qualities of a mechanical engineer

Personal Qualities
Mechanical engineers need to be:

self starter
adaptable
creative
practical
patient and persistent
accurate, with an eye for detail
able to work well under pressure
able to work well independently and in a team.

"You need perseverance in this job. Your design won't always work the first time, so you need to make sure you learn from your mistakes and move on."
Simon Kean - Acoustic Consultant

Mechanical engineers should have good hand-eye co-ordination.They may need to be physically fit because they often make site visits or work in factories. Sometimes site visits involve crawling into tight spaces or making inspections at heights.

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i am really grateful.
even there are many things i dont have..
but at the same time thr are many things that i had.
my aunt who always support,remind,worry,help me out.
my frens who always be my listener,give me advices non stop whenever i feel bad,sad..
no matter same age or seniors..thanks a lot..
i am really lucky to have all of you who guide me all along.
but i am being too dependent and indecisive..
i m not young.
i must be sure what to do with my future.
be more responsible to myself.
try not asking others help so often/..
because when i collapse..it will be hard for me to stand up.
be more confident with myself i can do it!!

CHange Attitude

Hmm
All this while i had this problem..
the over winning desire..
when i collapse ..i feel like i lost my confidence to do other things
like almost give up,depressed.

But i must stand up..if i continue with this attitude ..
I will be static and wont go anywhere.
in working life,it will be harder to cope.
it's time for me to change.
I must realise that our life curve is fluctuating.
thats what make life more interesting.
learn from it.
(go exam in peace,dont be influenced,BELiEVE You CAN DO it!!)
we wont be in bad times always..
I m sure good times will come..
PROVE IT!!dont surrender to negative minds.
and that happen when I believe it and had confidence in it..
Solve the problems..
try my best so that I would not regret..

working hard and burning desire to get something is good.
but overwhelmed by it will backfire instead..
so just give ur best,try your best,and the result just let it be..

We as mechanical engineers do something for a purpose

Second consultation and the final ones.

As i know,my biggest problem will be thinking too much and worry too much.
Then,My biggest fear is do not know how to solve problem.

Here it is

Hmm worry
You are thinking too much because you worry
You worry is because you want to get all your things done.
it is because you reli care and want to get good marks for it.
you nervous and worry because you care
BUT if you put everything aside means you don bother at all.

SO don stress and worry too much.I would say it is a negative thing.
Just be calm OK..you can do better.
Do in a happy manner.Be optimistic.

Well to achieve your goals,A+b+c+x+y(composite)


Time management
Core to everything.You must learn to manage your time starting from now.
In working industry,if you dont manage your time well,you will really make a
mess out of everything.Setting time table,
maybe study break study break.
maybe study time ard 2 hour.but most probably you might extend it.
as long as your study time must be that much.(eg if set 2 hrs must be 2 hrs)
but for personal time can reduce it
Be prepared earlier,means read through one round few days before exam.


Priority

Base on the deadlines. ( which 1 "die" first)
base on which you are more confident in doing it.
while dividing times,this 20%,that 10% n another one 50% ..
make sure everything you balance it.
Study always come first.
if you insist on finishing something today eventually you can make it.


Set your Goals(DRIVING FORCE)
Your biggest aim?
scholarship.
study oversea (the weather-woo very cold,culture,people thr,..)
go for it!!
never borrow money to go oversea like me..

attitude
discipline
never give up easily
self confidence(you can do it)

STUDY SMART
we as mechanical engineers do sth for a purpose
-approach lecturer more often(build a rapport) by knowing how he teach and how he will examine you (hmm this lecturer is like this,like that,oh i think he will ask like this and wont ask that type of ques)
-dont memorise blindly
-listen and digest whatever lecturer said.when you fully digest it the knowledge is all yours. because no one can take the knowledge from you.
so dont listen blindly..you will gain nothing.
-study past year questions to know the style.get ans from lecturer
-get the feeling of a subject.
-dont understand browse the internet to get more visualisation.

BALANCE(TAI CHI)

whatever pressure,stress,motivation words and nervous..
you must use it with the correct energy..
just like doin tai chi.
tai chi is just like a bouncing a ball in your hands.
with proper motion,the ball bounds correctly BUt
if you use too much energy the ball will bounce somewhere else right?
hmm..
eg dont take peer pressure too seriously (wow someone race with you is good,
but if you too into it,then it will cause stress)
dont too nervous or too worry..
just moderate..


TRIALS AND ERRORS
dont be defeated by the tough questions.
dont afraid making mistakes while attempting questions.
you learn from it by seeing the questions from different views.
(hmm,this way i cant solve it,i use other way,that way cant i use the other way)
if too frustrated with it,
maybe you can just leave it awhile(put aside)
then come back to it later on.
maybe you can study other subject more relaxing?
autocad,programmin..or some fundamentals of other subject.
then when you come back and solve the ques,you feel more relieve.
(ah,finally i got it)
by doing this,you will remember and understand better.
So y=mx+c
while solving this question,
you will get higher marks on the working than final ans.
SO the Learning curve is more important.
sooner or later you gotta solve problem.
solve during exercise is better than during exams
during job interviews,they will ask you..can you handle pressureSS??
how?time management ..and ++++
i havent fail.i have found 10000 ways that dont work. -thomas alva edison.


BOOKWORM?
even you get first class.thr is no point.
it is because you dont know how to apply all your theories in working life,it is useless.
by that time you dont know how to solve problems.
you will feel I Was so IDIOT..
four years.. nothing but theories.


Following routes

• prepare before lecture.get the feeling of the subject.dont wait til lecturer teach


• Ask watever queries during lecture.impress lecturer as well


• then Maybe u can recall everything by thinking all over what you had learn.

my spm result not so good,If I can make it..Y cant all of you?

Pushing force+priority+time management+tai chi +ATTITUDE= goal

My goals

Now i had a better picture on my goals(education) :

• BReak the poverty cycle of my family.
• To learn as much as possible to enable me to apply my theories while working later.
• it is worthwhile to face challenges..No hard no fun..haha..as i am studying the course that i am happy with and had strong desires towards it.
• TO be a mechanical engineer ..which field still in consideration.

Inspiration

I think finally today i found the right person who can actually give me the real picture on
how to persevere through this tough course.
Well all this while i always had the problem knowing clearly that i had to study hard but
sometimes my mind wanders and the determination is not strong enough.THus, i tend to procrastinate..
ok..
this would be what he say but not exactly in the same words but almost same meaning:

Wat motivates me will be my parents.They do not force or anything but they ask me to make
my own decisions.Maybe your parents dont care or ask you to take accountancy is because they dont wana pressure you too much. So i cant disappoint them.I am also from a poor family so
my parents cant afford to support my education. I had to figure the way out myself.

THen it will be motivation.What drives you or what you really want in your future.
For me,I want to be successful or how to say,to get better recognition or get promoted easily.
LAst time i just study diploma for three years then i work in industry.Then,I find out that it will be hard to get a promotion.Impossible the bos will send an engineer with only a diploma qualification to represent them in oversea such as Germany.Ppl might query "IS THIS THE BEST YOU CAN GET?so a degree or phd holder are more recognized.Therefore,I decided to
borrow money from bank which is a lot more than you can imagine to study degree overseas.I support my education for myself. AtUK,I work part time in a restaurant to support my living expenses.It is really not easy because the next day you went uni you tend to doze off.while studying there,I keep collapse and stood up and collapse and stood up.There is one year I gotta stop studying as i do not have enough money.Do you know how lucky you are so you must appreciate what you have now.Then i manage to get good result and obtain a scholarship to study my Phd.

Hmm,then i said most ppl discourage me to take ME as it is tough and so on...y dont just take accoutancy.(ppl said)

Well,If you really like the course you are studying then it is fine.Keep it on.Deep down inside your heart,you must know wat you really really really want to achieve.Accountancy will be very boring,everyday sit infront the desk balance and unbalance..
BUT engineering you had lots challenges.IF you dont like engineering
then dont waste your time taking this course.Y u take engineering at the first place?
challenging right.You want your life to be tired sometimes,relax,satisfaction,make you feel sad
hard but happy and enjoy...SO this engineering life will make the fluctuate curve in your life which is more meaningful and colourful.

As you said as women why would you want to work so hard ..(haha)
Just like my wife,she is a quantity surveyor. SOmetimes she will complain why do i need to
work so hard just like a cow or Sh*T.However,she feel happy and had strong sense of satisfaction when she is able to finish her project and present it to the clients.She is not very "nu qing ren"that type but she was happy with all the effort she put.SEE,it is challenging and tough but if you are able to do wat you like it is worthwhile doing it.
Do you know the world most famous C n C programmer is actually a women? women are good in calculation and they make good engineer bcos they are more "xi xin"..hehe..

When I look back laz time,I feel that everything is just like a joke..
Why i spend time thinking abt ("relationship"i think,,) then do badly in my spm. instead of spending my time study hard
gettin gud result,go for local U den get a good job..which i can earn more compare to now.
WHY AM I BEIN SUCH A DUMB?
or else i would not had waste so much years.Now i am still paying back the loans i borrowed for my degree program every month which is a big amount of money every month.

My principle,as a student we must always try our best to understand everything that our lecturer teach.You are lucky because you had a mechanical engineer who share experience with you.LAst time,i know nothing. Then as a student never ever be overconfident.we must always be humble. OF course exams,cgpa grades and assignments are important in terms of grading and puttin you in first or second upper or lower class honour. HOwever it is part of the process and it is nothing.Wat is more important is listen properly and pay attention to what your lecturer is teaching. It might be useful in the future while you are working in industry. So the course is not only abt scoring in exams but preparing yourself to be an engineer.Learn as much as possible. What is the point for a person who scores 100% in exams but during interviews, when they are asked to present sth,they are blanked??

DO not worry graduated as a mechanical engineer because there is a lot of jobs out there waiting fo you.As mechanical engineers are very versatile since they know everything about mechanics and...

SO now you must study,
first i would say yourself because you are the one who r going to work in the future.
you are the one who decide what you want. you are the one who are goin to live together
with your spouse to face challenge for the rest of your life.

Then it would be study for your parents.
Without them there wouldnt be me or you.
So you must do sth to make them proud.Now they might wont be bother but when you are succesful getting first class honour during the graduation with prizes and stuff..
they will be very happy and even show off to their relatives;)

ATTITUDE IS VERY IMPORTANT IN DETERMINING YOUR FUTURE.

wow,I think i wrote out almost 90% abt what he said..not bad huh..haha