{"id":3148,"date":"2018-03-15T14:11:45","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T14:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copyright.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/?p=3148"},"modified":"2018-05-15T14:12:47","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T13:12:47","slug":"not-use-milling-machine-march-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/engineering\/not-use-milling-machine-march-2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How Not to Use A Milling Machine (March 2\/2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello and welcome to the second half of my March blog! Last time we flew through space (metaphorically), got chilly with the fountain and became accessory to murder, great(!). This time, we\u2019re going on an adventure into the world of human testing, butterfly catching<\/span> Lacrosse, and the life of a mechanical engineer\u2026<\/p>\n

Mechanical Engi-meme-ing<\/strong><\/p>\n

You may wonder if I have time to do my degree at all with all this gallivanting around campus (pretty sure my course mates wonder the same thing), but I can assure you I\u2019m still studying and doing the whole student thing. I appreciate it\u2019s not the freshest of memes, but this is perhaps the best way I can convey the workload of a final year engineer to you:<\/p>\n

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Take last weekend, when I needed to do a lot<\/em><\/strong> of CAD (Computer Aided Design) for my final year Total Product Design group project; we\u2019re trying to make a hot flow rig that can handle exhaust gas at over 400\u00b0C for our industry partner. Coffee in one hand, laptop in the other; I set about my impending date with 3am. After smashing out 106 models \/ drawings in the last 48 hours, I am now cross-eyed<\/span> a pro at NX, and our project can finally be manufactured!<\/p>\n

Speaking of manufacturing, the left gif below is what machining should<\/em> look like, on the right is what ours actually<\/em> looked like\u2026 (Note:<\/strong> this is really bad, don\u2019t do this, the technicians will<\/em> shout at you).<\/p>\n

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Nonetheless, progress!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Human Lab Rat<\/strong><\/p>\n

Next up, last week I got the chance (just kidding, I was voluntold to do it) to help my friend Mel by being a victim<\/span> test subject in her medical trial investigating the accuracy of wearable heart rate monitors and pedometers, based in NCSEM. I\u2019m particularly interested in the accuracy of the calorific estimates, because according to my FitBit I\u2019m burning over 4,000 calories on some days, and I really want to use that as an excuse to chug an entire tub of Ben & Jerrys without feeling guilty\u2026 Having done a few medical trials like this now, I would thoroughly recommend volunteering for a few because the results are really interesting and the people running them really need volunteers so they don\u2019t fail their degree!<\/p>\n

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Nothin\u2019 But Net<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last Wednesday the Lacrosse Men\u2019s 2nd<\/sup> team had our second game against Birmingham M1\u2019s<\/a>, our first game in over a month and our penultimate game of the BUCS season. The game was always going to be tough (Bham are top of the league), but considering we lost to them 13-1 at the start of the season, to come away four months later with an 8-3 loss shows just how far this team has come \u2013 we gave everything out on the pitch and left in high spirits – we\u2019re happy with that result. To top it off, in the last five seconds of the game I managed to score, my first ever goal in two seasons of BUCS lacrosse! I was buzzing for the rest of the day; I might have to go and score again in next week\u2019s match\u2026<\/p>\n

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Hello, May I Take your Order?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I somehow never thought I would work in a call centre, but my plummeting bank balance (anyone interested in a student budgeting blog?) decided otherwise. However as call centres go (I presume, I have experience one 1 so far), this was a pretty fun deal. Over the last two weeks I have spent my evenings calling prospective Loughborough engineering students and answering any questions they may have about Loughborough, from campus life to their course, the LSU, or even the best bar in the union (Victory Bar aka Telford Corner, obviously). There are plenty of answer machines, but the candidates who they pick up are pretty engaged and in one case I was on the phone for 40 minutes, trying to answer questions as fast as I was asked them.<\/p>\n

It was really exciting to get to talk to some future Loughborough students, wondering what they\u2019ll get up to in their three, four, or five years here, and I wish all of them the best of luck in their A-levels. If you would like to take part in conversion calling next year (do it, its super fun), you\u2019ll need to sign up as an Ambassador next year, keep an eye out here.<\/p>\n

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(please excuse the lacrosse attire, I\u2019d come straight from our Birmingham game!)<\/p>\n

So you\u2019re finally up to date, and hopefully not too nauseous from the speed at which we went through everything. There\u2019s going to be plenty to talk about in next month\u2019s blog (including a possible country #29 as well as #28!), so you may want to invest in a five-point harness for that rollercoaster. See you then!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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