Graduate of the University of Venezuela now working on his master’s degree in non-destructive testing at the Universidad Central de Venezuela in Caracas

委内瑞拉大学毕业生，正在委内瑞拉中央大学研读他的硕士学业，主修“非破坏性测试”。

From diving to ‘surfing’ 从潜水到“上网” 编注：此处指的surfing并非实际上的“冲浪”，而是“上网”的泛称。 Rogelio Morales, Central University of Venezuela Rogelio Morales,委内瑞拉中央大学

A metallurgical engineering graduate of the University of Venezuela, Rogelio Morales has some unusual entries on his resume. For one thing, he is a licensed commercial diver, and once worked as a professional diver for eight months in Seattle, Washington.

身为委内瑞拉大学冶金工程学的毕业生，Rogelio Morales的履历上有着一些不寻常的项目。其中之一是，他是一位有执照的商业潜水员，曾经在华盛顿州西雅图市担任专业潜水员长达八个月的时间。

Morales loved his underwater work, but quickly decided that he was more interested in underwater inspection than in commercial diving. This led him back home, to a master’s program at Central University of Venezuela in non-destructive testing. “It’s a less-invasive method of testing,” Morales explains. “You don’t have to destroy something to see if it is warped. You can use different methods, like X-rays, testing magnetic particles, and ultrasonic. It fits in well with my background in metallurgical engineering.” Morales

喜爱他在水底的工作，但是不久便确定他对水下检验的兴趣多过于商业潜水。这引导他回到家乡进入委内瑞拉中央大学“非破坏性测试”硕士班。Morales解释:“它是一个较不具侵入性的测试方法，你不须为了检视某个东西是否弯曲变形而破坏它。你可以用一些不同的方法，像是X光、测试磁性粒子和超音波，它完全契合我的冶金工程学背景。”

Morales first encountered MIT’s OpenCourseWare when he was looking on the Internet for information on stereoscopic vision, which has enormous potential for divers encountering turbid water conditions. Morales was able to find helpful information on MIT OCW, especially in Course 9.537 – Special Topics in Vision Science. The projects for Course 13.017 – Design of Ocean Systems I, also provided Morales with a wealth of new and useful concepts. Morales

在网际网络上寻找“立体视觉”资讯时，因缘际会第一次接触到麻省理工学院的“开放式课程计划”（MIT’s OpenCourseWare，MIT OCW)。该笔资讯对潜水员遭遇混浊水域状况提供许多可能的帮助。Morales可以从MIT OCW找到可以提供帮助的资料，尤其是在9.537－2001课程──“视觉科学特论”课程中（Course 9.537 – Special Topics in Vision Science)。13.017课程──“海洋系统设计I”（Course 13.017 – Design of Ocean Systems I)）专案，也提供Morales丰富、新颖且有益的概念。 

Morales acknowledges that some of the same ideas he has found on MIT OCW are probably also available in the Central University library, in books or journals. “But with books,” he argues, “it’s much harder to find this information in a timely fashion. And with OCW, you also know that it’s new information.” Morales

承认他在MIT OCW所找到的一些概念，或许也能从委内瑞拉中央大学图书馆（书籍或期刊中）找到。“但光是从书籍找资料，”他坚持地补充说道，“很难从中找到最新的资讯。但你可以确定，从OCW中所找到的，永远都是最新的。” 

Morales has been quick to share information about MIT OCW with other students—and professors—in his program. “I often download information from the Web site in different topics,” he explains, “and give it to a professor in my faculty. Sometimes we discuss the information, other times they use the slides from the site in class. It’s a great resource.” Morales

很快地便和他在硕士班中其他同学以及教授们分享有关MIT OCW的资讯，他解释道：“我时常从网络下载不同主题的资讯，并且交给我系上的教授，有时候我们会讨论这些资讯，其他时候他们在课堂上直接使用来自网站的投影片。这真是一个很好的资源。” 

 Morales also feels that MIT OCW has a broader potential in Venezuela. “Not everybody in Venezuela has the opportunity to go to college,” he points out. “It’s really hard to get in to university. So OCW is a great option. For example, there’s a program here called New Neighborhood. They use OCW to download information for poor people on technology, or humanities, or other areas. This has allowed a lot of people to access this information who might otherwise have been unable to do so. OCW has enormous potential for our country.” Morales

同时觉得MIT OCW在委内瑞拉有更多的可能性。他指出：“在委内瑞拉不是每个人都有机会上大学，进入大学真的很难，因此OCW是很棒的选择；譬如这里有一个计划称为‘新社区’，他们用OCW为穷人下载科技、人文、或其他领域的资讯。这让很多原本无法获得这些资讯的人得以接触这类资讯，OCW对我们的国家来说有无限的可能性。”