Post Journey Reflection

3M

1. Post-it note pad interest me as it involves a failed product becoming a successful innovation due to creative thinking. It involves the use of chemistry to determine the stickiness of the adhesive on the paper.

The abrasion surfaces also intrigues me as it uses the destructive force like friction to help mankind to achieve a smooth surface. With a change of mindset, a destructive force is used for constructive purpose.

2. I made glue by mixing cornstarch with water in different proportions.

3. Making flexible circuit even smaller to allow more circuits to be placed in a device.

Qioptiq

1. Products that industries made must be humane as consumers are the most important people.

2. Brightness of a star is determined by the distance between viewer and object.

3. How to allow the lens to be coated in a way that reduces the need for a vacuum as to save cost and to allow rapid growth of production,

4. I will tell them, life is short. It is now, or never. If you want to do it, just do it. You can never be too wrong, just too afraid to prove that you are right.

GSK

1. Research and development is applied to ensure a never ending stream of new knowledge for the next generation.

2. The re-usage of solvents will allow the company to minimize the carbon footprint in which the raw material is responsible of.

3. I never knew that chemistry is more prominent than biology in a pharmaceutical company.

Makino

1. A slight miscalculation of 10 micron (1 tenth of a human hair) could cause the machine to malfunction. An increase of temperature could cause such a huge increase in the size of the metal part.

2. The iPhone surrounding is made by precision engineering which allow the consistency of the products that are produced and maintain the high quality of the casing.

3. We can try to research on how the placing of the different axis of the machine on different parts of the machine affect the accuracy of the machine.