ROLE IN SECOND PROJECT (MODERATOR)
In the second project, my role remains as the moderator of the project. I am very grateful for the trust my group mates have put in me in setting the pace of the project as well as monitoring the progress throughout the weeks of completing this project. Each and everyone in the group have had challenging time in doing their entrusted parts in this project as it requires us to do a lot of research in acquiring the concepts we need to apply before actually relating it to the reactor we had chosen to convert food waste into something useful, despite that, I have tried my best in setting the direction of this project, for example I will inform my group mates if I have noticed any mistakes in the parts they are doing, this is to ensure that we are always on the right tracks. Besides that, I try to provide good references to my group members when they are lost, I will look up for information which comprised mostly of research papers/journals which might be useful to their parts in order to assist them if they have difficulties in finding it. I also ensure that we are always completing the tasks ( mini milestones) prior to the dateline set by Dr Tazli to avoid any unnecessary stress due to last minute works.
reflections on second project
Truthfully, when I get to know what we are doing for the second project, I was pretty flustered due to the heavy workload predicted from the briefing given by Mr Tazli and no doubt, it is a really challenging one. This project is completely different from the first project we had did, this project is more to the technical site in which we need to apply the knowledge learned in the course so far and it involves more factual information which is the biggest contrast between the first and second project as in the first project which is the board game design, we are allowed to be as creative as possible as long as we manage to exhibit the interconnection between the three subjects but in second project, it is more confined in which we need to choose the technology we would like for the project and provide along some crucial facts and information with the references. This project have enabled us to get to know more about reactor design and its application such as reactor sizing which is definitely useful to us as previously, we are just exposed to basic knowledge of reactor but we did not really apply the knowledge. Besides that, we are able to recall the skill we had learned previously such as autoCAD. Throughout the period of completing this projects, we would ask for each other's advice on some parts in which we are not sure of before proceeding to completing it for example transfer functions as some derivations are confusing. With this, we are all able to learn about the elements of the whole projects from the beginning to the end and not just some specific parts that each of us is assigned to. All in all, it feels really satisfying when we are almost there towards the end of the project. This is true like the saying, when you feel the pain from doing something, you know that you have definitely put your best in doing it.
reflections on krd
In the second half of KRD, we are taught by Dr Tazli, whom according to my first impression, a lecturer who is definitely not-your-ordinary-lecturer and somehow he is really an innovative lecturer. Despite the challenges we faced during the period of completion of the two projects, I am glad that we have definitely made it in mustering up our utmost strength and efforts in completing the projects given by him, knowing that we have definitely learned something very precious. The learning modules introduced by Dr Tazli are really interesting as we were not exposed to that in the sessions with other lecturers before this. The adaptation of new approaches such as learning through youtube videos, distribution of online notes beforehand are definitely new and good for us as it enabled us to self-learn and learn according to our own paces. Regarding the content of the second half of the subject, I did not have hard time in picking up as the explanation given by Mr Tazli in the videos as well as the exercises given by him in the class are clear and useful.
reflections on cpdic
In the second half of CPDIC, we learnt about feedback control systems, frequency response and also p&id. I feel that I am able to understand the chapters in the second half of this subject better as we already have the basic understanding of the control system in the first half of the semester taught by Dr Abbas. Dr Haslinda has explained to us clearly during every lessons and she has given us examples on how to tackle some questions given in the lecture notes or sometimes she would ask if we need extra examples to improve our understanding. The quizzes given by Dr Haslinda are also very useful as the gist of the chapters taught by her is being tested in her quiz and with that, we are able to understand more about the important equations and concepts in these chapters more.
reflections on pslp
In the second half of CPDIC, the pace of lectures is a bit slower and more relaxing compared to the first half of the semester despite new contents are being delivered during each lecture session. Lecture notes containing key points and gist of the chapters/sub-chapters prepared by the lecturer are useful as usual. We are lucky to have the lecturer to cut us some slack in order to give us more time to focus on this integrated project.