 I did a little bit of exploratory things with research in high school. Being able to get into a research lab more centered toward my own interests has been a really big deal for me. It's really affirmed me that computer engineering is something I want to do. As a first-year engineer, I have the option to choose my major and research is something that I find is fun and exciting and it has allowed me to work on a really high-level topic I feel like and even as a freshman, I don't see many other freshmen always being able to get to do projects like these. Am I doing more work than them? Sometimes yes, but I think it's for something that I think is fun. It has really affirmed that computer engineering is something I want to do. I started off the semester just learning the necessary knowledge as well as going over a literature review and then me and Landon we managed to present our findings through our team presentation and using what we had already gathered we were able to come up with some pretty interesting project ideas. The Radherd FPGA for me and then the rest of the semester is essentially us focusing on our individual projects.