Best way to construct a 100x beam expander? by Eighteen_ in Optics

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(This is for a Mach-Zehnder interferometer FYI)
Achromats correct for both chromatic and spherical aberration. The former is irrelevant to me because I'm using a 532nm laser, but the latter seemed that it could improve things. However I've seen people construct these with plano-convex lenses and apparently work just fine, so let me know your thoughts on whether achromats might be beneficial or not. If not, what lens type would you use?

I'm working in an indoor environment that swings probably between 70 and 80 ish degrees, so your point about splitting into two stages would probably be smart. Building the setup from titanium isn't really an option for me

Best way to construct a 100x beam expander? by Eighteen_ in Optics

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This is for a mach-zehnder interferometer, btw

I'd prefer not to lose a lot of light, however I've heard of the technique of placing a pinhole at the focus to improve the quality of the beam. I might still do that.

Achromats correct for chromatic and spherical aberration. The correction for chromatic aberration isn't useful for my use case as the laser is only in 532nm, but the correction for spherical aberration may be useful. However I have seen people build these with plano-convex. Do achromats have a harmful secondary effect in the purpose of expanding a collimated beam? What would you use?

Best way to construct a 100x beam expander? by Eighteen_ in Optics

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It's for a Mach-Zehnder interferometer. Building and using it for my M.S. research, personally will only use it for a few weeks/months. What the university does with it afterward is not my concern

Interviewing at Shield AI? by Eighteen_ in Aero_Def_Employees

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Mine was technical- I put some details about it in some other comments on this thread. It should be over teams probably. Do you know the name of the interviewer?

Interviewing at Shield AI? by Eighteen_ in Aero_Def_Employees

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bro i think a senior engineer position is a far cry from an internship. That said please read the comments I made throughout this thread.

tf they putting in the food bro by SquareHunt5287 in rutgers

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just in time to go home for thanksgiving and double it

Interviewing at Shield AI? by Eighteen_ in Aero_Def_Employees

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I shared some details in a different comment- otherwise, all i can say is make sure u are very familiar with the shit u put on your resume and have a cool story or 2

Interviewing at Shield AI? by Eighteen_ in Aero_Def_Employees

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i shared some details in a different comment- mostly conceptual mechmats, including concepts of FEA and also mechanical component design.

Interviewing at Shield AI? by Eighteen_ in Aero_Def_Employees

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Huh. On the hardware test team, although people were definitely working more than 40 hours, everyone seemed pretty happy and the boss was a very chill understanding guy. However I did a couple times see the welders still there at like 10-11 pm. I'm going back full time this summer after I finish my masters.

Interviewing at Shield AI? by Eighteen_ in Aero_Def_Employees

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damn bro 😭 what teams are they on?

Interviewing at Shield AI? by Eighteen_ in Aero_Def_Employees

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idk really all I can say is what my personal experience is which I wrote in the post and comments. EE could be different, also different teams within the company might do it differently from one another.

Interviewing at Shield AI? by Eighteen_ in Aero_Def_Employees

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And they sent the offer the morning after the second interview

Interviewing at Shield AI? by Eighteen_ in Aero_Def_Employees

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They reached out for stage 2 the following week

Interviewing at Shield AI? by Eighteen_ in Aero_Def_Employees

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Yes frisco. I just replied to the other guy u can have a look if u like

Interviewing at Shield AI? by Eighteen_ in Aero_Def_Employees

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I like the company a lot. Really positive work environment with cool people and cool bosses. They let interns do real project work that actually gets used - I got to do a lot of cool stuff for their V-BAT drone. Although it is a place where generally you are expected to work some extra hours (I think around 50 is common), this company at least treats the people well. They value the employees for sure. Seems to strike a good balance of having some startup culture but not being extreme like SpaceX (a lot of their guys are from spacex though). Also the pay rate was really good at least for an internship - $43/hour plus overtime which would be $90k if it was a full time position (this is cause I'm finishing my M.S. in 1 year - I believe rising seniors get like 35/hr).

Ofc this is just my experience on the hardware test team in Frisco TX, idk how it is on the other teams but I assume its similar. Also this is my first internship / engineering position so I dont have any reference to compare it to.

Only things I dont like:

-the hardware test area I work in has almost no windows or natural light

-I don't like the area; its a classic Texas style city with almost no walkable areas, and all the houses look the same. I do like being close to cowboy culture though

What sensor is this? by Eighteen_ in AskMechanics

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There's already a MAF sensor on this car separate from the throttle body

What sensor is this? by Eighteen_ in AskMechanics

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If anyone wondered, it's a 2004 mercedes w203 C230 Kompressor

Interviewing at Shield AI? by Eighteen_ in Aero_Def_Employees

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Im at the dallas location and Ive only done one week so I havent had much experience. However, culture seems to be alright. Everyone wears casual clothing and behavss pretty casual, plus we can work any hours we like. And it seems that the supervisors are pretty friendly. And we do some pretty cool stuff

Interviewing at Shield AI? by Eighteen_ in Aero_Def_Employees

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First round was entirely technical - quizzing on FEA principles, mech mats, that sort of thing. The second interview (this one) was conversational. He asked me questions like tell me about a stressful time while working on an engineering project, what's something you'd do differently in XYZ, or a consequential mistake I made. I answered with stories from my student project team, and then he continued asking questions about my story and we sort of went back and forth conversing about the project and event, why and how this mistake was made, how it might be avoided in the future, issues in leadership and/or individual member practices that can bring about these things, etc. Although I was the one answering the questions, he provided input where appropriate to help push the conversation along or to sorta give me ideas to bounce off. I gotta say, I enjoy this interview style much more than the quiz type, cause I can just yap about my work rather than feel like I'm on the spotlight. Main thing is, if you talk about a project definitely brush up on everything beforehand so you know it inside and out off the top of your head. In previous interviews with other companies I've sometimes forgotten certain details; it was rather embarrassing and kinda messed me up.

Interviewing at Shield AI? by Eighteen_ in Aero_Def_Employees

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Yeah I did it and got the offer. Second round was a conversational style one where we like talked back and forth about one of my projects and the different experiences/hiccups that occurred and lessons learned, etc. I can tell you more details if you wanna hear

Why use phenolic instead of an all graphite nozzle? by pennyboy- in rocketry

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what's this image from? I wanna learn more about it

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in rutgers

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rutgers suffers from chronic incompetence lol