you should continue purchasing handbooks and specialized books related to your field. Recall that you will be employed for your knowledge,and books are the most ready source of that knowledge Dependability.Many industries operate with deadlines.As a student,you also have many deadlines for homework,reports,tests and so forth.If you hand homework and reports in late,you are developing bad habits that will not serve you well in industry. Honesty.As much as technical skills are valued in industry,honesty is valued more.An employee who cannot be trusted is of no use to a company. Organization.Many engineering projects are extremely complex.Think of all the details that bad to be coordinated to construct your engineering building.It is composed of thousands of components (beams,ducting,electrical wiring,windows,lights,computer networks,doors, etc.).Because they interact,all those components had to be designed in a coordinated fashion.They had to be ordered from vendors and delivered to the construction site sequentially when they were required.The activities of the contractors had to coordinate to install each item when it arrived.The engineers had to be organized to construct the building on time and within budget. Common sense.There are many commonsense aspects of engineering that cannot be taught in the classroom.A lack of common sense can be disastrous.For example,a library was recently built that required pilings to support it on soft ground.(A piling is a vertical rod, generally made from concrete that goes deep into the ground to support the building that rests on it).Their engineers very carefully and meticulously designed their pilings to support the weight of the building,as they had done many times before.Although the pilings were sufficient to hold the building,the engineers neglected the weight of books in the library.The pilings were insufficient to carry this additional load,so the library is now slowly sinking into the ground. Curiosity.Engineers must constantly learn and attempt to understand the world.A successful engineer is always asking,why? Involvement in the community.Engineers benefit themselves and their community by being involved with clubs and organizations(Kiwanis,Rotary,etc.).These organizations provided useful community services and also serve as networks for business contacts. Creativity.From their undergraduate studies,it is easy for engineering students to get a false impression that engineering is not creative.Most courses emphasize analysis,in which a problem has already been defined and the "correct"answer is being sought.Although analysis is extremely important in engineering,most engineers also employ synthesis,the act of creatively combining smaller parts to form a whole.Synthesis is essential to design which usually starts with a loosely defined problem for which there are many possible solutions.The creative engineering challenge is to find the best solution to satisfy the project goals (low cost,reliability,functionality,etc.).Many of the technical challenge facing society can be met only with creativity.For if the solutions were obvious,the problems would already be solved.you should continue purchasing handbooks and specialized books related to your field. Recall that you will be employed for your knowledge, and books are the most ready source of that knowledge. ·Dependability. Many industries operate with deadlines. As a student, you also have many deadlines for homework, reports, tests and so forth. If you hand homework and reports in late, you are developing bad habits that will not serve you well in industry. · Honesty. As much as technical skills are valued in industry, honesty is valued more. An employee who cannot be trusted is of no use to a company. ·Organization. Many engineering projects are extremely complex. Think of all the details that bad to be coordinated to construct your engineering building. It is composed of thousands of components (beams, ducting, electrical wiring, windows, lights, computer networks, doors, etc.). Because they interact, all those components had to be designed in a coordinated fashion. They had to be ordered from vendors and delivered to the construction site sequentially when they were required. The activities of the contractors had to coordinate to install each item when it arrived. The engineers had to be organized to construct the building on time and within budget. ·Common sense. There are many commonsense aspects of engineering that cannot be taught in the classroom. A lack of common sense can be disastrous. For example, a library was recently built that required pilings to support it on soft ground. (A piling is a vertical rod, generally made from concrete that goes deep into the ground to support the building that rests on it). Their engineers very carefully and meticulously designed their pilings to support the weight of the building, as they had done many times before. Although the pilings were sufficient to hold the building, the engineers neglected the weight of books in the library. The pilings were insufficient to carry this additional load, so the library is now slowly sinking into the ground. · Curiosity. Engineers must constantly learn and attempt to understand the world. A successful engineer is always asking, why? ·Involvement in the community. Engineers benefit themselves and their community by being involved with clubs and organizations (Kiwanis, Rotary, etc.). These organizations provided useful community services and also serve as networks for business contacts. · Creativity. From their undergraduate studies, it is easy for engineering students to get a false impression that engineering is not creative. Most courses emphasize analysis, in which a problem has already been defined and the “correct” answer is being sought. Although analysis is extremely important in engineering, most engineers also employ synthesis, the act of creatively combining smaller parts to form a whole. Synthesis is essential to design, which usually starts with a loosely defined problem for which there are many possible solutions. The creative engineering challenge is to find the best solution to satisfy the project goals (low cost, reliability, functionality, etc.). Many of the technical challenge facing society can be met only with creativity. For if the solutions were obvious, the problems would already be solved