Foundations of Engineering

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Foundations of Engineering

• Chapter 1
• Keys to success in Engineering Study

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What is success?

• Success is the achievement of something desired,
  planned, or attempted
• More profound
• desired, planned and attempted.
• SET AIM FIRE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Setting the target

• How can you ever expect to get somewhere if you
  dont know where you want to go?
• Give you life direction
• Something to measure yourself
• Goals short term, intermediate and long term

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Planning / Aiming

1. Clarifying your goals
2. Learning as much as you can about engineering
3. Developing a road map
4. Never give up !!!!!

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Joseph J. Jacobs says

• You must be willing to risk failure
• Persistence is a necessity, just as is the
  willingness to acknowledge defeat and to move on
• You must passionately hate failure
• A measure of your potential to succeed is how you
  handle adversity

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Keys to success in Engineering study

• Effort Work hard
• Ability vs. effort
• Genius is one percent inspiration and 99
  perspiration
• Effort is both time and energy

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Keys to success in Engineering study.. continued

• Approach work smart
• Credit hours
• Available hours for studies
• Work
• Social life
• Interactions with profs. and peers
• Home / campus?

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Keys to success in Engineering study.. continued

• Attitude Dont
• Weak commitment
• Wrong expectations
• Low self confidence
• Victim role
• Unwillingness to seek help
• Resistance to change
• Avoiding other students
• Negative views toward authority figures

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Assignment

• Write an essay about the engineer / scientist you
  like most, outlining how is life and invention
  influence your education career.
• List five things your professor might do which
  would hurt your education
• List five things your professor can do to make
  your studies more effective