From the Tool Room to the Class Room
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In this brief memoir, the author re-visits his undergraduate and graduate years in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Ohio State University, as well as his years as a tool and die maker apprentice at the General Motors Fisher Body plant in Columbus, Ohio. The author’s experience as an apprentice and as a young engineer confronted by the task of building a trotting quadruped have had a clear effect on his later work in helping to create a totally new course for second-year students in mechanical engineering.
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Mechanical Engineering Machine Shop Class Room Apprenticeship Program Young Engineer
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