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S5E22: James Trevelyan | What Research Tells Us Is The Most Important Quality of Engineers
Welcome to another episode of The Being an Engineer podcast. Today, we are excited to host Professor James Trevelyan, a renowned engineer whose career spans significant contributions to both academia and industry. James' work has profoundly impacted practical engineering applications and education, notably in areas of robotics and automation. His extensive research and development projects have not only pioneered technological advancements but also provided critical insights into engineering pra
Can Shapr3D Shape Up?
Shapr3D, the little engine that could, the CAD program that was stunningly easy-to-use, came to us from the unlikeliest of places, Hungary—in one bold stroke, founder István Csanády, the mad Hungarian, had cut through the Gordian knot of CAD complexity. Shapr3D was the first CAD program that required no interface—no mouse, keyboard, or menus—you simply drew on a tablet. It was genius, not just for every engineer and architect whose 1st method of expression is a sketch and not just because I
S5E38 Istvan Csanady | Shapr3D
Hello and welcome to another episode of The Being an Engineer podcast. Today, we are speaking with the founder and CEO of Shapr3D, a pioneering 3D modeling app that has transformed the CAD industry by making professional design tools more accessible and intuitive. Starting with a vision to create a powerful CAD tool for the iPad Pro, Shapr3D has expanded to macOS and Windows, gaining recognition like the Apple Design Award. Under István’s leadership, the company has continuously innovated, raisi
The Perfect Heat Exchanger Design Comes from an Unlikely Source: nTop
Leave it to a topology optimization program to make the most marvelously efficient heat exchangers. Bradley Rothenberg, a wunderkind in computational design and leader of nTop, has seized upon heat exchangers as a perfect use case for his company’s software – and he may be right. At least in part. Other types of designs can benefit from the optimization of irregular geometry, of course. Still, as a business, he is wise to take advantage of a clear and impending need in heat exchanger design
It’s Always a Fight
In martial arts, there’s a routine. Each class starts with a new technique: a takedown, a choke, a sweep. Our coach walks us through it step-by-step, then we partner up and drill. During these drills, everything feels straightforward. Our partners aren’t resisting—they’re there to help us practice. You could almost start to feel like you’re nailing it. But then comes sparring. When the sparring round begins, it’s a whole different story. Your partner isn’t helping anymore. They’re resi
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Educating a future engineer
By the way, I want to give a shout-out to SolidProfessor. They partner with SolidWorks to provide great educational videos. They offer much more, though including shorter series on Arduino, 3D printing, and GD&T. -
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Educating a future engineer
I'm educating a future engineer. He's a junior in high school (graduating May '26) and wants to earn an engineering degree. His options for technical courses in high school are very limited. My request for the community is a list of recommended topics, courses, and videos. I am including him in my project to create an arduino-controlled pellet smoker. Through that, he'll be exposed to a tear-down of an off-the-shelf smoker, the concepts of design inputs, verification, and validation (I'm a medical device engineer, but I don't want to over-do this.) line coding in Python (he has no coding education, so I'll have to show him my work) small-signal versus power electronic components control systems at a very basic level how to not electrocute yourself when dealing with line power I plan to encourage his parents to get him exposure to line code programming before he graduates. I've got this video on his list of assignments: https://youtu.be/zOjov-2OZ0E ("Introduction to Programming and Computer Science." Two hours) I also had him watch a 2.5 hour introduction to Arduino, but he'll have to watch again because he wasn't ready for the depth. In today's colleges, I really believe that a student needs to walk in already understanding these topics on day one, but it could also make a difference in getting accepted to a college to begin with. If you had a bright individual with no formal education in engineering topics, what resources would you use to set him up for success? -
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Got a Bambu Lab A1 Mini what I've learned
@Aaron Moncur It's a lot of fun until I have to take out the hot end and do a "cold pull" of snagged filament in the nozzle. It is great for rapid printing (had to do a battery adapter) and the fact that I had it instead of waiting for a service to get back to me helped me validate what worked or in most cases what didn't @Noah Burk I'm sure the higher end Bambu printers have their quirks (the P1P and X1C) but this my first printer from them and Microcenter is very helpful with this.- 1
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