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Asked by Sarah_McHale to Ashley, Catherine, John G, Laura, Ray on 12 Nov 2014. This question was also asked by rachel.
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Catherine Conaghan answered on 12 Nov 2014:
Maths are important, and an understanding of different aspects of science (mostly physics). I think as skills go, being able to analyse things and learn from previous information/situations is very important. If you can analyse and make connections between things you can figure out why things work like they do (or don’t work when they should) you can make intelligent changes to improve on them.
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Ray Alcorn answered on 12 Nov 2014:
You should know that engineering is incredibly important for now and the future economy but should also know that although it is a driver it should not be everything. For example if a technology saves time then you should appreciate that and spend the time saved on another fulfilling activity.
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Laura Tobin answered on 13 Nov 2014:
There are three things: Time, Energy and Cost. You can only have two at a time.
You can save time and energy but it will cost you – for example I tried to build some equipment to save money but I wasted a lot of time and energy and in the end I had to buy it.
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Ashley Culbert answered on 16 Nov 2014:
I agree with Laura, time, energy and cost are infinitely linked but quality needs to be considered too. There is no point in completing a project on time and on budget but gives the wrong outcome.
Engineers need to be logical thinkers, if you’re presented with a problem you need to think how can I solve this? Once you have solution you need to assess if there are any better ways to achieve the same result. I know this probably sounds complex but its not. All you need to do give yourself time to think
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