A Tribute to (Future) Engineers
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Alright, before you guys accuse me of being biased towards the healthcare profession, I shall pen my thoughts on what I think of engineering. Please be warned that this is entirely my perception, as I do not have in-depth knowledge about what they actually do (unlike the fact that I know pharmacy A-Z), so if I get things wrong, future engineers out there, please forgive me ok!!
haha I must make that statement if case some potential engineer is reading this and then decide to dislike me =P *kidding ok*
So why do I like engineers???
The first and foremost is NOTHING BUT…….
They do injection moulding!! ^_^
‘Injection moulding is a manufacturing technique for making parts from thermoplastic material. Molten plastic is injected at high pressure into a mold, which is the inverse of the desired shape.’ ~ Wikipedia
The most important part is, CONTACT LENS are manufactured through injection moulding!! I watched it on Discovery Channel I think, the raw material they use for it is boric acid. (I think) I dislike wearing specs coz it is so not convenient when it is slipping down. In addition, the rim already gave me a rounded mark (love bites as teased by friends) on the side of my face. SUCKS lo….. =_= So yeah I love contact lens!!
Where pharmacists are concerned, those shallow unaware people will say ‘counting tablet’. Engineers have their fare share of that too.
Take mechanical engineers for instance, my gf told me that an aunty used to say it is ‘the guy who repairs cars’.
Sorry aunty, but that is MECHANICS. We are talking about mechanical engineers here, those dudes who are involved in Formula 1, modifying cars so that you can drift safely like Jay Chow in Initial D.
Most of my guy friends are doing mechanical engineering, and I salute them for having the passion. One would love to expand his dad’s workshop and aspire to offer car-modifying services like those in ‘Too Fast Too Furious’, another would love to land a job with F1 or a company in Germany, and another would want to do ‘big things’ in the automobile field.
They do interesting things in their courses, like building a replica of a bridge. Before you wonder what ‘art class’ they are having, let me tell you-it is NOT easy ok!! My friend was stressed up calculating the forces and all for his bridge. He had to also choose the right material (this is when material science comes in) so that the bridge can withstand a certain force, and he had to take into account the aesthtic value too.
Now that is what they do in MOnash UNi.
In Imperials, they were asked to design something that can lift a minimum amount of loads. If you pass that, you get incentive for being able to lift to most loads. Again, you have to count those forces, materials and bla bla bla. They were taught to draw MANUALLY too because the professors believe that it is in knowing the conventional that you can utilise the technology (read: COmputer-Aided Drawing) to draw parts of machineries, building and the like.
In Nottingham, they were required to design a car jack-the device that you use to lift up your car when you have a punctured tyre. So again, my friends had to go through the string of calculations. Then they have to assemble a spring cart and ensure it can travel as far as possible.
My friends seem to be enjoying their course a lot because they get to do such things. Great for them! I for one cannot imagine myself doing 2nd to 3rd degree integration, reading thermodynamics, rhelogy, fluid mechanics, solid dynamics, integrated design manufacturing and the like. Remember how I complaint about some physics and mechanical engineering stuff being incorporated in pharmacy course too?
NOw here is why I think engineers can make it BIG:
My mum’s friend’s husband was a CIVIL ENGINEER. He is now a developer.
So a degree in engineering is a springboard to various business.
CHEMICAL ENGINEER-If they end up being some chief engineer or so with Petronas,or some international company like Estee Lauder, Elizabeth Arden, they are going to make it big. ^_^
I have a confession here-this used to be one of my choices when I was straying a bit from my ambition. It is because I was quite into Chemistry.haha. Actually chemical engineering is more to physics.
(which engineering isn’t?)
Electrics and Electronics Engineer- My neighbour graduated with this degree from Univerisity of Malaya. Now he has his own company-among the projects that he was involved was the lighting of KLCC (read:$$$$ rolling in), and renovation of IMU now.
When I learnt about E & E in FOrm 3, I actually thought of being and E & E engineer one day, because I found it so fascinating, and another part of me is I wish to fulfil my dad’s unfulfilled ambition. You see, my Ah gong is a conventional man who thought that education wouldn’t get you far,so……… (getting a bit personal here so I shall stop)
I guess that is all from my point of view on what engineering is all about. I would love to hear more from future engineers out there, or whoever who would like to share their view on this. ^_^ A guy friend I met online from UM said to me,’ wow I am impressed. I think you are the first girl I know who knows so much about mechanical engineering’.
Now, if you all care to comment on this,^_^
1. I’ll respond with something random about you.
2. I’ll challenge you to try something.
3. I’ll pick a color that I associate with you.
4. I’ll tell you something I like about you.
5. I’ll tell you my first/clearest memory of you.
6. I’ll tell you what animal you remind me of.
7. I’ll ask you something I’ve always wanted to ask you.
