"The Expanding World of Engineers"

After having read the article, " The Expanding World of Engineers" by Professor Ramakrishna, I feel that indeed an engineer's training enables them to systematically analyze complex information and apply it to solve problems. But how do these trainings helps them to do so?

In my opinion, I think that it is the cirriculum that they undergo during their tertiary education that enable them to do so. Firstly, as an electrical and electronics engineer graduate from one of the tertiary institution, there were plenty of projects which helps me to develop systematic thinking to solve problems. I was taught the step-by-step approach on solving problems. For instance, when writing a C++ program, we need to understand, analyze, develop an alogorithm first, instead of going straight into writing the program because it will be easier to troubleshoot if there is any error.

Secondly, the industrial attachemnt programme, which is a two-month training programme in one of the companies that they were attached to, enable them to further practise those approaches that they were taught.

Thirdly, every engineer graduates have to be involve in the final-year project, where they were given minimum guidance by their mentors or supervisor. They will be involved in the whole process, from brainstorming to designing to developing and testing of the product(s). In the process, they actually got to learnt to be resourceful, that is they have to know where to source for and buy the components. Hence, the final-year project is a good opportunity for them to show off what they have learnt throughout their years of education in that institution.

To conclude, with such a well-structured cirriculum provided, they are equipped with the necessary qualities and knowledge that is required in the industries. Thus, it is no doubt that engineers are highly needed in the various sectors, including the banking sector and biomedical sector.