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Had 3 math classes and classical physics this semester, and trying to work 20 some hours a week as my wife was not able to. She hopefully will get to go back to work (nursing) so maybe I won't have to be there as many hours and concentrate on my studies more... I prefer the engineering classes over the theoretical math classes...
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My years of experience in manufacturing and tech service pay off, as I understand much of what they talk about in material science and statics when it comes to stress and failure... Even diffusion made sense to me.
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Stamping facilities and industrial blower fabrication, also a job where I built electrical switchgear enclosures. I've run automatic forming presses, manual forming presses, automatic mig welders, spot welders, robot welders. At my last job, we were the custom division of the company, I built a number of prototypes as well as customer spec jobs. I kept notes on specs and procedures that were undocumented, which became a handbook when they went ISO 9001 certified. I was also doing a part time job building car crushers.
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What school you at? How come your just going with Pre-engineering? Might as well just do the real deal and go to ISU and do the Mechanical Engineering Program.
I just got done there in may, and loved it.
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Currently at Kirkwood, then transfer on. I am tired of moving, and was able to go more my pace rather than what they think I should . I had to go back a ways in my math classes since it had been 20 years since I had even just algebra, so calculus was out of my reach at that time. While I came up through the ranks, I got a number of other classes handled, so by the time I was able to be accepted at the state colleges, I was near my AS degree anyway. I will transfer in as a junior...
