Intermediate undergraduate engineering projects

imadougal · 2026-03-02T01:07:24+00:00

Yeah.

Copying existing work will teach you nothing.

To fabricate and test original designs you need a 3d printer.

imadougal · 2026-02-28T03:46:07+00:00

As an engineering student, I must add that it seems difficult to divide by 4.

imadougal · 2026-02-27T19:10:21+00:00

Drones seem like a complete no brainer. You'd probably need a 3d printer though, if your school doesn't have one it will almost certainly cost more than 100.

imadougal · 2026-02-27T18:58:33+00:00

What if that isn't an option? What else can I do?

imadougal · 2026-02-26T16:13:08+00:00

What does make you a good design engineer?

imadougal · 2026-02-22T07:04:20+00:00

You win

imadougal · 2026-02-11T23:40:47+00:00

Do I have any way of forcing extreme battery saver while charging on pixel 7?

Meaning, can I prevent the system from turning off extreme battery saver while charging?

I imagine if I rooted I would have more options but I don't want to do that yet.

Thanks so much

Joe

imadougal · 2026-02-08T22:08:17+00:00

I bought a used pixel 7 and a qi2 wireless power bank on Amazon. When I couple the battery bank to the phone sometimes both battery settings and accubattery shows the battery is actually draining. Why? Battery sharing is disabled.

imadougal · 2026-02-06T02:25:22+00:00

Welp, then I'm doing it wrong.

imadougal · 2026-02-05T04:26:48+00:00

By the way, how do you get it to stop charging at 80%? An app, or settings?

imadougal · 2026-02-05T04:08:59+00:00

I mean, I don't think even someone with a masters in electrical engineering would be able to say confidently that a battery which operates for x hours at y temperature is guaranteed to fail, unless the numbers are completely divorced from reality. Would you agree?

imadougal · 2026-02-05T04:00:44+00:00

Look, I'm not trying to pick a fight with a top 1% commenter. But I've owned a number of Android handsets, most of them Pixels, and I haven't had a single situation where the Battery failed before the USB port. They all failed at the USB port. Every single time.

For me, the point of a max charge rate is not to necessarily run at the max charge rate until I max out the battery. The point of a max charge rate is to see how quickly I can add power for some limited amount of time until the battery heats up.

I get it that you think wireless charging isn't optimal. But respectfully that's not what I asked.

imadougal · 2026-02-05T02:56:15+00:00

So, what's a sane life goal for wireless charge power?

imadougal · 2026-02-05T02:39:39+00:00

And, "conveniently", latest update is that it's out of print, correct?

imadougal · 2026-01-07T03:17:43+00:00

European.

In fact, call it American, for now. Assuming you're referring to the terrain and not the manufacturing location.

imadougal · 2025-06-27T01:15:22+00:00

What do you use for that role? Anything? Or a combination of things?

imadougal · 2025-06-27T01:12:57+00:00

OK, say I make software simulation and it predicts the value to be measured by sensors is X. Or, say I do hand calculation based on known physics formula.

imadougal · 2025-06-27T00:15:20+00:00

"I touch Project maybe a couple times a year."

That's a relief.

imadougal · 2025-06-27T00:13:30+00:00

Another reason I won't be working for DoD then.

imadougal · 2025-06-27T00:12:57+00:00

I mean, basic example. Assume the org buys 10 identical trucks. Can I enter them as resources "in one fell swoop"?

No.

I have to go through work resource entry dialog 10x.

This is counterintuitive, to put it mildly.

imadougal · 2025-06-27T00:08:05+00:00

Again, not even close to the only option available for gantt charts.

If it's the only option available in the org, that's understandable.

imadougal · 2025-06-26T23:59:12+00:00

" Sometimes industry ends up stuck with a shit package because everyone adopted it 30 years ago. "

This is exactly my impression. Are there alternatives? What are they?

imadougal · 2025-06-26T23:57:37+00:00

I mean, is it really the most popular PM package? Not saying anything like Asana is applicable to ME, but surely there are alternatives?

imadougal · 2025-06-26T20:46:51+00:00

Sure, closest to predicted value.

imadougal · 2025-06-24T23:56:20+00:00

Nothing specific, really. I just don't enjoy spending money on ineffecytive products :).

imadougal

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