would say that Americans can write better reports and have stronger communication skills.鈥�
Following his classroom experience in Germany, Muratori worked for six months at Continental Corp., an automotive electronics company in the middle of the Black Forest in the city of Villingen-Schwenningen. The division had been purchased from Siemens several weeks before he began work.
鈥淚 worked mostly on GPS [global positioning system] analysis as a test engineering intern,鈥� he explained. 鈥淢y boss had a truck that he drove around the Black Forest, and I had to optimize the GPS reception inside of the truck鈥檚 tolling system, making sure that as he drove through tall forests and mountainous terrain that the system worked well in all of these areas.鈥�
Muratori鈥檚 GPS work included testing and analysis of various types of antennas, which he hadn鈥檛 studied much about before going to Germany. But it soon became a subject of great interest, so much so that he has been hired by Applied Radar Inc. at Quonset Point for a job he will start soon after graduation.
The company, a defense contractor, makes phased array antenna systems that Muratori said 鈥渟imulate large scanning antennas with an array of fixed, electronically controlled smaller antennas.鈥� He expects to start out doing programming, but he hopes to eventually work on the design of new antenna systems.
A former high school soccer and tennis player, Muratori wants to work his way into a project management position, and perhaps go to graduate school to earn a master鈥檚 degree in electrical engineering with a concentration in antenna design.
鈥淏ut I want to learn the ins and outs before I get to that,鈥� he said. 鈥淢y main goal right now is to lay the groundwork and get some good experience. It鈥檚 why I鈥檓 going to work first before graduate school.鈥�