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Subject: Self-Introduction Email Dear Professor Blackstone My name is Amos Bian, and I am currently studying civil engineering in Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) as a year 1 student. Before enrolling into SIT, I graduated Nanyang Polytechnic with a diploma in engineering with business. Being a son of a project manager, I grew up listening to my father talk about the projects he had undertaken. Those discussions sparked my interest in his job, and it resulted in me wanting to become like my father. I have taken up leadership roles in both army and secondary school in the past which made me more comfortable in speaking. As a leader, there is a need for me to communicate with my superiors and my subordinate on various instructions given while ensuring that it is clear, and this made me become more outspoken as a person. However, I do have a tendency to stutter which will cause confusions, and this resulted in it being unorganized and rushed at times. Being in this course, I would

 “Communication skills are an essential component in the education of engineering students to facilitate not just students’ education but also to prepare them for their future careers.” Marc Riemer, Faculty of Engineering, Monash University (2007) My thoughts: Communication skills is a necessity for engineering students' education as it plays an important role in their future careers. For example, being able to communicate with clients or pass information around requires good communication skills. Hence, communication skills should be part of an engineering students' education.