According to me emotional intelligence is the mastery of self control. We have to learn to control our emotions at times and at times we have to let them flow freely. The act of controlling the valve of emotions is emotional intelligence. The better control we have the more intelligent we are emotionally.
In todays world emotional intelligence is key to living a happy life. A boss cannot act the way he wants with everyone, he should have control on his emotions and treat everyone as he wants to be treated himself. There is great saying in Bhagvad Gita that we should treat everyone equally, even animals if we want ourselves to be treated fairly. There is lot of advice that one can find in ancient scriptures about emotional intelligence. It seems that even in ancient times they understood the importance of emotional intelligence.
Comparing emotional intelligence with normal intelligence, emotional intelligence out weights the later one by far heavier weight difference. Having only intelligence is not enough to live a happy life. One can be very smart, but be living a unhappy life if he or she doesn't have emotional intelligence.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Engineering Object: Computers
How would had been our life if there were no laptops or computers? Would I have been writing this blog post? Would you be reading it? Would you be sitting on the chair/couch you are sitting on (Probably, if it were handmade)
The point I am making is that mostly all the things that we use today have indirect connection to computers in some of the other way. Like the chair you are sitting on, if its not a handmade one then there is a pretty good chance that it was carved out by machine which was programmed using a computer. May be the chair was designed using a computer software. With computer our communication has become so easy. I have heard stories of my grandmother waiting for hours to get in contact with my grandfather who used to live across seven oceans for quite a while, but now we have Skype to chat within seconds.
We never think of a life without computers, because with the dependence that we have on them today it would simply be impossible to live. We take them for granted. Engineers have made it so cheap that almost everyone has it now. About couple years ago they were luxury only for the rich, but now everyone has it. Even if there is someone who doesnt has it can go to library and use it.
Laptops and computers are highly complicated on the inside, but we dont have to care about it because engineers have been successful in hiding the complex part by masking it with easy softwares so that even a two year old can use it.
The point I am making is that mostly all the things that we use today have indirect connection to computers in some of the other way. Like the chair you are sitting on, if its not a handmade one then there is a pretty good chance that it was carved out by machine which was programmed using a computer. May be the chair was designed using a computer software. With computer our communication has become so easy. I have heard stories of my grandmother waiting for hours to get in contact with my grandfather who used to live across seven oceans for quite a while, but now we have Skype to chat within seconds.
We never think of a life without computers, because with the dependence that we have on them today it would simply be impossible to live. We take them for granted. Engineers have made it so cheap that almost everyone has it now. About couple years ago they were luxury only for the rich, but now everyone has it. Even if there is someone who doesnt has it can go to library and use it.
Laptops and computers are highly complicated on the inside, but we dont have to care about it because engineers have been successful in hiding the complex part by masking it with easy softwares so that even a two year old can use it.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Integrating ENG198 Lecture class with Lab class
The best wat I think can mdel almost all the missing basic is by adding certain component in the lab class it self.
For the steam car project we should be given all the materials, without the instruction guide. Then we should be told to design a steam car and in that we should be told to use the missing basics to design the car. We should be told to use labeling to label our plan. We should be told to use the presentation missing basics to make a presentation to make a presentation for our project. We should also be told to use the minimum number of parts, and thereby build a sellable design.
For the arduino project we should be encouraged to ask questions a lot of them about the working of the project and how it works.
Other ways we can integrate missing basics is by having workshops that can be helpful not only in teaching the missing basics, but also in practicing missing basics. Like in some workshops we should be told to design projects and then to label or present the projects.
For the steam car project we should be given all the materials, without the instruction guide. Then we should be told to design a steam car and in that we should be told to use the missing basics to design the car. We should be told to use labeling to label our plan. We should be told to use the presentation missing basics to make a presentation to make a presentation for our project. We should also be told to use the minimum number of parts, and thereby build a sellable design.
For the arduino project we should be encouraged to ask questions a lot of them about the working of the project and how it works.
Other ways we can integrate missing basics is by having workshops that can be helpful not only in teaching the missing basics, but also in practicing missing basics. Like in some workshops we should be told to design projects and then to label or present the projects.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Time travel = REAL
Did I mention to you that I was at a boarding school from 8th to 10th grade? So at that boarding school I met this amazing Physics teacher who encouraged me to appreciate physics, he used to call me 'Archimedes' since I was the only kid in the class who was able to successfully understand Archimedes principle in eight grade.
Not only was he my physics teacher, but also our lunch head who used to seat at our lunch table to monitor our behavior and making sure that everything was going smoothly. I used to seat right next to him, and we used to talk a lot about physics. I used to ask him question and he used to shoot out answers as if he had engulfed the physics encyclopedia along with Google's algorithm to search answer for him instantly. Sometimes the question used to be about fighter jets, sometimes about oil floating on water.
Until I asked my teacher the ultimate question, I didn't knew why Einstein was so famous. All I knew was that Einstein was probably a really smart guy because his name was used a synonym for genius. Oh, one other thing I knew about Einstein was E=MC^2, though I didn't understand what the formula was trying to convey.
One fine afternoon at lunch, I asked my physics teacher about Einstein. I demanded to be read all the articles about Einstein from his 'encyclopedia.' To answer my question it took him almost rest of the year. Everyday he used to come up with new stories about Einstein. The most interesting thing that we talked about was Relativity. I was awestruck by the fact that if we traveled fast enough, in this case close to speed of light then we can time travel into the future.
That question about Einstein made me interested in Physics and thats the reason I am a Physics major. Though now I might be thinking of changing to Electrical Engineering, the inspiration from the Einstein question was enough to help appreciate physics, and get 5s on my AP exams
Not only was he my physics teacher, but also our lunch head who used to seat at our lunch table to monitor our behavior and making sure that everything was going smoothly. I used to seat right next to him, and we used to talk a lot about physics. I used to ask him question and he used to shoot out answers as if he had engulfed the physics encyclopedia along with Google's algorithm to search answer for him instantly. Sometimes the question used to be about fighter jets, sometimes about oil floating on water.
Until I asked my teacher the ultimate question, I didn't knew why Einstein was so famous. All I knew was that Einstein was probably a really smart guy because his name was used a synonym for genius. Oh, one other thing I knew about Einstein was E=MC^2, though I didn't understand what the formula was trying to convey.
One fine afternoon at lunch, I asked my physics teacher about Einstein. I demanded to be read all the articles about Einstein from his 'encyclopedia.' To answer my question it took him almost rest of the year. Everyday he used to come up with new stories about Einstein. The most interesting thing that we talked about was Relativity. I was awestruck by the fact that if we traveled fast enough, in this case close to speed of light then we can time travel into the future.
That question about Einstein made me interested in Physics and thats the reason I am a Physics major. Though now I might be thinking of changing to Electrical Engineering, the inspiration from the Einstein question was enough to help appreciate physics, and get 5s on my AP exams
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Trivial initiatives do matter
This past week we were given a group project in the writing class. The project was to form a research question to answer which we would have to do observation of a public activity. To complete the project we had to dedicate significant amount of time outside the class as a group.
No one in the group was ready to bring up the discussion about the time to meet up, so I took the initiative to bring that up. Since we are in college unlike high school our schedule might not coincide, so I started by asking for the best day of the week when they were free. Finally we decided to meet on a Saturday afternoon. It might seem that taking initiative to decide the time to meet is trivial, it really isnt. If I had not taken the initiative to decide the time of meeting during the class, then at the end we would had to decide the time hastily. And in hastiness many of us would had agreed to a random time only to realize later that we had something else planned for that time.
Another initiative that I took while working on the same project was to introduce the group to google docs. Google docs is a useful tool that can be used to create documents with great collaboration without taking distance into consideration. I took the initiative to explain them that while everyone can work on the same document from their laptops. It came out to be very useful, because instead of each of us writing our own version and then later on collaborating in to one version we were able to work on a single version from start to end. We were able to save precious man hours and at the time we were able to produce better output.
Someone else in my place would had ignored to take the initiative to introduce the group to google docs, because of the explanation that was involved. But I was courageous enough to take the initiative.
No one in the group was ready to bring up the discussion about the time to meet up, so I took the initiative to bring that up. Since we are in college unlike high school our schedule might not coincide, so I started by asking for the best day of the week when they were free. Finally we decided to meet on a Saturday afternoon. It might seem that taking initiative to decide the time to meet is trivial, it really isnt. If I had not taken the initiative to decide the time of meeting during the class, then at the end we would had to decide the time hastily. And in hastiness many of us would had agreed to a random time only to realize later that we had something else planned for that time.
Another initiative that I took while working on the same project was to introduce the group to google docs. Google docs is a useful tool that can be used to create documents with great collaboration without taking distance into consideration. I took the initiative to explain them that while everyone can work on the same document from their laptops. It came out to be very useful, because instead of each of us writing our own version and then later on collaborating in to one version we were able to work on a single version from start to end. We were able to save precious man hours and at the time we were able to produce better output.
Someone else in my place would had ignored to take the initiative to introduce the group to google docs, because of the explanation that was involved. But I was courageous enough to take the initiative.
Saturday, September 4, 2010
My iEngineering Ambition
I was really excited when I got accepted to University of Illinois after being rejected to some of the other best engineering school. I had assumed that I was going to get rejected even from University of Illinois, but it didnt happen. After I got accepted to U of I, I was invited to apply for iEFX. I was really excited about that too.
Even though right now its been just two weeks since the iEFX started, I am sure that it is going to have big impact on my college career. I have pinned down three main 'abilities' that I want to learn through out the course and the way I would like to achieve them.
Firstly I would like to learn how to weld. When I was in 8th grade I wanted to motorize my bike, but due to inability to weld I wasnt able to accomplish my goal. Now I want to learn how to weld and rework on the old project. I would love to take a class on metal workshop, but I dont that we have any, so another way that I can learn this is through iTeam. I can convince my team members and we can set up a workshop for learning to weld.
Another thing I want to learn is to learn Matlab. Its the one of the most important software that is required for data analysis and research. Again this can be achieved in the same way as the one before. In this I can actually go to other seminars that they have in the college of engineering, and I can also take CS 101 to learn about it.
Finally the third thing I want to do is to socialize with people from different background. This is really important to gain more knowledge because there is always something to learn from everyone. I can achieve this by taking classes in different colleges and I can also attend social events.
When I look at the things that I want to learn this semester I think that they will make me more capable. It will contribute to make me a more capable engineer who has the missing basics.
Even though right now its been just two weeks since the iEFX started, I am sure that it is going to have big impact on my college career. I have pinned down three main 'abilities' that I want to learn through out the course and the way I would like to achieve them.
Firstly I would like to learn how to weld. When I was in 8th grade I wanted to motorize my bike, but due to inability to weld I wasnt able to accomplish my goal. Now I want to learn how to weld and rework on the old project. I would love to take a class on metal workshop, but I dont that we have any, so another way that I can learn this is through iTeam. I can convince my team members and we can set up a workshop for learning to weld.
Another thing I want to learn is to learn Matlab. Its the one of the most important software that is required for data analysis and research. Again this can be achieved in the same way as the one before. In this I can actually go to other seminars that they have in the college of engineering, and I can also take CS 101 to learn about it.
Finally the third thing I want to do is to socialize with people from different background. This is really important to gain more knowledge because there is always something to learn from everyone. I can achieve this by taking classes in different colleges and I can also attend social events.
When I look at the things that I want to learn this semester I think that they will make me more capable. It will contribute to make me a more capable engineer who has the missing basics.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
West Point Bridge Design Competition
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