I feel that the revolution of engineering throughout the years stated in article 2 is important to the profession. Engineers are now being recruited by large corporations in banking, finance, logistics and commerce. This is due to the flexible and diversified engineering education system as stated by the former dean of engineering at NUS, Prof Seeram Ramakrishna. According to him, a majority of engineering-trained graduates will take up jobs in manufacturing and associated sectors while others venture into the service sector. Women too are getting more active in the engineering profession which was previously considered the bastion of males. Reports show that some engineering courses of study have female student enrolment of nearly 50 per cent, making their overall proportion increase(Ramakrishna, 2007). New challenges for engineering continue to exist as civilisation continues to advance and increase in threats to health, social and environmental issues. These challenges range from the capturing of energies from the sun to methods of preserving buildings(National Academy of Engineering, 2008). But to the article, the main issue is to spread the fruits of engineering throughout the globe. Examples include access to clean water and proper medical care. Hence, the diversified engineering profession with a greater pool of females coming along with new challenges marks the evolution of engineering.
National Academy of Engineering. (2008, February). Introduction to the grand challenges of engineering. Retrieved June 3, 2008, from http://engineeringchallenges.org/cms/8996/9221/.aspx
Ramakrishna, S. (2007, August 5). The expanding world of engineers. The Sunday Times, p. 25.
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The main idea is stated explicitly at the beginning of the essay and it gives the readers a specific direction where you want to bring them to.
It is definitely a good sign depicting females taking up engineering courses are increasing. Looking at the current world situation, we are moving into an ageing population era. If only guys were to take up engineering, there will be a shortage of trained engineers to face the future challenges. Hence, having females to make up the number of trained engineers, the paramount onus of counteracting future challenges can be overcome.
I personally feel that the influx of female engineering candidates indicate a certain success for the engineering field. However, regardless of the gender, engineers play crucial role for shaping the foundation of a country and it's economy.
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