Cars are becoming more like smartphones every day. But is that necessarily a good thing? And what does it mean for the engineers who want to make a career out...
Mazda has reinvented the wheel. Or rather, they claim they have reinvented the engine which drives that wheel. They have engineered a ‘SkyActiv-X’ series of engines which purportedly use game-changing...
Old-timers, let alone prospective engineers, can sometimes get lost in the buzzwords that the industry throws at them. And then there are those skills that are hugely useful, but not...
Be prepared. Think carefully about what questions you might be asked and prepare well-constructed answers. Practice with a friend or family member. There are plenty of resources on...
Advancing from technician, to engineer, to senior engineer, to management, to the 30-years-of- service gold watch at retirement. Is this the picture of an ideal career trajectory? Is it realistic?...
Dear Colleagues, Last night at a Careers Expo attended by happy throngs of kids and parents, one dad (a practising engineer) indicated to me that he had advised his two...
Were you born to be an engineer? Were you supernaturally gifted with the skills necessary to become an engineer? Or can engineering be taught? If you have an innate skill...
Friday night (the 25th of August) a tropical storm hit Texas in the United States of America. 60cm of rain fell overnight (23 inches) with a total of 50 inches...
Members of our EIT team attended the SkillsWest Expo this last weekend to show off our course offerings. Our EIT stand showcased a clever robotic arm which visitors were invited...
The United States has just witnessed the first total solar eclipse in 38 years. For some US states people would have observed a partial eclipse, but for 14 other states,...
Hadi Harb is a qualified Engineer, research scientist, consultant, and business owner. He lends his invaluable knowledge to the Engineering Institute of Technology as a lecturer too. His typical subjects...
Engineers have IQ mastered, but do they have emotional intelligence (EQ)? An engineer takes to a popular engineering online forum and writes: “I can’t get a job because I’m too...
