Engineering is not monolith, not one thing. It is a creative and challenging profession. iEFX in UIUC is designing a joyful way of engineering. Refering to the basics of engineering, many pepple consider the basics as math and science, actually, missing basics are very important too.
After the cold war, engineers accepted the notion that science won the war. Engineers in that period didn't possess the qualities what we called missing basics. They did not ask questions.Taking myself into consideration, it should be a perfect moment to ask questions and then to reflect. Also, they lacked the ability of labeling data and did not clearly understand how to model the solution mathematically. Additionally, how to decomposed a big engineering problem into a little problem and narrow visualizing were obstacles too. From my own perspective, what I need to develop myself is broaden my horiazon and spare no effort to find opportunities to finish more experiments. Therefore, I could achieve long-term vision which is essencial for my future life.
There are three skills for me to develop this semester. First of all, the skill I would like to develop is decomposing a big issue into a simple problem which is easy to tackle. In the future study, it is imperative and meaningful for me to grab this skill. Secondly, I hope that I could regard studying and knowledge accumulation as the most exciting things when I am in UIUC. Thirdly, as an engineering student, I wanna to be a dynamic T-sharped engineer and lifelong learner.
As a result, what I am going to do is that pay full attention on my courses and try to think critical and creative. This semester will witnesses my progress!
