Engineering

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ENGINEERING IS A WORD THAT IS GENERALLY USED ON A DAILY BASIS, BUT THE GREAT QUESTION REMAINS:WHAT IS ENGINEERING AND WHO IS AN ENGINEERINTRODUCTIONwww.aspyonline.org | 70708678

Engineering

What is Engineering all About?Definitions:It is the application of science in the design, planning, construction, and maintenance of buildings, machines, and other manufactured things. From the Microsoft Encarta 2009. 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation.It is the application of science to solve every day problems.Given the enormity of these problems and the need to give workable solutions, engineering is sub-divided into so many branches.

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The ones with stars are the ones that Polytechnic Yaounde Offers.Engineering Schools in CameroonThe various engineering schools Cameroon offers are listed belowENSP YaoundFGI DoualaENSTP YaoundIUT DoualaFET BueaFASA DschangETC

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Why Polytechnique Yaound?Polytechnic Yaound is an engineering professional institution, which helps train Conception Engineers in Cameroon.Furthermore, it is here to satisfy the needs of Cameroonians, train engineers in six specialties.Also, in the first two years of studies, you would be trained in engineering math's, physics and computer sciences, after which you are then fit for one of the six specialties, mentioned below

Specialties/Departments of ENSPThe various departments of ENSP listed above are well illustrated belowTelecommunications EngineeringElectrical EngineeringMechanical EngineeringCivil and Urbanization EngineeringIndustrial EngineeringInformation Technology Engineering (Computer Engineering)

General View of the Various Departments

Telecommunications EngineeringDepartments of ENSP

The science and technology of transmitting information electronically by wires or radio signals with integrated encoding and decoding

TELECOMMUNICATIONS = ?Personal ComputerServerTransmission LineDepartments of ENSP

ASPY Association of Anglophone Students in Polytechnic YaoundGeneral View Of TelecomThe science and technology of transmitting information electronically by wires or radio signals with integrated encoding and decoding

Departments of ENSP

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SOME MAIN BRANCHES :

ElectronicsFixed and mobile phone systemsGeographical information systemsNetworking/InternetworkingRadio-diffusionSatellite Communication systems Security of network infrastructuresTele-detectionEmbedded systems TelemetryTelemedicineDatabase administration

Departments of ENSP

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WHERE IT INTERVENES?OrangeZTEMTNMATRIXCAMTELREGITALRINGO ALCATELCREOLINK CRTVSACONETERICSONARTCAMTRACKARTELThe list is far from being exhaustive.

Electrical EngineeringDepartments of ENSP

Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical power supply. It now covers a range of subtopics including power, electronics, control systems, signal processing and telecommunications.Departments of ENSP

ASPY Association of Anglophone Students in Polytechnic YaoundGeneral View Of Electrical EngineeringWhy does the world need electrical engineers?There are many challenges facing the world for sustainability and enhancement of the quality of life: Transportation Energy Communication Medicine Housing

Departments of ENSPASPY Association of Anglophone Students in Polytechnic YaoundGeneral View Of Electrical Engineering

Why does the world need electrical engineers?Electrical Engineers are needed for creating electrical and electronic solutions to these challenges!For example..

Departments of ENSPASPY Association of Anglophone Students in Polytechnic YaoundGeneral View Of Electrical EngineeringWhat can you do as an electrical engineering student? Start designing and building electronic systems!For example: Razor laser music transmitter

Electrical engineers have the opportunity of:Advancing the state of the art in any of the above fields

Departments of ENSPASPY Association of Anglophone Students in Polytechnic YaoundGeneral View Of Electrical EngineeringMechanical EngineeringDepartments of ENSP

DefinitionMechanical Engineering also known as the mother of Engineering.The branch of Engineering concerned primarily with the industrial application of mechanics and with the production of tools, machinery, and their products

More to thatAs the name implies deals mainly with machines and mechanics Machines are involved in literally all aspect of human life right from very basic domestic machines to complicated automated machines in big industries

Departments of ENSPASPY Association of Anglophone Students in Polytechnic YaoundGeneral View Of Mechanical Engineering

Principles of physicsMaterial sciencesComputer sciencesAnalyzeDesignManufactureMaintain Mechanical systemswww.aspyonline.org | 70708678

Departments of ENSPASPY Association of Anglophone Students in Polytechnic YaoundGeneral View Of Mechanical Engineering

There are over a hundred specialties in mechanical engineering. Some of which are listed below:Automobile or automotive EngineeringAeronautics EngineeringPower plant EngineeringMechatronics EngineeringManufacturing EngineeringAutomated EngineeringConstruction EngineeringRobotics EngineeringNaval architecture EngineeringPetrochemical EngineeringFluids mechanics EngineeringMetallurgical Engineering

Departments of ENSPASPY Association of Anglophone Students in Polytechnic YaoundGeneral View Of Mechanical EngineeringCivil Engineering And Town PlanningDepartments of ENSP

Engineering involvesMathWritingScienceSpeakingTeamworkProblem Solving

Departments of ENSPASPY Association of Anglophone Students in Polytechnic YaoundGeneral View Of Civil Engineering27

Whats Unique about CIVIL ENGINEERING

Designing structures that help people, such asRoadsBuildingsBridgesTunnelsWater Treatment PlantsDamswww.aspyonline.org | 70708678Departments of ENSPASPY Association of Anglophone Students in Polytechnic YaoundGeneral View Of Civil Engineering

Do all Civil Engineers do the same thing?No, there are many different branches of Civil Engineering, which include:Structural EngineeringGeotechnical EngineeringTransportation EngineeringEnvironmental EngineeringWater Resources Engineering

Departments of ENSPASPY Association of Anglophone Students in Polytechnic YaoundGeneral View Of Civil Engineering29My only comment here is in my opinion there are four types of engineering, namely: Structural, Geo, Trans, and Environmental. Water Resources would fit under Environmental. I know as Water Resources Engineer you probably feel differently b/c it Water Resource Engineering is very different than Air Quality etc.. I would suggest that you want to leave it in, change the text to say that these are a few examples of common types of engineering. As there are also Geo Environmental etc.Industrial EngineeringDepartments of ENSP

It is a branch of engineering dealing with the conception, realization, optimization and management of complex processes or systems.ASPY Association of Anglophone Students in Polytechnic YaoundDepartments of ENSPGeneral View Of Industrial Engineering

Microsoft Engineering ExcellenceMicrosoft Confidential31It is concerned with the development, improvement, implementation and evaluation of integrated systems of people, money, knowledge, information, equipment, energy, materials, analysis and synthesis, as well as the mathematical, physical and social sciences together with the principles and methods of engineering design

to specify, predict, and evaluate the results to be obtained from such systems or processes.ASPY Association of Anglophone Students in Polytechnic YaoundDepartments of ENSPGeneral View Of Industrial Engineering

In other words industrial engineering can be considered as an integral of many different fields of studies hence the appellationINTEGRATED SYSTEMS ENGINEERINGASPY Association of Anglophone Students in Polytechnic YaoundDepartments of ENSPGeneral View Of Industrial Engineering

General View Of Industrial EngineeringASPY Association of Anglophone Students in Polytechnic YaoundDepartments of ENSPInformation Technology Engineering (Computer Engineering)Departments of ENSP

DEFINITION

Computer engineering, also known as computer systems engineering, is a discipline that integrates several fields of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science required to develop computer systems. These computer systems manage information Computer Engineering?Who is a computer Engineer?One who design computer systems

General View Of Computer EngineeringASPY Association of Anglophone Students in Polytechnic YaoundDepartments of ENSPThis is another option for an Overview slides using transitions.

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What do Computer Engineers do?Computer engineers are more involved in the development and maintenance of systems made of both soft and hardware components, these systems have function to receive, store, transmit, control, present and finally process this information for use by uses for which the system was developed.General View Of Computer EngineeringASPY Association of Anglophone Students in Polytechnic YaoundDepartments of ENSPGive a brief overview of the presentation. Describe the major focus of the presentation and why it is important.Introduce each of the major topics.To provide a road map for the audience, you can repeat this Overview slide throughout the presentation, highlighting the particular topic you will discuss next.37

General View Of Computer EngineeringASPY Association of Anglophone Students in Polytechnic YaoundDepartments of ENSPGive a brief overview of the presentation. Describe the major focus of the presentation and why it is important.Introduce each of the major topics.To provide a road map for the audience, you can repeat this Overview slide throughout the presentation, highlighting the particular topic you will discuss next.38OPPORTUNITIESSoftware development firms(Software development: SOFTECH, KOOSERYTECH, CDI etc.)Banks(Experience in marketing, Management, Networking and Software Engineering)Telecom enterprises(Development of mobile applications SMS, Bipme etc Networking, Database Administration)All enterprises

ASPY Association of Anglophone Students in Polytechnic YaoundGeneral View Of Computer EngineeringDepartments of ENSP ASPY: ASSOCIATION OF ANGLOPHONE STUDENTS OF POLYTECHNIC YAOUNDEIN 1971 TO TRAIN ENGINEERSSTUDENT BODY MADE UP OF MANY TRIBAL ASSOCIATIONSIN 2000 WITH ABOUT 10 MEMBERSMEMBERSHIP OPEN TO ALL ENGLISH SPEAKING STUDENTS29 YEARS LATERwww.aspyonline.org | 70708678

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ASPYSOME ACHIEVEMENTS FROM HUNDREDS TO THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS GETTING ORIENTED ABOUT ENSP / Yr 0 (girls) in 2000 30 ANGLOPHONE GIRLS ADMITTEDSINCE THAT DAY WHEN Engr. ZOFOA IDENTIFIED A PROBLEM AND NURSED THE IDEAASPY CANT HELP BUT GROWwww.aspyonline.org | 70708678

ASPYIts Activities and MotivationASPY is here to train you with the Terminal C series syllabus, of the Francophone system.Also, to help you with the various methods required, and the necessary things needed for and by you, to use during this entrance examination.We will be motivated to see all of you Anglophones pass the entrance examination into the NASE Polytechnic Yaound.

ASPYEntrance ExaminationThe entrance examination will be written on the 9th and the 10th of July 2014. the latest date to deposit the required documents is the 30th of June 2014.Thus the classes will be held from the 16th of June to the 5th of July 2014 at our various stations in the country, Test and corrections (With Past Questions)Registration is online, at http://www.polytechnique.cm/concours/inscription_niveau_1Kindly pay your registration fees for the competitive examination at Any EXPRESS UNION branch Within the country.NOTE: SIT FOR ALL TESTS, ALWAYS ATTEND CORRECTIONS AND COPY SOLUTIONS, ALSO ALWAYS RETRY THEM AT HOMEDURING THESE PERIODS, THERE WILL BE TEACHERS AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES t, FOR YOUR EXTRA QUESTIONS AND GENERAL WORRIES FEEL FREE TO CONTACT THEM

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THE GREATEST CHALLENGE: THE CONCOURS FROM 300 IN THE PAST FEW YEARS TO 200, and now to 180MORE COMPETITIVETHE LIMITED NUMBER OF ANGLOPHONES IN ENSPY CAN BE EXPLAINED BY:IMPROPER ORIENTATION ABOUT THE SCHOOLNON COHERENCE BETWEEN THE FRENCH AND ENGLISH SYLLABUSES OF EDUCATIONAPPROACH, METHOD AND PRESENTATION.

GETTING INwww.aspyonline.org | 70708678PASSING THE ENTRANCE EXAMS

HOW THEN DO WE SOLVE ALL OF THESE? THERE IS THE NEED TO ORGANISE:

GETTING IN SENSITIZATION ASPYSolvessolves ORIENTATION PREPARATORY CLASSES ASPY

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CONCOURS IS WRITTEN IN TWO DISCIPLINES

MATHEMATICS (80% FRENCH SYLLABUS)PHYSICS (65% ANGLOPHONE SYLLABUS)

ANGLOPHONES THEREFORE ARE TO AN EXTENT LACKING ESPECAILLY IN MATHEMATICSTHE ROLE OF ASPY IN YOUR PREPARATIONwww.aspyonline.org | 70708678PASSING THE ENTRANCE EXAMS

THUS ASPY COMES INTO THE SHOW TO BRIDGE THE GAPTHE MAIN AIM OF ASPY EVER SINCE ITS CREATION IN 2000 HAS BEEN :BRINGING TOGETHER ANGLOPHONES IN SCHOOL.INCREASING THE INTAKE OF ANGLOPHONES INTO ENSP THROUGH INTENSIVE PREPARATORY CLASSES. THE ROLE OF ASPY IN YOUR PREPARATIONwww.aspyonline.org | 70708678PASSING THE ENTRANCE EXAMS

DESPITE THE FLUCTUATION IN THE INTAKE OF STUDENTS INTO THE SCHOOL ASPY HAS KEPT THE FAITH:ACHIEVEMENTS (Last 5 years)www.aspyonline.org | 70708678PASSING THE ENTRANCE EXAMS

ASPY CAN THEREFORE GUARANTEE JUST ABOUT 35%-50% OF YOUR SUCCESS. THE REST DEPENDS ON PERSONAL EFFORTSHOW THEN SHOULD YOU CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR SUCCESS?ACHIEVEMENTS www.aspyonline.org | 70708678PASSING THE ENTRANCE EXAMS

HOW TO GET READYMetacognition: thinking about thinking If you really want to learn, and you want to learn more quickly and more deeply, pay attention to how you pay attention. Think about how you think. Learn how you learn.www.aspyonline.org | 70708678PASSING THE ENTRANCE EXAMS

HOW TO GET READYMetacognition: thinking about thinking The trick is to get your brain to see the new material youre learning as Really Important. Crucial to your well-being. As important as a tiger in front of youOtherwise, youre in for a constant battle, with your brain doing its best to keep the new content from sticking.www.aspyonline.org | 70708678PASSING THE ENTRANCE EXAMS

HOW TO GET READYMetacognition: thinking about thinking Theres the slow, tedious way, or the faster, more effective way. The slow way is about sheer repetition. You obviously know that you are able to learn and remember even the dullest of topics, if you keep pounding on the same thing. With enough repetition, your brain says, This doesnt feel important to him, but he keeps looking at the same thing over and over and over, so I suppose it must be.

The faster way is to do anything that increases brain activity, especially different types of brain activity (studies, teaching, intellectual discussions, eating proteins etc.)www.aspyonline.org | 70708678PASSING THE ENTRANCE EXAMS

HOW TO GET READYMetacognition: thinking about thinking Heres what you can do to bend your brain into submission

Slow downDo the exercisesRead the There are No Dumb questions Drink waterTalk about it. Out loud. Listen to your brainFeel somethingApply it (simply change x to y)www.aspyonline.org | 70708678PASSING THE ENTRANCE EXAMS

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THE ROAD TO SUCCESS IS NEVER STRAIGHT, THERE IS A CURB CALLED FAILURE, A LOOP CALLED CONFUSION; RED LIGHTS CALLED COMPETITORS; CAUTION LIGHTS CALLED ASPY; www.aspyonline.org | 70708678

ConclusionSPEED BUMPS CALLED FRIENDS; HOWEVER, IF YOU HAVE A SPARE TYRE CALLED DETERMINATION; AN ENGINE CALLED PERSEVERANCE; AN INSURANCE CALLED FAITH, www.aspyonline.org | 70708678

ConclusionYOU WILL MAKE IT TO A PLACE CALLED SUCCESS AND FINALLY INTO ENSP. REMEMBER THIS IS A RACE, YOU EITHER RUN IT OR GET YOURSELF TRAMPLED OVER

Every one is free to do what he/she likes, but it is good to battle for your future, now, and be free to do what you like, or rip the blessings of your hard work at the end, than to be free now and then suffer loss at the end.Remember: life is a choice and at the same time, a race, you either run or get trampled overwww.aspyonline.org | 70708678

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