Here's a list of 10 questions I would have, should I ever communicate with an expert in my field:
1. Why did you choose this field?
2. How do you value your work aside from a salary?
3. When did you decide that you wanted to do this for a living?
4. How did you make up your mind?
5. What is some advice you would offer a student thinking of pursuing this field?
6. Do you have any regrets?
7. Are you truly passionate about this work?
8. What has inspired you?
9. If you didn't get paid, would you still do this?
10. Are you happy with the daily life this career has influenced?
Monday, March 10, 2014
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Resource of the Day 3/4
Todays topic is Civil Engineering and the resource is a project called the Alameda Corridor. It is a 20 mile stretch of freight line connecting the Port LA and the Port of Long Beach consolidating rail traffic. This stimulates the economy because transporting freight by rail is far more efficient than by truck. More can be carried at a cheaper price, getting more goods to their destinations, quickly.
Monday, March 3, 2014
Resource of the Day 3/3
Of the few topics I am researching, todays is in regard to Child Psychology and this article comes from a resource recommended by Dr. Preston in an email conversation we had the other day as I was clean out of ideas.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140228160616.htm
This article from the University of Warwick is about the relation between child nightmares and the rate of psychotic traits in children. There obviously must be a relation because they can affect each other creating a snowball effect. The quote that really grabbed my attention was, "... according to new research that shows that children reporting frequent nightmares before the age of 12 were three and a half times more likely to suffer from psychotic experiences in early adolescence." this is an astonishing fact and definitely requires further study in order to find a treatment, improving the lives of the children affected.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140228160616.htm
This article from the University of Warwick is about the relation between child nightmares and the rate of psychotic traits in children. There obviously must be a relation because they can affect each other creating a snowball effect. The quote that really grabbed my attention was, "... according to new research that shows that children reporting frequent nightmares before the age of 12 were three and a half times more likely to suffer from psychotic experiences in early adolescence." this is an astonishing fact and definitely requires further study in order to find a treatment, improving the lives of the children affected.
Sunday, March 2, 2014
My Super 5
Erika Packard: Child Psychology (Expert, wrote article)
Helen L. Fisher: Child Psychology (Expert, wrote article)
Gregg Fiegel: Civil Engineering (Cal Poly Professor)
Yarrow Nelson: Environmental Engineering (Cal Poly Professor)
Alypios Chatziioanou: Transportation Engineering (Cal Poly Professor)
Helen L. Fisher: Child Psychology (Expert, wrote article)
Gregg Fiegel: Civil Engineering (Cal Poly Professor)
Yarrow Nelson: Environmental Engineering (Cal Poly Professor)
Alypios Chatziioanou: Transportation Engineering (Cal Poly Professor)
Resource of the Day 3/2
Todays resource will be a career review of a Landscape Architect
http://www.princetonreview.com/careers.aspx?cid=179
Vocab:
Environmental: the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences
Preservation: to keep alive or in existence
Restoration: the act of restoring
Urban: of, pertaining to, or designating a city or town
Survey: to take a general or comprehensive view of something or space
http://www.princetonreview.com/careers.aspx?cid=179
Vocab:
Environmental: the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences
Preservation: to keep alive or in existence
Restoration: the act of restoring
Urban: of, pertaining to, or designating a city or town
Survey: to take a general or comprehensive view of something or space
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