CCA4

With step 4 of the CCA, I dived into the scientific world at full force. This was also the first time I ever created an annotated bibliography, on a formal reviewed scientific journal. I realized that experiments are much more complex and complicated than the one I did in CCA 3. The first thing I picked up when doing CCA 4 was just how much work was put in an experiment to make sure it gets reliable and clear results. It has given me a general idea how just how much preparation and analysis goes into a formal research journal.

My article was on “ A System Dynamics Approach to Eco-Industry System Effects and Trends.”. It was investigating how integrating eco-economies into an industry based city, effects it positively or negatively. The article was really complex, like pages and pages on explaining terms and analyzing the data gathered. To really finish the project, I had to learn to pick up small parts of important information throughout the article and try to paint a general but clear idea of what the article was trying to communicate to the reader.From this CCA I learned much the general rules that govern how journals like these are formatted and made, and where to find important information.

The article also enlighten me about just how many different opportunities that engineers have. I thought engineers were simply coders and were given assignments which they would carry out. But in reality, engineers has many more tasks they can do. In this article, the engineers designed experiments that connects to business and the environment.