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Sunday, March 30, 2008

Members of KKF-A-103 Territory

Azim Azuan





Profile

Hometown

Alor Star, Kedah

Status

Solo

Date of birth

2nd July

Course

Manufacturing

Favourite word/quotes

Tidur yg cukup rahsia kejayaan

Interest

Art, music

This is me, Azim Azuan b. Osman. At home my parents and my siblings call me Azuan/Wan. But, when I started my study in a kindergarten near my house, my Chinese teacher became the first person who called me with the nick Azim. Initially, I’m not so contented with the nick, but as the time goes by I used to it and became familiar with that name. So, when I went to school I became Azim and back at home become Azuan. That’s the unic experience of a person who got two names, I guess. Ever since, I came here my nick name change again, from Azim to Ajim (ahh…! This is really s**k, and I got diz name from that stupid Te Yang – dunno how to pronounce ‘z’ properly).

So, why I put my part on the top of this post? That is because I am the ‘taiko’ for this house (KKF-A-103). Ok, finish with my details, now let’s check it out for my roommate and housemates details, about themselves.















Alif Syahmie



Profile

Hometown

Besut, Terengganu

Status

Unknown

Date of birth

8th September

Course

Computer

Favourite word/quotes

No words, juz laugh all the time

Interest

Anime, music

Now my roommate Alif, everyone call him Alif no one call him Syahmie (hmm…I wondered why? Not juz like me). He is a really big fan of ‘anime’ plus Jpop music (Japanese songs). He really addicted to Otsuka Ai a female Japanese singer. He also already influenced me to follow his interest. That’s why I’ve posted about Bleach anime for the last post I’ve made. All of this bcuz of HIM! The most interesting and annoying bout him is he always laugh hardly and LOUDLY every time he watches anime, even though he watch it alone. This is what we call a syndrome of (syok sendiri n gelak sorang-sorang). Ok, that’s brief info bout him, if you wanna know more bout him juz come to my house (address: as I’ve stated above) and LAUGH AWAY with him, rite!












Amir Shafiq



Profile

Hometown

Kulai, Johor

Status

Widower

Date of birth

10th September

Course

Metallurgy

Favourite word/quotes

Kawan-kawan!

Interest

Drawing, music, anime

We go to the next room, room no.2 in 103 which is next to my room. First, let me introduce you guys to Amir. He is a frenzy like person. His favourite is to skip classes, even though he juz like that, we always accepts him as he is (hah hah!) don’t be mad ha, Amir..juz kidding. Last sem, before Amir bought his laptop, he always not at home, hanging around with his classmate maybe. Then, after he bought one, his habit suddenly had changed. Always stay at home but (faham-faham la..sbbnya, ngadap laptop la..). Now he back to his old habit, hanging out. Seems like he already bored with his laptop. Now, his builds new interest in futsal. Every weekend night, he’ll go to play futsal with his classmates (most of the time). That’s all brief info bout him. Besides, I’m not allowed to tell bout others wickedness.












Mohd. Izzuddin



Profile

Hometown

Jeli, Kelantan

Status

Not available

Date of birth

27th May

Course

Microelectronic

Favourite word/quotes

Baris, baris sedia!

Interest

Singing, music

This is Din, he is one of the PALAPES member. He likes to eat sausage. His favourite place is Wang Ulu (since PALAPES meeting and training are held there). He loves listening to ‘Rock Kapak’ music. Plus he enjoys singing in the bathroom. The brightest side of him is, he is a helpful and well cooperated person. Easy to ask favour from him and ask to do the house cleaning with me. Now, Din is still searching for someone to be his soul mate, so who’s interested to have relation with him, contact him!

















Abdul Muhaimin



Profile

Hometown

Batu Gajah, Perak

Status

Unavailable

Date of birth

3rd October

Course

Mechatronic

Favourite word/quotes

Ate, sdap ler..

Interest

Skype, music



Now, I would like to introduce persons who dwell in the room no.3. Look at the face in the picture beside, his name is Muhaimin. He is one of the elite students in his class. He juz bought his laptop about half a month ago (still ‘bau kedai’). Ever since he bought his laptop, you can see him seldomly separate with his laptop. He very loves to chat in skype, with someone, sorry I can’t mention who the person is (diz information is private and confidential), bcuz it is prohibited by Muhaimin. Juz like Din, Muhaimin also likes to sing (but not in bathroom, luckily), unfortunately with WRONG lyrics.. = P whatever, as long as we know what song he’s singing, who cares? (he said). Additional info: Before Muhaimin bought his laptop, he always spent his evening with sleeping but now he can’t even take his eyes off it. His eyes had been wide open unusually. Hah ha!















Mohd. Hanafee



Profile

Hometown

Klang, Selangor

Status

Not available

Date of birth

10th August

Course

Electrical System

Favourite word/quotes

Hari ni hari minggu bro!

Interest

Guitar, music

Last but not least, the member of 103 house is Hanafee. His ‘junior’ called him Fifi. Now everyone has called him with that nick. He really loves his beard even though Pn. Zaitun (our JPA trainer) warned him hundred of times to shave them, but he still insists. He also likes to play guitar and it is his good at. Juz like Din (again), he is very helpful and well cooperated person, easy to ask favour as example ask him to ‘tapau’ food and so on. Hmm…what else about him? Ahah! He always makes phone calls to his ‘junior’ for so many hours or easy said 'bergayutla..' (hah ha! Sorry to note this in my blog Fifi, diz is juz to make the blog more interesting, once again I apologize). Got no idea what more to tell, with that see ya!




Sunday, March 23, 2008

Entertainment: Bleach Anime


Bleach (ブリーチ Burīchi?, romanized as BLEACH in Japan) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tite Kubo that has appeared in Weekly Shonen Jump since August 2001.

Bleach follows the adventures of Ichigo Kurosaki, a high school student with the ability to see ghosts, and Rukia Kuchiki, a shinigami (Soul Reaper or, literally, "death god"). The early parts of the story focus mainly on the characters. As events unfold, the story begins to delve deeper into the world of these gods of death.

The manga series has been adapted into an animated television series, two OVAs, two animated feature films, a rock musical, numerous video games and a TCG (Trading Card Game). Compilation volumes of the manga have sold over 40 million copies in Japan, and have reached the top of manga sales charts in the United States. The manga received the Shogakukan Manga Award for its shōnen title in 2005, and the anime has been nominated for several American Anime Awards.

INTRODUCTIONS

The story opens with the sudden appearance of the shinigami, Rukia Kuchiki, in Ichigo Kurosaki's bedroom. She is surprised at his ability to see her, but their resulting conversation is interrupted by the appearance of a hollow, an evil spirit. After Rukia is severely wounded while trying to protect Ichigo, she intends to transfer half her powers to Ichigo, hoping to give him the opportunity to face the hollow on equal footing. Ichigo unintentionally absorbs almost all her powers instead, allowing him to defeat the hollow with ease.

The next day, Rukia appears in Ichigo's classroom as a transfer student. Much to his surprise, she appears to be a normal human. She theorizes that it was the unusual strength of Ichigo's spirit that caused him to absorb almost all her powers, thus leaving her stranded in the human world. Rukia has transferred herself into a gigai — an artificial human body — while waiting to recover her abilities. In the meantime, Ichigo must take over her job as a shinigami, battling hollows and guiding lost souls to Soul Society.


Characters

All Bleach characters are "souls". Living humans contain souls within their bodies, while disembodied souls, or spirits, have a form composed of particles of spiritual energy called ectoplasm (霊子 reishi?), which otherwise mimics human anatomy, aside from slowed aging. This form encompasses all of the spirit's being; there is no distinction between spirit and body. There are a variety of different types of spirits in Bleach, each with a different visual theme and approach to combat.

In addition to being a world of several species with supernatural ability, Bleach also has a great variety of characters, personalities, as well as power. At the beginning, the story focused largely on Ichigo and his beginnings as a soul reaper in his hometown of Karakura. Later on, the story centered around not only on Ichigo and his friends, but also a myriad of shinigami. Unlike the modern description of a "death god," the shinigami in Bleach have very eccentric characters with such variety that are only matched on how each of them look. Most of them play significant roles in Ichigo's quest to protect his loved ones and friends as well as providing motives for Ichigo's increasing power to truly live up to the meaning of his name: "the one who protects."

Character types

  • Human: The humans of Bleach are much like the residents of modern Japan, and most cannot see or sense disembodied spirits in any way. Spirits can, however, inhabit artificial human bodies called gigai which are visible to ordinary humans. One in 50,000 humans is a medium with some awareness of nearby spirits, but only a third of these are able to see them clearly, and only the strongest of mediums are able to speak with or touch spirits. Certain unique humans naturally have both the power to sense and the strength to fight with spirits. Ordinary humans can gain the ability to interact with spirits by spending time around a large source of spirit energy.
  • Plus: Benign spirits in Bleach are known as pluses (wholes in the official English editions). A plus is the spirit of a person who has died. A chain, known as the Chain of Fate (因果の鎖 inga no kusari?), protrudes from the chest and binds the plus to a location, object or person that they felt close to in life.The soul can move about freely if the chain is broken, but this also causes the chain to corrode.[5] Normally, pluses are sent to Soul Society by shinigami in a ritual called soul burial (魂葬 konsō?) before this corrosion becomes significant. If the Chain of Fate is corroded entirely before a soul burial can be performed, a hole will form in the chest of the soul where the chain was once anchored. Such souls are driven mad and become evil spirits known as hollows. If the Chain of Fate is torn out deliberately, this also leads to spiritual degradation.
  • Shinigami: Shinigami, or Soul Reapers as they are called in the official Viz English releases, are the psychopomps of Bleach. They are souls with inner spiritual power, recruited from the ranks of the residents and nobility of Soul Society. Like all spirits, they cannot be detected by normal humans. Shinigami use their zanpakutō, supernatural swords that are the manifestation of their owners' power, to perform soul burials on pluses.Shinigami also use zanpakutō and magic known as kidō to fight their archrivals, the hollows. A group of shinigami known as the vizard have obtained hollow powers, gaining removable masks and access to certain hollow abilities.
  • Hollow: The hollows are the major antagonists of Bleach. They are evil spirits who reside in Hueco Mundo but travel to the living world to feed on the souls of the living and dead alike. Like shinigami, hollows are made of spiritual matter and cannot be detected by ordinary humans. While the majority of hollows can be overcome by the average shinigami, there are some which surpass even the most elite shinigami in strength. All normal hollows wear white masks, but a small group of hollows have broken them, becoming arrancar. By shattering their masks, these hollows regain the ability to reason, sometimes obtain a humanoid form, and gain access to shinigami powers.
  • Quincy: The Quincy are a clan of spiritually aware humans who once fought against the hollows, using bows composed of spiritual energy to slay them. As opposed to shinigami, Quincy absorb and channel energy from their surroundings to fight. Unlike the shinigami This method has the propensity to shatter the balance of the universe, because when souls are destroyed, the number of souls entering and leaving Soul Society cannot remain equal. This issue prompted the shinigami At least two Quincy still remain. method of killing hollows which allows the hollow to enter Soul Society, the Quincy technique simply destroys the hollow's soul entirely. to conduct a campaign to exterminate the Quincy about 200 years before the main storyline.
  • Artificial soul: Artificial souls (Also known as Modified Souls, or Mod Souls) are a type of soul mass-produced by the shinigami. Issued in pill form, they are used to force shinigamigigai during protracted stays in the living world, and also to evict pluses that refuse to leave their bodies after death. They come with a pre-programmed personality that animates the host body until the owner returns. In addition to the mundane versions, a series of experimental souls authorized and created by shinigami researchers exists. The shinigami decided to scrap the project due to the inhumanity of forcing dead bodies to fight, and ordered the destruction of all modified souls. Only one modified soul exists in the manga (Kon), but there are three more such characters in the anime. out of their Known as modified souls, these were meant to hunt hollows by possessing soulless human bodies and supercharging a particular aspect of them (for example, strength or speed).
  • Bount: Exclusive to the anime, the Bounts are a clan of human beings with high spiritual energy and special powers. They were accidentally created by shinigami scientists looking for a way to create eternal life. Bounts consume the souls of human beings to survive; theoretically, a Bount could live forever by doing so. Although the Bounts have a strict rule to consume only the souls of the dead, the final group of Bounts chose to drain souls from living humans in order to become more powerful. Each Bount uses a "doll" in combat, a type of familiar possessing its own special abilities. Every doll is unique and is a manifestation of the user's power. If the doll is destroyed, its owner is destroyed as well.

Profile
Age 15
Gender Male
Species Human, Shinigami, Vizard
Date of birth July 15
Occupation High school student, substitute shinigami
Known relatives Isshin Kurosaki (father)
Masaki Kurosaki (mother, deceased)
Yuzu Kurosaki (sister)
Karin Kurosaki (sister)
Zanpakutō Zangetsu

Ichigo is a 15-year-old who attempts to cultivate a detached image, for which he keeps his eyebrows constantly furrowed. Ichigo has natural orange hair, a fact that annoys many upperclassmen in his school, who constantly pick fights with him. Ichigo claims that he does not care what others think (both about his hair and other subjects) and seems to enjoy fighting the bullies. Ichigo possesses the unusual ability to see spirits as a consequence of his innate spiritual power. After the full extent of Ichigo's immense spiritual power is unlocked as a consequence of his meeting with Rukia Kuchiki, as well as his subsequent inability to control it, many of his friends begin to develop spiritual powers due to their proximity with him. Frequent exposure to Ichigo's energy causes several of his classmates to become spiritually aware, and some even develop their own unique powers as a result.


Profile
Species Shinigami
Date of birth January 14
Occupation Shinigami in the 13th Division
Known relatives Hisana Kuchiki (sister, deceased), Byakuya Kuchiki (brother-in-law, adoptive brother)
Zanpakutō Sode no Shirayuki



Rukia Kuchiki is a cool-tempered shinigami who was sent on a hollow extermination patrol in Ichigo's hometown. Though her physical appearance is that of a teenage girl, in reality she is around 150 years old. Rukia is forced to transfer her power to Ichigo and assume a temporary lifestyle as a regular human. She registers at the local high school and takes up residence in Ichigo's closet, while teaching him how to be a substitute shinigami in her place. Rukia died as an infant and was sent to Soul Society with her older sister, Hisana. Though Hisana initially tried to protect and provide for Rukia, she could not insure her own survival while caring for a baby, and thus abandoned Rukia. As Rukia grew up she befriended Renji Abarai, and over the coming years the two stayed together and looked out for one another. Once they entered the shinigami Hisana, having years earlier married into the family and subsequently died of an illness, gave her husband, Byakuya Kuchiki, the task of finding Rukia. Disgusted with herself for abandoning Rukia, Hisana wanted her sister to be part of the Kuchiki family while never knowing of their relation to each other. After succeeding in this task, Byakuya kept his word, treating Rukia as a sister and keeping his wife's secret until the end of the Soul Society arc, where he finally tells Rukia about Hisana's past. academy, Rukia was adopted into the Kuchiki family.


Profile
Age 15
Gender Female
Species Human
Date of birth September 3
Occupation High school student
Known relatives Sora Inoue (brother, deceased)
Weapon Shun Shun Rikka

Orihime Inoue is a long-time classmate of Ichigo, closely linked to him by mutual friend Tatsuki Arisawa. She is effectively an orphan, as she and her elder brother Sora ran away from their abusive home at a young age, and her brother later died. Though initially devoid of spiritual powers, she begins to develop spiritual awareness and later obtains one of the most powerful healing abilities in the Bleach universe, able to completely restore a body to its previous state regardless of how severely it is wounded. Orihime Inoue has long orange-brown hair which she wears with the bangs behind her ears and hairpins. She does not remove her hairpins, except to sleep (she is seen without them in episode 64 when she wakes up), as they are worn in memory of her brother, while her hair is worn long in honor of the promise Tatsuki Arisawa once made to protect her.


Profile
Age 15
Gender Male
Species Human (Quincy)
Date of birth November 6[1]
Occupation High School Student, Quincy
Title Heir to the title "The last Quincy"
Known relatives Ryūken Ishida (father), Sōken Ishida (grandfather, deceased)

Though on the surface nothing more than the solitary class genius, Uryū Ishida is actually a Quincy, descendant of a line of priest-like hollow-hunting archers. He bears a deep grudge against all shinigami, including Ichigo, but comes to view Ichigo differently over time, eventually becoming an ally and friendly rival. Uryū is generally shy and quiet, but tries harder to act cool when other people are around. For example, during the Soul Society arc he wears a mantle that serves no purpose other than to make him look cooler, despite the fact that it hinders his movement. He even keeps a spare to that effect. In addition, he also has a tendency to say things with characteristic drama.


Profile
Nicknames Chad
Gender Male
Species Human
Date of birth April 7
Occupation High school student
Weapon Brazo Derecha de Gigante
Brazo Izquierda del Diablo

Yasutora Sado, better known as Chad, is one of Ichigo's few friends at school. He is a biracial (Japanese/Mexican) student who towers over his classmates. Despite his imposing appearance he is quite meek, and refuses to fight unless it is for the sake of another. He does not have awareness of ghosts at first, but this changes when he witnesses a group of children being attacked by a hollow. He discovers a unique ability that strengthens and armors one of his arms, enabling him to fight hollows. He later develops the ability to shoot energy from his armored arm. Chad is a quiet person and is sometimes the subject of jokes or bullies because he never fights back, against ordinary humans, or often hollows and shinigami until necessary. Nonetheless, he is treated equally within his group of friends in Karakura (Ichigo, Keigo and Mizuiro). Chad also has a weakness for cute things, like small animals and Kon, and is one of the few characters that actually treats Kon with any dignity but for the most part ignores him. To match his extraordinary size, Chad possesses extraordinary superhuman durability, even before activating his spiritual powers, being able to survive the impact of a falling steel girder on his back and a head-on motorcycle collision, and is strong enough to break telephone poles and wield them as giant clubs.


Profile
Gender Male
Species Shinigami
Date of birth August 31
Occupation Shinigami lieutenant of the 6th Division
Zanpakutō Zabimaru

Renji Abarai is an elite shinigami bearing the rank of 6th Division lieutenant, making him second in command of a sub-branch of the shinigami armed forces. Although first introduced as a deadly enemy, he has conflicting loyalties between his duties and Rukia, with whom he grew up. A rash and driven man, he holds both a deep respect and animosity towards his immediate superior, 6th Division captain Byakuya Kuchiki. Renji is one of the most unusual looking characters in Bleach; he has long crimson hair, usually kept in a high ponytail, and his entire upper body is covered in tribal tattoo work. How he got these tattoos is unknown, but it appears that with every achievement Renji attains, his tattoos increase as well, starting from his early days as a shinigami candidate until when he was Byakuya Kuchiki's lieutenant(his tattoos now cover his entire back). He dresses in the standard shinigami outfit, though he usually includes some sort of elaborate headgear (usually expensive-looking glasses or a white headband).

About Manufacturing Engineering

Commonly Asked Questions
about Manufacturing Engineering

What is Manufacturing Engineering?

The manufacturing engineer is responsible for helping design products as well as deciding how to build the product after the design specifications are determined. To practice this profession it is necessary to have a special knowledge of manufacturing processes and a working knowledge of many other disciplines. Manufacturing Engineering is one of the common engineering disciplines in Europe.

How Can I Become a Manufacturing Engineer?

You have to take all of the basic courses that most engineers take and learn about manufacturing processes and the mechanical and electrical systems that they are part of. In addition, you will learn about engineering materials and how they are transformed through manufacturing processes to change them into the products we all use. Computers are an important link in all of this because they help us with engineering design and manufacturing control. They tell the machines how to carry out the instructions necessary to fabricate a product.

What Courses do Manufacturing Engineers Take?

Manufacturing engineering is a combination of traditional Industrial and Mechanical Engineering with special emphasis on manufacturing processes, computer aided design and computer integrated manufacturing. Below is a brief summary of the curriculum:





Curriculum Area

Topic Areas Covered

Quarter Units

Major Courses

Introduction and Computers
Engineering Design Graphics
Cost Control, Economic Decision Making, Work Measurement
Manufacturing Processes, Production Engineering, Measurement
Production Planning & Control, Facilities Design/Simulation
Computer Aided Engineering, ComputerAided Manufacturing
Statistics, Statistical Methods, Statistical Quality Control
Senior Seminar & Senior Project

6
6
11
16
11
15
10
6

Math, Basic Science, and Engineering Science

Calculus & Differential Equations
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Electrical Circuits, Instrumentation, Controls
Statics, Dynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Strength of Materials

22
3
8
12
8
16

General Education

Communications & Critical Thinking
Humanities (Fine Arts, Philosophy, Literature/Foreign Languages)
Social Sciences (History, Economics, Sociology, Ethnic Studies)
Lifelong Understanding and Self-Development

12
16
20
4















What Jobs Can I get with a Degree in Manufacturing Engineering?

Any company that manufactures a product can use a manufacturing engineer. Large companies employ hundreds of people in this type of work. Since most of these employees don't have the advantage of the formal education that this degree provides, you will stand out as a highly advantaged individual. Every industry that manufactures a product or supplies parts needs manufacturing engineers. Salaries are competitive with other engineering degrees, but this unique degree stands out because they are so scarce! Quality is becoming even more important and many graduates are getting jobs in quality related fields.

How Much Can I Earn with a Degree in Manufacturing Engineering?

Starting salaries for Manufacturing Engineers are from $40,000 - $50,000 per year and can be higher for graduates with some work experience. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the demand for engineers between 1998 - 2008 will be 4% higher than the national average job growth.

Saturday, March 22, 2008

Study Tips for Engineers

How to get A’s in Engineering … by really trying!
Study tips for the hard working student

The secret to success is constancy to purpose.
-- Benjamin Disraeli


Why is engineering hard?

  • Homework: Do it!
  • Lectures: Come, listen and think!
  • Studying for Tests: Don’t!
  • Growing your reputation

Three reasons why you may have trouble with a topic or a problem:

1. Math

  • You may have to learn, or re-learn, math techniques and tricks

2. Underlying principles … physics of the topic

  • Try to understand the qualitative picture
  • Look at the final result of the derivation
  • This is usually a simple mathematical expression.
  • Look at what terms are in the numerator, and what terms are in the denominator.
  • What are the exponents? Plot these equations in different ways.

3. Complicated Application

  • Try to understand the relevance, or the context of the example
  • Try to diagnose why you are having trouble

Why is Engineering Hard: Design

a) The practice of engineering is about design.

  • Solving problems that have not been solved before!
  • Solving problems in new ways, with new technologies

b) Creativity is hard to manage

  • But it is not impossible. Learn to brainstorm

c) Ambiguity

  • In many cases, there is no clear optimal solution (or even what is desired)
  • Develop a “tolerance for ambiguity”


Reading the Textbook

Read the material three times:

1. Read the whole chapter as you would a novel. Don’t worry about details, try to get the

big picture. Try to do this before the relevant class lecture.

2. Study each section of the chapter. Use a highlighter sparingly. Copy over the examples.

3. Take reading notes of the chapter.

  • If you don’t like the text’s treatment of the material, look for another textbook (from the library) that does a better job.


Doing Homework

  • Keep up with the weekly homework assignment
  • Be neat and professional
  • Use a special pad of paper, and a scratch pad for rough drafts, and side calculations
  • Work as much of the problem by yourself as you can …but learn from others

Working Engineering Problems

Start by summarizing the problem.

Classify the problem:

  • Is the problem a general derivation, a straight calculation or a design problem?
  • What are the givens?
  • What needs to be calculated?
  • What must you bring to the problem?
  • What are the assumptions?
  • What are the relevant formulas?

Do a rough draft

  • Ignore details, get a feel for where the problem is taking you
  • Go back and be very attentive to details
  • Can you make fewer assumptions?
  • Is your mathematics perfect?

Check your answer:

  • Units!
  • Does the answer make practical sense?
  • Check limiting cases
  • Check symmetry of answer

Other Homework Hints

  • Don’t use the answer sheets. (They’re often wrong anyway!)
  • Discuss and debate the problem with a conscientious classmate.
  • Be open to different techniques.
  • Challenge the logic
  • Note pitfalls
  • You are done when you are sure of your answer… and can defend it to a skeptical colleague


Lectures

Come to every class

  • Sit where you can hear the discussion and read the board – Speak up if you can’t!

Take notes

  • Not just the math, but the logic
  • Copy over your notes every 2-3 weeks into a separate notebook

If you have to miss a lecture:

  • borrow the notes from 2-3 other students
  • compile these into your notebook
  • Then ask questions about what you don’t understand


Studying

Don’t cram right before a test

  • Do get a good night’s sleep

Copy over your reading notes and lecture notes (again)

  • Your notes should get shorter, as you remember more, and find more things obvious
  • Make a 1-2 page summary of the highlights


Taking tests

Read through the whole test

  • Work on the easy questions first

Be neat, and detailed in your answer

  • Teach your professor what you did – you’ll get more partial credit and feedback on how to improve
  • Check your answers
  • Using a different method

Projects

Projects are a chance to impress your instructor

  • Intelligent overkill!
  • Neat, complete, thoughtful professional job

Don’t do it all at once

  • Start by identifying what you need to learn, and what you want to deliver
  • Continually improve it until the deadline

Growing and Protecting Your Reputation

Engineering is a tough career. You will get and keep the best jobs based on what your colleagues think of you – Performance and reputation … for integrity.

Engineering is about invention and innovation. The first one with the idea or the answer is the one who adds most of the value.

Put both of these thoughts together and decide if academic dishonesty has a place in a successful engineering career.


Duncan MacFarlane

Professor of Electrical Engineering

The Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science