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Here are our questions for this month:
1. What challenges are you currently facing in your engineering field?
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2. What is/are your biggest takeaway from our newsletters?
Rapid Technological Advancements: Keeping up with the fast pace of technology, such as AI, machine learning, automation, and digital tools, can be overwhelming and requires continuous learning.
Sustainability and Environmental Regulations: Engineers are increasingly expected to design and implement solutions that meet stricter environmental standards, which adds complexity to projects and designs.
Resource Constraints: Working within tight budgets and limited resources while maintaining high-quality standards can be a significant challenge in engineering projects.
Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Modern engineering projects often require collaboration across multiple disciplines, which can be difficult due to differences in technical languages, priorities, and goals.
Skills Gap: Finding qualified talent, especially in specialized fields like renewable energy, AI, or advanced manufacturing, can be challenging.
Global Supply Chain Disruptions: Many engineering projects rely on global supply chains for materials, which can be disrupted by geopolitical issues, natural disasters, or pandemics.
Complex Regulatory Compliance: Navigating the increasing complexity of safety, environmental, and industry-specific regulations can be time-consuming and require a deep understanding of legal frameworks.
Project Management: Balancing timelines, budgets, and stakeholder expectations while dealing with unforeseen project challenges can lead to significant pressure on engineers.
Great newsletter! It’s inspiring to see the accomplishments of engineers like Susan Tighe and David Ennis. I especially enjoyed the section on emerging technologies like the Shine 2.0 wind turbine. It’s always exciting to learn about innovations that combine sustainability and practicality. Keep up the excellent work in highlighting both established and up-and-coming engineering solutions!
Ans. of 1. What challenges are you currently facing in your engineering field? Working from home reduced the social interaction with my peers.
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1. What challenges are you currently facing in your engineering field?
‘Silo’ work, poor communication between teams without the traditional checks and balances available when all are working in the same office.
2. What is/are your biggest takeaway from our newsletters?
I think the blog posts are interesting. I enjoy seeing new ideas and perspectives on topics I might not encounter every day.
From the newsletters I mostly enjoy learning of different engineering innovations happening in Canada. Thanks for all the hard work put into these monthly newsletters.
Answer for Q1. With generative AI on the horizon I wonder if my road design skillset will need to shift from optimizing the design to optimizing and managing the AI. There is still some time to figure this out.
While working with global team bring benefits, it also produce challenges like dealing with time-zones and specially language barrier.
A1.: The batch print for releasing machine products is kind of complicated and tedious. For example the batch print with ISO standards. Although the CAD systems helped a lot, we still need to prepare the hard copy documentations manually. Hopefully, the AI could simplify the procedure soon.