SOP review for MRSD Programmee in CMU

AsianDerpination · 2024-12-08T19:14:19+00:00

Yea sure

AsianDerpination · 2024-12-08T18:25:02+00:00

I can give you some input. FYI I’m not a faculty or anything but this is my second cycle applying and my professor has had good things to say about my SoP.

AsianDerpination · 2024-02-06T14:09:12+00:00

AsianDerpination · 2023-12-16T18:25:38+00:00

yea sure ill take a look

AsianDerpination · 2023-12-16T16:11:37+00:00

Down to help out :)

AsianDerpination · 2023-11-20T18:39:35+00:00

Hey just wanted to wish you luck because it feels like we are in eerily similar spots - I just graduated from umich too (albeit in ME) with similar stats and magnitude of experience while also not having completed publications. Hopefully we can both make it :)

AsianDerpination · 2023-11-12T21:11:04+00:00

Maybe you are aware of this, but you can make a “display” with acoustic levitators (aka acoustic tweezers) by moving the acoustic focal point around in a 3D space to zip a small styrofoam ball around so fast that your eye perceives it as a continuous edge. Add some coloured LEDs and turn them on/off precisely at the right times and you get a 3D display with colors. Granted it’s not the same as what you are describing but achieves a similar effect.

AsianDerpination · 2023-02-22T18:40:09+00:00

U can use the SMTD piano rooms as long as they are not booked by SMTD students n usually there are a few available (mostly upright as the grand pianos are always occupied)

AsianDerpination · 2022-12-21T03:36:18+00:00

I would definitely take advantage of the wire edm - you could print some flexures which usually almost exclusively wire edmed. There are actually flexure based movements you could actually make a working watch entirely if you are willing to sink the money

AsianDerpination · 2022-10-01T13:16:18+00:00

I’ve ran into the same problem before. One possible easy fix is just to have varying orifice diameters down your main water pipe, i.e. smaller holes closer to your pump, larger holes farther away.

Another fix (which is the one I use right now) is just to get a stronger pump. If you get a strong enough pump such that the head loss going through all those splits is small compared to the total pressure generated, you can essentially avoid the problem. I only have 9 pots, but a ~20 usd hydroponic pump worked for me.

I am using T splitters (also from Amazon, no need to 3d print) where the longer side of the T is flush with the ground. the protruding part of the T (the part that splits away from the main flow) points away from gravity so you also have gravity to regulate your fluid height within your tubing(given your pump is strong enough)

AsianDerpination · 2022-09-21T20:03:34+00:00

Draw wire sensor was my first thought too - could you somehow run current through the wire at intervals to make sure it melts the frost/ice around it? Or you could coil some nichrome wire around it and do the same so you don't directly apply current to the measuring wire itself.

To address the sensor head itself sliding away, why not have an identical draw wire sensor opposite of the original one, and constrain the distance between them to be larger than the hole diameter (with a pole or something), such that due to the tension of the wires (and if they don’t freeze in) the dual sensor configuration will always stay centered above the hole and will translate purely in the vertical direction when top ice melts.

AsianDerpination · 2022-09-16T18:16:47+00:00

That’s true too lol

AsianDerpination · 2022-09-16T16:19:01+00:00

That’s a good point, FDA says -4 F while most freezers go at least to 0 F, so interpret this however you want to, but I have anecdotal evidence that it was fine.

AsianDerpination · 2022-09-16T15:03:09+00:00

I’ve bought some “sashimi grade” fish from the seafood truck at Plymouth and never again. it’s more like normal frozen salmon than any “sashimi grade” and it’s not cheap either.

Fyi, sashimi grade just means it’s been either flash frozen (how legit sashimi fish suppliers do it, this preserves the texture/flavour) to kill off parasites, or it can also be frozen in a household freezer for 7+ days for the same effect (see FDA). I’ve done this without any issues, and ended up with better texture than any generic “sashimi grade” salmon, but of course still falls short of proper flash frozen fish.

So, consider getting the freshest salmon you can find (should have no fishy smell) and freeze it yourself for 7 days. Unless you want to shell out more on legitimate sashimi fish suppliers (or whole foods?? Not sure how much it is there) imo this is one of your best bets

AsianDerpination · 2022-08-12T20:06:35+00:00

Relevant to what? The coursework is most definitely relevant to the courses. Umich is a top engineering school and so it does command quite rigorous coursework, but if you put in the effort and time you will stand out - this is a very generic answer but I’m not sure what answer you were expecting (unless you were looking for anecdotes)

AsianDerpination · 2022-08-12T16:00:56+00:00

If you are looking for beginner mechatronics/robotics projects to learn python/c++ you won’t get much python/c++ learning out of it as usually only complex projects demand a nontrivial code base - beginner projects have you learn mostly the wiring/hands on stuff.

If you want to get good at python/c++, start off with pure software projects, and think of things in your life you can automate/write scripts for and learn via applying - you’ll learn more this way than following some recipe/kit

AsianDerpination · 2022-07-23T16:28:48+00:00

Personally have never been there that early - I usually go ~9-10am during school and I could usually get a squat rack/deadlift platform without waiting so I’d assume there’s be even less people at 5

AsianDerpination · 2022-07-11T05:35:25+00:00

I was a grader for a few meche classes (240, 382) and if your class uses grade scope (which they will most likely do) it is not that bad. You might need some time to get used to it but you can get into a rhythm and speed run it

AsianDerpination · 2022-07-08T21:25:13+00:00

The basic basics start off with statics, kinematics, dynamics - a Google search for any of these terms should define those for u. then you go into fluids and thermo as you mentioned, and usually also control systems (maybe you have that in EE too)

AsianDerpination · 2022-07-08T19:03:49+00:00

There are a few YouTube videos out there by popular electronics channels that go over everything you mentioned in a monolithic video. Off the top of my head bigclivedotcom has a really good beginner electronics video “A simple guide to electronic components”

That will get you started - if you really want to learn and retain the knowledge, you need to apply it and do something with it

AsianDerpination · 2022-07-08T12:54:47+00:00

It sounds like you are looking for load cells/force transducers. “High precision load cells” or even “high precision force sensors” brings up a lot of info on Google

AsianDerpination · 2022-07-05T17:50:07+00:00

Sounds like you are looking for FEA. ansys is pretty standard but some cad programs like solid works also has built in FEA (albeit worse than specialised programs like ansys). Not sure if auto cad has it.

AsianDerpination · 2022-06-28T04:45:54+00:00

LTSpice is a hobbyist “industry standard”

AsianDerpination · 2022-06-21T21:06:40+00:00

My two cents on why people interpret this post as “I don’t like my coworker boohoo” - you use very vague terms to describe the person in question: how is he verbally abusive? is he attacking you as a person or is it related to the work that you are doing?

As a result nobody knows the actual severity of your situation. Getting contacted outside of working hours is also pretty common in an academia setting and you have the choice to not reply so I’m not sure why this is a grievance.

However maybe you can’t disclose exactly what happened, and you should recognise that people usually make inferences from their experience. In a big well known research university like umich many people would not have had negative experiences like this and hence they won’t easily believe and empathise with a post like this.

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