I look forward to more flying, and more engineering challenges in 2013. Happy New Year everyone!
One Last Milestone
I look forward to more flying, and more engineering challenges in 2013. Happy New Year everyone!
Updated Tornado Alley Service Instruction
Cirrus just published Service Advisory 11-03R1 notifying our fleet of an updated Tornado Alley Service Bulletin 12-02 for recommended inspection of engine driven fuel pumps on turbonormalized SR22 aircraft.
The initial Service Bulletin was published in 2011, and I had a blog post about it then.
Tornado alley has superceded their original Service Bulletin, and the compliance has been amplified to Mandatory. Cirrus has received notification of a plane that had significant fuel leakage past the o-rings and into the engine compartment. Given this recent data, Cirrus also considers this Service Bulletin to mandatory.
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The initial Service Bulletin was published in 2011, and I had a blog post about it then.
Construction Update
It wasn't long ago that Max Grey broke ground at MRCTC (July 16th) at began constructing IRE's new home. Max Grey has done a lot of damage in the past 6 months, putting up new trusses in the clean lab to reinforce the ceiling against the snow, and building the frame of the new IRE building. Here are some photos showing their work:
New trusses have been put up in the clean lab (they are purple in this photo)
Hard hats past this point! a look into the inside of the building from the adjacent hallway
The south side of the building
The west side of the construction zone
Project room on the first floor
Two project rooms on the first floor
Looking at the mechanical closet on the second floor
Looking at the modeling lab from the second floor
Heater working overtime to help cure the concrete
Start counting the days to the finish of IRE's new home! January 14th is when the next semester starts, and we plan on moving in.
End of year poetry
Inspired by the start of winter break, I thought up a little poem:
The end of the semester is finally here,
And Christmas time is drawing near.
Experiments have run and the projects are done,
And the IRE scholars display good cheer.
Back to our family and friends we shall go,
To enjoy food, company, and snow.
Time to rest, the mentors have recessed
And may we all return next year aglow.
End of the semester
The fall semester is winding down at IRE, which means it is time for students to start applying for jobs/internships, if they have not already. This is a stressful and anxious time for many students. Making sure resumes and cover letters sound good and are error free. Sending out resumes and just waiting for responses.
Then when the responses come there are two things that can happen, rejection or a chance to move further in the process. I feel IRE has worked hard to prepare us for either event. I saw that a post was made earlier about the job search preparation that has happened at IRE. It was a great experience. It provided us with a warm up game, so to speak. It also gave the faculty members a good opportunity to explain that you don’t get an interview for every job you apply for. It was said that one important part of applying for jobs is accepting rejection. I encourage my peers to continue applying and to keep in mind all the good advice that was given over the semester.
Proofread by: Emmy Stage
Finish Strong
The end of the semester is close and I’ve heard students in other programs talk about how their semesters are winding down. My second semester at IRE began fast and continued ramping up without any indication that it will slow down before I fly off the semester’s cliff (different from the financial one.) If the constantly running Ricoh printer/copier at IRE is any indication, everyone else is just as busy. I use and maintain the printer so often that I have come to regard it as a friend that I call Ricoh.
My team’s daily workspace is near Ricoh and he occasionally needs a short break and some encouragement just like my fellow students. At the end of the United Taconite 5-way Distributor team’s most recent weekly meeting our mentor ,Dr. Charles Johnson, said to “finish strong.” I liked this simple statement of encouragement, so to all students and Ricoh; finish strong.
IRE "Splash" Video
The students and faculty at Iron Range Engineering wanted to treat our ABET accreditation group to a opening video to set the stage for our program. The goal was to capture the students of IRE working in their element. All of the students in the video list their name, city, and generation. The video was a big hit with all of our visitors, and allowed us to show them right off the bat what a dynamic program we have here at IRE.
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