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Critical Reflection

At the start of this semester, I wrote that I wanted to learn how to write professional reports, communicate more effectively and gain more confidence in talking to people. As this semester comes to a close and I look back at the 13 weeks I spent in this class, I can say that overall, I have at least partially achieved these goals. I have indeed learned how to write professional letters, including technical reports and transmittal letters. I have learned how to properly format and cite them as well as how to leave out ‘I’s' and ‘We’s' to make the letter seem less biased to the reader. I believe this course has successfully taught me how to write in a way that takes the audience into account and appeals to them and that these skills will be very useful in the future. However, in terms of effective communication and confidence in speaking, I can say that while I have improved during this course, I still have a long way to go. Throughout this module, Professor Blackstone provide...
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Summary Analysis Draft #4

The article, ‘Introducing the Seabin Project’, written by Emily Jateff (2018) as a press release for the Australian National Maritime Museum, describes how Andrew Turton and Pete Ceglinski quit their jobs and started working on an ocean trash collector prototype, called Seabin, as they were ‘tired of swimming in garbage’. According to Jateff, eight million tonnes of waste, mostly plastic, is washed out to sea each year and Seabin may be able to combat this. Seabin uses a motor to create a whirlpool which sucks garbage into a catch-bag within the bin, filtering out the trash, before the clean water is pumped back out. Oil absorbent pads have also been attached to the bin to clean the water of petroleum based products and recently, the catch-bag was modified to collect ‘micro-fibres’. Jateff also mentions that the bin needs to be placed carefully as even in ideal weather conditions, Seabin can only pull in garbage from a 2 to 6 mile radius. Jateff claims that the team is also trying diff...
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Summary Analysis Draft #3

The article, ‘Introducing the Seabin Project’, written by Emily Jateff (2018) as a press release for the Australian National Maritime Museum, describes how Andrew Turton and Pete Ceglinski quit their jobs and started working on an ocean trash collector prototype, called Seabin, as they were ‘tired of swimming in garbage’. According to Jateff, plastic contributes to a significant amount of ocean pollution and Seabin may be able to combat this. Seabin uses a motor to create a whirlpool which sucks garbage into a catch-bag within the bin, filtering out the trash, before the clean water is pumped back out. Oil absorbent pads have also been attached to the bin to clean the water of petroleum based products and recently, the catch-bag was modified to collect ‘micro-fibres’. Jateff also mentions that the bin needs to be placed carefully as even in ideal weather conditions, Seabin can only pull in garbage from a 2 to 6 mile radius. Jateff claims that the team is also trying different approache...
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Summary Analysis Draft #2

The article, ‘Introducing the Seabin Project’ (2018), written by the Australian National Maritime Museum, talks about how Andrew Turton and Pete Ceglinski quit their jobs and started working on an ocean garbage collector prototype, called Seabin, as they were ‘tired of swimming in garbage’. According to the article, plastic contributes to a significant amount of ocean pollution and Seabin may be able to combat this. Seabin uses a motor to create a whirlpool which sucks garbage into a bag within the bin, filtering out the trash, before the clean water is pumped back out. Oil absorbent pads have also been attached to the bin to clean the water of petroleum based products and recently, the catch-bag within the bin was modified to collect ‘micro-fibres’. The article also mentions that the bin needs to be placed carefully as even in ideal weather conditions, Seabin can only pull in garbage from a 2 to 6 mile radius. The article claims that the team is trying different approaches to make Sea...
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Summary Analysis Draft #1

The article, ‘Introducing the Seabin Project’ (2018), talks about how, as of the day of the article’s publishment, a Seabin was to be installed alongside the Australian National Maritime Museum. The Seabin project was conceptualized when, tired of ‘swimming in garbage’, Andrew Turton and Pete Ceglinski quit their jobs and started working on an ocean garbage collector prototype called Seabin. According to the article, plastic contributes to a significant amount of ocean pollution and Seabin may help reduce this. Seabin uses a motor to create a whirlpool which sucks garbage into a bag within the bin. Clean water is pumped back out. Oil absorbent pads clean the water of petroleum based products and recently, the catch-bag within the bin was modified to collect ‘micro-fibres’. The article also mentions that the bin needs to be placed carefully as, in ideal weather conditions, Seabin can only pull in garbage from a 2 to 6 mile radius. The article claims that the team is trying different app...
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Summary Draft #2

The article, ‘Introducing the Seabin Project’ (2018), talks about how, tired of ‘swimming in garbage’, Andrew Turton and Pete Ceglinski quit their jobs and started working on an ocean garbage collector prototype called Seabin. According to the article, plastic contributes to a significant amount of ocean pollution and Seabin may help reduce this. Seabin uses a motor to create a whirlpool which sucks garbage into a bag within the bin. Clean water is pumped back out. Oil absorbent pads clean the water of petroleum and detergents. The article also mentions that the bin needs to be placed carefully as, in ideal weather conditions, Seabin can only pull in garbage from a 2 to 6 mile radius. The article claims that the team is trying different approaches to make Seabin more environmentally friendly, such as replacing it’s electric energy source with solar panels. While the idea behind Seabin is solid, I feel that, without help from big corporations, Seabin will not be able to significantly cu...
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Summary Draft #1

The article, ‘Introducing the Seabin Project’ (2018), talks about how, tired of ‘swimming in garbage’, Andrew Turton and Pete Ceglinski quit their jobs and started working on an ocean garbage collector prototype called Seabin. According to the article, plastic contributes to a significant amount of ocean pollution and Seabin may help reduce this. Seabin uses a motor to create a whirlpool which sucks garbage into a bag within the bin. Clean water is pumped back out. Oil absorbent pads clean the water of petroleum and detergents. The article also mentions that the bin needs to be placed carefully as, in ideal weather conditions, Seabin can only pull in garbage from a 2 to 6 mile radius. The article states that the team is trying different approaches to make Seabin more environmentally friendly, such as replacing it’s electric energy source with solar panels. With a dedicated team deployed to each Seabin location, strategic placement and long term collaborations with companies, Seabin may...
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