April 17, 2008 at 7:00 pm
· Filed under engineering, management, Engineering Design
Opportunities vs Problems
The following is a good excerpt regarding the Opportunities vs Problems. When engineering managers make their decisions to solve problems they should be well aware of this. Every problem brings an opportunity with it.
OPPORTUNITY LIES IN THE MIDST OF DIFFICULTY
Every problem has hidden in it an opportunity so powerful
that it literally dwarfs the problem.
The greatest success stories were created by people
who recognized a problem and turned it into an opportunity.
You’ll find that every situation properly perceived
offers you opportunity.
As fast as each opportunity presents itself, use it.
Successful people don’t achieve their distinction
by having some new talent or opportunity presented to them.
They developed an opportunity that was at hand.
You must make your own opportunities if you want to be successful.
They are all around you.
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February 14, 2008 at 3:32 am
· Filed under Engineering Design, elearning, announcements, Systems Analysis, Exams
Midterm Exam for Special Topics (Systems Analysis and Design (MEC 4171)) Please find the venue for Midterm Exam (Semester 2007/2008, 2) below for MEC 4171 regarding Systems Analysis and Design Course.
Place: E2-4-7
Date: 15 February 2008 Time: 03:00 pm-05:00 pm (15:00-17:00)
You will see this announcement also in elearning site.
P.S. You can also find the answers of Quiz 3 in elearning site.
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January 29, 2008 at 10:10 pm
· Filed under engineering, Engineering Design, Civil Engineering, Creativity
RIVER ON A RIVER (Magdeburg Water Bridge)
Do you think the following should be listed amongst the candidates of the 8th wonder of the world?
Water bridge … over a river …. Even after you see it, it is still hard to believe!
Water Bridge in Germany. What a feat! Six years, 500 million Euros, 918 meters long……. Now this is engineering!
This is a channel-bridge over the River Elbe and joins the former East and West Germany, as part of the unification project.
It is located in the City of Magdeburg, near Berlin.
The photo was taken on the day of inauguration. Regular Germany visitors from Uhde must have already seen this. The design reflects the importance of the creativity in engineering. Congratulations to German Civil Engineers.
See here for greater picture.
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February 17, 2007 at 6:28 am
· Filed under 3D Modeling, CAD CAM, Google, Engineering Design
URL: http://sketchup.google.com/
“SketchUp is a simple but powerful tool for quickly and easily creating, viewing and modifying your 3D ideas.
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Click on a shape and push or pull it to create your desired 3D geometry.
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Experiment with color and texture directly on your model.
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Real-time shadow casting lets you see exactly where the sun falls as you model.
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Select from thousands of pre-drawn components to save time drawing.
Google SketchUp (free) is an easy-to-learn 3D modeling program that enables you to explore the world in 3D. With just a few simple tools, you can create 3D models of houses, sheds, decks, home additions, woodworking projects - even space ships. And once you’ve built your models, you can place them in Google Earth, post them to the 3D Warehouse, or print hard copies.
Google SketchUp is free for personal use. No registration is required.”
Have fun exploring this wonderful tool that can enable us to Imagine, Dream, Design and Communicate in 3D
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