Thursday, February 23, 2012

Fourth Interview Questions

1. What is most important to becoming a successful electronic engineer?
2. How has innovation affected society?
3. What is important when innovating a new product?
4. What kind of fields can an electronic engineer specialize in?
5. How has specialization helped you?
6. How has new technology affected electronic engineers?
7. When adapting to new technology what is most important?
8. How has your experience as an electronic engineer help you in your career?
9. How does the principles of science and mathematics apply to your everyday tasks?
10.Is there a need for graduates to actually have experience under their belt in order to help them in their career?
11. What does an average day in your life as an engineer consist of?
12.  What is the most important accomplishment you have made in your career as an engineer?
13. What do you think is going to be the most important challenge for engineers in the future?
14.  If a person where to pursue a career in this field, what characteristics do you think he/she should have?
15. Do consumers affect engineers?
16. Is there a need for engineers to further their education?
17.What sort of people or organization must you work with?
18.What is the hardest part of electronic engineering?
19. What is the biggest issue in this field today?
20. What led you to pursue a career in this field?

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Independent Component 2 Plan Approval

1. I plan on working 30 more hours at my service learning, Star Sensor Technology.

2. My plan to meet the 30 hour requirement is to work 6 hours a week for 5 weeks, Monday-Wednesday.

3. My independent component relates to my EQ by giving me first hand experience of working for an elecronic engineer and how he continues to expand his company.

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Independent Component 1

Calendar: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmMnLjO8bY4PdHcwUl9oLXFBNUdvdkxqSWNvbUVGT3c

Evidence: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H1zr4Wg-zxZWuDnQXp5dc_rPJqALrcYJwp-8KefhQ3w/edit

Literal: I Robert Ortega, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
 I have completed 32 hours of working at Star Sensor Technology.

Interpretive: I have learned how to solder wires and parts together during my time at the comapny. I have aslo learned how to program gps devices in order for them to work properly. I also helped in the shipment and unpackaging of the product during my time there.

Applied: My independent component heled me answer my EQ by giving me first hand experience of how to manage a product. There was a shipment of bad gps units with a bad firmware which didn't work properly and I had to reprogram them in order to install an older version of the firmware in order for the device to work. A successful  electronic engineer would have to know how to deal with a problem with the device if it should malfunction.