Speaker: Troy Bouman

#23 Brennan Tymrak – Product Development in Mechanical Engineering

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…

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#22 Mareah Meulemans – Manufacturing in Biomedical/Mechanical Engineering

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…

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

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…

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#20 Tom Demmon – Career Advising from Mechanical Engineering

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…

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#19 Maryssa Weir – Safety in Biomedical Engineering

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…

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#18 Joseph Dammel – Law from Environmental Engineering

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…

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#17 Adam Heinzen – Embedded Controls in Mechanical Engineering

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. Download the transcript here

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#16 Megan Kreiger – Additive Construction in Materials Engineering

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…

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#15 Patrick Bagby – Program Management in Mechanical Engineering Technology

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….

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#14 Sally Haselschwardt – Systems Engineering in Aerospace Engineering

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…

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