Interview with an Electrical Engineer
If it is possible choose a company in California for which the Interviewee works for:
>>Introduction [approx. half a page]. List the company he/she works for, the product/service that
this company offers? You need to set up the rhetorical situation in the introduction, so that all of
these questions are answered.
Remember, introductions “set the stage” by explaining the
Who?
Why?
Where?
When?
This will be at least half a page.
>>Conclusion (double space): Sum up what was meaningful about the interview.
Questions to Ask are following:
1. Inquire about the communication skills necessary on the job. Ask: what kind of writing is done
on the job?
2. One environmental question: e.g., does the company have environmental policies? Does the
interviewee’s job deal with environmental issues? What are the environmental concerns within
that industry?
3. Does the company have a code of ethics? Has the interviewee dealt with an ethical dilemma
in the workplace that he or she is willing to share?
4. Begin with career questions about the interviewee’s job title, duties, responsibilities
5. What inspired you to pursue this career?
6. Ask what typical day on the job looks like. What do you do first, second, third?
7. Ask for a brief description of his/her career path(Electrical Engineering). How did they get to
where they are working currently?
8. Ask them about what projects they are most interested in or what they would create if they
were ‘in-charge’ of the company?
9. Ask for advice about your electrical engineering degree and courses or experiences they
recommend?
10. Ask technical questions, if interested, that relate to your major
11. Ask for personal advice, if appropriate: what top three personality traits would you say are
important to have in this field?
12. Ask what he or she sees as the most important aspect of being a good engineer?
13. Perhaps end with questions about the future, e.g., the future of the company, or technology,
or industry in 5 years
14. What challenges do you face on the job?
15. What do you like best about your job?
>>On the paper do no type the questions. Only mention the question # i.e #1,#2,#3,#4,#5….,
followed by the answer.
>>You are welcome to rearrange the questions to help better the flow of interview.

Harnessing Heat Energy to Power the World
Reqquired
Write a 6-8 page essay that answer the question below:
“How  can we  harness the heat energy to power the world?”

Investigating Strength of Acids and Strong Bases (Experiment)
Investigating Strong Acids, Weak Acids, and
Salts with a pH Meter
A modified procedure with real data for asynchronous use While we know that this will not provide the same experience as performing the
experiment yourself, we hope the experience will provide an understanding of the actions, observations, thinking, and analysis you could obtain if you performed the experiment yourself. Our goal is to provide a way for you to learn about the lab experiment, to the extent possible, as if you performed the lab.
In this virtual laboratory, we will attempt to create an experience that highlights what you would do in lab (Lab Actions) and what you might notice and observe (Lab Observations). We will also provide some guidance in the interpretation and analysis of the data to help you understand the chemistry going on at the atomic scale (Lab Thinking/Analysis). When reading through the material, we will use the symbols shown above to alert you to these aspects of the lab.
We have designed the lab to place you in the role of group leader of a research team. While you will not actually perform the experiment, assume three members of your research team will each go into lab independently, and report back their findings. Your job as research leader will be to understand what they have done, polish whatever analysis they provide to you, and create a report of the set of data you will upload on ICN. Since you will be examining three, real data sets, you will have the opportunity to calculate average results, as well as the uncertainty of measurement in the data. We hope this will provide a substitute for performing the lab on campus. Goodluck!

Mechanical Properties of Shotcrete 
Discuss the effect of 1-Cement type (1 to 5),2- Blended cement, 3-Special cement type, 4-
cement components, 5-ecological and environment impacts) on Mechanical properties of
Shotcrete.
Mechanical properties can include, but not limited to: compressive strength, flexural strength,
tensile strength, Modulus of elasticity.