How to get A’s in Engineering … by really trying!: Study ...
How to get A's in Engineering ... by really trying!:
Study tips for the hard working student
Duncan MacFarlane Professor of Electrical Engineering
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Welcome
The secret to success is constancy to purpose.
-- Benjamin Disraeli
The Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science
Outline
g Why is engineering hard? g Homework: Do it! g Lectures: Come, listen and think! g Studying for Tests: Don't! g Growing your reputation
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Why is Engineering Hard: Analysis
Three reasons why you may have trouble with a topic or a problem:
1. Math
? You may have to learn, or re-learn, math
techniques and tricks
2. Underlying principles ... physics of the topic
? Try to understand the qualitative picture ? Look at the final result of the derivation
? This is usually a simple mathematical expression. Look at what terms are in the numerator, and what terms are in the denominator. What are the exponents? Plot these equations in different ways.
3. Complicated Application
Try to understand the relevance, or the
context of the example
Try to diagnose why you are having trouble
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Why is Engineering Hard: Design
g The practice of engineering is about design.
? Solving problems that have not been solved before!
? Solving problems in new ways, with new technologies
g Creativity is hard to manage
? But it is not impossible. Learn to brainstorm
g Ambiguity
Thomas Edison
? In many cases, there is no clear optimal solution (or even what is desired)
? Develop a "tolerance for ambiguity"
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