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Because this is what engineering is
A few years ago, while working on my controls engineering homework, I came across a YouTube channel by a guy named Brian Douglas. Let’s just say this man saved my sanity multiple times while I was trying to understand Bode plots, Kalman filters, and so much more. He also inspired me to love controls even…
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Why should you attend a technical conference?
When thinking about what to write for this article I thought about many things but what stood out to me was the why? Why should one take the time to attend a conference? In fact I had realized that the 2026 Aviation forum was only my 3rd technical conference over the last 10 years. Part…
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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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