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A project that UNC Charlotte MET undergraduate alum and current masters student Philip Bard has worked on at his new job with Kepware.

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Some nice primers on gears and sprockets from Rev Robotics.

http://www.revrobotics.com/resources/

 

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unccmakerspace

For those interested in learning about 3D printing, laser cutting, desktop machining, and electronics, The UNC Charlotte Makerspace will be hosting activities in the Woodward lab on Tuesdays (1-5) and Thursdays (3-8).  Check out the link below for more details.

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Magnetic Gearing Students and Alumni Gathering

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We were able to get the magnetic gearing students and alumni together for a social gathering to coincide with Dr. Bird’s recent visit to UNC Charlotte for a few days over the summer.  Sina avenged a loss at Pairs to Josh and Matt rode patient cunning to victory in Kill Dr. Lucky.

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Noun Project:  An interesting site for visual icons

Creating, Sharing and Celebrating the World’s Visual Language.

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Josh Kadel takes a job with Composite Resources

http://composite-resources.com/

Josh Kadel, recent graduate from the Mechanical Engineering Technology program and long time undergraduate research assistant, starts his new job with Composite Resources this month.  Josh has been a big part of the mechanical design team for the magnetic gearing research for the past 18 months as well as leading a senior design project that integrated a flux focusing magnetic gearbox into a vertical axis wind turbine.  He will be joining fellow MET alum Derek Fricke at Composite Resources, a firm that specializes in composite prototype manufacturing.

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One of Josh’s magnetic gearbox designs in the process of being assembled.

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Residual surface stress: comparing traditional and modulated tool path machining processes

Happy to see the journal article out of Travis Anderson’s thesis project has recently been published.

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