Mock Job Application

With summer right around the corner most students are deep in their job search, either for an internship or a full time job.  To help better prepare students, Iron Range Engineering is having students go through a mock job application.  This includes finding a job posting to tailor resumes and cover letters to, having a phone interview with faculty members, as well as going through a mock interview.  Currently we...

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Seven IRE students traveled to Mankato University last week to take part in a vibrations lab. We were able to complete seven labs that dealt with various topics in vibrations, ranging from torsional systems to vibrations of an airplane wing.The labs were successful, giving us hands on experience in areas that we have been studying theoretically.Shown...

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Wikispeed Progress

The Wikispeed team has made significant progress in the past few weeks. Since the client meeting in seattle the group has ordered most of the necessary parts and built up the vehicle to a complete rolling chassis. The frame material was shipped from Seattle and welded together by the students at Mesabi's Eveleth campus....

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Construction Update

The expansion that was scheduled to be finished for this semester has been delayed, but is expected to be completed within the next few weeks. The equipment has begun to come in to the new lab, and we are all looking forward to this and the increase in learning that we will be able to achieve with these tools at our disposal. Unloading...

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Generation 3 Next Steps

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CO Detector Service Bulletin

We recently discovered that the onboard carbon monoxide detector (CO) could go into an alarm mode prematurely. Guardian Avionics, the manufacturer of the CO Detector, has recently issued Service Bulletin 23-454-01, indicating CO Detectors with software versions other than 1.62 can go into an alarm mode if the carbon monoxide level rises above...

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G5 Behind the Scenes Part 1

As I had mentioned in the previous post, and the one two years ago, adding 200 additional pounds to the gross weight of the airplane, without adding much of anything to the empty weight of the airplane seems like a simple task, but the reality is that it is quite difficult. Three years, numerous tests, hours of analysis, and over 40 reports...

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