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The NaturalBlaze.com article, "Researchers Turn Waste from Coal Power Plants into Concrete" (2019), reports that researchers from Drexel University have discovered a sustainable solution to protect the natural environment and improve the built environment by recycling coal ash. Tens of millions of tons of coal ash, a harmful byproduct of coal-fired power plants, end up in landfills each year. The article also states that by turning the waste product into a special concrete additive, it will improve the durability and quality of concrete (as cited in the journal “Cement and Concrete Composites”). Hence, by using the method, it will reduce the number of coal ash in landfills and benefits the concrete industry.

Dear Professor Brad, My name is Tha Zin Wint Htel but feel free to address me as Thazin. I would like to introduce myself to you as a first year engineering student from Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT).   Since I was young, I have enjoyed mathematics and have also been fond of looking at the unique designs of the buildings. In 2016, after my high school matriculation exam, I came to Singapore for summer holidays. During my stay here, I took an entrance exam for construction engineering course and got an opportunity to study basic knowledge about designs and structures of the construction works at Building Construction Authority Academy (BCAA) and graduated in 2019. I spent fifteen years of my youth in Myanmar and learnt English as a second language. I can say that I'm an active listener because I always pay attention and respect the person who is speaking to me. I avoid other distractions such as cell phones or laptops, and I prepare comments or ideas to respond