Freshman Engineering Writing Project Essay

I believe engineering is the path to a better world. My interest in engineering really took hold when I joined the FIRST Robotics Club (Tractor Technicians) as a Sophomore and made the drive team: a drive team consists of four teammates who represent their club on the competition floor. We built, programmed, and tested our robot for months. The most incredible part of this experience was witnessing a single hand on a keyboard control our entire robot that I helped build. The intensity of the competition can be compared to that of a soccer game. However, instead of sprinting and kicking, we use our minds and engineering principles to analyze the situation and fix or improve issues that present themselves. Similarly, I would like to apply this trouble shooting mentality to more important issues. After robotics, I took the initiative to pursue an online computer science class. This class has proven to be more challenging than I anticipated, however, the growth I have seen in myself is exceptional. This rewarding experience has increased my interest in the field of engineering. I have also taken the opportunity to get real-world experience through a work study program in the IT/IS department on Kwajalein. I assist technicians in the field as we repair and replace computers and printers. These experiences and relationships have widened my perspective of the engineering and technology

Deciding on a career is an important life decision. In order to make an educated decision, reflection on what you want your life to be like is necessary. I would like a job where I can utilize my interest in math and science, have the opportunity to research, create, and develop revolutionary ideas and processes. However, there is more the selecting a career than personal interests. I would like to have a life outside of my job, which would mean I need a structured schedule that is not susceptible to change. Also, I would like to travel quite a bit during my life, and I would need to make enough money to accommodate the expenses of traveling. In addition, I would like to have a job where advancement opportunities are available,

For our science assessment we had the task to research about a metal of our choice. Since I am really into computers, I chose copper. A metal used in all kinds of wires, cpu’s and other stuff without a computer wouldn’t work. This fits really well into what we have to do for the second part, describe how this metal has helped human society.

Staring at engine components of a car as well as holding a smartphone with almost unbelievable thickness fascinated me in many ways indirectly leaded me into getting to know more through different sources about machines ranging from transportation to communication devices. Two years of A-level preparation, further solidified my interest in this area as I found myself very fond of learning mathematics, physics and mechanics in particular. In addition, my curiosity in the operation and dynamics of objects naturally influences my choice of degree, leading me towards Engineering as it is a discipline which satisfy my own interest and most probably bring out the best of me.

I have always loved creating things as a kid and to me having math involved just really spiked my interest .I chose this occupation because of a survey I took after receiving my ASVAB test and it gave me a lot of engineering and architectural professions. I have always had a fancy for numbers which is a plausible reason on why I take advanced classes for anything that is math-related: such as all core math courses, architecture and engineering. I've taken two years of architecture and about two years of engineering and have come to realize that I have a strong obsession for the both of these classes and can't decide on which one I want to choose for an occupation in without having regrets for not choosing the other. I felt like I should choose one that was close to home so that I could keep in touch with

Designing has been a major aspect of my career as an engineering student. One of my most notable moments of design was my Freshman Engineering Projects course. In this class I designed a handlebar light for bikes with the goal of making it both more economical than and superior to current designs. Working in a group with three others, we set out to make a light that would be more robust, secure, and safer than current products on the market. The process began with three rough ideas of where we wanted to go and through many iterations of tweaking, testing, and prototyping we narrowed our plan down to one final design. Throughout the time we took preparing our final product we always had the cyclists we were making the product for in mind.

Engineering must be one of the most difficult majors and studies to define as a whole, probably due to the fact that it encompases so much. Not only does the major involve mathematics, but it also contains both science and technology; though the profession has many goals, the main one is probably to advance and help not only the human race, but also to help the world that we live in. However, anyone with the desire to to change the world, must have some way to do it and some choose to study the engineering profession and in my case it is computer science. The engineering program is known to be not only trying but requires dedication, and there are good reasons for that, however it is far from impossible if one is willing to put forth the effort.

I am undecided. Since joining high school I have been looking for something that I love and I am passionate about, and I feel like I keep finding it. When I would take an engineering class like project lead the way I loved working on the projects, the computers, the math, and the sketching of what I wanted to make. For a while I thought this is what I was going to do in college and so on. Then eventually the class wasn’t fun anymore it became to repetitive and we started doing things that I didn't enjoy anymore, and I gave up on the whole idea of engineering. The next year I took AP Human Geography and I enjoyed that. I became passionate about that and would try so hard to get a good grade on every assignment. Since AP human was only a semester

Factors to be considered are salaries, what will I start off with? What degree do I need to earn what I actually want? What am I good at? For sure the decision is complicated. Throughout this essay, we have compiled the three most popular fields of study chosen by college students.

A world-class engineering student, also known as a “master of learning,” is distinguished by the ability to take command of their learning process, engagement in the learning, with constant drive and discipline while always keeping a goal set for the future. The life of an engineer is inherently mentally arduous due to the sheer amount of knowledge that must be learned from generations of knowledge building in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math. The life of an engineer can be one of the most rewarding as a pupil gains knowledge from the work of people like Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, etc., changing the world in their own way. This process of learning can become bearable, manageable, and can to become effortless by taking the time to first learn how to become a world-class engineering student. To become a world-class engineer takes large sums of time and consistency. To become a world-class engineering student, I must pinpoint where I am in the aspects of setting goals, personal development, academic development, and career development, where a world class type of engineering student would be in each of those areas, and what I must accomplish to turn into a world-class engineering student.

Everybody has to grow up and someday, a future career has to be chosen. This choice is very difficult and hard for some people. Two great choices would be a mathematician and an aerospace engineer. Mathematician and aerospace engineering are two interesting and unique job choices, but are highly different and offer different opportunities. These jobs have different working styles, outlooks, environments, education needed, and salary. These jobs are also similar in a lot of ways.

The Shape Memory Alloys are quite fascinating materials characterised by a Shape Memory effect and Super-elasticity, which ordinary metals and alloys do not have. This unique behaviour was first found in Au-47.5%Cd alloy in 1951, and was publicised by its discovery in a Ti-Ni alloy in 1963. After much research and development thereafter, shape memory alloys are now being practically used as new functional alloys for pipe couplings, antennae for cellular phones and various actuators in electrical appliances, etc. Furthermore, they have attracted keen attention as promising candidate for smart materials since they function as sensors as well as actuators.

Our generation has become attached to technology, a fixation characterized by our endless fascination with our cell phones. Therefore, it didn’t take long for our group, engineers of different majors, different backgrounds, and different beliefs, to find some common ground: our cell phones. Any college student feels at a disadvantage if they forget their phone during a class or two; our group immediately realized how disadvantaged those in developing nations are without the same technology we take for granted. Therefore, after some brain storming, we decided to create a venture in which we could distribute inexpensive cell phones to those in developing nations.

Complex engineering systems involve uncertain nature (in analysis, design, production and operational phases) as well as multidisciplinary essence. Studies show that about 40% of failures are due to lack of attention to uncertainties in the design phase and rest of failures depends on other factors such as production phase, operational condition, and etc. so considering uncertainties are unavoidable in the analysis and design of these systems. In general, uncertainties are divided into two groups: aleatory uncertainty and epistemic uncertainty. Aleatory uncertainty describes the interior and or environmental variations of physical systems. Epistemic uncertainty is due to inaccuracy in the modeling process because of lack of knowledge in

Muhammad ‘Ammar bin Kassim B. Eng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering [Majoring in Material] Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) 7th August 2010 Dear Sir/Madam,