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Highlights of the week:
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Dear Students, To succeed in the workforce, one needs to develop both hard and soft
skills. One of the important roles of the university is to rigorously train
and equip the student with the fundamental and core concepts so that the
knowledge gained in school can be applied towards real life problems either
in the industry or in research pursuits. Hard skills are important but there
is a real need to develop soft skills as well, especially communication
skills, problem solving and time management. As the graduate takes on more
responsibility and starts managing a team, the need to foster teamwork,
ability to make decisions, organisation of tasks and ideas, and stress
management will need to be cultivated even further. Work as an Engineer Industry-related engineering work revolves around the ability to build
new systems, develop new technical capabilities and maintaining existing
systems. An engineer must conceptualise, design, develop, and produce or
construct a machine or infrastructure, and the asset must be maintained
throughout the expected lifespan to extract the value of the investment.
Towards the end of the lifespan of the asset, extension to useful life can be
considered if it is practical and economical to do so. Throughout the
operational lifespan, energy usage and other elements such as
repair/retrofitting must be carefully considered, bearing in mind the
circular economy.
The Evolving Engineering industry Some of the current industry demands in engineering revolves around
the need for an engineer to use digitalisation, technology, and data to
evaluate issues and drive decisions. The shift from ‘reactive’ to ‘proactive’
– as compared to the past where preventive maintenance was conducted at
scheduled frequencies and corrective maintenance done as and when required,
useful data would allow us to conduct predictive maintenance by monitoring
the equipment closely through the use of sensors.
This will allow action to be taken even before the equipment fails.
As part of our commitment to develop competencies of young engineers,
the IES Young Engineers Committee has been running the Young Engineers Career
Webinar Series since 2021 and have invited seven distinguished speakers over
the last eight months, across a wide spectrum of engineering disciplines such
as research, digitalisation, land transport, sustainability, and aviation, to
share their deep knowledge and insights with young engineers. We will be
having three more of such sessions this year and have planned activities to
benefit the engineering community at large. You may follow us on the various platforms for upcoming activities and
more up-to-date information: LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram Connect via LinkedIn with our Key Members of the Young Engineers
Committee:
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