The Art and Science of Leadership

Leadership is one of the most important traits an engineer must have when working on any field.

Good leaders are made not born. If you have the desire and willpower, you can become an effective leader. Good leaders develop through a never ending process of self-study, education, training, and experience. In here I'm gonna publish a link to a guide that will help you through that process.

To inspire your workers into higher levels of teamwork, there are certain things you must be, know, and, do. These do not come naturally, but are acquired through continual work and study. Good leaders are continually working and studying to improve their leadership skills; they are NOT resting on their laurels.

This webpage is a very good guide for leaders! It's always good to check out how to be better everytime.

This is why I love Electronics!!

People!! I just found a really good reason to love electronics even more!! It's called a propeller clock. It's a clock made of LED and a very precise programming using Microprocessors. I sincerely hope I can one day design cool devices like this one.

At the beginning of the video the creator shows the few components this clock has and then the magic begins, it has different settings and the kind of innovative technology I love to witness... Well now I'll just let you see what I'm talking about.

Click here to watch the video.

Engineering Interview

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

Dictionary Introduction (Nanotechnology)

Hello again, here I'm gonna place an article about nanotechnology (one of the newest techonologies that I'm interested in), where I will identify and describe hard to undestand words, to learn how to use Online Dictionaries, so here I go.

Nanotechnology, shortened to "nanotech", is the study of the controlling of matter on an atomic and molecular scale. Generally nanotechnology deals with structures of the size 100 nanometers or smaller in at least one dimension, and involves developing materials or devices within that size. Nanotechnology is very diverse, ranging from extensions of conventional device physics to completely new approaches based upon molecular self-assembly, from developing new materials with dimensions on the nanoscale to investigating whether we can directly control matter on the atomic scale.

There has been much debate on the future implications of nanotechnology. Nanotechnology has the potential to create many new materials and devices with a vast range of applications, such as in medicine, electronics and energy production. On the other hand, nanotechnology raises many of the same issues as with any introduction of new technology, including concerns about the toxicity and environmental impact of nanomaterials,[1] and their potential effects on global economics, as well as speculation about various doomsday scenarios. These concerns have led to a debate among advocacy groups and governments on whether special regulation of nanotechnology is warranted.

Molecular: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/molecular

Nanometer: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nanometer

Self-assembly: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-assembly

Vast: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vast

Advocacy: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/advocacy

Technology Threads

You know I've said before how much i like top-notch technology, but the engineers now-days know no limit, and as we struggle for answers, things could get dangerous or even devastating.

"Technology makes our lives better. You're enjoying your new high-definition television, and have your work and personal appointments organized on your computer. You pay your bills electronically and save time and money. That's fine and dandy, until someone takes out the electronic banking system and the machines take over the planet." I know it sounds very "science fiction" like, but there's a very good article in HowStuffWorks that explains it isn't just science fiction. If you'd like to read it click the link: http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/high-tech-gadgets/5-scary-technologies.htm

New Friends!

For my second post I'm gonna introduce you to 2 of my friends.

First is Leonardo. He's 18 years old and he studies Electronics too. He loves soccer and likes top-notch technology too xD He is so interested in robotics that he plans to go to Spain to study this amazing field. He dislikes healthy food, lies and selfishness... good reasoning there. He has a very interesting blog where he posts about very interesting things. You should chech it out: http://lbavaresco.blogspot.com/

Then is Cesar. He's 18 and studies Electronics too. He loves music, he's even in a band, its called Takicardia; he plays the bass. He likes to play soccer and tennis, but he hates wars, contamination and every that hurts the world slowly. He's a little more experienced in the blog matter, so you might be able to find something interesting in his blog. If you are interested in checking it out, click this link: http://cesare89.blogspot.com/

Blog Opening!

Hello Everybody! Here I am, starting my first blog ever thanks to my English 7 Teacher. I'm kinda new in this whole blog stuff but here I go xD

I am David Sanchez, Electronics student, almost Engineer... only 1 more year. I love English and I believe I'm pretty good english speaker. I like rock music, movies (specially thrillers and comedy) and love everything related to top-notch technology, specially electronics.

Talking about technology, I've always thought it would be great to study nanotechnology and help improve the technology in this amazing field of study. Maybe I will post some interesting facts about this here, but for now, I wrote more than I thought I would so this is it for now.

Expect more posts and see you later folks!