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  The effective communication module was the boost that I needed to improve on my writing and presentations skills. The module is a short but effective module. I was not only able to see improvement in myself but the whole class. At the start of this module, I had two goals in mind;  to be more confident in presentation and to improve on my writing skills. I was able to achieve these goals with the help of professor Blackstone. Throughout this module, there were mini presentations that gradually helped to build my confidence in presenting. Although I am not able to present myself as confidently as Steve Jobs, I was able to see an improvement in my presentation skills. The improvement can be seen in my oral presentation. I was able to project my voice better in the final presentation as compared to the mock presentation. I was still unable to entirely remove the nervousness that I had when presenting. Despite being nervous, I was able to remember my script and complete my presentation f
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Technical Report Draft 1: Introduction + Problem Statement + Purpose Statement

  1 Introduction This report has been redeveloped in response to the request for proposals on developing solutions for engineering problems. 1.1 Background information   NParks, which stands for National Parks, is a national board that focuses on greenery, biodiversity conservation, and wildfire and animal health, welfare and management in Singapore. NParks manage more than 350 parks, 33470 hectares of nature reserves such as Singapore Botanic Gardens and Jurong Lake Gardens. To ensure that the trees in the parks are well managed, NParks recruits tree specialists named as the arborists. In general, arborists are in charge of ensuring that the condition of the trees in the park are in good condition. According to Julian (n.d), he states that the profession of arboriculture has advanced over the years, which makes it easier to understand the knowledge of trees better. Such as pruning, stress responses, good and bad retention and plant care practises. This shows that the role of an ar
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Summary Reader Response Draft #3

In the article, “How can Southeast Asia’s clean energy transition be sped up?”, Daubach (2019) highlighted a highly potential clean energy called nuclear fusion. According to Daubach, Moniz who is the Chief Executive of the Energy Futures Initiative and Nuclear Threat Initiative, suggests that Singapore, due to its limitation in space, can implement nuclear fusion. However, it is costly to adopt this energy by 2050 given that the Paris Agreement goal is to be achieved. Daubach also mentions that Chapman, the Chief Executive of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, states that nuclear fusion does not produce harmful gases, has lesser decay time of nuclear waste compared to nuclear fission and only needs a small amount of land. The drawback is that massive quantities of heat and pressure are needed. Chapman comments that the present facilities available are incapable of creating electricity on a large scale. The first nuclear fusion facility is expected to begin operation in 2025 a
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Summary Reader Response Draft #2

In the article, “How can Southeast Asia’s clean energy transition be sped up?”, Daubach (2019) highlighted a highly potential clean energy called nuclear fusion. According to Daubach, Moniz who is the Chief Executive of the Energy Futures Initiative and Nuclear Threat Initiative, states that Singapore, due to its limitation in space, can implement nuclear fusion. However, it is costly to adopt this energy by 2050 given that the Paris Agreement goal is met. Daubach also mentions that Chapman, the Chief Executive of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, states that nuclear fusion does not produce harmful gases, has lesser decay time of nuclear waste as compared to nuclear fission and only needs a small amount of land. The drawback is that a massive amount of heat and pressure is needed. In addition, the current facilities available are not capable of creating electricity on a large scale. The first nuclear fusion facility is expected to begin operation in 2025 and capable of cateri
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Summary Reader Response Draft #1

In the article, “How can Southeast Asia’s clean energy transition be sped up?”, Daubach (2019) highlighted the importance of “green energy production” in Southeast Asia (SEA) and the difficulties that will arise with the change. According to Daubach, Moniz who is the Chief Executive of the Energy Futures Initiative and Nuclear Threat Initiative states that each region in SEA must utilize different “low-carbon technologies and solutions” to reduce emissions. Moniz also mentioned that for SEA to achieve this, each country must think about its distinct difficulties and chances to improve. Singapore due to limitation in space is not able to adopt major wind and solar power generation but can adopt nuclear fusion. However, it is very costly. SEA needs to think about how it creates, keeps and uses the energy more effectively.  It is vital that SEA reduces its dependence on coal for energy as continuous use will cause life-threatening occurrences to happen. Daubach suggests nuclear fusion as
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Summary Draft 2

In the article, “How can Southeast Asia’s clean energy transition be sped up?”, Daubach (2019) highlighted the importance of “green energy production” in Southeast Asia (SEA) and the difficulties that will arise with the change. According to Daubach, Moniz who is the Chief Executive of the Energy Futures Initiative and Nuclear Threat Initiative states that each region in SEA must utilize different “low-carbon technologies and solutions” to reduce emissions. Moniz also mentioned that for SEA to achieve this, each country must think about its distinct difficulties and chances to improve. Singapore due to limitation in space is not able to adopt major wind and solar power generation but can adopt nuclear fusion. However, it is very costly. SEA needs to think about how it creates, keeps and uses the energy more effectively.  It is vital that SEA reduces its dependence on coal for energy as continuous use will cause life-threatening occurrences to happen. Daubach suggests nuclear energy as
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Summary Draft 1

In the article, “How can Southeast Asia’s clean energy transition be sped up?”, Daubach (2019) writes expert opinions on the methods that will encourage “green energy production” in Southeast Asia (SEA) and the difficulties that will arise with the change. Experts state that each region in SEA must utilize different “low-carbon technologies and solutions” to reduce emissions. For SEA to achieve this, each country must think about its distinct difficulties and chances to improve. Singapore due to limitation in space is not able to adopt major wind and solar power generation but can adopt nuclear fusion which has no discharge and shorter duration of decay of atomic waste. However, it is very costly. SEA needs to think about how it creates, keeps and uses the energy more effectively.  It is vital that SEA reduces its dependence on coal for energy as continuous use will cause life-threatening occurrences to happen. Reference: Daubach, T., 2019. How can Southeast Asia’s clean energy transit
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