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The web page “How an accidental discovery made this year could change the world” from BIGTHINK (The Future, 2022) introduces the possibility of using the lithium-sulfur battery. Lithium ion batteries can be used to power most electronic devices or machinery. Nonetheless, they are extremely toxic to vast ecosystems, have lifecycle problems from repeated charging, battery degradation which meant higher cost required for battery replacement, cumbersome for lightweight applications and it being flammable which led Drexel scientist's to look into Lithium sulfur batteries.      The lithium-sulfur battery eliminates the above issues. However, it only has half the charging cycle of lithium-ion batteries. To allow lithium sulfur batteries to last longer, Drexel scientists accidental discovery of a chemical phase of sulfur known as monoclinic gamma-phase sulfur prevents battery degradation. Compared to lithium-ion batteries, lithium-sulfur batteries last two times longer,...

The web page “How an accidental discovery made this year could change the world” from BIGTHINK (The Future, 2022) introduces the possibility of use of the lithium-sulfur battery. Lithium ion batteries can be used to power most electronic devices or machineries. Nonetheless they are extremely toxic to the vast ecosystems, lifecycle problems from repeated charging, battery degradation which meant higher cost required for battery replacement, cumbersome for lightweight applications and also it being flammable which led Drexel scientists to look into Lithium sulfur batteries.      The lithium-sulfur battery eliminates the above issues however, it only has half the charging cycle of lithium ion batteries. The goal was to make these batteries last longer; instead, scientists accidentally discovered a phase that stops battery degradation. The results are that Lithium-sulfur batteries, as compared to lithium-ion batteries, last twice as long, have three times more energ...

 Dear Prof Brad Franklin Blackstone, My name is Chin Leon and I am writing this email to introduce myself to you as a student from your class Critical Thinking and Communication group S7. I am currently a year 1 student in Singapore Institute of Technology, majoring in Mechanical Design and Manufacturing Engineering. My interest in engineering dates back to when I was in secondary school where I excelled in math and physics as I really love numbers. Whenever I see a machine like a plane or a car I am curious as to how it functions. I, therefore, began researching math and calculation-based courses. I landed in Aeronautical Engineering at Singapore Polytechnic where I learnt the aerodynamics and how the plane is able to fly up in the sky. I was offered the opportunity to intern at an aerospace company and spoke to many of the engineers there, to learn about the different parts, and how they looked and functioned. All of this has greatly motivated me to pursue a career in engineering...

“Communication skills are an essential component in the education of engineering students to facilitate not just students’ education but also to prepare them for their future careers.” Communication skills are essential, engineers in addition to doing the scope of their work will also have to be involved in other roles such as managing a team to even doing sales. Their job will require them to communicate with people of different groups such as clients, co-workers, and their superiors to provide a clear solution to them which involves them doing a proper presentation or even writing a clear and detailed report. Thus, engineering students should start picking up communication skills before stepping into the workforce.