Hello People!! in this post I'm introducing the answers of a Mechanical Engineer about his career. It's always good to see things from an experimented point of view, so it's great to get some advice from a professional. In this case I was supposed to interview an Electronics Engineer but at mechanics is a field very interesting field from which practically all the engineering was born, so here I present to you the interview xD
Name: Franklin Sanchez
Date: 05/01/2010
1) Could you please define Engineering in your own words?
Is a professional career specialized in science, that needs to be applied to perform new technologies and best practices to satisfy technical requirements
2) What influenced you to pursue Mechanical Engineering?
Well, my experience with my father. He's a diesel mechanic specialist, with him the desire to know how the mechanics work and how can mechanical instrument be designed grew.
3) Could you please describe the educational process required to become an Engineer?
Well, an engineer needs a strong base in mathematics, physics and chemistry. These are required to success in designing mechanical processes such as: thermodynamics, fluids, heat and mass transfer and materials science.
4) What are the skills you need to be a good engineer?
A good engineer needs a good relationship with the client and the prime material suppliers. They also need excellent communication, in order to catch the needs and present solutions; additionally they need to be autodidact and automotivated to research for new technologies and techniques
5) What job considerations were you looking for after you completed your education?
The main objective was to apply the basic engineering in a company in order to get professional experience.
6) What's something of your school life that you enjoy the most?
I enjoyed to share opinions with excellent professors and senior engineers that encouraged me to get more out of my career formation.
7) From your perspective, what is the most difficult part of being an engineering student?
The most difficult part is the beginning because you need to learn the basis but to fulfill the gap between the university and high school formation you need to be autodidact and stop depending on what the teacher tells you to do
8) What are your plans for the future?
To continue applying my knowledge and skills as a consultant in engineering specialties, focusing in activities that require high technologies in oil and gas processing
9) Point out your most personally gratifying moment in Engineering school.
When I finished my degree thesis, because I could apply my knowledge in the design of a mechanism that was required to solve a real problem and the solution found was technically and economically reliable.
10) Why would you recommend Engineering as a career?
Because being an engineer implies the application of many sciences and the interaction with other professionals and you can model your career according to the experience you are getting in the middle of the process and keep the necessity to learn more and to be updated according to the new technologies' development
This was an excellent and interesting interview because I reminded my university days and it was an great opportunity to share with a future college who has demonstrated his strong desire to be a confident and successful professional doing the best to support organizations applying and achieving technologies that would help the humanity to have a better quality life.
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