On Monday, I met with my mentor, Jose Quintero. I met with Mr. Quintero at San Ramon at the PG&E headquarters. upon arrival my mentor gave my fellow peer and I the safety rules and procedures if something were tio happen. For example, which way to exit and were to meet up or where to go in case of an emergency. After, he led us to one of his meetings he was having, we introduced purselves and gave them an overview of why we were there and what we were planning on getting out of our visit there. At the meeting, several engineers gathered around and were talking about future projects they were going to be working on. They also asked several questions that they needed help with or that another engineer could help clarify. After that first meeting, Mr. Quintero led us to a secong meeting that he was going to have and in that meeting they started off with safety procedures and clarifying where the exits are and where to meet up incase anything were to happen. Then in the meeting they were discussing other projects and new standards that were switching or coming up. Standards are pretty much rules that engineers have to follow for safety, and they are changing all the time. In the meeting, they also discussed new tools and new procedures that the PG&E engineers could follow. A lot of questions were also being asked at this meeting, engineering involves a lot of questions and a lot of help from a lot of people. Once the meeting was over, the mentor took us to starbucks and gave us an overview of the PG&E history and how their is an abundant amount of natural gas. Since natural gas is odorless, a strong odor is added so incase of a leak, people are aware of the smell and realize what is happening. After, we headed back to the PG&E offices and got a tour of the different floors. At the headquarters their are people who specifically buy and sell stocks, other engineers are using demographics to make sure the pipes and everything can smoothly since the Earth is uneven. Other workers, actually draw out the blueprints, while other engineers watch a satellite image and observe everything to make sure everything is safe. We then met with with another engineer who reviewed and revised Mr. Quintero's work and projects, he inspected it thoroughly and made revisions and took some things out. We then went to have lunch and discussed engineering and what you must do for every project and a recap of the whole day. Next time we meet with the mentor we're going to meet with him and actually go and see an actual project and its construction.
Time logged for this session: 8 hours
Total time logged: 10.5 hours
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