A student´s point of view on engineering practice

The purpose of the paper is to give an insight on what packaging and hands-on abilities are learned through the process of engineering practice and why this stage is of great importance in the development of future engineers. Although the basis of student´s knowledge is learned during faculty year´s classes, it has been widely shown that the easiest way of developing practical skills is done during practice stages either in universities or in private companies. During one such stage the student improves his or hers skills in areas such as researching, computer simulation, interface developing, and of course, maybe most important, packaging. The practice stages offer the student the possibility of implementing circuits and projects, either by realizing testing boards or by using breadboards. These are skills that are rarely attained during faculty classes due to the fact that there is not enough time for each student to implement projects during laboratories. This is why practice stages are the ones that truly give the student a basis in electronic packaging.