First off, sorry to all of our blog followers for the recent inactivity the past week. IRE students have been extremely busy and plan to be updating the blog daily again starting this week. Over the past week and a half students have had a tour at Caterpillar Paving Products Co. factory, enjoyed a Minnesota Twins game against the Blue Jays, completed a series of labs in Mankato, and been busy with project work.
The Caterpillar tour was given to us by Jeff Woelz. We toured their factory which produces over 55 models of road construction equipment. There were many engineering applications we saw at the tour. For example, Cat employees have Six Sigma Training and the plant has Lean manufacturing processes. What Lean manufacturing at Cat means: 1. At every station make an improvement 2. Move it in the straightest path possible. We were also told the fundamental engineering skills the company sees in good engineers. They included good communication skills, the ability to use computational data resources, projects and experience.
The Twins game was kicked off by a group meal at the Hard Rock Cafe in Minneapolis, which was within walking distance to Target Field. The Twins lost that night, but it was still a nice night to watch outdoor baseball. The highlight for the home team was a homer hit to center by Delmon Young.
The past week students participated in a labs with Dr. Tebbe in Mankato. The labs consisted of a pressure lab, heat transfer lab, pump lab, flowrate lab, and thermocouple lab. They dealt with the use of labview, a computer program used to collect data. Students are continuing to work on projects, with the GE team being down in Mankato at General Electric's plant.
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