REFLECTION PAPER

Lorenzo, Aliyana Mae R.

11- Graham Bell

We recently conducted a professional interview with Engr. Nimfa Del Rosario and a student, Mr.
Aaron Roy Wilfred Paul Dinakaran, from Saint Louis University-School of Engineering and
Architecture (SLU-SEA) about Chemical Engineering and Engineering, in general,we learned a
lot about this daunting process. We relished the opportunity to ask professional questions that
were relevant for our future career. We gathered a great deal of information that informed my
understanding of the profession and the ethical decisions related to it. While we discussed many
different topics in the interpreting field, in this essay, I will focus on some of the advice and
explanation that they provided in regards to making ethical decisions when choosing a certain
course for our future careers.
The biggest piece of lesson I actually learned from Engr. Nimfa Del Rosario is that to choose a
course that you love, just like her daughter who took arts and design even if she wants her
daughter to take STEM related track, she said “That is her choice; ayaw ko naman yung in the
future ay magsisihan kami. So it will have to be something which she loves doing.” It is also
important that I keep an opened mindset and be willing to accept many of these different courses.
She also said, “Napakaimportante ang decision-making when you’re in the industry.” When
thinking about it there are problems that you will encounter when you’re in the industry and
makine a right descision is so important to overcome this problems. On Mr. Aaron Roy Wilfred
Paul Dinakaran the lesson I learned from him is the same with Engr. Nimfa that choose a course
that you love.

We then asked Mr. Aaron Roy Wilfred Paul Dinakaran a series of questions related to how he
was able to choose Chemical Engineering as his course. Originally, he planned to take up
Chemical Engineering in hopes of pursuing the medical and pharmaceutical field. As time
passed, he moved away from the industry because he realized his interest in the different
branches of Chemical Engineering. Here, he imparted another piece of valuable statement, “You
can’t really decide on your first year.” Such conflicts could happen to your chosen choice. One
example he provided is that his initial choice was Pharmacy as he had the vision of producing
drugs for the future, drugs that would help. He hoped that he might one day find a cure to
currently incurable diseases, like cancer. The thought of helping people was also his goal, But in
the end he chose Chemical Engineering because he is interested to its different branches. It’s
really true that their always things or choices that we encounter and get confused till we
experienced it.
Our initial list of questions sparked many more as the interview continued and I feel my
knowledge has definitely expanded as a result of this experience. It was both relieving and
reassuring to hear a professional discuss all the opportunities for learning there were in choosing
to accept multiple different jobs. I think, like many new STEM students, I tend to focus on the
controls one utilizes during an assignment. This experience highlighted how critically examining
an assignment prior to accepting it can alleviate or completely avoid strenuous, negative or
harmful situations. I intend to hang on to my findings and to continue to seek out other
professionals that I can glean similar advice and knowledge from.