By Monday, Feb 10 at 8:00 AM, please post:
1. Your thoughts on today's seminar
2. A link to an article related to or inspired by today's talk, and
3. A brief summary of the article, and what aspect interests you.
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Post 4: Fisheries Engineering and "Unsolicited" Advice
One of my goals for this course is to expose you to the breadth of the field of engineering in terms of the type of work they do, and the variety of engineers themselves and their experiences. It's interesting to see how Bridget's life experiences really helped shape her skills (along with her education) and resulted in finding a job that is the right "fit" for her. I encourage you to think about what you are passionate about and enjoy, and how you can incorporate this into your future career.
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It was neat to hear how you could find yourself in a totally different field than you were expecting. I enjoyed Bridget's presentation, and I enjoy how our presenters have settled in a place they want to live such as Juneau. As I get older I learn more and more about how I want my future to turn out and where I want to live, so it makes me happy to hear that engineering could give me the opportunity to live in a place i enjoy, and love such as Alaska.
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The article I chose is about the Deer Lake hatchery on the South Eastern side of Baranof Island. The article is mostly about how they have been setting record coho returns, but thats not why I picked this article. The reason I chose this article is because of the hatchery itself. Deer Lake sits at 400ft elevation, and the reason why it doesn't have a natural salmon run is because a 377 ft waterfall separates the lake from the ocean. So when the salmon from the hatchery are ready to return to the ocean, the fish technicians release the salmon from there pins into a weir system that funnels the salmon into a pipe system which then transports the fish down the 377 ft water fall into the ocean. This just amazes me and I would love to see the building plans for this system, and talk to the person who designed it. I felt that is relates well with Bridget's line of work and what a Fisheries Engineer might be faced with in the field of aquaculture.
During Bridget's presentation, I learned that you might change the way you look at the engineering profession of your choice. She made me think that I have to keep trying in order to find the right engineering choice or job choice. It was very entertaining to see how she had many jobs and found out 3 jobs later what she would like to do.
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I chose to read the Article "Hatchery should be allowed to boost Yukon chinooks". In the article, the Yukon River chinook salmon and people who depend on them have failed to meet the salmon escapement goals. In order to try to maintain this goal was to reduce fishing time and complete shutdown chinook salmon fisheries. Fish and Games do not understand how they are so poor. Fairbanks hatchery will need more funding and maintain chinook production for the yukon. Overall they need to find a solution, for now what they have will help.
Bridget gave some interesting advice during her presentation. Her presentation made me think about different locations I might move to as I get older. It also made me think about doing things that'll interest me and hopefully it'll lead to something good.
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This article I chose talked about how engineers were being recruited to help speed skaters in the winter olympics. As the article stated, aerospace technicians, kinetic engineers, and eye surgeons were part of this team. They try to invent skates and suits that'll help shave time off and help skaters achieve gold. I thought this article was interesting because engineers are helping the US olympic team without actually participating in any events.