A realistic day in the life 🧑💻 Sandia manager and electrical engineer James Hunter shares a typical workday at the Labs, where he leads a team supporting the nation’s deterrence mission. James’ interest in engineering started as a boy, helping his dad restore vintage cars by scouring junkyards and rebuilding engines in California. “It kind of gave me an appreciation for how people build, design and engineer systems,” James said. #Eweek #EngineersWeek #NationalEngineersWeek #DayInTheLife #DITL #realistic #RealisticDayInTheLife
I spotted an Oxalis Triangularis by the coffee machine! If you’re looking for someone to take care of those babies, hire me! 😁 I can do physics too.
Funny... That's how I became a Mechanical Engineer!!! Growing up in rural #NorCal helping Dad work on his old cars!! He loves keeping them all original & just kept them running tip top but he taught us how to change the oil, spark plugs, a tire, adjust points, use a timing light, and tune a carburetor 🙌 So when I met my first boyfriend, who's family traditions are building dual quad, wheel standing 8 second hot rods... I wasn't just able to keep up with the conversation... I got NOS injected and it was game over - or should I say #GameOn Engines always fascinated me but this was a look at what you could REALLY do with an engine! I wanted to build the biggest engines that move on land... Locomotive diesel engines 🙌 I LOOOOOVE how engines are a symphony of all MechE fields blended with precision machining of the finest alloys into a #SirenSong that is only made possible from pulses of hot, pressurized gases as they dance down those beautifully polished pipes 🙌
That's more like what I do everyday...👍🏽
Worked there. Now retired and living in Spain. Don't regret taking early retirement!
I recognize that coffee spot 👀
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