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Why I Fell in Love With Dynamics & Controls
I remember taking linear algebra and differential equations and thinking, when and for what will I ever need to know all of this? Many engineers I had chatted with up to that point had told me they didn’t really use advanced math, physics, or complex engineering concepts in their actual jobs. Most of them mainly…
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Politics & Friendships at work
My first job was doing production support at an aerospace prime. This group was riddled with politics, people threw each other under the bus at any time and there were clear underqualified favorite children that moved up the ladder fast. My instinct was to run from this group and in 6 months I took a…
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What Systems Engineering Actually Looks Like in Real Life
When I was hired as an aerospace engineer intern, the satellite company I had just joined was in the process of building their systems engineering department from a few engineers to triple digits. I was curious as to what was driving that huge hiring ramp up… so I started to dive into systems engineering. Now…
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What Degree Should You Get for Controls Engineering?
If you Google or ChatGPT this question, you will most likely get an answer along the lines of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Mechatronics as the most common backgrounds for controls engineers. And while that’s not wrong, in my experience it doesn’t paint the full picture of how things actually work in the aerospace industry,…
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GNC Projects Every Engineering Student Should Try
GNC (Guidance, Navigation, and Control) is a niche field of engineering. Not many students know about it… or are even exposed to it. In my humble opinion, it’s where the cool kids work. So what is GNC? If you look it up, you’ll find that each subteam focuses on a different aspect of the mission.…
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