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Eric Frisbie, ’20 Mechanical Engineering<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Eric Frisbie has spent the last 12 years in College. But it wasn\u2019t until he discovered Dunwoody<\/a> four years ago that he really felt like he was on the right path \u2013 and in a direction that was leading toward a degree in engineering. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Born in Indianapolis, Frisbie and his family moved to Michigan when he was 8-years-old. In high school, Frisbie discovered an aptitude and love for math and decided he wanted to pursue a career in engineering. He enrolled at the local community college to get his generals out of the way and planned to transfer to the state university. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A change of plans<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

That plan changed in 2011. Tired of Michigan and wanting a fresh start, Frisbie decided to move to Minnesota where he had family in the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy move here was pretty abrupt,\u201d Frisbie recalls. \u201cI didn\u2019t have a plan, and I decided to take a couple years off from school to settle in. And then I\u2019d go to the University of Minnesota for engineering.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it came time to enroll, Frisbie discovered that the pre-requisites he had taken in Michigan weren\u2019t the same pre-requisites he needed for the U of M\u2019s program. He needed to enroll in continuing education classes to complete the classes he was missing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Growing up, money was always tight and going into debt was never considered a good option. So with that in mind, Frisbie worked and paid his way \u2013 class by class \u2013 through college, which also meant that he could only take one or two classes a semester. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe money was a huge part of it,\u201d Frisbie said. \u201cI had to\ndrop out the first time when I was in community college because Michigan was so\npoor that it couldn\u2019t afford to pay out my scholarships, which I had been\nawarded.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By 2015, Frisbie believed he had all of the pre-requisites needed to transfer into the engineering program at the U. He made an appointment with his advisor only to be told that as a transfer student, he needed a GPA of 3.8 or higher to be admitted, a detail he didn\u2019t know, and wasn\u2019t informed of when he first began taking classes.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t know the rules of the game, and I remember being\ntold by my advisor, \u2018I don\u2019t know where you are going to go, but it\u2019s not\nhere,\u2019\u201d Frisbie said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finding a path forward<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

While on a parts run for his employer a few months later, he drove past Dunwoody and thought, \u201cWell there\u2019s a school, I\u2019ll go there.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That was the Spring of 2016. When Frisbie got back to work and went online, he learned Dunwoody was launching a Mechanical Engineering<\/a> program that Fall. It seemed like fate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI went to the next Open House, applied for the program, and\nwas accepted,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve been in college for 12 years, but Dunwoody was\nthe first time where I actually felt like I was going to graduate.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frisbie said the difference was in the people. \u201cEveryone there wants to help you succeed, and they give you the tools to do well,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And Frisbie didn\u2019t just do well \u2013 he excelled \u2013 graduating\nMagna Cum Laude in May of 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The right fit<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Frisbie comes from a highly educated family, both his parents have master\u2019s degrees and his father even graduated valedictorian of his college class. And while many in his family are in math-related fields, Frisbie is the first to become an engineer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And before attending Dunwoody, Frisbie said that no one in\nhis family had even heard of the school. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking back on his time at Dunwoody, Frisbie said the small\nclass sizes and hands-on learning were big plusses, but the support from\nfaculty and administration was the biggest factor in his success. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was definitely the support,\u201d he said. \u201cAll the\ninstructors, were always happy to help. I never felt like I was bothering\nthem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frisbie also developed the confidence he needed to believe in himself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI had to get over the hurdle of not believing that I could\nfinish college,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was a huge mental block for me. But by the second\nsemester in, I thought, \u2018I can do this.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frisbie said he enjoyed the project-based learning,\nespecially when it came to highly precise projects such as a loop-the-loop\nproject where you had to get a marble to roll down a ramp, through a loop, and\nthen launch, before landing directly in a small cup. Frisbie\u2019s team decided to\ngo for distance as well, upping the difficultly and level of calculations\nrequired. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He developed his leadership skills as well and was even nominated to be the project manager of his team\u2019s senior design project, building a Supermileage Competition car from the wheels up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cA lot of people on\nthe team had worked on their own cars, or done stuff with motors growing up. I\nhad never had any expensive toys like that. So I had to figure out how to\ndesign and build something from scratch \u2013 and that was awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The worst part of the project was not being able to finish. The team had just completed welding the chassis together, and had started looking at the motor when the State shut down due to COVID, putting the project on hold. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Excited for the future<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The project continued to spur Frisbie\u2019s passion for automotive-based engineering, a field he someday hopes to enter. He is currently a detailer in the auto industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI would love to stay in the auto industry, I know there is\nso much out there that I don\u2019t know, and that I would probably love,\u201d he\nsaid.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whatever he chooses to do, Frisbie said he has gained the\nconfidence needed to tackle any challenge or job. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe most important thing I learned, without a doubt and\nthanks to Dunwoody, is confidence,\u201d he said. \u201cBecause I feel like I can learn\nhow to do anything. No job is intimidating. I have learned now that I can do\nanything.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frisbie is still looking for a full-time engineering position.\nHe was offered a job in Alexandria, but after visiting, decided he really\nwanted to stay in the area. So when COVID hit, he decided to take a couple\nmonths off from the search and is looking for that first job. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI would love to be a field engineer and work on one of\nthose big projects, like you see on shows such as Impossible Engineering,\u201d he\nsaid. \u201cBut most of all I\u2019m looking forward to that point in life when\neverything just clicks and you know that you are at your dream job doing what\nyou love and you\u2019re exactly where you\u2019re supposed to be.\u201d  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eric Frisbie, ’20 Mechanical Engineering Eric Frisbie has spent the last 12 years in College. But it wasn\u2019t until he discovered Dunwoody four years ago that he really felt like he was on the right path \u2013 and in a direction that was leading toward a degree in engineering. Born in Indianapolis, Frisbie and his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5704,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[305,178],"tags":[247,314,296],"class_list":["post-5700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni-and-friends","category-student-news","tag-dunwoody-alumni","tag-dunwoody-college-of-technology","tag-mechanical-engineering"],"yoast_head":"\nCelebrating those who are Born to Do. - Dunwoody College News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Meet the students who are Born to Do. 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