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Dear Professor Brad Blackstone, I am Krithaisha Vijayakumar, a student in your Effective Communication class. You can call me Kris as most find it is hard to pronounciate my name. I am writing this letter to you to briefly introduce myself.  I graduated from Nanyang Polytechnic with Diploma in Aerospace System and Management. I decided to pursue and further my studies with Degree in  Mechanical Engineering at the Singapore Institute of Technology.  My course in Polytechnic focuses both on-ground operations and hands-on engineering skills. During my internship with Changi Airport Group, it was an eventful experience as I got to witness firsthand how the ground operations worked during a pandemic. Every day was an interesting aspect to learn in terms of customer service and handling tough situations. But there was always a calling for me to be in the engineering side of aerospace engineering. This sparked my interest which led me to further my studies in Mechanical engineering.  My stren

  “Without clear lines of communication, our ideas would stay within our own small development teams instead of becoming mature products. While this is obvious to those of us who have become experienced engineers, the real question is: Why is it lost to us when we are engineering students?” Dr. Akbar R Khan, Software Systems Engineer, USA,   “Good Communication Is Essential...” (2014) Paraphrase: ‘According to Dr Akbar R Khan, Good communication Is Essential, (2014), as an engineer student our thoughts will stay within our little group if we did not have clear channels of communication, rather than becoming developed products. While this is self-evident to those of us who have are skilled engineers for a long time, the genuine enquiry is: Why did we lose it as an engineering student?’