I feel that this course provided us a great service in both educating us in emerging technologies as well as how to independently reeducate oneself at any time. The emerging technology was helpful in giving us the exposure to the current progress of advancements in this field. That is what will allow us to make intelligent decisions in what directions our careers should take. By understanding the direction of current innovations and the field, we [students] have a much better basis for making important career choices. What was particularly helpful here was the introduction into these topics followed up by presentations by actual practitioners working in the industry. This insight into the current, actual practices and precedents is imperative presently as well -- at this time in our lives we still have ample chances to return to school and continue our education. This class was excellent at exposing us to the specific disciplines that will become prevalent in our fields (CAEE) by the time we start our careers.
The second aspect of the course I mentioned -- the ability to reeducate oneself or essentially update your knowledge of the field -- will become invaluable at allowing us options as the industry changes. By continuing to update one's outlooks on the field, the ability to make informed career decisions will be preserved. All of the research we had individually completed is a strong lesson in where and how to look for professional technical information on emerging technologies. This is one of the most important aspects of the course as it begins to instill the idea of learning how to learn -- or acquiring skills necessary to teach oneself. It is extremely important we continue to learn after we leave school and as we progress in our careers. It is unlikely any of us can be effective engineers without this ability to reeducate ourselves when evolutions or advances occur in our fields.
I also feel that the different exercises with BIM (Revit) and databases also was extremely important for us as CAE engineers as this is how the industry will be developing in the next few years. For us to have a basic understanding before entering the workplace will help for future learning processes involving these types of work. Also by cultivating an early understanding we can better understand what our careers will involve in terms of work. These types of programs will be the standard for our industry and as such we will be spending a tremendous amount of time using them.
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Grigorios Papadourakis: I also felt that the BIM guest speakers contributed great insights into the current state of affairs in the industry. It also helped me to understand the importance BIM will have in future projects and because of that I will consider pursuing work that would further expose me to BIM.
Giovanna Pelisser: She mentioned how BIM is very helpful in catching building conflicts prior to construction. I think that this is one of BIM's greatest benefits as simple mistakes often compound into costly problems if they are not intercepted early on.
Ilana Ritvalsky: I agree with how she reiterated the challenge of viewing buildings as verbs and not nouns. I think this is an interesting point to make as our old concept of what buildings were has evolved to where buildings now have a centralized nervous system that has capabilities to measure many different conditions. Buildings are beginning to come to life and I feel that this is because nature has already designed optimal forms and we are starting to realize the benefits these forms can afford us.
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