In this lesson we look at pros and cons of working for large verses small companies. The question of whether it is better to work for a small or big company is a complicated one, and depends a lot on your personal preferences, and your tolerance for risk. This video goes through the things you should think about in making this important decision.
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Keys to a Successful Engineering Career LESSON 3: What College Students Should Know
In this video we continue our series on how to become a successful engineer, and in this lesson we focus on what College Students should know, and what you should know as you get ready to go into a college engineering program. Most students are not prepared for just how tough a college engineering program is going to be. This video has important tips on how to not just survive, but thrive in college. Enjoy!
Sketchup Tutorial LESSON 6: Understanding Design Rules
One of the keys to success in mechanical design comes from understanding that you can draw things that you can not build. Just because you can make it in Sketchup does not mean your fabricator can make it. You must design being mindful of the capabilities of your fabrication infrastructure. This comes down to the concept of design rules. Design rules are a set of conditions. If you design your devices following the conditions in your design rules, your design will fabricate properly. Your design rules will depend on your fabrication infrastructure. In our case, we are building on our own 3D printer, but none the less, we still need to develop some design rules. In this video we show how to design a simple test device that will allow us to know how small of a line we can print, and how closely we can put two holes to each other. This simple set of two design rules is a good start of successful designing for a 3D printer.
Sketchup Tutorial LESSON 5: How to Use Digital Calipers
A key part of mechanical design is to evaluate your designs after fabrication. How precisely are you realizing the designs you have in software? In this lesson we learn how to use digital calipers to evaluate our physical model. In order to do this lesson you need a good set of digital calipers, which you can get HERE.
Keys to a Successful Engineering Career LESSON 2: What High School Students Should Know
Key aspect of engineering success is to start early. Hence, this video is targeted to High School and Middle Schoolers. Getting a jump on things by developing good math and study habits will put you ahead of the crown. Also, you want to start developing your coding and troubleshooting skills as early as possible. This video should help you get your engineering career off to an early start by developing good habits early.