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  During the course of this module, I believe in active participation and active listening. As a strong believer of the journey of lifelong learning, I always demonstrated 100% effort in class participation. I am always in class except for that one session which I have given a 1.5 week advance notice in person due to my driving test clashing with that session (Which I passed!). Reading what Professor Blackstone has written on the whiteboard before every class has always been my learning outcome for that particular day. It gives me an overview of what to look out for.  This trimester has been eye-opening experience, despite having a major setback due to my own mistake of not correctly following the rubrics and criteria of the reader's response. It definitely serves as a point of learning. As an engineer, it is vital to be meticulous and conscious of the fine details. Small mistakes will accumulate and snowball into regrettable scenarios that could be easily prevented.  In ...

Module Learning:    Referring to the two goals I set for this module—namely, to articulate my thoughts and ideas more eloquently and to avoid letting the baseless judgment of others cloud my own—I can confidently say that I have achieved most of what I set out to accomplish in the Critical Thinking and Communications module. During Weeks 1 to 3, the importance of proper paraphrasing and citations was emphasized. This foundational knowledge forms the backbone for all technical writing, both in the present and the foreseeable future. From Weeks 4 to 7, we were taught the efficient use of online resources, such as AI tools (e.g., Copilot). I found this section highly applicable to both academic and real-world contexts. As time progresses and AI systems continue to evolve through machine learning, autonomous processes will inevitably become more prevalent. Thus, learning to use these tools effectively is a logical and necessary step. By applying the Paul-Elder Framework taug...

Ampaire EEL Hybrid Propulsion Aircraft    The Ampaire EEL was chosen as the research topic point based on readily accessible information, topic relevance, and innovation. 21/10/24 - By delegating different relevant topics to research individually, all of my group members were able to craft out an ideal, gap and goal based on the chosen research topic. I focused on refining and crafting the Ideal problem statement. 1. By inputting the prompts on the AI 'CoPilot', "How to realistically enhance an aircraft to achieve sustainable flight." 2. The result was, " An aircraft should ideally have the KERS to recover kinetic energy during descent, optimizing its performance during various flight operations, by converting it to electrical energy." which was used in the final problem statement. 25/10/24 - Further research was done on the Ampaire Hybird EEL Aircraft. I gave both 'CoPilot' and 'ChatGPT' prompts on the various information I needed t...