As we come to the due date of Assessment 2, this is my final blog!
As such, it may well be quite a large one, so read on!
This week, John Dyson from Connell Wagner presented a guest lecture to us about Civil and Structural Engineering. This was actually very well done, and very well presented, possibly the best SEP lecture we've had so far this year.
He spoke firstly about what exactly Civil and Structural engineers do, and some of the projects he has worked on in the past, going into quite a bit of detail on one of the biggest projects he has tackled in the past, Education City in Qatar, a huge complex in the middle of the desert. He went through many aspects of his work there, from conception to construction, including all the various problems and things he ran into along the way and how he solved any issues.
Finally he spoke about the different prospects that future Civil and Structural engineers can look forwards to, possible projects that they may be working on, and gave us some good advice about the industry.
On the EWB side of things, we're all working on our finalised pieces, which will all be put together as one in our final report, and for our presentation which occurs in Week 11.
My specific report is on the removal of arsenic from the water and the possible ways to go about doing and working with this.
Also putting finishing touches to the online portfolio for Assignment 2, which is due very soon!
1 comment:
Indeed this was a very interesting lecture!
The guest speaker was very engaging, and I like how he gave out freddos to people who answered questions!
Even though I am not currently in an engineering degree, it did pique my interest!
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