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    Kinda gay..he finished the lect..and now talking about the exam stuff

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EngGen403 tutorial

Exam:

Q1) Communication, argument and logic.  Arts person marking.

Q2) Professionalism and ethics.  Why do we have ethics?

Q3) Indigenous knowledge and consultation.  Think about the Marae visit.  How do you apply your knowledge.  Study up on the RMA.  My tutor marking.

Q4) The role of the engineer in society.  Today's society.  Appropriate use of technology.

Q5 & Q6) Sustainability.  Probably one question on each topic the lecturer gave.  The world that we live in.  What can be done to the world.

20 min for each question.

A lot of them are common sense.  If you were in my tutorial and listening to all what my tutor had to say, then you'd do well.  Sustainability is probably going to have the hardest questions. Have good essay structure but not strictly enforced.  Have good handwriting.

EngGen403

Last lecture by the dean of Engineering.  Talking about the GDP of New Zealand.  Seems like yesterday's lecture all over again.  We're inefficient workers.  Landscape of NZ.  Knowledge economy.  OECD indicators.  But you also need places in industry that are able to take in an influx of engineers.  Probably not enough companies / opportunities where such industries can develop in such an agriculturally based country.  Overview of engineering market.

CompSys704

Came to lecture late because I was at a friend's ChemMat presentation.  15 min of new ChemMat knowledge of aluminium cover.  Lecture did not start when I came in because a survey was being held.

Going through the deterministic properties of a boolean mealy machine that are free running in parallel.  Encapsulation/Hiding for forcing synchronisation.  Scope.  Local criterion: 1) A hidden input must also appear in the output; 2) A negative input must not appear in the output.  Defining the automata that results from port hiding.

EngGen403

Lecturer today is a fire engineering consultant. Talking about why engineering is so good and so on. Talking about money and trying to squeeze in sustainability in all places possible. Slides look like a repeat of a PD1 lecture.

Comparing New Zealand with other countries. Your typical accountant and lawyer graphs to compare. More propaganda about engineers joining politics. Still the feeling that engineers are being portrayed as special people who don't fit very well with society. Too many reassurances that there's a shortage of "weird people".

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CompSys704

Argos is a concurrent model of computation. Operators: refinement/hierachial product, synchronous product, hiding/encapsulation.

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EngGen403 tutorial

Substitute tutor. He's Canadian. Started talking about politics. Going through Monday's lecture which was on appropriate use of technology in third world places. Then onto Tuesday's lecture which was on believing what people say. Going through the exam structure.

Five topics in the exam. There may be some topics with multiple questions. Arguments and persuasive writing. Professionalism and ethics. The use of being in a professional body. Engineer's role in work safety. Change designs so they cannot be abused. Contracts you can be entered to by giving a simple consultation. E-mail can be used for legal purposes. Indigenous issues and consultation. Don't present a solution from the get-go as that does not show your willingness to listen to their needs and concerns. Objections in discussions. Resource Management Act. Sustainability issues and how they will affect our future jobs. Sustainable management and resources. Life cycle analysis of products. Appropriate technology. Engineers in society. We're an outcast or just plain special in a weird way?

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