Final Reflection
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Coming into the semester, I was determined to make sure that\nI did well in Heat Transfer. Everyone always said it was one of the harder\nclasses to take at ODU. After not doing\nwell on the first test I knew I had to work harder to ensure I would be\nsuccessful in this course. I did more homework problems for the 2nd <\/sup>and\n3rd<\/sup> exams than I have ever done in a course before, and the results\nshowed. As the semester progressed I was beginning to see that certain problems\nwere getting easier for me. For the\nproject I was a little nervous. I have taken classes with Dr.Ayala before but\ndue to certain circumstances I was never able to do one of his famous projects.\nI was determined to hit it out of the park. Thankfully I ended up, working with\na partner that shared that same drive to get the best grade possible. The courses\nI have taken with Dr. Ayala have all driven me to be a better student, they\nhave tested my high level problem solving skills, as well as forcing me to\ncritically think in a way that I never have before. 2)\nWhat areas did you feel you were most successful, or improved the most?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I improved the most in problem solving and time management. I also improved on my critical thinking\nskills for specific types of problems. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 3) How do you see this course\u2019s content intersecting with your\nfield or career?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Heat Transfer is all around us in the engineering field. In can\nintersect in a variety of ways. For example at the shipyard, I could be tasked\nwith designing a heat exchanger. I could also have to do a heat transfer\nanalysis on other various engines. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 4) Have you been able to apply concepts you have learned in the\ncourse to what you do at work or in other courses?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I have not been able to apply the concepts as I am taking a lot\nof engineering management courses this semester. However, I can relate it to\nthe formula SAE team. We were adamant about reducing the size of our radiator,\nIf I were to design a radiator, I would have to utilize Heat Transfer analysis,\nin order to optimize and design a suitable option for the team. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 5) How, when, where and why you might use this information or\nskill in the future? 6)\nDo you think what you learn is important for your professional career? I believe Heat transfer shouldn\u2019t just\nbe an elective. Regular engineering majors have to take heat and mass transfer\nfor a reason. It is an integral part of engineering, and can be related to\neverything we do. It is also a portion of the FE exam that all engineers have\nto take. <\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 7)\nWhere do you think you will be using everything you learned? I will use this information in\nwhatever job I get out of college. Heat\nTransfer is everywhere. Heat Transfer has such a wide application, It is in\nengines, electronics, and a variety of other things that are engineered in the\nworld.<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 8)\nIf you were starting this class again, what advice would you give yourself to\nensure that you had a successful semester?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n If I could start this class again, I would tell myself to be\nmore conscious about doing more examples in the beginning of the semester. I\nfelt I could have given myself more of a base of knowledge if I focused more\nduring the earlier part of the semester. 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\n<\/em>If I get\nhired by the shipyard sometime soon, I could be tasked with designing heat\nexchangers for a ship or doing thermal analysis on various aspects of a ship. I\nwill also use the skills I have gained throughout this course in my everyday\nlife. This course required me to work harder than ever, and I can transfer that\ninto whatever career path I choose.<\/strong><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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