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Dear Engineering Stories followers, It has been a great #engineering#career so far including my #coaching of about 20 teams in 20 years at the local university. I’ve noticed a few things over the years that could help newer engineers be more successful, and I … Continue reading
#EngineerClips – “Power Ski” – March 18, 2022
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Tagged Creativity, Mechanical Engineering, near future, skiing
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#EngineerClips – Bathing with Bottles
by Kenneth Hardman “Jake!” Mom calls out from the bathroom. “Ya, Mom?” “Why is there a case of bottled water in my bathtub?” “It’s an engineering experiment, for my middle-school science class.” “An engineering exp…?” Mom pauses, then slowly inquires. … Continue reading
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Tagged boyancy, conservation, Creativity, gravity, Mechanical Engineering, Problem Solving
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Engineering Project – Re-inventing the 35mm Color Slide Digitizer
I can’t help myself. When I get it in my head to create a solution or solve a problem, it doesn’t matter that it has already been done before. I love finding a quick, in-expensive solution to a need. In … Continue reading
Sketching
I whole-heartedly agree with the following brief article on sketching for engineers. Please take a few minutes and read what this engineer has to say. Sketching improves the ideas, brings forth solutions, and drives the work forward. http://mechanical-engineering.in/forum/blog/209/entry-774-the-importance-of-sketching/
Big Hero 6 – An Engineering Story with Adventure
While on an engineering trip to Maui (yes! Hawaii on business, but that’s another story), I took an evening after work to see Disney’s Big Hero 6 in Kahalui. I was impressed. Instead of telling you all about it, I … Continue reading
7 Missing Basics of Engineering
In my 12th year of coaching college engineering students, I concur with David Goldberg in his assertion that engineering students are missing eight skills critical to being a complete, effective, and whole engineer. View his talk at TEDxUIUC, “7 Missing … Continue reading
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Tagged asking questions, communicating, Creativity, decomposition, experimenting, labeling data, modeling, sketching, visualizing
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