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by Hoh, Yin Kiong. This article concerns how many women stray from engineering and science based jobs because of people’s perception of engineers and scientists. It also gives an amazing example of a very successful woman engineer and her accomplishments throughout her career. Hoh, Yin Kiong talks about in the article that the exposure to female mechanical engineers would push more young women towards this career path. This article was convincing in some ways but it lacked certain aspects that…

Mechanical Engineers: Life Changing Creators From smothering smoke to rattling that shook the entire building, the machine began to crash and shut down completely. A panic fell across the room as the dramatic scene was taking place. Confusion and worry was being expressed through the eyes of every employee in the room. Production was at a halt and the business was in a crisis. Before anyone was able to make a move, a man carrying a tool bag stormed in and immediately was heading towards the…

school robotics team. With robotics I was able to explore the world of designing, testing, and bringing to life these ideas that started out as scrap metal. Through talking to different engineers at robotics competitions I found that what I really wanted to do with my life was study to become a mechanical engineer. Of the labs that we visited during this class I was most drawn to the machine shop. I am a hands on learner so to see that we have the opportunity to get hands on experience with…

Boring Engineers?? Engineers are stereotyped as being boring, introverted and hard to get along with. But in truth, engineers of today must be creative and able to work in teams to develop new and exciting products. Guest speaker Professor Charles Hollenbeck revealed this during a recent lecture given at Chaffey College. Professor Hollenbeck graduated from the UCLA School of engineering in 1967 as a mechanical engineer. After graduating, he worked as a development engineer in the aerospace…

Civil engineers design, build, supervise, operate, and maintain construction projects and systems in the public and…

How to be a great Electrical Engineer --- Analysis on virtue ethics of Electrical Engineers With increasing demands of new technologies, engineers have an essential role in human’s life nowadays. Mechanical engineers, chemical engineers and many other types of engineers are trying their best to bring the best and safest technologies to human society. Among these varieties of engineers, electrical engineers play an important role in numerous fields. An electrical engineer has varieties of…

Communication in Industrial Engineering The world will always need engineers to bring ideas into life, however engineering is not for everyone. Thankfully, there are many different branches of engineering, whether it be mechanical, electrical, chemical, etc. One commonly overlooked is the field of industrial engineering. After I was certain I wanted to go into engineering, I took a good look at all the fields available. I decided that industrial engineering was the best fit for me, but I still…

The construction industry is one of the high risk industry with more number of injuries and fatalities reported compared to other industries. The construction industry has also been performing poorly on health and safety of its employees. In New Zealand, the construction sector is the sixth largest sector which employs 180,000 people. The Construction Sector Action Plan of 2011 suggests that the construction industry in New Zealand had the highest rate of fatal injury making it almost thrice the…

Three careers that would be well suited for me are a cost estimator, an operations research analyst, and a conservation officer. Two of these careers involve quantitative thinking and mathematical skills, while the third career involves enforcing laws and regulations and working outdoors. Due to my interest in working outdoors I have chosen conservation officer as the best career opportunity for me. The first job I researched is a cost estimator. I researched this job because it involves…

help other people. Engineering in general is an essential part of American culture due to how it is involved with creating everything used in the world. Each aspect of any sort of building, technology, and process is designed and improved upon by engineers to create a more efficient system and solve many of the world’s problems. To have any degree in engineering is to be a person who wants to solve problems and create solutions to benefit others, and that is what I want to be a part of.…