My semester finished up today, so I'll spend one post talking about a cool class I took: MEEM3006 - Plastics Engineering.
The course focused on plastics and composites and the differences (in mechanical properties) between them and metals. I won't bore you with any math, but this stuff really applies to my life - specifically my major and my favorite sport. The Boeing 787 below is the first commercial aircraft to be built with composite materials. The prof also touched on types of composites found in tennis rackets: kevlar is light and flexible, boron is the heaviest, and carbon makes the stiffest rackets.
Getting to know my classmates was an experience in itself. Both lecture and lab are at night because they come to class after working a full day (8-6 in Hong Kong) at computer companies and engineering firms. One classmate is 29 and has a daughter!! I'm the only full-time student and exchange student; and the youngest by at least 4 years compared to anyone in the class. I got to know Daniel, one of my lab partners, really well. We would always talk about the working life vs. the school life outside of class. I got a glimpse of where I might be in 5 years, it's a funny feeling haha.
Also, here's a short album with pictures from the Plastics Lab at City-U (upload in progress...)
Album Link: http://picasaweb.google.com/jasonylu89/PlasticsEngineering?feat=directlink
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