Date: Aug 11, 2010Speaker: June Roy
OVERVIEW OF PROCESS ENGINEERThere are some different types of
chemical engineers for instances process engineers, operation
engineers, production engineers, environment engineers and many
other chemical engineering fields. In fact, all of those Chemical
Engineers types are having their own duties and challenges.Process
engineer, which is best paid and most popular No.2 in the world
based on PayScale 2010 have responsibility to manage technical and
manufacturing projects to meet the objective of the business in
term of cost, timescale and fitness for purpose (Perstorp, 2010).
Furthermore, being a process engineer also need to the design of
the project, drawing, and equipment specifications (Liza Munda
n.d). In short, process engineer is a worthwhile job yet high
responsibility.
JOB SCOPES- CHALLENGES I am agree of the statement that, process
engineer are mostly working in design Consultant Company who are
having the responsibility of handling the project schedule
including man hours, engineering hours and the cost estimation
because it is just their job! Sitting on the desk, thinking with
their brain and get ideas. It is the most interesting fact of being
process engineer yet challenging. One more thing that I really go
for it is that the all of the job concept are arranged in order
based on engineering work flow from beginning up to the end. Job
concepts followed by the previous statement are: Conceptual
studies, Front End Engineering Design (FEED) and Detailed
design.Well, the Ranhill Worley- process engineer (Miss June Roy)
did state that there will be two types of work which are Greenfield
and Brownfield projects. Greenfield project is the brand new
project and never have done beforehand whereby the Brownfield
project is the project to modify the existing plant. In fact,
between these two projects, the Brownfield projects seem to be the
hardest one. In brownfield project, the process engineer may look
into equipment sizing, valve sizing, drawing development, HAZOP,
report writings (safeguarding memorandum, control philosophy,
update OPM). I am strongly disagree for that. For me, what is the
hardest challenge is the Greenfield project. Here, your originality
and your awareness will be tested, this is the way how to develop
your critical thinking and last but not least, your communication
skill will be tested. It is not easy to convince people towards the
fresh brand new project.From the above information, it is quite
well proven that being a process engineer is not an easy job, but
it has their own art called challenges. In fact, process engineer
may found some differences from what they learn in university, for
example: all the process is no longer steady state and mostly of
the fluid is on multiphase. Apart from that, not all the
information is given, sometimes assumptions is the best way. For
those who likes to work based on time limit, this is the suitable
job for you and you must go for it but for the one who does not
like time limit, you can just go for another option.In addition,
besides the technical challenges, the non technical challenges also
may appear such as how to interact with the client and other
engineers. Process engineer also have their own roles in industries
which is become the main controller of not only other engineers but
also the industry (June Roy 2010). In short, without process
engineer, the nature concept of the plant is not there.
WORK ACTIVITIES - SKILLSProcess engineer will not working only
in certain type of company, but they have broad chances to go on,
for instance ; engineering consultants, Oil and Gas, Chemical and
Food, Waste water, Pharmaceutical, Health Safety and Environmental,
Inspection, Biotechnology, Engineering software, etc. While working
with all of that industries, the most important thing that a
process engineer should take note is the Quality System (ISO 9001,
ISO14001) ,Codes (ASME, American Petroleum Institute) and Standards
(Client standard, book standard such as Perry). All of standard
must not be neglected and it is become the key for process
engineer.All types of engineers are basically work based on the
technical skills that they had and gained since university but bear
in mind but besides that, soft skill is also merely important.
There will be some essential soft skill that engineers must have as
for instance technical writing skills, business report skills,
presentation skills, broad communication skills and
supervision-mentoring skills. I strongly agree with this, all
engineers can not ever live without all those things. That is the
art, when I have to design in technical way but in the other hand I
have also to convince others about my work.Last but not least,
chemical engineers must work with computer aided design (CAD)
software such as HYSYS, ASPEN, PIPESIM, FLARENET,CHEMCAD etc. And
for me, there is no limitation to study any other software outside
chemical engineering scope indeed useful, such as AutoCad, Google
Sketch Up, Ms.Visio, Simulink and any other useful tools to help my
life better in the future as the newbie Chemical engineers.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING GRADUATESAs one of the students who are
taking major in Chemical Engineering, it is important for me to
know that after graduate, there will be a working life to go on
whereby inside the working life itself there will be certain level
that I must achieve e.g from process engineer to senior process
engineer, senior process engineer to principal process engineer.
And between this level, there are a lot of things that need to be
done such as some certifications and any other qualifications. It
is look though for me, but as long as I fight my best, I believe it
is going to be all right. CONCLUSIONSIn conclusion, process
engineers role is very significant in every industry. They are not
only holding the main role of the industry but also become the
trigger of the industrys project. However, being process engineer
is not that simple, it is required high motivational mentality and
high responsibility. There will be a lot of job duties and
challenges that the engineer must have to deal with.
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Date: Aug 18, 2010Speaker: Adeline Wong
OVERVIEW OF MY PERSONALITYI was the only one hope and might be
the only one happiness on the day of May 10, 1988 for Joel Santosos
family. However, the operation was a hurdle for my mom; she said
need more than 6 hours to let me go from her tummy until the doctor
decide to suck me. Started from that point, my dad realized that I
will become stubborn daughter in the future. Time passed by and the
fact is just right! I am stubborn yet I am adorable and my family
love me so much. Well, it is not the one and only personality that
I have, but that is the most real personality that can be seen
since born. I believe that most of the people personality is just
there from born. As Dr.Adeline said that 50% personality is coming
from the genetic and the other 50% is the environmental which is
later can actually affect the first 50% personality. I am agreed
with this statement because this is what happens in my life.
PERSONALITY INVENTORYThe talk from the one who master on
psychology will always be interesting. We were required to fill
some questionnaire and should answer in a blast meaning I just can
not read it over and over again, because it will actually determine
who actually you are. There are 8 basics personal inventory which
are exist in human life. Not each of the characters, but the
combination among the 8 characters will actually build the factual
human personality. As the result, there were 4 letters represent of
my personality which is ESTJ (Extrovert Sensation Thinking Judging)
and it was interesting by knowing my own characteristics. It was
figured out that the combination between ESTJ are actually showing
the uniqueness of the real me. Extrovert and Introvert
characteristics are actually represent the way we express our
feelings, the way how we act with others, the way how we socialize
with other and different way to express our energy. Extroverts are
very happy, noisy, have a broad friendship and very communicative
while introvert is just keep quite all the time, stick to initial
plan, and territorial.The other pair of characteristics is
Sensation and INtuition. Sensation and Intuition characteristics
are actually represent the way people catch up and interact with
the information given. Intuition person are normally digest the
information in a very intuitive way, they like to have a day
dreaming, vivid imaginary, and even making their own fantasy while
Sensation person are actually digest the information in based on
the facts, experience and they are always thinking
realistically.Next is Thinking and Feeling characteristics. These
characteristics are representing the way people thinking. Thinking
person is more logically and more to impersonal person while
feeling person is just the opposite. Another type is Judging and
Perceiving. Judging people are the type of person who doing
everything very fast, serious, follow schedule, on time, never rest
until their own decision accomplished while perceiving type people
are the people who are always relax, never lose temper, and less
serious.
FOUR TEMPERAMENTSFrom basic personal inventory, there are
certain combinations which are actually showing the four
temperaments of human, they are:a.SJ (Sensing/Judging) = is a very
common combination and it short, SJ personality is a slave type
person. SJ can never say no, high responsibility, very organize
person, always complete the job done on time but easily to be
manipulated by others, respect the tradition and routine, hard
working. b.SP (Sensing/Perceiving) = SP personality is type of
person who are mostly like action, very impulsive by nature, tough
person , free person, impassion, they do not like to be tied and
like to seize the day.c.NT (Intuition/Thinking) = NT personality
are perfectionist, arrogant person by personality, high
expectation, very competitive, do not care about human emotion,
cold, vague with social time, want to be appreciated.d.NF
(Intuition/Feeling) = NF personality are totally sensitive,
paranoid, high sympathy, can not handle negative criticism, always
asking why, dedicated, most loving, really meant the life meaning,
future oriented.
CONCLUSIONSI am strongly agreed with the personality concept to
be always applied in human life. It is actually reflecting the
ordinary human characteristics. Me myself has already proved my
personality as ESTJ (S/J). It is full represent the real me. There
must be strengths and weakness from these characteristics; however
it would be very useful for me to always refer to. Human
personality is a nature characteristic and can not be simply
transformed, destroyed and created. In addition, it is actually
giving the real you and how unique you are since God created us in
different characteristics.