I hope you’ve been well amidst the pandemic.
Having seen that you’ll be wrapping up your time at Monash, I want to express my appreciation and gratitude for your passion in building up the next generation of chemical engineers through your unconventional teaching methods and open-door policy. It is difficult to imagine what chemical engineering at Monash would have been like without you.
Hearing about your vast industrial experience in your lecture material (and other discourse) convinced me that I had made the right choice in proceeding with my chemical engineering degree. It was from you that I discovered what engineers really do, and what it meant to ‘think like an engineer’. Among engineering teachings, other lessons were learned – I certainly held you in higher regard as a role-model when you took ownership of the fact that you are, like all others, human.
While I have no idea where the next stages of my career will take me, I will be sure to incorporate what I have learned from you in my future work, no matter the industry.
Thank you for being a legendary teacher, and all the best for the future!