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Unit Two: Writing in a Field
Essay two builds on some of the same ground that we covered in
essay one: we’ll be writing about a topic that is personal and
applicable to you, and we’ll be researching and integrating
sources. However, where you got to choose your own topic in
the first essay, the second essay will be about your major and
the writing done in it. The title of this unit, “Writing in a
Field,” is intentionally ambiguous—the word “field” can either
refer to “an occupation,” or “an area with a lot of dirt.” Both
are fitting, because we’re going to be rolling up our sleeves and
getting our hands dirty by writing about your major/field,
culminating in the kind of writing done. You will gather
information by conducting interviews, observing specific
locations, reading about your field, examining writing from
your field, and/or distributing a survey. Once you complete
your research, you will assemble the information you have
found into an essay. In this essay you will analyze and examine
academic and professional writing practices in your
field.During this research process, consider these questions:
· What opportunities does graduating with my major afford?
· What type of work actually takes place in the professional
setting of this field?
· What kind of writing does my major value?
· What do students/instructors/professionals in the field have to
say about their work/writing?
· What skills (writing and other) do I now possess that will help
me in my area of study?
· What will I need to practice and improve on? (These last two
may help you make a good thesis)
NOTE: if you don’t feel like you have a “field,” this will be a
great opportunity for you to get out there and try something out!
Even if you randomly choose a major that you’re reasonably
sure you’d never really choose, at least you’ll know for sure

that you were right about it (or maybe even wrong) when you’re
done.
Unit Writings:
Unit Two Essay—Due Tuesday, 3/15/16.
The Unit Two essay will consist of a 6-8 page extended analysis
of the work done in your major (especially the writing) and
what steps you need to take to become exceptional in your field.
You’ll need to use at least five sources—I recommend around
one source per page. Be creative and really try to adopt the
voice, style, and genre of the field you analyze. Use the
information you gather and generate from the interviews and
assignments (described below) to provide focus for your essay.
This essay should be a synthesis of all the work you’ve done
analyzing your field of study: you will want to use the
interview/survey information you’ve gathered, the academic
essays you’ve analyzed, the materials you’ve read, and the
online discussions you’ve participated in to put your writing in
the context of your field. You may (/should) also use the
questions in the introduction of this unit three sheet to further
focus your writing. Demonstrate that you really have gotten
your hands dirty in this field work! Here are some hints about
effective and not-so-effective Unit Twos:
1) Most of this essay will be directly derived from the
interviews, surveys, and observations that you write about (as
described below). The higher the quality of your initial
materials, the easier it will be to put them together into an
essay. I strongly recommend setting up interviews well ahead of
schedule, so there’s no room for error. People cancel, things
come up, and if you don’t have enough time you’ll be finding
yourself scrambling to get any material, let alone high quality
stuff.
2) This essay should be thesis driven—the thesis sentence(s)
should answer the question, “what do I need to do to excel in

this field?” Part of the answer to that question should shed light
on how writing will play a role in your future schooling and
professional work. Also, if you want to write this essay in the
format most respected in your field (so an engineer would
mimic the form of a report, a lawyer might write a legal
document using the appropriate kind of language, etc.), or in the
formatting style (MLA, APA, etc.), I will give you extra
points—up to ten points on the final draft.
3) Use this as an opportunity to really dig into your major! If
you approach this project with a real curiosity about the kind of
work you may be doing in the next portion of your life, it will
make the essay more valuable for you, and more interesting for
both of us. You may discover you’re ahead of schedule or over-
prepared in certain ways—that’s an outcome you can analyze
too. You may discover that you will be doing more or less
writing than you initially suspected—that also is material to
look at. Hopefully, you’ll be surprised by some aspect of your
major/field: possible work you might do, subject matter you’ll
need to know, and the attitude you’ll need to exhibit.
Examination of a Location/Website—Moodle post due by
Tuesday, 2:00pm 2/23/16
For this assignment you will conduct initial research on your
major or occupation. Go to your major's main
building/department office OR a business/workplace of your
occupation. Describe and analyze what you see there, paying
attention to the people, the layout, the use of writing and
images, the tools they use, etc. Then, analyze a website
associated with your field (preferably one corresponding to the
location you visited), paying attention to word choice,
navigability, use of images, etc. The main question your post
should answer is, “based on what I see, what can I tell about
what this business/major values?” Still, as you write, consider
these questions as well: What in the building and on the website
is similar or different? What does that tell you? What kind of

writing is done, and why? Around two pages or 600-700 words.
Student Interview and Analysis—Moodle post due Tuesday by
2:00pm 2/25/16.
Option 1) For this section of the assignment you have two
options: you can interview a student in your major about the
types of work/writing he/she encounters and his/her opinions
about the major. This will preferably be a student who is further
along in the major than you are. You should also ask them for a
writing sample they have done, and/or a copy of the syllabus
from a class in their field. Use the interview questions and
answers to write a brief profile of the student and analysis of
his/her responses. This interview must be done in person and
should be two pages, or 600-700 words long.
Option 2) You can survey a group of students about your field.
They can be students at random, students around where you
live, or—preferably—students from your major; just make sure
you survey at least 25 of them. We will do a practice survey in
class so you can see what kind of questions work better than
others and so you can get some ideas for questions you want to
ask. You basically want to know from these students you survey
what their pre-conceived notions about your field and the
writing done in it and how that compares with the work they do
for their field. When you are done you need to compile their
answers, with commentary by you, into a two-page, or 600-700
words write-up.
Professional Writing Sample Analysis—Moodle post due by
2:00pm of Tuesday, 3/8/15.
For this assignment you’ll need use the tools we overviewed in
class to find two of the following: an academic article, a writing
sample from someone in your field, a trade newsletter or
magazine, or a website related to your field in some way.

Carefully read through these writing samples or the content of
the site. These will be among the sources you will need to use
in your unit two essay, so be thinking about how these relate to
you and how you can use them. These readings will take the
place of readings from our textbook for this unit.
Respond to the writing you have collected. What do they say
about your field? What can you learn about the type of writing
done in your field from these pieces? How might these writings
compare to the academic writing that professors or students do
who are majoring in this field? Based on the academic
article(s), what sorts of things are being talked about by
scholars? How does what you have learned about your field fit
in with what other researchers have said about it?
Professional Interview and Analysis—Moodle Board post due
by 2:00pm of Thursday, 3/3/15.
Option 1) You can interview a professor in your major about the
types of work/writing he/she does as a professor in the field and
about the types of writing he/she assigns. Again, we will
brainstorm questions in class. You should also ask them for a
writing sample they have done, a student of theirs has done, or a
copy of a syllabus. You will use the interview questions and
answer to write a brief profile of the professor and analysis of
his/her response, as well as write a brief analysis of the writing
sample/syllabus. This interview must be done in person. Two
pages, or 600-700 words. Afterwards you will write a thank-you
letter (or email), which you will send to this person and hand in
with your Unit Two materials.
Option 2) You can interview a professional in your field. After
contacting someone in your field, interview them about the
nature of their work. What types of writing do they encounter in
their daily job? Who do they interact with, and in what nature?
What kind of writing do they do regularly? What skills do they

think are important for their work? Do they have any samples
of writing they have done, or others have done in or about their
field? We will brainstorm further questions for you to use. Use
the interview questions and answer to write a brief profile of the
contact and analysis of their responses. This interview can be
done in person, by phone, or by email, but should be two pages,
or 600-700 words when you’re done. Afterwards you will write
a thank-you letter (or email), which you will send to this person
and hand in with your Unit Two materials.
(introduction and thesis)
The work of mechanical engineers is to design and solve issues
for all kinds of devices, ranging from small toys to large
machines. Mechanical engineers design many of the parts,
pieces and equipment used on a daily basis. According to the
nature of their job, they constantly move from an office
environment to the field to ensure their designs are constructed
and working accordingly.
Workplace
Mechanical engineer’s office buildings are usually very stylish
and modernistic. The building and the office have to be in such
a way that they portray a good first impression since this is
where they meet with other professionals who are potential

clients such as company executives, marketing, sales and other
types of engineers to gather the requirements for a design
project. This particular building is shaped like a dome with
cascading stairs and escalators, sliding doors and remote
controlled window curtains and lighting. Most of the building is
under computer-aided security and other applications. It is a
blend of computers and of machines and men.
Their laboratory is a thing of futuristic beauty. Its appearance
just elicits the aura of science at its best as if you are in a
science fiction movie. Since this is the place where many
mechanical engineers spend time to create and test prototypes
they clearly designed and created it to look the part is order to
inspire them while they do their job. The floors and the walls
are milky white with piano finishing with cameras and thermal
imaging, and sensor doors where once you step near them they
automatically open. To reduce noise or any disturbances, the lab
is located underground with several elevators leading up to the
respective department offices. Since this laboratory allows them
to use machinery and equipment to ensure devices are working
properly or calibrated correctly, they had to pay very special
attention to every minute detail. If changes are required, they
revise the design specifications and make the changes once they
have run tests using prototypes to ensure proper functionality.
The people here are all busy but moving very slowly. Everyone
is silently consumed in their job and they are either pulling or
pushing some form of equipment or machine wearing all white
laboratory uniforms overall.
Mechanical engineers have to work at the manufacturing plant
where, after the prototype is complete and functioning
according to its specifications, mechanical engineers take it to
the manufacturing floor to ensure proper production of the
device. The manufacturing plant is very spacious and well-
ventilated, with outside lighting. This is on ground and is
usually open air with numerous machines and hazardous
equipment with warnings signs. The people here are in their
greasy mechanic overalls with big black boots handling heavy

equipment in a noisy environment. After the mechanical device
is manufactured, mechanical engineers now go to the site in the
field, to ensure the device is functioning properly or installed
accordingly. The field can be anywhere depending on the type
of machine that was being made.
Website
Simplicity is key in a good website and in this website
simplicity is written everywhere. The background is pitch black
with the image of the home page being that of a robot carrying a
drill. The writings are small and very simple fonts, with the
dominant colors being black and white. There are very few
graphics since lots of graphics can frustrate a reader with a slow
internet connection. The robotic animation, and black and white
color can be said to be used appropriately, portraying it to be
sign of a mature website. How the pictures and the tabs overlay
when scrolling is simply artistically a thing of beauty. The
picture and movements from tab to tab are smooth and one
enjoys being on this site. Its domain name is logo and its
background slideshows clearly convey the image of
professionalism. Its pages are very simple which is why it gets
the message across the most quickly and effectively. These
striking similarities between the buildings and the website are
that they both portray futuristic artistic work and beauty. The
neatness and the quality of the website present good work.
Obaid Alajmi is a jounier mechanical engineering student at this
University. His description of his major is basically about
designing, construction, and efficiently using machines. My
main aim in learning this course in this institution is because it
has a good reputation in producing graduates who are highly
valued by employers due to the exceptional foundation in the
knowledge and experience of the most fundamental of all
engineering disciplines. Here I will be well-prepared for a
variety of careers in engineering, technology, business and
management. This course has differing classes, but fallunder the

three categories. Obaid has attended Solid Modeling class,
where he learned how to operate and wok with a program that
allows them to design their own “mechanical engineering”
work.
Mechanical engineering has always motivated Obaid as it
included all the aspects and ambitions he has been looking for
to progress in his personal and professional development. He
does not yet have a discrete decision regarding what,
specifically, he would like to do as long as he works somewhere
where he can change and contribute to the world as a
mechanical engineer. His passion for mechanical engineering is
because there is basically no limit to what an individual can do.
A mechanical engineering degree offers complex but flexible
job opportunities. This could range from working a simple job
at a refinery or to working on the most complex machines that
lead the world. In this school they incorporate a variety of
teaching styles that reflect the diversity of topics covered in
modern mechanical engineering, and the range of skills and
expertise required by a professional engineer.
. This course involves a substantial research
experience with lab placements, which provides a platform for
subsequent research as students progress. The course program
provides intensive training, placements and modules in the first
year and, toward the end of the year, the final project will need
be chosen. We also had access to specialist facilities and
laboratories. I remember the hardest assignment that I worked
on was a paper about a case in one of my English classes. Our
instructor made it very realistic, so the research involved a lot
of paper work. The whole scenario was set up to be as if it was
a real official case, which was the hardest part, and everything
had to be perfected.
The most recent thing to learn in this major was how to I set
objects to be in equilibrium in the air by calculating the forces
acting on them. It was very interesting to know and learn that an
object can stay in the air forever if we have proper calculations
set. This lesson was in one of the tough classes, but of the many

tough engineering classes, one class that was tough on me was
Engineering Statics, but after really knowing what the class is
about and why we need to know what we need to know in this
particular class, it became more interesting because it all sums
up toward wanting to be a successful mechanical engineer. This
is the reason for taking tough classes in engineering.
After completing my degree I am planning to further
my studies and go for a Masters and even receive a PhD degree
in this major. The real reason behind this is to seek more and
more of this major because, despite the fact that it is a tough
major if I proceed as a PhD student, there are numerous
opportunities waiting for me to grab, especially since I love a
challenge. I really like this major, and would advise anyone
who is looking for limitless creativity and challenges along the
way to adopt it.
Also, I contacted several professional consultant engineers,
most of whom are usually busy. I had to book an appointment
with one and pay him to speak with me. This consultant
engineer was the Chief Executive Officer of an engineering firm
that specializes in industrial coating, and his name is Fared
Alhudaib. He told me that in industrial coating, his firm uses
floropolymer with streamax to coat the gas tubers. The gas
tubers are safeguarded in such a way that they are prevented
from corrosion.
This consultant engineer holds a masters degree in mechanical
engineering, with a specialty in heat transfer. He is an alumnus
of the California State University in Los Angeles. He has over
25 years experience as an employee in the gas and oil industry.
He has also worked as a gas and oil supplier during that 25
years. The company he is currently the CEO of is Saudi and
American owned. The US company line of specialty is chemical
engineering.
He said that he decided to pursue mechanical engineering
because of the wonderful inventions and solutions that the field
offered. He was particularly interested in how mechanical

engineers controlled the heat transfer in some of the industrial
applications and processes. He has aNational Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA), major having studied
thermodynamics, which is a branch of physics that deals with
the work and energy in a given system. If we bring two objects
that are initially at different temperatures into physical contact,
they will eventually achieve thermal equilibrium. During the
process of reaching thermal equilibrium, heat is transferred
between the objects. The amount of heat transferred is
proportional to the temperature difference between the objects
and the heat capacity of the objects.
He told me that, as the manager he is in constant communication
with other partnering companies and customers. He
communicates with the relevant headof departments on what
wells to inspect. He also communicates with the government
agency which periodically inspects the plant of the firm. It
ensures that all the safety procedures and controls are followed
to the letter to prevent avoidable accidents. The involvement of
the government agency also makes the government aware of the
operations of the company, which helps them facilitate the
renewal of the licenses.
The CEO of the company is knowledgeable in coating
operations, chemistry, finance, and management. These four
areas are critical, as they help him run the company efficiently.
The hardest writing he ever made was the resignation letter
when he was working for an oil and gas company. The oil
company had given him an immense opportunity which he
served with diligence and made many professional friends.
Leaving the company was not as simple as he had earlier
thought.
He further reiterated that education was paramount as a great
equalizer. He explained that having the theoretical knowledge
of engineering was important as it helped him execute many
practical projects. He likened this experience to driving a car,
whereby the learners are required to read the relevant manual
first. He asserted that education empowers the learners with the

tools, ideas, and knowledge that they require to execute
different tasks.
Mechatronics is a branch of mechanical engineering that
pertains to the thinking of a synergistic combination of
precision mechanical engineering, electronic
control and systems in the design of products and its
manufacturing processes. Mechatronics is related to the design
of systems, devices and products with the aim of achieving the
required balance between basic mechanical structure and its
overall control. The purpose of this article is to provide rapid
information of topical matters featuring practical developments
in mechatronics. It covers a wide range of application areas
such as consumer product design, instrumentation, methods of
manufacturing, the process in computer integration and device
control, attracting a readership from across the industrial and
academic research readership.
Particular importance has been attached to the aspect of
innovation in mechatronics design philosophy that is illustrating
the benefits that can be obtained through an a priori integration
of function embedded with microprocessor control. A major
item discussed is the design of machines, thier devices and
systems that possess a degree of intelligence that is
computerized. The article seeks to address research progress in
this field with particular emphasis on the application rather than
theory. It also serves the dual purpose of bringing greater
recognition to this important area of engineering.
Mechatronics also publishes regular articles that describe
original research of high quality in this field, review articles of
particularly commissioned works, and technical notes that
provide rapid publication of new contributions that are
transformational.
Robotics
The manufacturing world is rapidly changing along with its
technological requirements. Automotive flexibility has become
a priority in plants globally, as engineering firms continue to

seek new and economical ways of responding to the dynamic
requirements of customers. Futuristic manufacturing factories
are up and running today in local job shops and global
manufacturing giants. These smart, collaborative robots have
taken a leading role to a more productive tomorrow.
The robots are designed in such a way that they are smart and
collaborative ,with the capability to adapt to real-world
variability. They are agile enough to change applications
quickly, and their artificial intelligence is high enough that they
perform tasks just like people do. These smart and collaborative
robots are the perfect fit for many of the 90% of manufacturing
tasks today that can’t be practically automated today. There are
so many rumors regarding this growing collaborative robot
industry that the designers and manufactures decided to come
together and create a resource center. This technology can best
be applied in industries and these smart,
collaborative robots are being deployed into environments
where automation was once unfeasible. There is a lot of
automation happening today and one can only imagine the
untapped possibilities in robotics. These groundbreaking
technologies are providing people with unprecedented access to
robots ranging from manufacturing, production facilities to
classrooms and R&D labs. This is what makes these robotics
products unlike anything else on the market today.
The reason why collaborative robots will be a huge
innovation and growth driver for the robotics industry is
because of their unique design and hence, their capability of
working alongside human workers, assisting them with a variety
of tasks. Collaborative robots (co-bots) are affordable, highly
adaptable, and very easy to use almost like plug-and-play. They
are small and medium-sized enterprises are enthusiastic in their
adaptation of this technology, and some analysts expect
this segment will see massive growth in the next few years. The
humanoid robot HUBO is a good example of robotics at its best.
This robot created by Prof. Jun-Ho Oh, has been created to do
dirty and dangerous jobs.

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