Engineer, Your Career

#23 Brennan Tymrak – Product Development in Mechanical Engineering

Brennan Tymrak and Troy Bouman — Sun, 14 Feb 2021 17:00:00 +0000

In this episode, co-host Brennan Tymrak shares what it is like to be a Product Development Engineer for Bissell Homecare in Grand Rapids, MI. In our conversation, we talk about Brennan's recent pivot to a new type of mechanical engineering job from his previous role as a calibration engineer. Additionally, Brennan gave some great insight into how to view the performance evaluation part of every job with specific emphasis on what engineers don't think about. You won't want to miss it!

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#22 Mareah Meulemans – Manufacturing in Biomedical/Mechanical Engineering

Brennan Tymrak and Troy Bouman — Sun, 24 Jan 2021 13:00:00 +0000

In this episode, we talk to Mareah Meulemans a Manufacturing Engineer at Georgia Pacific in Zachary, LA. In our conversation with Mareah, we talk about what life is like being responsible for the machines that make high demand paper products during a pandemic. Mareah also gave us some great insight into self management and how you can take charge of your future by looking at your current situation and seeing where you need to grow.

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#21 Bill Alcini – Going the technical track/route as an engineer

Brennan Tymrak and Troy Bouman — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 13:00:00 +0000

In this episode, we talk to Bill Alcini an inertia welding specialist in the chief engineering department at GE Aviation in Evendale, OH. Bill's career path has taken him through many different types of jobs, but all largely in the technical realm. As an engineer you often find yourself being pushed to decide on the management or technical route and Bill's story is a great one to help show you what it is like to lean technical. In addition, Bill gives some excellent personal advice about how to find peace and happiness with your career goals.

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#20 Tom Demmon – Career Advising from Mechanical Engineering

Brennan Tymrak and Troy Bouman — Sun, 29 Nov 2020 13:00:31 +0000

In this episode, we talk to Tom Demmon a Career Services Coordinator at The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. MI Tom Spent 30 years in industry leaving as a Director of one of the world's top furniture manufacturers. From there he went into academia teaching, but ultimately playing a significant role in internship programs and career advising. In our conversation with Tom, we got a wealth of career advice that speaks to both industry and academic perspectives.

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#19 Maryssa Weir – Safety in Biomedical Engineering

Brennan Tymrak and Troy Bouman — Sun, 15 Nov 2020 12:00:04 +0000

In this episode, we talk to Maryssa Weir an Occupancy Safety Performance Engineer at General Motors in Detroit, MI. In our conversation with Maryssa, we talk about what life is like making the vehicles we drive everyday safe for people of all sizes. Additionally, Maryssa gave some great advice about the framework she uses to be successful in her career and happy in life.

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#18 Joseph Dammel – Law from Environmental Engineering

Brennan Tymrak and Troy Bouman — Sun, 01 Nov 2020 13:00:00 +0000

In this episode, we talk to Joe Dammel a Staff Attorney at The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency in St. Paul, MN. In our conversation with Joe, we talk about what life was like realizing he wanted to go into law while getting his bachelors in environmental engineering. Joe gave some great advice about how to stay focused on your big picture dream when navigating your career journey.

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#17 Adam Heinzen – Embedded Controls in Mechanical Engineering

Brennan Tymrak and Troy Bouman — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 13:00:30 +0000

In this episode, we talk to Adam Heinzen a Controller Lead at Polaris Industries in Minneapolis, MN. In our conversation with Adam, we talk about what life is like getting engines to actually run in our vehicles. Adam also gave some great advice about how to navigate job changes and work/life balance.

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#16 Megan Kreiger – Additive Construction in Materials Engineering

Brennan Tymrak and Troy Bouman — Sun, 30 Aug 2020 17:23:05 +0000

In this episode, we talk to Megan Kreiger a Research Mechanical Engineer at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) - Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL). In our conversation with Megan, we talk about what life is like working with large scale 3D printers to construction concrete buildings. Megan also provided some excellent advice for how to navigate the often challenging task of finding your career path.

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#15 Patrick Bagby – Program Management in Mechanical Engineering Technology

Brennan Tymrak and Troy Bouman — Tue, 04 Aug 2020 03:16:28 +0000

In this episode, we talk to Pat Bagby a Senior Program Manager at Roush Industries in Livonia, Michigan. In our conversation with Pat, we talk about what life is like managing noise and vibration as well as casting product programs. Pat also gives some great advice for those thinking about the technology path in college (i.e. Mechanical Engineering Technology in his case) and how to learn to read a print!

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#14 Sally Haselschwardt – Systems Engineering in Aerospace Engineering

Brennan Tymrak and Troy Bouman — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 21:07:43 +0000

In this episode, we talk to Sally Haselschwardt a Systems Engineer at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado Boulder. In our conversation with Sally, we talk about what life is like as an aerospace engineer as well as get some great insight into what the early career can look like for someone who wants to be an astronaut. Sally also gives some great advice for how to effectively learn from your colleagues.

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