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Sunday, September 12, 2010
Auto-cad for engineers? Yes, it is being asked!
Auto-cad for engineers? Yes, it is being asked!
The daughter of my brother just passed the recent professional licensure examinations and she now got a license to practice her profession as an engineer. Her first experience in job hunting is to run into advertisements that demanded knowledge of auto-cad. When she related this to me, I realized that as an engineering student her batch were still into manual type of drafting or drawing 111. How come? Well, knowing that she came from a very good school, I started to wonder, why the updating into electronic drafting was not a priority in their college. Incidentally, she is into metallurgy as a specialized branch of engineering. I was really wondering what auto-cad has to do with certain responsibilities in metallurgy. I often met this in the past, when I myself was into job hunting, as a mature engineer. Being an experienced executive engineer myself and in search for staffs in my area of responsibility, I always came across of job ads posted in newspapers and the internet asking for certain positions, so many extra qualifications, so that I was wondering, whether the position was really filled by some job applicants as specified, or the job specs had to be modified or re-specified during actual hiring. The job specs sometimes are asking for supermen. People who do not exist in real life, as young graduate engineers. Either the job specifier is ignorant of the nature of the job and the kind of training needed to acquire a skill, or the job specifier is asking for an experienced engineer for several years, who in one way or another, had been trained on the job in a particular area of responsibility, too specialized on a particular job, so that the kind of versatility acquired over the years is not going to be available from any college grads fresh from school. Schools seldom train specifically for a particular job in a company, unless there is a special arrangement and tie-up between the Company itself and the University from where the workforce will be recruited from. End result? No matching between college products and the demand for labor force by a particular hiring company.
In this particular case, I noted that electronic drafting is a desirable added knowledge and skill. It also is a good tool for engineers and technical men in general. But, are we talking here of the understanding of the principles of drafting, or are we planning to make auto-cad operators out of professional engineers? It certainly would not hurt, if the position can be filled as requested, but I think, there are so many flaws in job specification writing that we need to correct in the engineering industry. My advice is for the newbie to be hired on the merits of the basic knowledge from the universities, and their trainability. If we have more specialized knowledge requirement that can be acquired on the job, by all means, ask for it from among the experienced guys in the industry, and not from the fresh graduate engineers. Better still, sponsor a special scholarship in the universities that would provide the kind of workforce you plan to hire, and help the universities redesign and shape their curricula to fit what your company needs are; assuming, your workforce demand is huge enough to match the number of graduates every year.
To the question therefore of having auto-cad knowledge for engineers? I would say, Yes but only, when absolutely necessary on the job of a fresh graduate engineer. In the long-term, however, it should be provided by companies as specialized knowledge and training, when absolutely needed on the job.
Written by: Sanoy Suerte, RME/MBM; http://www.linkedin.com/in/sannysuerte ; http://Viralnetworks.com/a/28285 ; http://www.sanysue.viralhosts.com;http://suteambuilder.com/r/teamworkdowonders
The daughter of my brother just passed the recent professional licensure examinations and she now got a license to practice her profession as an engineer. Her first experience in job hunting is to run into advertisements that demanded knowledge of auto-cad. When she related this to me, I realized that as an engineering student her batch were still into manual type of drafting or drawing 111. How come? Well, knowing that she came from a very good school, I started to wonder, why the updating into electronic drafting was not a priority in their college. Incidentally, she is into metallurgy as a specialized branch of engineering. I was really wondering what auto-cad has to do with certain responsibilities in metallurgy. I often met this in the past, when I myself was into job hunting, as a mature engineer. Being an experienced executive engineer myself and in search for staffs in my area of responsibility, I always came across of job ads posted in newspapers and the internet asking for certain positions, so many extra qualifications, so that I was wondering, whether the position was really filled by some job applicants as specified, or the job specs had to be modified or re-specified during actual hiring. The job specs sometimes are asking for supermen. People who do not exist in real life, as young graduate engineers. Either the job specifier is ignorant of the nature of the job and the kind of training needed to acquire a skill, or the job specifier is asking for an experienced engineer for several years, who in one way or another, had been trained on the job in a particular area of responsibility, too specialized on a particular job, so that the kind of versatility acquired over the years is not going to be available from any college grads fresh from school. Schools seldom train specifically for a particular job in a company, unless there is a special arrangement and tie-up between the Company itself and the University from where the workforce will be recruited from. End result? No matching between college products and the demand for labor force by a particular hiring company.
In this particular case, I noted that electronic drafting is a desirable added knowledge and skill. It also is a good tool for engineers and technical men in general. But, are we talking here of the understanding of the principles of drafting, or are we planning to make auto-cad operators out of professional engineers? It certainly would not hurt, if the position can be filled as requested, but I think, there are so many flaws in job specification writing that we need to correct in the engineering industry. My advice is for the newbie to be hired on the merits of the basic knowledge from the universities, and their trainability. If we have more specialized knowledge requirement that can be acquired on the job, by all means, ask for it from among the experienced guys in the industry, and not from the fresh graduate engineers. Better still, sponsor a special scholarship in the universities that would provide the kind of workforce you plan to hire, and help the universities redesign and shape their curricula to fit what your company needs are; assuming, your workforce demand is huge enough to match the number of graduates every year.
To the question therefore of having auto-cad knowledge for engineers? I would say, Yes but only, when absolutely necessary on the job of a fresh graduate engineer. In the long-term, however, it should be provided by companies as specialized knowledge and training, when absolutely needed on the job.
Written by: Sanoy Suerte, RME/MBM; http://www.linkedin.com/in/sannysuerte ; http://Viralnetworks.com/a/28285 ; http://www.sanysue.viralhosts.com;http://suteambuilder.com/r/teamworkdowonders
Monday, June 21, 2010
Steam –the ideal source of power!
Steam –the ideal source of power!
Steam is a derivative of water. It is a result of a change in phase from liquid to gas for this substance (water) due to the introduction of heat.It is a preferred media for powering engines and turbines in many situations. For one, water is relatively inexpensive and in abundance in most parts of the earth. Water can easily change phase from liquid to gas, too, and vise-versa, and has the capability to store a large amount of heat energy called latent heat per kg of mass compared to many substances. …Other substances, have been explored to take the place of water. To this day, however, its commercial value has not been supplanted. –an excerpt from my blog on “Engineering and Technical Knowledge Arena .”
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Steam is a derivative of water. It is a result of a change in phase from liquid to gas for this substance (water) due to the introduction of heat.It is a preferred media for powering engines and turbines in many situations. For one, water is relatively inexpensive and in abundance in most parts of the earth. Water can easily change phase from liquid to gas, too, and vise-versa, and has the capability to store a large amount of heat energy called latent heat per kg of mass compared to many substances. …Other substances, have been explored to take the place of water. To this day, however, its commercial value has not been supplanted. –an excerpt from my blog on “Engineering and Technical Knowledge Arena .”
Written by: Sanoy Suerte, RME/MBM; http://www.linkedin.com/in/sannysuerte ; http://Viralnetworks.com/a/28285 ; http://www.sncgroup-sany.ws/home
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Thursday, April 22, 2010
Water seeks its own level…
Water seeks its own level…
I finished engineering from a University that was very involved in hydrological research, considering that the biggest challenge of the City, where my university is situated is painfully challenged by sea water intrusion, towards inland, due to increasing draw down of water from the ground by deep well pumps. This city in the orient is well known as a tourists vacation spot due to its nice beaches and coast lines, but the main source of its water is by deep-well pumping. It seems that some engineers are toying the idea of drawing large volume of water from the ground in another city, without doing a thorough hydrological research of the state of the water level in the area. Take note that, as an engineer and man of science (for our engineers at the city waterworks and engineering office) that, we know that water always seeks its own level. Where the ground water is displaced, the sea water will always have the tendency to seep and replace the water that has been drawn. Are we prepared to use now salty water? Why not draw directly from the sea , if that’s what we are aiming for? That’s a lot of desalination work to do of course. I think, every city and locality should look carefully into the matter, before a decision is made to increase the pumping of water from the ground, especially for the low lying areas, relative to the sea level.
Written by: Sanoy Suerte, RME/MBM; http://www.linkedin.com/in/sannysuerte ; http://Viralnetworks.com/a/28285 ; http://www.sncgroup-sany.ws/home
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I finished engineering from a University that was very involved in hydrological research, considering that the biggest challenge of the City, where my university is situated is painfully challenged by sea water intrusion, towards inland, due to increasing draw down of water from the ground by deep well pumps. This city in the orient is well known as a tourists vacation spot due to its nice beaches and coast lines, but the main source of its water is by deep-well pumping. It seems that some engineers are toying the idea of drawing large volume of water from the ground in another city, without doing a thorough hydrological research of the state of the water level in the area. Take note that, as an engineer and man of science (for our engineers at the city waterworks and engineering office) that, we know that water always seeks its own level. Where the ground water is displaced, the sea water will always have the tendency to seep and replace the water that has been drawn. Are we prepared to use now salty water? Why not draw directly from the sea , if that’s what we are aiming for? That’s a lot of desalination work to do of course. I think, every city and locality should look carefully into the matter, before a decision is made to increase the pumping of water from the ground, especially for the low lying areas, relative to the sea level.
Written by: Sanoy Suerte, RME/MBM; http://www.linkedin.com/in/sannysuerte ; http://Viralnetworks.com/a/28285 ; http://www.sncgroup-sany.ws/home
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Scientific methods!
Scientific methods!
Why should we approach each engineering problem scientifically and support our solutions with scientific findings? Doing so, will help us avoid the cut and try method, which have often plagued the industry, due to the incompetent ideas of many practicing professionals, who over a long period of time have failed to update themselves, and had stagnated. Many individuals continue to carry with them the childish attitude of throwing their books away after school and get out to the world to play without the facts and figures and proven principles taught in school. The justification? School and practice is entirely alien from each other. Theories don’t agree with experience. Well, my experience is different in my 30 years of engineering and management experience, not to add my doctoral studies. Whenever there is conflict between field practices and theory, chances are, we only see it as such, because we have not thoroughly understood and digested our theory and its conditional requirements or assumptions. Watch always that conflict, and try to check, where the fault line is located, and you will always end up more wiser and more experienced. Review therefore your knowledge of scientific methods of questioning and hypothesis testing.
Written by: Sanoy Suerte, RME/MBM; http://www.linkedin.com/in/sannysuerte ; http://Viralnetworks.com/a/28285 ; http://www.sncgroup-sany.ws
Why should we approach each engineering problem scientifically and support our solutions with scientific findings? Doing so, will help us avoid the cut and try method, which have often plagued the industry, due to the incompetent ideas of many practicing professionals, who over a long period of time have failed to update themselves, and had stagnated. Many individuals continue to carry with them the childish attitude of throwing their books away after school and get out to the world to play without the facts and figures and proven principles taught in school. The justification? School and practice is entirely alien from each other. Theories don’t agree with experience. Well, my experience is different in my 30 years of engineering and management experience, not to add my doctoral studies. Whenever there is conflict between field practices and theory, chances are, we only see it as such, because we have not thoroughly understood and digested our theory and its conditional requirements or assumptions. Watch always that conflict, and try to check, where the fault line is located, and you will always end up more wiser and more experienced. Review therefore your knowledge of scientific methods of questioning and hypothesis testing.
Written by: Sanoy Suerte, RME/MBM; http://www.linkedin.com/in/sannysuerte ; http://Viralnetworks.com/a/28285 ; http://www.sncgroup-sany.ws
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Simple observations!
Simple observations!
Do you know that the steam engine was invented out of a very simple observation? Mr. James Watt invented his steam engine sometime in 1788, after observing the power of steam. Accordingly, he observed a kettle lift its lid as water was being boiled. This inspired him on the use of steam power for his steam engine. What a simple observation! Often, many people fail to take notice of the many simple things and events around us and few are observant and imaginative enough to find use of the phenomena that take place around us. There are many more stories similar to this one through out history. From what we know, engineering and society had progressed due to these discoveries and simple observations, and it pays to be observant and inquisitive. Notably, the discoveries about steam did not stop there. Nowadays, we continue to talk about the superheating of steam, wetness and quality of steam, and its energy content or enthalpy. To this day, we continue to use steam to drive steam turbines in our Thermal Power Plants.
Written by: Sanoy Suerte, RME/MBM; http://www.linkedin.com/in/sannysuerte ; http://Viralnetworks.com/a/28285
Do you know that the steam engine was invented out of a very simple observation? Mr. James Watt invented his steam engine sometime in 1788, after observing the power of steam. Accordingly, he observed a kettle lift its lid as water was being boiled. This inspired him on the use of steam power for his steam engine. What a simple observation! Often, many people fail to take notice of the many simple things and events around us and few are observant and imaginative enough to find use of the phenomena that take place around us. There are many more stories similar to this one through out history. From what we know, engineering and society had progressed due to these discoveries and simple observations, and it pays to be observant and inquisitive. Notably, the discoveries about steam did not stop there. Nowadays, we continue to talk about the superheating of steam, wetness and quality of steam, and its energy content or enthalpy. To this day, we continue to use steam to drive steam turbines in our Thermal Power Plants.
Written by: Sanoy Suerte, RME/MBM; http://www.linkedin.com/in/sannysuerte ; http://Viralnetworks.com/a/28285
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Internet!
Internet!
Learn some internet marketing lessons. It can improve your business. Check for http://businessmanage.sosblog.com and look for items below the blogs.
Written by: Sanoy Suerte, RME/MBM; http://www.linkedin.com/in/sannysuerte
Learn some internet marketing lessons. It can improve your business. Check for http://businessmanage.sosblog.com and look for items below the blogs.
Written by: Sanoy Suerte, RME/MBM; http://www.linkedin.com/in/sannysuerte
Rules of Thumb!
(Strictly Engineering)-
Rules of Thumb
There are the so called rules of thumb in engineering. There are also things called empirical formulas. These things may be called convenient tools, and could be discounted as to their value and usefulness sometimes. But, come to think of it, they are often near to the truth or safe solutions, when used. The often called rules of thumb are actually methods that are used for expediency, but when detailed calculations are made theoretically, the results are near to that one , arrived at using the rule. Similarly, empirical formulas, when conditions are well understood and defined provide very useful solutions.
Written by: Sanoy Suerte, RME/MBM; http://www.linkedin.com/in/sannysuerte
Rules of Thumb
There are the so called rules of thumb in engineering. There are also things called empirical formulas. These things may be called convenient tools, and could be discounted as to their value and usefulness sometimes. But, come to think of it, they are often near to the truth or safe solutions, when used. The often called rules of thumb are actually methods that are used for expediency, but when detailed calculations are made theoretically, the results are near to that one , arrived at using the rule. Similarly, empirical formulas, when conditions are well understood and defined provide very useful solutions.
Written by: Sanoy Suerte, RME/MBM; http://www.linkedin.com/in/sannysuerte
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Safety in circuit disconnects!
Safety in circuit disconnects!
When trying to open a particular circuit disconnecting device, always make sure that the downstream loads are not in operation. This would ensure that current flow to the load end is not taking place, and severe arching is avoided. Note that this is especially true when the downstream loads draw large currents, and the circuit disconnect is an ordinary knife switch..
Written by: Sanoy Suerte, RME/MBM; http://www.linkedin.com/in/sannysuerte
When trying to open a particular circuit disconnecting device, always make sure that the downstream loads are not in operation. This would ensure that current flow to the load end is not taking place, and severe arching is avoided. Note that this is especially true when the downstream loads draw large currents, and the circuit disconnect is an ordinary knife switch..
Written by: Sanoy Suerte, RME/MBM; http://www.linkedin.com/in/sannysuerte
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Water Storage!
An alternative plan for a Water Storage!
In the past several decades, the conventional thinking in having a domestic water supply storage tank for home use was to have an elevated water tank of full (100%) capacity, separate from the house. This idea made necessary the construction of a strong structure and foundation that would support a heavy tank, which nowadays can be very expensive. One way to avoid a heavy structure and foundation is to use a large concrete ground tank, and an elevated small steel tank that would not require a heavy structure and foundation. The arrangement should allow the small elevated tank refill by means of a small electric water supply pump from the large ground tank. Refilling is done on as needed basis, instead of putting to elevated requirement all the water in storage, which would require a lot of (pumping) electricity. This way, your electric usage and energy bill is spread more evenly throughout several days or months, and helps cash flow requirement to ease a home budget, when the volume of water in storage is quite substantial.
Written by: Sanoy Suerte, RME/MBM; http://www.linkedin.com/in/sannysuerte
In the past several decades, the conventional thinking in having a domestic water supply storage tank for home use was to have an elevated water tank of full (100%) capacity, separate from the house. This idea made necessary the construction of a strong structure and foundation that would support a heavy tank, which nowadays can be very expensive. One way to avoid a heavy structure and foundation is to use a large concrete ground tank, and an elevated small steel tank that would not require a heavy structure and foundation. The arrangement should allow the small elevated tank refill by means of a small electric water supply pump from the large ground tank. Refilling is done on as needed basis, instead of putting to elevated requirement all the water in storage, which would require a lot of (pumping) electricity. This way, your electric usage and energy bill is spread more evenly throughout several days or months, and helps cash flow requirement to ease a home budget, when the volume of water in storage is quite substantial.
Written by: Sanoy Suerte, RME/MBM; http://www.linkedin.com/in/sannysuerte
Friday, January 8, 2010
Making use of Technology!
(Strictly Engineering)
Making use of Technology!
Knowing project management and auto-cad software is good for an engineer used to doing the vintage tracing paper and pencil drawings. Both skills will be needed time and again, whether you like it or not. As technology advances, updating is a necessity, else obsolescence sets in.
Written by: Sanoy Suerte, RME/MBM; http://www.linkedin.com/in/sannysuerte
Making use of Technology!
Knowing project management and auto-cad software is good for an engineer used to doing the vintage tracing paper and pencil drawings. Both skills will be needed time and again, whether you like it or not. As technology advances, updating is a necessity, else obsolescence sets in.
Written by: Sanoy Suerte, RME/MBM; http://www.linkedin.com/in/sannysuerte
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Straight and curve lines!
Straight Lines!
The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. That is a fact, and an infallible principle followed by all technical men. But, a straight line is not necessarily the right solution for a distance problem. It may not be effective in some cases. So, when making your own design in the order of things, you may need some detours in order to best accomplish the production of things. Have you seen a cross country type rod and bar mill? If you have, then I think you understand very well, why you need curvatures and repeaters in the systems design of the finishing line. The long bar could not be accom-modated in a short length bar mill, if straight lines are used all the way.
Written by: Sanoy Suerte, RME / MBM; http://www.linkedin.com/in/sannysuerte
The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. That is a fact, and an infallible principle followed by all technical men. But, a straight line is not necessarily the right solution for a distance problem. It may not be effective in some cases. So, when making your own design in the order of things, you may need some detours in order to best accomplish the production of things. Have you seen a cross country type rod and bar mill? If you have, then I think you understand very well, why you need curvatures and repeaters in the systems design of the finishing line. The long bar could not be accom-modated in a short length bar mill, if straight lines are used all the way.
Written by: Sanoy Suerte, RME / MBM; http://www.linkedin.com/in/sannysuerte
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