Michael Gold Email & Phone Number

As a kid, I would watch planes take off at the nearby airport for hours on end, the roar of the CFM 56-7B engines nearly knocking me off of my father’s shoulders. Our weekend airport trips became routine. Eyes locked on the blue sky, my father and I would do our best to match the models on his phone to the monstrous, yet graceful aircraft overhead. Airplanes quickly became my entire world. My fascination with planes created an array of questions, most too complex for my father to answer. Unsatisfied, I quickly discovered how the elevator changes pitch, the winglets decrease drag, and the engines generate thrust. My need to understand how individual parts worked together to form beautiful systems quickly carried over into other aspects of my life, sparking my interest in engineering design.As I watched my favorite airport grow in size, so too did my hometown of Pembroke Pines. Small businesses were the fabric of my community and exemplified how collective ambition could transform what was once an ordinary suburb into a bustling city with a tight-knit and driven population. My passion for engineering while growing up was molded by watching my city change. Through my undergraduate experience within the UF honors program, I hope to utilize my study of mechanical engineering and computer science to bring similar change to developing communities across the world. By spearheading engineering innovations that solve global issues and ensuring that they are distributed to the emerging markets that need them most, I believe I can change the world. While the sky may be the limit for planes, the change that I can enact through engineering is limitless.

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  University Of Florida

  Second-Year