I’m Simon Hathout Willard, an Engineering Physics student at UBC. I’m interested in how we can tackle the growing energy demands of the future while reducing harmful emissions and pollutants.

In my free time, I love cross stitching – it’s a nice way to unwind with some music and a nice drink, and I get some decor to put up on my dorm walls. I’ve started learning piano recently, in an effort to spend less time online. It’s impressive the number of songs that people have transcribed at all different skill levels.

I’ve been learning German for the past 6 years. I started learning the language in grade 7, and found it very interesting. I reached my B1 proficency level in grade 11, and have since taken a month long exchange trip to germany sponsored through Germany’s PAD program. At UBC, I took an intermediate German course, where I got to learn the formal grammar rules rather than relying just on intuition.