Engineers in Predicaments
The content below details my adventures, misadventures and shenanigans while trying to find my place in the engineering profession.
Thoughts on certain developments in the engineering and STEM community in general, as well as scientific interpretations of weird scenarios will be shared as well.
Occasionally, I also learn a thing or two and will mention some of my findings while updating the portfolio. Please enjoy!
This Letter Will Make You Laugh (Or Cry)
I finally got my GT credentials recognized by the local engineering accreditation body for Myanmar after almost a year of combating extensive bureaucracy, and managed to get a lovely passive-aggressive acceptance letter for my troubles. I've been sitting on this one...
Backlog of Catchups
2 weeks ago (23rd and 24th June, to be accurate) I got to catch up with professor Dickinson and May from the Cambodia conference back in March and the Burmese GT crew the next day. It was a welcome change from what is sometimes admittedly the monotony of daily life...
Manufacturing, Optimization, and a Possible New Career Direction
As promised, here is my post discussing the set of courses I am currently taking! Specifically, the course set is known as the Micromasters in Manufacturing from MITx. It is a collaboration between MIT and edX to provide graduate-level instruction in several...
Back in the Saddle!
Engineers in Predicaments is finally back with some more ShwePosting! From extended power cuts to my hosting storage running out of disk space to new deadlines showing up both at work and on my online courses, it seems that the universe is intent on keeping me from...
Thingyan Holiday
Just providing a quick update (since I haven't posted after the 10 April) that I will not be posting until the 18th just because I was busy with wrapping up final work commitments before the office closed like launching the new site and now I'd like to sit back a...
Adventures in SPC Post 2–The Actual Post
This is the actual post for today, which continues from yesterday's post. Today we will elaborate upon yesterday's concepts just a little bit more. Figure 1: An overly simplified represenation of process control. New diagram coming soon. There are two main kinds of...