This sem is finally coming to an end with exams round the corner. This semester has been a difficult journey; reason being not the workload but the countless hours spent on projects and other commitments that I have. I don’t expect myself to do well for this semester because I don’t think I am that well prepared enough to enter the exam battle. Enduring and on-going stamina – that’s all I need in the next few weeks to catch up my studies.
1) HR2002 – Understanding Human Relations in the new economy:
I met Bjorn one day at biz faculty. I then told him that I just had my HR lesson.
He said:” U need HR?”
I said:” No choice! It’s a compulsory module that all engin students have to take.”
He said: ” Guess some engineers do need a HR lesson.”
I do agree with him, considering that I do learnt quite a lot from this module as well. It’s hard for me to predict whether I will do well for this module, since I don’t really like to write essays in the exam. Crapping doesn’t help at all as a lot of concepts taught in this module will depends on your ability to relate it, which can be dependent on your personal experiences. Luck plays an important factor whether the questions that come out are those that you can discuss a lot about or not. For HR, I am glad that the presentation has been over. My only regret for this module was that I could not turn up on the presentation day because of my beloved grandma’s death. It must be hard for the rest of my teammates whom had to carry on the presentation without me. Also, thanks to JY for the understanding of my absentee as well.
2) ME2151 – Principles of Mechanical Engineering Materials:
Guess the studies of material is more like an art of science than an engineering. There’s lot of lengthy explanations which u need to make. To score well, understanding is not enough since it’s a closed book exam. U do need to have all the facts at your fingertips and able to explain it well. That equals to time consuming. So far, I can understand the chapters to an OK extent but to relate all the thoughts in a sequential manner, i am not confident at all.
3) ME3101 – Mechanical Systems Design I:
For the past few months, most of my time is spent on this Delphi design project. All the efforts spent on this demanding design project was worthwhile, especially when I received an encouraging e-mail from Dr Tang Yaxin who had read through our final report and commented on our effort. I guess it’s the process that matters most, rather than worrying about the score for this project. We managed to finish the design report by end of last week. We tried to arrange a final presentation meeting with Dr Teo this week but he was busy so we have changed it to next Monday. Best shots, guys!!!
4) ME3112 - Mechanics of Machines:
This is probably the hardest module. It is going to be another Fluids Mechanics I killer exam. I hope I won’t do badly for this exam on that day.
5) ME3122 – Heat Transfer:
Things were getting better in the second half of the lecture with Dr Lee Seng Guan. Heat exchanger and convection problems are fairly ok. The challenge lies in understanding which equations to use as it is a closed book exam with no helpsheet allowed. However, I am not that confident for fins and radiation problems covered by Dr Howlader’s part. In addition, I quite screwed up the mid term test. Hopefully, things get better with each revision.
6) ME3162 Manufacturing Processes
This is yet another unpredictable module which I do not know how I will perform. For prof’s Seah part, it seems all right if you lift all the points from the book but the expected answers required aren’t that straightforward after all. However, there’s no doubt that prof Seah’s manufacturing lessons are probably one of the most interesting ME lessons. For prof Rahman’s portion, it’s purely calculation so not too bad after all.
