#461 – PROJECT ENGINEER SYNDROME – MALCOLM PEART

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Engineers…they are the people who design, build, or maintain engines, machines, or structures.  They fix things that are broken and typically look for solutions rather than creating problems.  Some engineers proclaim themselves as being “solutions driven”…but are they? Continue reading

#461 – SIMPLE QUESTIONS FOR ASSESSING AI APPLICATIONS – MICHAEL SHARP PH.D.

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Welcome knowledge seeker! Do you feel dazzled and awed by the great potential of Artificial Intelligence aka AI? Perhaps hesitant or lost when words like ‘convolution,’ ‘deep learning,’ or ‘autoencoder’ are thrown around? Well, fear not, friend, for you have come to just the right place! You don’t need to be a computer wizard or a super genius to understand how using AI can impact your system and, more importantly, if using it is worth the investment. Continue reading

#461 – PURPOSE OF ENGINEERING TOLERANCES – FRED SCHENKELBERG

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The short answer is, everything varies.

The longer answer involves the agreement between what is possible and what is desired.

If we could design a product and it could be replicated exactly, including every element of the product, we would not need tolerances. Any part would work with any assembly. We would simply specify the dimensions required.

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#461 – FUNDAMENTAL UNIT OF WORK IN THE AGE OF AI – GREG HUTCHINS PE CERM

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When you look for a job, you are looking for something that is fading from the socioeconomic picture because it is past its evolutionary prime.

William Bridges – Change Author

Now in VUCA time where many of us work @ home or do gig work, the following is more true than ever: Continue reading