Here is my review of a talk I attended at the St Antony’s College at the University of Oxford from Theresa Chaudry from the Lahore school of Economics. It was fascinating to see the correlation between child health and the economy of a nation. It is indeed true that improvement in child health leads to …
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Here are my highlights from my trip to Oman where I was a research intern for a month at the University of Nizwa.
"What went wrong in Boeing's cockpit?". Tragically, 346 people lost their lives in two similar crashes, 5 months apart. There were certainly political and economic factors that played a large role from increasing pressure from shareholders with a squeezing airline industry to ethical issues surrounding the governing power of powerful firms such as Boeing. There are fundamental …
Probably like many, my life ambitions shifted and changed dramatically whilst growing up, from originally wanting to be a doctor, it went to wanting to become an inventor to a tennis player to an engineer. Initially, I was attracted by what excited me and interested me, careers that I thought were cool, however as I grew older, …
Below is my personal statement for admission at the University of Oxford for undergraduate general engineering science. Engineering is at the heart of change and is pivotal to the development of society. I am inspired by the works of many engineers such as Elon Musk who promises to produce an interactive Iron Man like computer …
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It was a great eight weeks working as a summer intern at Alan Baxter, a multidisciplinary design consultancy, as a junior structural engineer. The internship was immersive and challenging which not only kept me busy but helped me learn as much as possible in a short period of time. I was tasked with solving real engineering design …
I found the lecture course on Engineering ethics in the undergraduate engineering course at Oxford one of the most interesting and thought-provoking parts of the course as it portrayed how engineering integrates in to society. It is particularly intriguing how the field has evolved in the last few decades, sadly accelerated in reaction to a series of tragic events such as the …
Consider a case where the employees of a certification company provide regulation checks for an airline company for their aeroplanes but are indirectly paid by that same company. This was actually what was happening at Boeing before two crashes in quick succession brought their self-certification structure under greater scrutiny. This is a case of actual conflict of interest where employees …
The public must be able to trust engineers to deliver their professional duty but in return engineers will expect that the public recognise the professionalism of their field, which in actual fact is in the very interest of the public themselves. Engineers are expected to exhaust their efforts in designing safe products and services to …
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The question that has flooded many minds for the most part of the last few centuries is what comes first, the greater good of society or the rights of the individual? Although this sounds like a philosophical question, the answer an engineer gives, or almost anyone, plays a large role in their decision making.For instance, when deciding whether to …
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