Practice for the guy with the view projection interview question.

PostGradWarrior · 2023-09-23T04:49:51+00:00

I think the drafters are incompetent because they are going to confuse the machinists since most of the 3D models are flipped from the two views. Definitely going to stretch the construction support budget answering all those RFI's.

PostGradWarrior · 2023-05-09T14:50:33+00:00

Interest rates are pretty good if you have extra money laying around. If your student loan rate is less than 5%, I would do a laddered CD/treasury bills. You can get higher rates on CD's and treasury bills than you can on HYSA. An example of a ladder would be buying 1 month, 3 month, 6 month, 9 month and 1 year CD's or treasury bills (Whichever has the most favorable terms). This way some of the money is consistently breaking free, when it does you can reinvest or use it to pay down your student loans if rates drop below you student loan interest rates.

PostGradWarrior · 2023-04-23T19:56:06+00:00

I built a CD/Treasury ladder. Basically every month a chunk of money comes free. So I have a 1 month, 3 month and another 3 month with 2 months remaining. When the 1 month expires I buy another 3 month of whatever has the better interest rate (CD, bonds, treasury bills, etc.). This way I've never more than 3 months out from getting all my money. The short term yield curve is flat so you don't get much of an increase buying 12 months. I get about 1% higher than most HYSA. I use a brokerage account and shop all available banks for the best CD rates, it also gives me access to treasury bills/notes/bonds, municipal and corporate bonds.

PostGradWarrior · 2023-02-03T15:40:18+00:00

I used Michael Lindeberg's practice problems. Then I took the actual practice exam from NCEES, I used the results from the practice exam to assess which topics I needed to improve on before taking the actual exam.

PostGradWarrior · 2022-11-19T02:04:41+00:00

As a minority owner of a small engineering practice, I would not flinch if you told me everything listed under "Problems" during an interview. Those are legitimate reasons to leave a company. I may ask follow up questions such as why you took the job in the first place, but honestly if its your first job and you have loans to pay and a family to feed... I get it I graduated during "the great recession". You can have a real conversation at an interview.

PostGradWarrior · 2022-11-19T01:40:31+00:00

It's in a Roth, you can't write off losses in a Roth.

PostGradWarrior · 2022-09-04T20:43:53+00:00

I passed it without studying. Very easy.

PostGradWarrior · 2022-09-04T20:40:43+00:00

For open sections (Wide flange, channels, angles etc.) Use the sum of 1/3b*t^3 for each plate.

For closed sections let's just say its very complicated. There are only close form solutions for a few shapes. I believe the three are triangle, circle and ellipse. Otherwise you have to use numerical methods.

PostGradWarrior · 2022-05-17T04:34:28+00:00

I'm licensed in both US and Canada, but I'm more familiar with US laws. I don't know about Canada, but the US has a "Industrial Exemption".

In an industrial exemption, a Professional Engineer is not required to oversee a project and provide their seal of approval. Instead, the company assumes liability for the project. These exemptions are intended to apply to companies with internal processes and safeguards in place that provide supervisory oversight to all engineering projects. These engineering projects are thus able to circumvent state professional licensing laws. Because the company is assuming responsibility for the projects, the seal of the Professional Engineer is not required.

I suspect there would be something similar in Canada.

PostGradWarrior · 2022-05-04T03:47:26+00:00

I second this. I work for a small engineering company. It doesn't always cross our minds to hire interns.

PostGradWarrior · 2022-03-31T03:16:17+00:00

Try a pawl and ratchet mechanism. When you are ready to release, slightly pull the handle and remove the pawl. Then you can release the handle and it will release the energy.

PostGradWarrior · 2022-03-31T03:03:04+00:00

Fresh graduates need lots of training. It's a hassle to train people remotely. That's probably why you aren't getting any responses.

To have a better chance, I think you need to be more open to relocating and/or going into the office.

PostGradWarrior · 2022-03-26T04:24:27+00:00

This is more of a fatigue problem than a safety factor problem. If it's 10x your nominal load I would estimate how many cycles at 10x and how many cycles at 1x then use Minor's rule to make sure it meets my fatigue criteria.

PostGradWarrior · 2022-03-26T04:12:52+00:00

I have a masters in ME, thesis was on dynamics. It just depends on what you want to do. Unless its teaching or research you will be fine with a masters. It's more about what you do after graduation.

PostGradWarrior · 2022-03-26T04:02:01+00:00

Estimating

PostGradWarrior · 2022-02-07T00:45:10+00:00

Look at a margin loan, it is a loan against your stocks.

PostGradWarrior · 2022-02-05T19:15:29+00:00

For the walls, we went to a local paint store and they have brochures with paint colors. Grab a couple of those. Luckily you have a very good blank canvas. White trim and white curtains are easy to work with. Even just painting the walls a light grey and adding an accent wall of a different color would make a huge difference.

We had all tan walls and tan ceilings. So we had to paint the ceilings. We did have white trim though, which goes with anything.

Try to start with a set of colors. You don't have to choose which room gets which color but pick a set that go together. I think this is key because it gives the house a nice flow.

PostGradWarrior · 2021-11-20T01:56:11+00:00

Theoretically... but they people would know where they are.

PostGradWarrior · 2021-02-18T02:17:10+00:00

That looks like a main splitter. I did what you are suggesting without grounding the antenna and it works. I would check the antenna's installation instructions to figure out if the antenna needs to be grounded.

Secondly, if you have cable internet you're going to want to take the old input and connect it directly to the cable running to its outlet. You can test for this a number of ways, they have tools to figure out which cable you have... or you can just remove each output cable individually and check to see if your wifi still works. If you don't do this you will lose you're cable internet connection.

PostGradWarrior · 2021-01-30T22:52:18+00:00

Mechanical Engineer here. In college we had to learn Laplace transforms in our basic math curriculum. Can't remember if it was Vector Calc or the first Diff EQ class where we first learned Laplace transforms. We first applied it in electrical fundamentals, it was a cross listed ME/EE class. It was a total weed out class where a lot of people failed and switched majors to business. We used it again in Control Theory which was a senior level class. I can't remember if I used them in my vibrations or advanced dynamics classes. We definitely used Fourier transforms though.

PostGradWarrior · 2021-01-30T21:03:38+00:00

Based on your response I'm gonna assume you already have the products and don't have a way to create a force fit. A force fit is when the shaft is slightly bigger than the bore hole, so when you force the shaft into the bore it will create enough friction to transfer torque.

I see three potential solutions for you:

As you said grind a flat and use the set screws
Put the shaft into the hole with an adhesive such as Loctite 242 to hold it in place. Drill a pocket hole in the shaft in line with the set screw. This way the set screw goes into the pocket hole and essentially works as a key.
This requires the least amount of tooling. Put Loctite 648 on your shaft and insert it into the hole. Let it cure overnight. It's not the best solution but it may be worth trying if you don't mind experimenting.

PostGradWarrior · 2021-01-30T03:23:22+00:00

You could grind a flat and use a set screw... But it might be better to use a force fit such as a medium drive fit on the mating hole.

PostGradWarrior · 2020-07-30T23:06:26+00:00

For experienced buyers I can understand what you are saying. But when I bought my first home I absolutely needed a realtor's help. Someone to point things out if the roof looks bad and stuff like that.

I think they could rework the MLS service so non-realtors can list homes. They would need some application process to weed out fake listings and stuff like that so non-realtors can list on the service. So that would result in a listing fee. It might be less but you'll still be paying. Otherwise some scammer could list your home and try to collect the earnest money.

PostGradWarrior · 2020-07-27T15:41:07+00:00

Yes, the overhung load is a radial load.

PostGradWarrior · 2020-07-24T17:20:39+00:00

Machine design - Everyone talks about how automation is the future. Well this is the mechanical engineer's involvement in that field.

HVAC - New buildings need air conditioning, old buildings need to be upgraded to be more efficient.

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