StoneAge Engineering Internship 2015
In this internship I will be engineering at StoneAge Waterblast Tools. I will moving throughout each section of all of StoneAge. This involves everything from R&D to shipping a certain product out to the customers. I will shadow people in each of the different departments which involve machining, quality control, and so forth. I will also be working with a computer aided design software, and going through set tutorials so I can try to learn how the software functions.
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Mentor Interview
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The first week of my internship was really fascinating, but also a little overwhelming. I met so many new people and tried to learn their names, and that was pretty difficult. I also had to obtain lots of new knowledge, and know how to get around the StoneAge complex, and that was a little difficult as well. I definitely learned a ton this week. Before actually physically coming to StoneAge, I didn't really know what to expect. I was a little nervous, however definitely more excited to learn what engineering involves. After this week I feel as if I have a little bit of a better understanding of what an engineer does, however I have mostly been shadowing different people with different tasks so the next two weeks I believe will help me really see the daily job of an engineer.
The daily tasks that I have done this week were what many of the different people whom I shadowed assigned me to do. I had various different jobs, and they were all pretty fun and exciting since most of them were assembling, or building tools. I really love to build things and be really involved in the process of a certain task, and this is because I am a kinesthetic learned, so these tasks make sense to me. So, some of the tasks that I had participated with were assembling parts, buffing out scratch marks, working with Solidworks, pulling inventory, and opening boxes to receive tools. I definitely learned many different skills through these tasks. Whether being how to work more efficiently, or how to be organized with inventory, I believe these will be important in "real life". Overall these tasks were interesting, and a learning experience.
Something that surprised me during this first week of interning was how hands on, and collaborative everything seems in the building. It seems as if everyone knows everyone on a personal level, and not just as "acquaintances". For example, the engineers visit the machinists to get a better understanding of how things work, instead of just giving them drawings. The whole building incorporates everyone, which I think is pretty cool and efficient. Instead of having a machine shop in a separate building, and marketing in a different building, everything is accessible and open. Even every individual person with their individual desks don't have cubicle walls, and everything seems very open. I really enjoyed the surprise of how involved everyone seems.
I believe that I have made a little progress with my LINK project. This first week was really just shadowing with many different people so I could gain an understanding of the tasks involved with designing and making one tool. I did have some work time in order to start my project, which I think will be very cool. Rick, my mentor, and Hugh, an engineer, helped show me how to assemble a BTC unit which runs along a track in order to clean out boiler tanks. This unit would benefit from having a camera mounted onto it, so that there could be easy vision from the inside of the tank. My project is helping Travis, the engineer that is working on the project. I had a conference with Rick and Travis about this project and what there was to do, and I believe that was very beneficial to have. I also have been experimenting with some designs on Solidworks that may help with the overall project. I think that I have made some progress with this project.
The daily tasks that I have done this week were what many of the different people whom I shadowed assigned me to do. I had various different jobs, and they were all pretty fun and exciting since most of them were assembling, or building tools. I really love to build things and be really involved in the process of a certain task, and this is because I am a kinesthetic learned, so these tasks make sense to me. So, some of the tasks that I had participated with were assembling parts, buffing out scratch marks, working with Solidworks, pulling inventory, and opening boxes to receive tools. I definitely learned many different skills through these tasks. Whether being how to work more efficiently, or how to be organized with inventory, I believe these will be important in "real life". Overall these tasks were interesting, and a learning experience.
Something that surprised me during this first week of interning was how hands on, and collaborative everything seems in the building. It seems as if everyone knows everyone on a personal level, and not just as "acquaintances". For example, the engineers visit the machinists to get a better understanding of how things work, instead of just giving them drawings. The whole building incorporates everyone, which I think is pretty cool and efficient. Instead of having a machine shop in a separate building, and marketing in a different building, everything is accessible and open. Even every individual person with their individual desks don't have cubicle walls, and everything seems very open. I really enjoyed the surprise of how involved everyone seems.
I believe that I have made a little progress with my LINK project. This first week was really just shadowing with many different people so I could gain an understanding of the tasks involved with designing and making one tool. I did have some work time in order to start my project, which I think will be very cool. Rick, my mentor, and Hugh, an engineer, helped show me how to assemble a BTC unit which runs along a track in order to clean out boiler tanks. This unit would benefit from having a camera mounted onto it, so that there could be easy vision from the inside of the tank. My project is helping Travis, the engineer that is working on the project. I had a conference with Rick and Travis about this project and what there was to do, and I believe that was very beneficial to have. I also have been experimenting with some designs on Solidworks that may help with the overall project. I think that I have made some progress with this project.
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Monday, March 9th: Sick Day
Unfortunately, I had a fever all weekend and today, so I was not able to go to my internship.
Unfortunately, I had a fever all weekend and today, so I was not able to go to my internship.
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This week I finished shadowing at all the departments and than started working on my LINK project. I first worked in the shipping and receiving department and this was possibly the most stressful part of my internship so far. It was stressful because there were so many parts that I could have confused for other parts or other serial numbers however, I believe I did this fairly well, but definitely slow. I really liked the process and this final step really concluded the whole process that I was aiming to see, and Rick wanted me to see. This was really interesting and I am excited that I get to start on my final LINK project and produce something that is beneficial. It was awesome to look at the actual BTC unit and have a tangible object to work with instead of only creating drawings. I really like the hands on aspect of my project.
The first day was a little bad as I was sick, however the last four days that I was working, I worked on Solidworks a lot, trying to refine and create my camera mount drawings. I really thought this might be not too exciting, but I found the drawing on the computer to be super intriguing and interesting. I really could envision the drawing being created in the real life, and I hope to see the final first prototype and get to conduct some tests on this prototype. I really enjoyed the refinement process of making the basic plate on the CAD program and looking at the actual BTC unit and refining the bottom mount for having a motor cutout. I also refined the U bracket to fit the camera specifications and also moved some holes up in order to make room for the camera rotation.
My daily tasks consisted of working on Solidworks to produce a usable drawing for the first prototype of the camera mount. I really have enjoyed doing these tutorials and learning how to use a CAD program. This was very educational since I was told that most CAD programs are somewhat similar to watch other, so I may be able to use Solidworks in the future. Overall this week had been very exciting and educational.
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This week I finished shadowing at all the departments and than started working on my LINK project. I first worked in the shipping and receiving department and this was possibly the most stressful part of my internship so far. It was stressful because there were so many parts that I could have confused for other parts or other serial numbers however, I believe I did this fairly well, but definitely slow. I really liked the process and this final step really concluded the whole process that I was aiming to see, and Rick wanted me to see. This was really interesting and I am excited that I get to start on my final LINK project and produce something that is beneficial. It was awesome to look at the actual BTC unit and have a tangible object to work with instead of only creating drawings. I really like the hands on aspect of my project.
The first day was a little bad as I was sick, however the last four days that I was working, I worked on Solidworks a lot, trying to refine and create my camera mount drawings. I really thought this might be not too exciting, but I found the drawing on the computer to be super intriguing and interesting. I really could envision the drawing being created in the real life, and I hope to see the final first prototype and get to conduct some tests on this prototype. I really enjoyed the refinement process of making the basic plate on the CAD program and looking at the actual BTC unit and refining the bottom mount for having a motor cutout. I also refined the U bracket to fit the camera specifications and also moved some holes up in order to make room for the camera rotation.
My daily tasks consisted of working on Solidworks to produce a usable drawing for the first prototype of the camera mount. I really have enjoyed doing these tutorials and learning how to use a CAD program. This was very educational since I was told that most CAD programs are somewhat similar to watch other, so I may be able to use Solidworks in the future. Overall this week had been very exciting and educational.
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In this week, I really started getting into my project, and conducting tests including rotation, image, and more. I really enjoyed this part of the week the most because everything was so tangible and I could see a conclusion and actually produced a prototype camera mount that I really never thought that I could do. I realize I am doing this on a very basic level, and definitely not calculating math as an engineer would, however this experience is really good for my knowledge of what engineering at StoneAge was. I am sad that This was my last week and I have to go back to school, but I learned a lot and I really enjoyed my Mentor and all the people that helped me and I got to shadow.
I believe that I really made some progress in the LINK project, and conducted tests that were relevant and helpful for me and my mentor. I definitely conducted these tests in a more methodical way, and found a best result of the tests which was cool to participate in finding the best answer through this process. I would really like to thank everyone for being so friendly and helpful, and also for participating in helping me find out what my life careers will consist of. It was a really fun educational time, and I really learned a lot.
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In this week, I really started getting into my project, and conducting tests including rotation, image, and more. I really enjoyed this part of the week the most because everything was so tangible and I could see a conclusion and actually produced a prototype camera mount that I really never thought that I could do. I realize I am doing this on a very basic level, and definitely not calculating math as an engineer would, however this experience is really good for my knowledge of what engineering at StoneAge was. I am sad that This was my last week and I have to go back to school, but I learned a lot and I really enjoyed my Mentor and all the people that helped me and I got to shadow.
I believe that I really made some progress in the LINK project, and conducted tests that were relevant and helpful for me and my mentor. I definitely conducted these tests in a more methodical way, and found a best result of the tests which was cool to participate in finding the best answer through this process. I would really like to thank everyone for being so friendly and helpful, and also for participating in helping me find out what my life careers will consist of. It was a really fun educational time, and I really learned a lot.
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My Final LINK Project:
A Camera Mount for a Boiler Tank Cleaner.
A Camera Mount for a Boiler Tank Cleaner.