A Dive Into The Unknown

  In this article “Electric vehicles will take over Singapore. But here’s what must happen first”,  Kuttan (2020) stated a few major aspects of how moving forward with electric vehicles is not without its challenges.  For Singapore to be able to phase out internal combustion engine vehicles and match standards of countries like Norway by the year 2040, it must be able to meet the supply and demand of operating electric vehicles (EV) here. Kuttan also explained how enticing the Singaporean population to make the switch to EVs is important, by giving them more to gain from doing so. Kuttan (2020) also concluded that the aspect of the government having to work with private companies in the different sectors that would be playing a major role in making this the future. Thus, leading to the goal of reduction in the carbon footprints and road congestion in Singapore. Reference: Kuttan.S (2020,23 Feb). Commentary: Electric vehicles will take over Singapore. But here’s what must happen first.

 In the entirety of this article “Electric vehicles will take over Singapore. But here’s what must happen first”,  Sanjay (2020) stated a few major aspects of how moving forward with electric vehicles are not without its challenges. For Singapore to be able to phase out internal combustion engine vehicles and match standards of countries like Norway by the year 2040, it must be able to meet the supply and demand of operating electric vehicles (EV) here in Singapore. Followed by enticing the Singaporean population to make the switch to EVs by them having more to gain from doing so. Sanjay (2020) also states the aspect of the government having to work private companies in the different sectors that would play a major role in making this the future. Thus, leading to the goal of reduction in the carbon footprints and road congestion in Singapore. Reference: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/singapore-budget-2020-electric-vehicles-ice-ves-hybrid-car-2040-1338746

 Dear Professor Brad Blackstone, My name is Mohamed Khaider Bin Mohamed Jamalludin. I am a freshman pursuing an undergraduate degree in sustainable infrastructure engineering (land). I graduated from Republic Polytechnic (RP) with a diploma in engineering systems & management. My interest in engineering started 10 years ago, when I was enrolled in ITE where I received my higher nitec certification in offshore & marine engineering design. During my time there, I was exposed to not only the design aspect of engineering but also how this industry is only a small part of a vast network of transportation linking the world together. Here was where I decided to further my education by obtaining a diploma in engineering systems and management at republic polytechnic. Upon graduation, I pursued a career in the transportation industry where I was under the employ of SMRT Corporation Ltd as an assistant engineer in the circle line signals (platform screen door) department for a year.

The excerpt clearly states that Critical Thinking and Communication are not two separate entities that can't possibly function without the other in a work-related environment, which can be found in the statement "If communication is defined as a meaningful exchange of information, thoughts and feelings between two living creatures, critical thinking is the engine that provides this meaning."  A leader is someone who leads, someone who must make on the spot decisions and someone who is able to delegate the task at hand. To be able to achieve the three things stated above, a leader must be able to communicate well with the team working under them. However, communication isn't as important as Critical Thinking. Being able to think critically, allows for a better understanding of the task or problem at hand, and this would lead to better ideas and/or solutions to tackle said tasks or problems. From here we can see that the critical thinking aspect is important in generati

 “Without clear lines of communication, our ideas would stay within our own small development teams instead of becoming mature products. While this is obvious to those of us who have become experienced engineers, the real question is: Why is it lost to us when we are engineering students?” -Dr. Akbar R Khan, Software Systems Engineer, USA, “Good Communication Is Essential...” (2014) My understanding of the quote stated above is that in the working world, teams from different departments are required to work together to get the job done. Which is why having good communication skills be it verbally or electronically is of upmost importance.  As students however, we do not need to work with other teams to bring our idea to fruition.  Hence, the idea of being able to communicate our ideas to another team is a concept that would normally go over our heads. This inability of communicating our thoughts tend to only come to light when us students enters the workforce.