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Re: Engineers! Please share you experiences!!!

Hope this helps your project.



1. What excites you most about engineering as a career?

The ability to solve very challenging problems with very creative and innovative solutions.


2. What made you decide to become an engineer?

CAD class and FIRST robotics in High School (I was going to do music before hand...)

3. In your job, how important are good communication skills (written and spoken)?

I am a graduate researcher in robotics. Communications is vital in what I do. I have written several publications and it is vital that you can communicate what research you have done in paper so that other researchers can not only understand what you have done, but also use your work.

In terms of spoken communication, I run two student design teams and I need to make sure I can effectively give them an idea of my requirements for what I want so that they build a good product.

4. Do you primarily work alone or in teams?

Research wise, I work alone. But for the hardware development of my robots, I have teams that work with me.

5. Is it important for an engineer to understand strength of materials concepts (stress, strain, deformations)?

VERY! At least in my field of work. We talk about the strain caused from the hardware on a day to day basis. I recently made the design teams re-design some components in one of the robots due to a high amount of strain on the servo motor out-put shafts.

They are all VERY IMPORTANT topics.


6. What kind of engineering did you study?

I have a B.S. in mechanical engineering with a minor in controls. I will have a M.S. in mechanical engineering this summer.

7. What kind of engineering do you do now?

I do robotics research and development.
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RoMeLa: Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory
http://www.me.vt.edu/romela
Virginia Tech
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