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Middletown Borough Street Light:
This was the first project I encountered in college. This project required a lot of communication between myself and the other engineers. In the group, there were 4 people (one EE, one ME, and two CE). Since it was my first time ever trying to work like an engineer, it was really interesting noticing how important it is to have engineers other than a civil engineers for a civil project. The civil engineers worked on the soil density testing. The mechanical engineer worked on researching the most useful street light device, using LED's. I, being the electrical engineer, worked mostly on studying the wiring diagrams used when creating the street single phase / three phase wiring diagrams. It was great having a first time experience trying to explain to other engineers which way would be most effective when placing powerlines and other cables.
Sophomore Project:
The solar cabin project is where I didn't just work with multi-disciplinary engineers, I actually became one! For the project, we worked intensely on soil density testing, statics of buildings, and the wiring of the solar panels. It was incredibly interesting having done all of these things during this project, as it fit in perfectly with my engineering internship for META Engineering which required me to perform nearly the exact same digging methods and soil density testing with a penetrometer.
Senior Project:
The Hydrogen Secondary Energy Storage System was a big multi-disciplinary project. I worked with mechanical engineers as well as some chemistry students to get our simulation data on the fill rate of the hydrogen and conversion techniques for the engines. It was great to work with chemistry students mostly, since I realized after working with them how important it is for an Engineer to know chemistry. I wish I could have gone back in time and took more chemistry classes.
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