Mechatronica knowledge a (future) necessity?
Mechatronica knowledge a (future) necessity?
(OP)
Here we go again... the outsourcing "delema"
Statement:
Is a decent mechatronica knowledge (programming,math skills,systems engineering) a necessity for future mechanical engineers?
Another reason for the manager NOT to outsource is that the local engineer has a broad skillset and is not restricted to (just) the mechanical knowledge.
What do you guys think? Gone off the deep end?
Statement:
Is a decent mechatronica knowledge (programming,math skills,systems engineering) a necessity for future mechanical engineers?
Another reason for the manager NOT to outsource is that the local engineer has a broad skillset and is not restricted to (just) the mechanical knowledge.
What do you guys think? Gone off the deep end?





RE: Mechatronica knowledge a (future) necessity?
math skills -very easily outsourced
systems engineering - depends what you mean but real systems engineering is probably quite difficult to outsource, or at least represents the crown jewels of many manufacturers.
Cheers
Greg Locock
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RE: Mechatronica knowledge a (future) necessity?
Tobalcane
"If you avoid failure, you also avoid success."
RE: Mechatronica knowledge a (future) necessity?
What is Engineering anyway: FAQ1088-1484: In layman terms, what is "engineering"?
RE: Mechatronica knowledge a (future) necessity?
And I have kept up - somewhat with those skills. Always been quite helpful in ANY job I have had.
RE: Mechatronica knowledge a (future) necessity?
Ignorance = outsourcing = saves money = bonuses = stability.
Chris
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RE: Mechatronica knowledge a (future) necessity?
I work mostly with electronics and optics people, and I have packaged a lot of electronics. I have used a wide range of the stuff I was taught in college. This includes stuctural analysis, thermodynamics, and fluids. One of my big problems is persuading electronics types that they should leave equipment cooling to me.
If we were to aggressively enhance the electronics training provided to mechanical engineering students, what would we drop?
RE: Mechatronica knowledge a (future) necessity?
Chris
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RE: Mechatronica knowledge a (future) necessity?
What is Engineering anyway: FAQ1088-1484: In layman terms, what is "engineering"?
RE: Mechatronica knowledge a (future) necessity?
What you really need to do is figure out the skills that are hard to do over the internet, but I think in technical engineering you are chasing a fairly small target. There is no doubt we can design, develop and build a car on three different continents, so the old idea of 'colocation' - a great 90s buzzword, has evaporated.
Cheers
Greg Locock
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RE: Mechatronica knowledge a (future) necessity?
I went the "electro-mechanical" or "mechatronic" route without realizing it. That choice has given me a very broad skill set & knowledge base. It has allowed me to be very flexible in tubulent times. Too many times, though, having "multiple skills all in one package", I found myself being limited and kept at the "Super-Tech" position rather than moving up in the Engineering Hierarchy.
The "mechatronic" choice has been fun for the most part, but the career it provides must be aggressively managed IMHO.
TygerDawg
Blue Technik LLC
Virtuoso Robotics Engineering
www.bluetechnik.com
RE: Mechatronica knowledge a (future) necessity?
Yeah, talk about buzz kill.
RE: Mechatronica knowledge a (future) necessity?
What is Engineering anyway: FAQ1088-1484: In layman terms, what is "engineering"?
RE: Mechatronica knowledge a (future) necessity?
Personaly I firmly believe that the broader the skillset, the better. But i'm afraid that this widening of one's skillset can quite easily backfire and turn nasty.
Others might start to see you as the company's janitor, which would simply defeat the purpose of the whole endeaver...
Would a double (technical) degree not work against one? Like in the sense "being unstable, i.e. not committed to his original degree"?
Or better to specialize in your original field and become a "specialist" ...
What do you guys think? I'm lost on this one.
RE: Mechatronica knowledge a (future) necessity?
For instance, start calling it systems engineering, and management will love you for ever more.
Yes there are differences between true systems engineering and electro-mechanical but will the PHB know that?
What is Engineering anyway: FAQ1088-1484: In layman terms, what is "engineering"?
RE: Mechatronica knowledge a (future) necessity?
Nobody calls me the janitor! Mind you there are some unmarked graves out the back.
Cheers
Greg Locock
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RE: Mechatronica knowledge a (future) necessity?
So, you do 'soimechastransbinatics'.
Chris
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