Editing Selectricity/Justin Sharps UROP Proposal (section)

== Personal Interest/Reasons for Involvement ==

I’m very interested in the project itself because I think it’s a novel approach to solving some of the hidden problems that plague people on a daily basis. Namely, "What do we do next?" I’m also looking forward to learning both Ruby and Ruby and Ruby on Rails to enhance my object oriented and web programming skills. My interest in programming was sparked during high school, and I believe this summer will prove an ideal time to truly follow up on that interest. As an aspiring chemical engineer, I believe knowledge in computer science and programming will ensure an understanding of the work that goes into advanced modeling of chemical systems as well.

My first year at MIT has also helped me learn about the existence and importance of the open source community, and I can’t wait to get involved in an open source project of my own.