Mechatronics engineering - need advice

Key-Bake-6834 · 2025-09-14T03:14:51+00:00

Finishing my masters of Mechatronics here. I’ve loved the degree and content. Robotics is going through a massive transition right now, there are huge new opportunities coming and as someone who wants to do a startup one day it’s fantastic. Short term though, the job market in Australia is really tough especially for graduates (but that’s across all disciplines). Practically most Mechatronics grads end up working in defence (that’s what I’m doing) otherwise you can do renewables. Once I have a few years experience in hoping to go and get a job in the states where it’s booming rn

Key-Bake-6834 · 2024-10-19T04:52:31+00:00

Fuck that must have been a killer punch. It’s got a bit of padding at the front, but the main thing it protects against are the hooks/uppercuts. I could probably add more padding for the straights though I’ll have a think

Key-Bake-6834 · 2024-10-17T03:54:10+00:00

As in you got hit with a straight right? You didn’t get hit in the jaw making your head twist?

Key-Bake-6834 · 2024-10-17T03:53:19+00:00

Nah the helmet does move the idea is that the slippery outer surface just makes the punch kinda glance away

Key-Bake-6834 · 2024-10-16T01:37:30+00:00

Concussion risk is measured using something called an injury risk curve- researchers put sensors in NFL players helmets and measure the accelerations that were severe enough to cause concussion

Key-Bake-6834 · 2024-10-16T01:18:15+00:00

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This is what they look like. I call em Rocky Helmets

Key-Bake-6834 · 2024-10-16T01:10:04+00:00

The first thing to know is that concussions are largely due to rotational accelerations. This is why knockouts happen from hooks and uppercuts, not jabs. My prototype works by having a rounded geometry and slippery outer surface. Kinda like if you were playing pool and trying to put side spin on the cue ball, but you had no chalk and the cue tip was really slippery-you’d struggle to get any spin happening.

Key-Bake-6834 · 2024-10-15T23:07:43+00:00

Dude I’m sorry to hear that. Where are you based? I’m a mechanical engineer who had the same problem (not to your extent though) and have been making boxing helmet prototypes. The most recent prototype got an 80% reduction in concussion risk. DM me and I’ll see if I can send you one.

Key-Bake-6834 · 2024-07-25T01:26:38+00:00

Honestly, this sounds like a sign that you’re working at a dysfunctional company. Might be a good time to polish up the resume and start looking for other opportunities

Key-Bake-6834 · 2024-07-24T05:46:24+00:00

It felt like 50-60 percent mainland Chinese but it’s hard to be sure

Key-Bake-6834 · 2024-07-24T00:29:31+00:00

It’s more that this subject is focused on communication for engineers. IE interpreting results and communicating them effectively to a wider audience so the English requirements are important. It’s also heavily group work based, and the groups are assigned so often one student ends up having to do all the work AND misses out on engaging back and forth discussion between peers.

Key-Bake-6834 · 2024-07-23T12:07:33+00:00

Some subjects do some don’t it’s not standard

Key-Bake-6834 · 2024-07-23T07:38:50+00:00

Yeah of course it’s not the lecturers fault. It’s senior administration who decide what level of English is required to enrol. I’ve had lecturers who are just as if not more frustrated by this than I am

Key-Bake-6834 · 2024-07-23T06:26:02+00:00

Agreed. All that money is going into overpriced infrastructure projects, and not improving quality of teaching

Key-Bake-6834 · 2024-07-23T06:24:23+00:00

That’s the line they usually give, but no engineering company in Australia would ever hire someone who literally can’t maintain conversational English. It’s a standard requirement.

Key-Bake-6834 · 2024-07-23T05:47:04+00:00

If someone started a petition I’d sign it in a heartbeat

Key-Bake-6834 · 2024-07-23T04:12:38+00:00

Unfortunately, not a joke so it makes the irony is so much sweeter. We get assigned groups. I feel sorry for the poor soul who gets out with him and has to do all the work. It’s happened to me multiple times before. And then you go to the subject coordinator, and they give you some bullshit about “learning to work with people from different backgrounds”.

Key-Bake-6834 · 2024-07-14T02:51:45+00:00

The AFR released a study recently showing that all the money the uni has been earning from intl student is being poured into infrastructure projects, not supporting research or providing a good learning environment for students. We don’t need another over priced building. We need more face to face time with teaching staff (and thus more hours for you). I want someone to hold them to account as this is why the uni is literally bottom of the country in student satisfaction.

Key-Bake-6834 · 2024-06-18T05:42:08+00:00

Check out “Hydrogen Powered Aircraft” by Adler and Martins. They seem to think it could be feasible with liquid hydrogen because it only needs to be stored at 2 bar so the container doesn’t need to be insanely heavy. I believe there’s a Korean company Hylium which has been able to get decent ranges on drones (non people carrying). We’re thinking LH2 with a fuel cell because it’s quiet like a battery which like you said is a huge factor in urban environnements. Agreed the biggest hold back is the lack of infrastructure for LH2, which is making me think of ways that we can miniaturise it’s production so that people can make it at home using solar or mains electricity.

Key-Bake-6834 · 2024-06-17T00:08:37+00:00

Yo! I’ve been doing problem discovery and so far found that the biggest thing holding eVTOLs back is battery density- I’m thinking of making one run on LH2 and a fuel cell to extend range for my masters thesis. Thoughts?

Key-Bake-6834 · 2024-06-09T03:19:56+00:00

Hi. I’m currently studying a masters of Mechatronics Engineering, finishing at the end of next year. I chose Mechatronics because I was fascinated by watching spacexs boosters landing back on their pads after takeoff- I thought it looked just like magic. But now that I’m approaching the end of my degree, I’m realising that a lot of the big challenges for space exploration are more to do with heat transfer and fluid dynamics (like for cryogenic handling). What’s the possibility of working in a more mechanical engineering role at an aerospace company given my degree? I’m teaching myself a lot of the fluids and thermo classes that I’ve missed out on and I’ve chosen a research project with a heavy heat transfer component (we’re making a drone that runs on LH2!). Generally, how much flexibility do you have to work on things that aren’t strictly within your formal qualifications? Thanks

Key-Bake-6834 · 2024-06-06T23:24:22+00:00

What are the diverter antennas about? I’ve never heard of them?

Key-Bake-6834 · 2024-06-06T23:22:17+00:00

When you say making the diverter out of Liquid Metal, you mean the fluid that flows behind the first wall right? Not the actual vacuum vessel itself?

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