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My Critical Reflection

The goals I have set for myself at the start of the modules were to better communicate through my writing and to have the ability to analyze and interpret the news articles. Throughout this module, I have learned various writing skills and techniques such as proper language usage for email writing, paraphrasing, and crafting a technical report. The modules have taught me to better understand and use the language through various assignments. To improve myself on my writing skills outside of the classroom I have made a point to follow the procedures and techniques that were taught in the classroom and applied them when I must send emails for my group projects for other modules. Also, during the process of crafting the reader’s response, I have gained skills such as being able to cite sources in APA style and cross-reference 2 different sources. One of the things I was most proud of from the last assignment was my oral presentation. I learned it a hard way about the importance of prepa...

Technical Report

Brad Blackstone Assistant Professor Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) 10 Dover Drive Singapore 138683 Dear Professor Blackstone, Re: Proposal to Implement Self-Healing Bacteria Agent into Concrete Enclosed for your kind consideration is a response to the request for a proposal on developing solutions for an engineering problem in Singapore. The enclosed report has been prepared with the objective of implementing a self-healing bacteria agent into today’s concrete mix practices to heal cracks in monumental buildings. This proposal explores the lack of self-healing properties in the concrete structures of monumental buildings located in Singapore and discusses the mechanism of a self-healing agent named Bacillus. The benefits and limitations of the proposed the solution is provided as well. In conjunction with Singapore’s efforts to preserve its heritage and implementing a self-healing bacteria agent into concrete mix practices to heal cracks in monumental bui...