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COURSE GOALS

• To introduce engineering and electrical engineering

to students

• To encourage students in becoming an engineer

• To introduce the CDIO (Conceive – Design –

Implement – Operate) concept through a mini
project

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 ASSESSMENT
• Lab: 20%
• Activities: 30%
• Mini project: 50%
In which:
+ Written report: 20%
+ Presentation: 30%

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 CONTENT

• Chapter 1: Introduction

• Chapter 2: Systemmatically design process

• Chapter 3: Effective studying methods

• Chapter 4: Problem solving skills

• Chapter 5: Fundamentals of engineering

• Chapter 6: Professional ethics

• Chapter 7: Global engineering and future challenges

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 LEARNING RESOURCES

• Lecture notes (FEEE), Engineering Lecture, Ho Chi

Minh City University of Technology
• Oakes, Leone, Gunn, Engineering Your Future, A
Comprehensive Approach, 2009-2010 Edition,
Great Lake Press, 2009
• Websites, videos, materials supplied during the
course

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 INSTRUCTOR

PHAN QUANG AN

➢ PhD (Cork, Ireland, 2020)

➢ M.sc (Toulouse, France, 2007)

➢ Lecturer (since 2008)

➢ Faculty of Electrical & Electronics Eng.

Email: [email protected]

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 Faculty of EEE

➢ One of the largest schools in the university

➢ Undergraduate programs:

▪ Electronics and telecommunication engineering

▪ Control engineering and automation

▪ Power engineering

➢ Currently, there are 94 instructors, including 52

PhDs (2 Prof. and 15 Assoc. Prof.)

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 Faculty of EEE (2)

➢ Research areas in electronics

engineering:

▪ Design digital, analog, and mixed

signal ICs

▪ Design embedded systems

(FPGA, DSP, mC, and SoC)

▪ Process multimedia signal in

telecommucation, control and
biomedication engineering

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 Faculty of EEE (3)

➢ Research areas in
telecommunication:

▪ Telecom techniques

▪ Telecom networks

▪ Digital signal processing

and applications

▪ Ultra high frequency

techniques and ICs

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 Faculty of EEE (4)

➢ Research areas in control

engineering and automation:

▪ Control engineering
(stabilizing control, self-
driving, AI application, ...)

▪ Industrial automation
(production line, machine
tools, SCADA, ...)

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 Faculty of EEE (5)

➢ Research areas in power

engineering:

▪ Power converters and

applications

▪ Renewable energies

▪ Effective use of energy

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 Faculty of EEE (6)

➢ Research areas in power engineering

(cont.):

▪ Energy conversion and control

▪ Power system operation and control

▪ Power system manegement

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 How about you?

➢ Name
➢ Year of birth
➢ Home town
➢ Study progress
➢ Family (father, mother, brothers and sisters)
➢ Why did you choose FEEE?
➢ Professional and financial goals
➢ Expectation in this semester
➢ Ideas, suggestions, proposals (if any)

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 CHAPTER 1

Introduction to Engineering
(and Electrical Engineering)

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 CHAPTER GOALS (1)

• To introduce briefly history of engineering,

engineering branches, engineers, and electrical
engineering.

• From which, student can:

a. Find information, categorize, generalize about

engineering and electrical engineering

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 CHAPTER GOALS (2)

b. Present a curriculum vitae of an electrical

engineer, and present related careers
c. Contact experts, enterprises in electrical
engineering
d. Recognize and prepare for opportunities and
challenges faced by an electrical engineer in a
global context
• To fascinate students with all facets of electrical
engineering
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1.1 History of
Engineering

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 1.1.1 Introduction

• Define of engineering (ABET)

The profession in which knowledge of the
mathematical and natural sciences, gained
by study, experience, and practice, is applied
with judgment to develop ways to use,
economically, the materials and forces of
nature for the benefit of mankind.

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 1.1.2. Getting started

• Prehistoric culture

• Computer age

• The pace of history

• Quick overview of history of engineering – 6000

years at once

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 1.1.3 The beginnings of engineering

• The earliest days: home

tools

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 1.1.3 The beginnings of engineering

• The earliest days: materials

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 1.1.3 The beginnings of engineering

• Pyramids in Egypt

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 1.1.3 The beginnings of engineering

• Pyramids in Mesopotamia

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 1.1.3 The beginnings of engineering

• Hanging
Gardens
of
Babylon

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 1.1.3 The beginnings of engineering

• Stonehenge at
England

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1.1.4 An overview of ancient
engineering
• Greek temples

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 1.1.4 An overview of ancient
engineering
• Roman roads and aqueducts

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 1.1.4 An overview of ancient
engineering
• The Great Wall of China

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 1.1.5 Traveling through the ages

• 1200 B.C. – A.D. 1

– The quality of wrought iron is improved
– Swords are mass produced
– Siege towers are perfected
– The Greeks develop manufacturing
– Archimedes introduces mathematics in Greece
– Concrete is used for the arched bridges, roads,
and aqueducts in Rome

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 1.1.5 Traveling through the ages
A.D. 1-1000

• The Chinese further develop the study of

mathematics
• Gunpowder is perfected
• Cotton and silk are manufactured

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 1.1.5 Traveling through the ages
1000 – 1400
• There is growth in the silk and glass industries
• Leonardo Fibonacci, medieval mathematician,
writes the first Western text on algebra

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 1.1.5 Traveling through the ages
1400 – 1700

• The first water closet is invented in England

• Galileo begins constructing a series of telescopes
• Otto von Guerick first demonstrates the existence of a
vacuum
• Issac Newton constructs the first reflecting telescope
• Robert Boyle finds that gas pressure varies inversely with
volume
• Leibniz makes a calculating machine to multiply and
divide

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 1.1.5 Traveling through the ages
1700 – 1800

• The Leyden jar stores a large charge of electricity

• The Industrial Revolution begins
• James Watt patents his first steam engine
• The Society of Engineers, Britain’s first
professional engineering association, is formed in
London
• The British complete the first building made
entirely of cast iron
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 1.1.5 Traveling through the ages
1800 – 1825
• Automation is first used in France
• The first railroad locomotive is unveiled
• Chemical symbols as they are used today are developed
• The single wire telegraph line is developed
• Electromagnetism is studied
• Ampere shows the effect of electric current in motors

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 1.1.5 Traveling through the ages
1825 – 1875

• Reinforced concrete is used

• The first synthetic plastic material is created
• Bessemer originates the process to mass-produce
steel cheaply
• The first oil well is drilled near Titusville, Pennsylvania
• The typewriter is perfected

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 1.1.5 Traveling through the ages
1875 – 1900
• Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone
• Thomas Edison invented phonograph and
incandescent light bulb
• Gottlieb Daimler invented the gasoline engine
• Karl Benz introduces the automobile

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 1.1.5 Traveling through the ages
1900 – 1925
• The Wright brothers complete the first sustained flight
• Stainless steel is introduced in Germany
• Ford produces tractors with diesel engines
• The first commercial airplane service between Paris and
London commences

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 1.1.5 Traveling through the ages
1925 – 1950
• John Logie Baird invents early TV
• The V. Beetle goes into production
• The first nuclear bombs are used
• The transistor is invented

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 1.1.5 Traveling through the ages
1950 – 1975
• Computers first enter the commercial market and are in common
use by 1960
• The first artificial – Sputnik 1, USSR – goes into space
• The first communication satellite – Telstar – goes into space
• Integrated circuits are introduced
• The first manned moon landing occurs

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 1.1.5 Traveling through the ages
1975 – 1990

• Supersonic transport from U.S. to Europe begins

• Cosmonauts orbit the earth for a record 180 days

• The Columbia space shuttle is reused for space

travel

• The first artificial human heart is implanted

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 1.1.5 Traveling through the ages
1990 – today

• Robots walk on Mars

• Computer processor speed is dramatically
improved
• The Channel Tunnel between England and France
is completed
• Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) technology is
declassified, resulting in hundreds of safety,
weather and consumer applications

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 1.1.6 Historic engineers

• Leonardo Da Vinci
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci
• Gutenberg and his printing press
See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Gutenberg

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 1.1.6 Historic engineers
An inventor: Prof. Dr. Võ Đình Tuấn

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 1.1.6 Historic engineers
An inventor: Prof. Dr. Võ Đình Tuấn
Tuan Vo-Dinh (Vietnamese: Võ Đình Tuấn) (Nha
Trang, 11 April 1948) is R. Eugene and Susie E.
Goodson Professor of Biomedical Engineering,
Professor of Chemistry, and Director of the
Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics of Duke University.
Vo-Dinh has been ranked No. 43 on a list of the
world's top 100 living geniuses in a survey
conducted by Creators Synectics, a global
consultants firm.

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 1.1.6 Historic engineers
An inventor and creator: Steve Jobs

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 1.1.6 Historic engineers
An inventor and creator: Steve Jobs

- Some articles about Steve Jobs

- Videos and statements of Steve Jobs
- After watching the video:
1. How do you feel after watching Steve Jobs’ speech?
2. How do you understand the repeated sentence from
Steve Jobs: “Stay hungry, stay foolish”?
3. Which statement from Steve Jobs do you like best?

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 1.1.6 Historic engineers
Hồ Vĩnh Hoàng – Director of Tosy Robotics
Two Vietnamese entertaining robots won three technological
awards in the international toys expo in U.S. (12 –
15/02/2012).

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 1.1.7 Electrical Engineering

• Electrical engineering is the largest branch of

engineering, including the following major
specialty areas:
– Communication systems
– Computers and automatic control
– Power generation and transmission
– Industrial applications

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1.2 Engineering Majors

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 Common reasons for a student to be interested
in engineering include:
– Proficiency in math and science
– Suggested by a high school counselor
– Have a relative who is an engineer
– Heard it’s a field with tremendous job
opportunity
– Read that it has high starting salaries
–…

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 1.2.1 The Engineer and the Scientist

• Scientists are always asking, “Why?”, to

advance the knowledge base that we have in a
specific area
• The engineer also asks, “Why?”, but always
thinks about the application when asking why
• Example: Scientist study atomic structure to
understand the nature of matter; engineers
study the atomic structure in order to build
smaller and faster microprocessor

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 1.2.1 The Engineer and
the Engineering Technologist
• Technologists work with existing technology to
produce goods for society
• Both engineers and technologists apply
technology for the betterment of society
• Difference: engineer is able to create new
technology through research, design and
development
• Example: The technologist identifies the
equipment necessary to assemble a new CD
player; the engineer designs the new CD player
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 1.2.1 What Do Engineers Do?

To obtain more information about the various engineering jobs:

– Explore your school’s placement center

– Visit job fairs
– Attend seminars on campus sponsored by companies
– Talk to faculty familiar with a certain industry
– Search the Internet
– “Shadow” a practicing engineer
– Work as an intern or co-op engineer
– Take an engineering elective course

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 1.2.2 Engineering functions:
Research

• Research engineers explore fundamental

principles of chemistry, physics, biolology and
mathematics in order to overcome barriers
preventing advancement in their field

• Research is conducted using computer

• In most research positions an advanced degree

is required, and often a Ph.D. is needed

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 1.2.2 Engineering functions:
Development

• Development engineers bridge the gap between

laboratory research and full-scale production

• Development engineers take the knowledge

acquired by the researchers and apply it to a
specific product or application

• Example: building of concept cars within the

automotive industry

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 1.2.2 Engineering functions:
Testing

• Test engineers are responsible for designing and

implementing tests to verify the integrity,
reliability and quality of products. Test engineer
devises ways to simulate the conditions of a
product will be subjected to during its life.
• Example: testing of a pacemaker for regulating a
patient’s heart which is designed to last several
decades (the test cannot take 20 years and must
simulate conditions within the human body)

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 1.2.2 Engineering functions:
Design (1)

• This is where the largest number of engineers

are employed
• The design engineer is responsible for providing
the detailed specifications of the products
• They use modern computer design tools and are
often supported by technicians trained in
computer drafting software

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 1.2.2 Engineering functions:
Design (2)

• The design engineer also must verify that the

part meets the reliability and safety standards
established for the product

• In the world of ever increasing competition, the

design engineer must also involve
manufacturing engineers in the design process.
Cost is a critical factor and may be the difference
between success and failure.
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 1.2.2 Engineering products:
Analysis

• Analysis engineers use mathematical models

and computational tools to provide the
necessary information to design, development or
research engineers to help them do their jobs
• Analysis engineers typically are specialists in a
technology area, for example: electromagnetic
field, microelectronic, signal processing,
electromechanical energy conversion, stability,
heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and so on
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 1.2.2 Engineering functions:
Systems
• Systems engineers work with the overall design,
development, manufacture and operation of a
complete system or product

• Systems engineers are responsible for ensuring

that the components interface properly and work
as a complete unit, and responsible for identifying
the overall design requirements

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 1.2.2 Engineering functions:
Manufacturing

• Manufacturing engineers work with diverse

teams of individuals, from technicians to
managers
• They are responsible for developing the
processes for taking raw materials and changing
them into the finished pieces
• They identify high cost or high risk operations in
the design phase of a product

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 1.2.2 Engineering functions:
Operation & Maintenance

• The operations engineer oversees the ongoing

performance of the production facility
• They must have a wide range of expertise
dealing with the mechanical and electrical issues
• They must coordinate the service schedule of
the technicians to ensure efficient service of the
machinery, minimizing its down-time impact on
production

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 1.2.2 Engineering functions:
Technical Support

• A technical support engineer serves as the link

between customer and product and assists with
installation and setup
• Modern technical support is being used as an
added service
• Technical support engineer should have good
communication skills, and know how to get in-
depth knowledge when necessary

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 1.2.2 Engineering functions:
Customer Support

• Customer support engineers must have

experience with the products and customer, and
also some business training

• The customer support person work with

technical support engineers to ensure proper
customer satisfaction

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 1.2.2 Engineering functions:
Sales

• Sales engineers must have the technical

background to answer customer questions and
concerns
• They must have interpersonal skills conducive to
effective selling
• As technology continues to advance, more and
more products become technically sophisticated,
leading to an ever-increasing demand for sales
engineers
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 1.2.2 Engineering functions:
Consulting
• Consulting engineers are either self-employed or
they work for a firm that provides technical
expertise to customer
• Many large companies do not have technical
experts on staff in all areas, therefore they use
consultants to handle issues they cannot solve
• Consulting work examples: technology
innovation, design, installation, maintenance, …
• Consulting engineers may also evaluate the
effectiveness of an organization

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 1.2.2 Engineering functions:
Management
• In many instances, engineers work themselves into
project management positions, and eventually into full-
time managment
• Engineers are chosen for their technical ability, their
problem-solving ability and their leadership skills
• Engineers may manage other engineers or support
personnel, or they may rise to oversee the business
aspects of a coorporation
• Often, prior to being promoted to this level of
management, engineers acquire some business or
management training

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 1.2.2 Engineering functions:
Other Fields
Some engineering graduates enter fields other
than engineering:
• Law
• Education
• Medicine
• Business
• Defense
In these cases, they may acquire additional
training in related fields.

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 1.3 Curriculum Vitea
Electrical Engineer (1)
• Name: ………………………………………………
• Address: ……………………………………………
• Phone: ………………, Email: ……………………
• Education:
- Bachelor in Electrical Engineering, University of
Technology, Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam National
University, year …
- Master in Electrical Engineering, University of
Technology, Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam National
University, year …

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 1.3 Curriculum Vitea
Electrical Engineer (2)
• Professional Capability:
- 11 year in designing and developing household
appliances and portable tools
- Design power circuits and control circuits for
household appliances and portable tools
• Computer skills:
SPICE, Proteus, AutoCAD Electrical, MS-Office,
CCS for ARM
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 1.3 Curriculum Vitea
Electrical Engineer (3)
• Professional Experience:
- 2009 – today: Electrical Design Engineer,
Company X
- 7/2006 – 7/2009: Product Design Engineer,
Company Y
- 8/2003 – 5/2006: Electrical Engineer,
Company Z

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1.4 A Statistical Profile of the
Engineering Profession

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 1.4.1 General

• How many people study engineering/year?

• What are the most popular disciplines?

• Labor market for engineers?

• Income for engineers?

• How many women study engineering?

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 1.4.2 Number of enrollments at HCMUT, in 2011
Index Faculty No. of enrollments
1 Mechanical Eng. 647
2 Material Tech. 171
3 Electrical – Electronics Eng. 584
4 Applied Sciences 123
5 Computer Sciences and Eng. 292
6 Geology and Petroleum Eng. 165
7 Transportation Eng. 175
8 Chemical Eng. 417
9 Civil Eng. 958
10 Environmental Eng. 169
11 Industrial Managment 234

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 1.4.3 Number of graduates at HCMUT, in 2011

Index Faculty No. of graduates

1 Mechanical Eng. 368
2 Material Tech. 138
3 Electrical – Electronics Eng. 384
4 Applied Sciences 67
5 Computer Sciences and Eng. 284
6 Geology and Petroleum Eng. 95
7 Transportation Eng. 76
8 Chemical Eng. 255
9 Civil Eng. 566
10 Environmental Eng. 100
11 Industrial Management 206

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 1.4.4 Salary of EE engineers

• In USA, the starting salary for EE engineers is

61,000 USD/year (2011)

• In Australia, the average salary for EE engineers is

2,000 AUD/week (2014)

• In Vietnam, the average salary for EE engineers is

17 – 25 million VND/month at some companies
with foreign investment

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 1.4.5 Advices from employers

Employers are looking for graduates who

are able to:
– Communicate well
– Work effectively in teams
– Manage and lead teams
– Use computer and apply technical knowledge
– Work hard and behave professionally
– ….
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