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DML CLASS PROJECT
Major Cornerstones
Design and Manufacturing Lab was the most time intensive engineering class throughout my time at UF. This class demanded organization, discipline, and having a set game plan everyday. The main objective of the course was to design a robot that can pick up tennis balls, drive across a course, and launch the balls at 5 targets. Many skills were learned throughout this course from machining and lathing to welding and sheet-metal work. A plethora of tools were put into my engineering toolbox.
Engineering In Motion
Design and Manufacturing Lab is usually taken around the end of Sophomore year to beginning of Junior year, i decided to take the course in summer 2017. This is the first true engineering course taken in the curriculum, basically a 20-30 hr work week for just this course. A multitude of objectives are completed in those hrs from project research, design concepts, design evaluation/criteria, CAD, prototyping, change orders, and to finally a finished product. All aspects of the engineering design process are reach up to final design.
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Personal Project
In the spare time between group meeting, the DML office hrs presented an opportunity to practice your skills on the machines or prototyping an idea for your team's robot. There was also another option to where if you wanted to make something outside of the class project, drawings of your project would be made to show the Professor for approval.
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My favorite part of the lab was the sheet-metal station and Weld shop so I thought of some project that could go into both. I eventually decided to make my Mom a candle holder that displays her and my Step-Dad's love for each other. It has been to date my favorite project to have worked on.