Showing posts with label Math. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Math. Show all posts

Monday, February 21, 2011

Tip #12 For Better Chemical Engineering: Early Start

Becoming a good chemical engineer isn’t something that will happen straight out of college (takes a lot of bumps to make it work!), some may say you are born with the skills; that may be partly true, but I believe you need to acquire the thought process that engineers have through years of experience. You can speed up the process if you know what to look for and how to handle problem situations.

I have always liked math growing up and once I got to college figured I should go into some sciences. Plus reading wasn’t a big priority for me yet. Engineering seemed like a good fit because it seemed like the most rewarding. Becoming an engineer offers you the opportunity to learn the skills needed to be the designer of things, get patents, get your name written into history books, literally. There are many disciplines to choose from such as mechanical, chemical, electrical, civil, etc. I chose Chemical Engineering because of its being the oldest and most demanded general engineering.

That’s neither here nor there though. You came here most likely to learn HOW TO BECOME A GOOD ENGINEER, MAYBE EVEN GREAT. Well, I won’t give you any sure fire way but I will give it all away!

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Tip #9 Of Better Chemical Engineering: Calculation

I must say in my short time of being an engineer is that you need to be able to do quick calculations. And, by that I mean quick multiplications and back of the envelope calculations. These calculations will help show that you are smart and quick and can come to a conclusion quickly. Also you will always be able to back up any solutions you come to on the job with a quick calculation or some sort of similar derivation. Also being able to calculation rough derivations to prove you understand what is going on and what needs to be done to fix it. That is all. Know your calculations!