ABSTRACT
Completing any engineering degree course is tough: at most universities, students consider it one of the most difficult areas of study to pursue. However, it provides an essential foundation for an engineering career, even though two of the most valuable attributes you develop are not in the formal curriculum specifications: the ability to work very hard on short notice and the ability to prioritise. One of the reasons why engineering courses are so challenging is that it is usually impossible to do everything required before the deadlines for submitting assignments and projects. As a student, you had to learn to choose the most important parts, which were usually those that made the best contributions to your grades.1
