Alton Coolidge

I'm a third year engineering student at Olin College of Engineering. Within Engineering I'm interested in automotive and motorsports engineering as well as sustainability engineering and design. Outside of engineering I enjoy exploring, sailing, rugby, handball, photography, art, and driving.

Why Engineering?

I choose engineering because it is the cross-section of many of my passions and it gives me a way to contribute to the world around me. I'm specifically interested in automotive engineering because I see vehicles as an integral part of nearly everyone's day to day life and believe that through elegance and beauty in design and through dependability and passion in engineering they have the ability to positively impact the people who interact with them.

Part of this goal and my concept of engineering is that I strive for the things I engineer to be accessible to anyone who wants to use them. I also believe that my choices within engineering should not come at the cost of the beauty or well being of the world around them.