Die Worcesteriet Jacques Viljoen (26) is \u2019n belowende jong ingenieur en het onlangs \u2019n beurs ontvang om sy PhD-studies aan \u2019n gesogte universiteit in die Verenigde State van Amerika te voltooi. <\/p>\n
Jacques, wat sy matriek by HTS Drostdy voltooi het, se reis van \u2019n klein dorpie na een van die mees bekende ingenieursprogramme in die w\u00eareld is \u2019n bewys van sy toewyding, harde werk en die krag van onderwys wat lewens kan transformeer.<\/p>\n
Jacques, wat sy meestersgraad aan die Universiteit van Pretoria voltooi het, het grootgeword in \u2019n middelklas-huishouding in Worcester en kon ten spyte van verskeie finansi\u00eble uitdagings daarin slaag om n\u00e1 skool \u2019n beurs te kry vir sy verdere studies.<\/p>\n
\u201cEk het \u2019n groot belangstelling in wetenskap en wiskunde gehad, en my onderwysers op skool het my heeltyd gedruk om die beste weergawe van myself te wees. Ek het danksy hul aanmoediging aansoek gedoen om ingenieurswese aan die Universiteit van Pretoria, een van die top-gekeurde universiteite in die veld van ingenieurswese in Suid-Afrika, te studeer. Daar was talle uitdagings en dit het soms swaar gegaan, maar n\u00e1 ek my honneursgraad voltooi het en daarna my meestersgraad, het ek geweet ek kan dit doen,\u201d vertel hy aan Standard<\/span>.<\/p>\n Jacques se jare in Pretoria was gevul met akademiese uitdagings, maar hy het volgehou deur die ure en ure van studie, talle opdragte en eksamens.<\/p>\n Hy het uitgeblink in sy kursus en is deur sy professore vir sy uitsonderlike prestasie erken.<\/p>\n Jacques se harde werk en toewyding het vrugte afgewerp toe hy met lof gegradueer het en laasjaar sy meestergraad in elektriese ingenieurswese verwerf het.<\/p>\n \u201cDit is alles net genade. Dit was nie maklik nie, want ek was ver van alles en almal. Alles wat ek geken het, was nou onbekend. Ek het vinnig vriende gemaak en het my koshuislewe ook omarm. Ek is dankbaar vir die geleenthede wat oor my pad gekom het.\u201d <\/p>\n Jacques se ambisies het egter nie daar opgehou nie. Hy was vasbeslote om verdere te studeer en om by te dra tot die veld van ingenieurswese. Met die hulp van sy mentors en professore het Jacques by verskeie universiteite oor die w\u00eareld heen vir sy verdere PhD-studies aansoek gedoen. Sy akademiese rekord en passie vir ingenieurswese het die aandag van \u2019n toonaangewende universiteit in die Verenigde State getrek, wat hom \u2019n beurs aangebied het om sy PhD te voltooi.<\/p>\n \u201cEk het by \u2019n paar universiteite aansoek gedoen en wou \u2019n beurs kry om my studie te dek. Ek het met die hulp van my een studieleier aansoek gedoen by die Universiteit van Pittsburgh en het maande lank gewag vir \u2019n antwoord.<\/p>\n \u201cEk het in Desember uitgevind ek het die beurs gekry en sal in Mei vanjaar aansluit by die Swanson-skool vir ingenieurswese by hierdie instelling,\u201d vertel hy blinkoog aan Standard<\/i>.<\/p>\n Jacques se PhD-navorsingsvoorstel fokus op die ontwikkeling van hernubare energietegnologie\u00eb wat in landelike en onderbediende gemeenskappe ge\u00efmplementeer kan word. Sy werk word gemotiveer deur sy ervaring om in \u2019n land te kon groot word sonder betroubare toegang tot elektrisiteit en hy kon eerstehands die impak sien wat dit op die gemeenskap het.<\/p>\n Jacques glo dat ingenieurswese \u2019n kritieke rol kan speel in die oplossing van sommige van die w\u00eareld se dringendste uitdagings, en hy is daartoe verbind om deel van daardie oplossing te wees.<\/p>\n \u201cEk wil terugkom en \u2019n verskil maak. Dit is my doelwit. Ek sal altyd \u2019n Suid-Afrikaner wees en my wortels is hier.\u201d<\/p>\n Jacques se reis van \u2019n klein dorpie in Suid-Afrika na \u2019n top-ingenieursprogram in die Verenigde State is \u2019n inspirasie vir studente van alle agtergronde. Sy storie wys dat met harde werk, vasberadenheid en die ondersteuning van ander enigiemand hul drome kan bereik.<\/p>\n Dit beklemtoon ook die belangrikheid van onderwys om hindernisse af te breek en geleenthede te skep vir mense om hul volle potensiaal te bereik.<\/p>\n \u201cMy ouers is my steunpilaar en hulle staan altyd agter my. Ek het ook wonderlike vriende en my meisie is net so opgewonde vir my part,\u201d voeg hy by.<\/p>\n Hy werk tans as \u2019n studente-adviseur by sy alma mater en sal binnekort vertrek om sy studie in Amerika te begin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Die Worcesteriet Jacques Viljoen (26) is \u2019n belowende jong ingenieur en het onlangs \u2019n beurs ontvang om sy PhD-studies aan \u2019n gesogte universiteit in die Verenigde State van Amerika te 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