EG 1471

Engineers are so versatile in the world today. A lot of engineers have turned into areas such as banking, marketing, sales and many other more. Engineers are able to do because of their strong systematic way of thinking and their analyzing skills.

With regards to Prof. Ramakrishna’s article, “The Expanding World of Engineers” where he states that “an engineer’s training helps to systematically analyze complex information and apply a holistic (systematic) approach in designing solutions.”

The reason why engineers are able to do so is due to the tedious and tough education that they have been through. An engineer achieve such analytic skills from long years of practicing analysis questions. However, to analyze something, one must have prior knowledge of it. Tertiary education prepares engineers with the required knowledge in their respective fields and required solution. Also, engineers in today's world are now required to take subjects outside their faculty and this would allow them to better understand how other areas out of engineering works. Thus, it would allow them to come out with a more effective solution to solve the problems faced by other sector.

Engineering students are also given chances to gain working experience even before they graduate. Programmes such as the industrial attachment, work and travel gives engineering students a chance to experience work life and better understand the problems faced. This will help them to analyze and provide solutions better when they graduate. Lastly, engineering students are also trained to build up their communicative skills. This is done so by having students doing research, lab experiments and other activities in a group. This would train them to better communicate with each other, and this would help them in their future working environment.

In conclusion, I believed that it is the education that engineers been through that allow them to analyze complex information and provide clear and orderly solutions.