I agree that real world experience is huge but as I as soon as I say something like that someone says, “Oh you don’t think school is important”?
They are both important to me.
ehh, the buff state buggy is on a shoe string budget and there is no guidance by the ahole department chair that “runs” the class. I would be suprised if it was really well sorted out.
but yes there is almost nothing hands on taught in engineering school. labs are nice but also have nothing to do with real world problems. you only usually do 3 or so for a semester anyways.
In my opinion though if you dont have mechanical aptitude / interest from a young age as well as have your own hands on side projects you probably shouldn’t be a mechanical engineer anyway…
(unless your plan is to get a masters/phd and teach or do high end r&d / theory work forever)
Pipe vs tube vs Buff State has no place in this thread…
Last pipe I ordered was 2" sch40 @ $280/ft so I’m an exoert in all pipe and pipe related topics.
I have to use charts every time I need to find dimensional info.
This years BSC buggy thing should be well sorted. My technologist did the welding.
It certainly will not break on the 1st lap like last years.
If you think new ME’s are inexperenced… Try dealing with new phd’s from another country.
Good luck with your employee search. Can you scavenge people using linkedin?
Would you consider some part-time help? I could probably do some designs from home.
I really need someone full time for the customer interaction of part of the job.
What do you fellas think of Monster.com? Should I put an ad on their site or is it a waste? Where do you look for jobs?
I was just hired as a design engineer with Harmac Medical, but was actively looking for about 7 months. Monster, Indeed.com, careerbuilder, etc., were my main places to look. Harmac actually hired a recruiting company (The Superior Group in my case) to screen, pre-interview and evaluate candidates, which was nice for Harmac as they had someone actively looking for them and weeding through the bullshit rather than waiting for some random to apply. I’m not sure if it’s worth the cost in your case to do something like that, but it was a very smooth process on both ends when I went through it. I know as an applicant on sites like CareerBuilder you can search for jobs via keywords and skills, so maybe it’s possible to do the same as an employer, and search through resumes that are out there.
Last year, yes. Embarrassing.
That’s a huge generalization though, because you saw one car.
That was an example of terrible teamwork and no leadership.
You’re correct.
While it certainly doesn’t help BSC in the competitions, there’s no guidance because it is a senior design project.
The theory is that a student coming out of the program will have had to work for everything they earn.
We are completely self funded and have no guidance, so it’s definitely a journey.
Additionally, having little to no overlap of students from year-to-year, it definitely adds a bit of challenge.
Steve did a great job, and he’s a hell of a fabricator.
The goal this year was to be competitive AND finish the race, and it was clearly a success.
Lets see if I can find you another employee…
My guy is going to continue working for another year but I do need to hire someone between now and then so… bumpity.