Remember all the “One Minute” books way back when. The One Minute Manager, The One Minute Teacher, The One Minute Leader, The One Minute …. uh no.
Anyway, I never did see a book for the One Minute Engineer. So I decided to write one and did, it took me about a minute. Couldn’t get a publisher in the one minute I tried so I’m doing a one minute post. I have this information and I also have early onset so if I don’t get this out in one minute, its gone forever.
We are going to concentrate on Chemical Engineering! Wow, ok, ready, there are four lessons. Don’t worry, all four lessons take about a minute! This will be quick and it will change your life.
Lesson 1 – What you need to know is that any type of chemical facility, whether it is a refinery or a chemical plant consists of only two types of equipment (and of course interconnecting piping). These two types of equipment are: LRO’s and TST’s. We are done! Wow, review if you feel the need.
Lesson 2 – Notice the picture above. It is a LRO. LRO stands for Large Round Object. Got it? Need to go over that. OK! Great, you are doing wonderfully. Congratulations. These are very important for the proper functioning of any chemical facility. You are halfway done to a Chemical Engineering Education.
Lesson 3 -Now pay attention, we are stepping up here. The above equipment are TSTs. TST’s are Tall Shiny Things. Go ahead and repeat. These are also necessary for the proper and safe operation of a refinery or chemical plant or whatever else you want to build. OK, you are ready for the final lesson.
Lesson 4 – This is the wrap up, so pay attention. This is where all your hard work comes together. What you do to build a chemcal facility is arrange all your LROs and TSTs into a pleasing configuration. This is where all your design and composition skills come into play. Like above, the tension between the tall and skinny and the short and round against the cloudy sky. Cannot beat that. Oh yes, make sure that the guys and gals you hire to run the thing know how to connect the LRO’s and TST’s together.
We are not done! We have graduation. Below is your reward. Not a diploma, something better, a T shirt! Aren’t you glad you did this? I am. Thanks very much and I wish you much success in your new career.
Thanks Dave for the inspiration.
Super. I’ll use that to pad my resume.
I’m so glad I did this! My dad was appointed an “engineer” with the military during WWII, and he had a cartoon that said, “a few weeks ago I couldn’t even spell ungineer, and now I are one.” Fitting in this case, don’t you think?
Okay I feel so smart now…and UBER prepared to rock the Tee
LOL I agree with Georgie I feel a lot smarter now. The round things remind me of giant golf balls. =)
What a great lesson this morning, now if i can retain all that. Nice photos
I feel so accomplished!
Let’s see. Of the 18 years I’ve been in the public relations field, I’ve spent 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 of them (i was actually counting there) working with engineers. This lesson could have come in handy. You are a great communicator, which makes you a rarity among engineers. Also, the self-deprecation is priceless. I always enjoyed working with engineers – (Favorite: Wastewater; Least favorite: mechanical), but they did have such big egos. Almost as big as PR peepls.
Yogi: Very profound, I worked at a company that made objects to go inside the TST’s. I have climbed to the top of a TST and the view is outstanding. You made me laugh.
BTW: TST’s are made from SS (stainless steel), that what makes them shine.