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Students Test Hyperloops Viability Students Test Hyperloops Viability When Elon Musk first proposed the Hyperloop, a tubular transportation system capable of moving people and freight at speeds nearing the speed of sound, the concept welches met with interest from intrigued engineers and head scratching by many others. Despite skepticism over feasibility and costs, the futuristic system now is taking its first steps forward. SpaceX, the Musk-owned firm that entwurfs, builds, and launches rockets for space exploration, is building a mile-long test tube at its California headquarters, another private firm is building a scaled-down test track in Nevada, and kollektivs of students from universities across the U.S. and abroad have designed test pods they hope will prove the concept.A team of graduate students that includes engineers of various disciplines and MBA candidates from Massachusetts Institute of Technology now stands in the front of transportation development, having won an inte rnational competition to design the first Hyperloop test pods. The bullet-shaped pod is kusined on passive magnetic levitation technology capable of speeding along at a whopping 110 meters per second with a hydraulic braking mechanism that uses wheels at the front and either side of the pod.A rendering of MITs Hyperloop pod design. Image MIT Hyperloop TeamFundamentally, the purpose was to demonstrate high-speed levitation technology that even at a small scale could be made more efficient than rail, says team member Sabrina Ball. The key constraints were that the pod had to fit within the tube being built for the test track, and conforming to rules set by SpaceX. The pod was built around levitation and braking, she says.Chris Merian, the teams chief engineer, says they investigated three technologies on which to base the pod air bearings, and active and passive magnetic levitation. We wanted air bearings, he says of the technology that allows air hockey pucks to glide over a table, b ut switched to magnetic levitation when SpaceX released the final competition parameters. Because of time constraints, We wanted simplicity and the ability to conform with the track, he adds.Discarding air bearings created one problem no one on the team had any experience or even knowledge about magnets. We had to learn magnets from scratch, says Merian.MIT Hyperloop Team. Image Nargis Sakhibova / MIT Hyperloop TeamOrganizationMITs team came together from two separate groups, each working on the project without knowing about the other. I started with friends in the mechanical engineering department, notes Ball. At the same time, another group in the aeronautics and astronautics department began their own work in parallel with the MEs. The two got together with the idea of using the Aeroastro students knowledge of air bearings for the design and the MBA students business expertise for fundraising and marketing. Working from October, they put together the design for the competitionand then changed it using magnetsthat was judged in January.The team opted to utilize SpaceXs propulsion system, similar to a catapult that launches jet fighter planes from an aircraft carrier. That freed up space within the pod and made it lighter. For the test, the pod does not include passenger or payload compartments. The 250-kilogram pod should be accelerated at 24G to a maximum speed of 110 meters per second, according to the teams statement.The magnetic levitation system incorporates two arrays of 20 neodymium magnets over two meters, the largest of which will measure 4 x 4 x 1/2 inches, says Merian. The pod will reach and maintain a 15-millimeter levitation gap at cruising speed and a peak lift-to-drag ratio of 14. To maintain lateral control and keep the pod centered, it will be fitted with passive magnets and active electromagnetic damping. In case of emergency the pod, to be fabricated with woven carbon fiber and polycarbonate sheets, has a self-drive system that can move fo rward and backward at one meter per second using low-speed drive wheels.RedesignSince the judging in late January, the team was thrown a curve when SpaceX track requirements forced a redesign of the braking system. The test track will consist of an aluminum plate with an I-beam running down the center. Merian says they had planned a hydraulic braking system, and expected to attach some type of brass braking material to the I-beam. SpaceX, however, insisted the beam could not be damaged and the students had to rethink the brakes when they could not guarantee it would not damage the beam.The student designers moved to an eddy current system using magnetic calipers placed over the flange to generate drag. Like many items being developed for the pod, it required a learning curve. Their biggest issue now is finding an actuator large enough to handle lateral forces, says Merian. The brakes also require purchasing another 100 magnets, adding about $5,000 to the cost. But the biggest cost i ncrease is tied to sensors that measure the gap height of the levitating pod. Merian says the team needs ten, each costing about $1,000.The next challenge for the team is to build the pod in time for testing that is scheduled to begin at SpaceXs Hawthorne, CA, one-mile test loop. The effort will cost a little more than $100,000, which the team hopes will come mostly from corporate sponsors and alumni. They will compete against 22 other student teams that made the final cut at the competition judging, held at Texas AM University.Designing may prove a bit easier in some ways than building the pod. The team used CAD and a wide variety of software from mechanical, electrical and aeronautical disciplines, says Ball. With almost all the tools, someone had used them or had an experience to some degree, says Merian. The team also drew on advisors and sponsors for feedback to specific questions.Fabricating the pod will draw on other skills. Most of the manufacturing is machining, says Merian , adding that team members will be able to use equipment at local machine shops after business hours. He expects team members to do the work themselves as the design of the pod and its parts emphasized simplicity. For Further Discussion We wanted simplicity and the ability to conform to the track. We had to learn magnets from scratch.Chris Merian, Team Chief Engineer

10 reasons your resume isnt getting you interviews

10 reasons your resume isnt getting you interviews 10 reasons your resume isnt getting you interviews If youre sending out lots of resumes without getting many calls for interviews, its time to conclude that your resume isnt doing its job.If youre like most people, youre making at least a few of these mistakes which will put your resume promptly in the no pile.1. Its generic.If your resume reads just like dozens of other candidates, no employer is going to call you. Your resume needs to convey that youre an exceptional candidate, not just an average one whos no different from other applicants. Which leads us to2. It just lists duties and responsibilities, not accomplishments.In a job market thats flooded with candidates, a resume that reads like a series of job descriptions wont excite a hiring manager. Whatwillexcite a hiring manager is a resume that shows a track record of achievement, so you need to list specific accomplishments, not just duties.3. Its full of dense paragraphs ra ther than bulleted lists.Employers will only skim your resume initially, not read it word-for-word, and large blocks of text are hard to skim. An employer will take in more information about you if you use simple bulleted points.4. It leads with your education, even though youve been out of school for more than a few years.Generally your education should go beneath your work experience, because generally employers are most interested in what work experience youve had. Leading with your education just buries what will make most attractive to an employer.5. It doesnt include the dates of employment for each job youve held.Employers want to know how long you were at each job, and when. Resumes with clear dates are an immediate red flag that make hiring managers suspect youre hiding something.6. It wastes space on things that are irrelevant, like descriptions of your employers business.Some candidates devote two to three lines per job to describing the employer itself its size and the nature of its business. Hiring managers might want that information when you move to the interview stage, but your resume isnt the place for it. Your resume should focus on you, and you alone.7. Its not specific.Employers want concrete specifics. Its not enough to say that you revitalized a department or publicized a program. What exactly did you do and what did it result in?8. It includes everything youve ever done, rather than just the highlights. The longer your resume is, the less likely an employer is to see the parts you want them to see. The initial scan of your resume is about 20 seconds - do you want that divided among three pages, or do you want it focused on the most important things you want to convey? Short and concise means that employers are more likely to read the parts you most care about.9. It includes irrelevant details, such as your age or your childrens names. Yes, people really do this. Employers dont care about these details, and including them will come acro ss as nave and unprofessional.10. It describes you in subjective terms.Your resume is for experience and accomplishments only. Its not the place for subjective traits, like great leadership skills, strong writer, or creative innovator. Hiring managers generally ignore anything subjective that an applicant writes about herself, because so many peoples self-assessments are wildly inaccurate theyre looking for provable facts. If you have those traits, list the accomplishments that demonstrate them instead.

The 3 things the worlds most successful people do every day

The 3 things the worlds most successful people do every dayThe 3 things the worlds most successful people do every dayPurpose is that feeling that you are part of something bigger than yourself, that you are needed, and that you have something better ahead. Purpose is what creates true happiness. - Mark ZuckerbergEveryone is looking for that magic formula or neatly prescribed list that lays out all the secrets of how to get exactly what you want. Ive learned through my experience that it simply doesnt exist. Everyones path to success is different, and in reality, there are hundreds of things that each individual follows that get them from point A to point B.But thats not to say there arent commonalities or particular attributes that each successful person follows. Ive read countless books, studied the lives of CEOs and business executives that Ive worked with first-hand, and listened to speakers at famed conferences. Ive aimed to find the ingredients that everyone shares that makes t hem successful. Ive determined that if you really want to start a successful routine, you should begin by focusing on a few things.You cant boil the ocean, as the business cliche goes - its best to set small, incremental goals on your journey toward a bigger picture goal, objective and definition of success that aligns with your personal mission ansicht. Everything should tie back to what you truly want, as well as the values and game plan that speaks to exactly what will fulfill you and give you a sense of accomplishment.Here are the three things that Ive distilled and believe add significant value to your day - no matter your location, financial status, age, gender or level in your career. I hope youll assimilate these activities and practices into your daily approach as you aim to reach new heights.1. Supercharge your mind and body at the beginning of each dayYes, this means mentally, emotionally, spiritually and of course, physically. While it would be easy to think that menta l exercises and stimulation are mora important, the research shows that exercising your mind is just as important as physical activity. What it actually comes down to is the amount of activity is more important for stimulating the brain than the font of activity, according to Harvard Medical School instructor, Dr. Scott McGinnis.In other words, consistency and repetition are paramount Dont get caught up in concerning yourself with the exactly right type of activity, or finding that panacea - because there is not just one solution. The way to supercharge your day may be watching an inspirational video in conjunction with reading 15 minutes of a great book to get you going.But it may be that one-mile run that you do when you first wake up, or those push-ups and crunches to get your blood flowing. It may be asking yourself a very simple philosophical question like Ben Franklin asked himselfWhat good shall I do this day?From there, the ideas start to flow. You can also practice meditat ion and deep-thinking in solitude, as well as exercising your faith in prayer or trust that your plans, hopes, goals and dreams will work out and that you will be fulfilled. All of these powerful routines breed confidence and self-assuredness that you will move on the right track toward accomplishing big things.Dream and give yourself permission to envision a YOU that you choose to be. - Joy Page2. Speak, write and do Focus on inspirational and positive things that reinforce your purpose and missionFirst things first - Be willing to take maximum ownership over your time. This begins by planning your day and setting goals. You dont need to plan every minute, but you must allot time for creative thinking, goal-setting and relationship-building. Without these things, you do not have the foundation that you need. Your foundation should begin with your purpose, mission and values.Defining a clear purpose for who you are and what you want to become is the surest mark of a successful lead er. When you are intentional and clear about what you want, you have already won half the battle. From there, its a matter of staying positive, exercising great discipline and rigor to adhering to the activities that support your purpose. And then, staying positive and working hard to get them.Develop a personal mission statement for yourself. Heres mineTo live each moment to the fullest by having a positive attitude, a smile and a genuine enjoyment for life, while giving everything I have to love the people and environment around me and make it a better place.Once you have clarified your intentions, start speaking and writing these things down. Tell them to people you trust. Then, go do them. You have to start somewhere, and your foundation is the best place. From there, you have a spring board that will vault you into the doing part, which is where you really go for the win.3. Dont waste time Dont waste moments Tie everything back to your responsibilities, ambitions, goals and ser ving those you loveI absolutely hate wasting time. It drives me crazy. I can barely wait sometimes for a webpage to load, and when it takes too long, I scribble ideas down on a notepad or OneNote, or think of a new activity that will add value to my life. Its not necessarily that Im unable to focus or that I lack attention - I just realize that time is the most valuable commodity. I learned this from Steve Jobs.Its time you start to integrate this belief and thinking into your repertoire.Take advantage of savoring, embracing and immersing yourself into every moment of your day. This is of course easier said than done. None of us want to embrace sitting in traffic or trying to pay attention in a boring meeting. Heck, flipping through our Instagram or Twitter is way more entertaining Maybe.But when you begin to lose focus or start frittering away time, it can have great consequences in your life. You start to value time less and less. Be present in the moment, plan your day out and B UILD IN moments that will inspire you and propel you to keep pursuing your goals. Everything should tie back to your ambitions, goals and serving those who you love.When you fill your calendar with things that you love, activities and responsibilities for people you love, and fun, new things to learn, you start empowering and driving yourself to persevere. This is critical and the secret to success for everyone from J.K. Rowling to Oprah Winfrey to Elon Musk and Denzel Washington.When you practice these three things, you simply will not be denied. What you want will be yours. Now, get to work.Find your breakthroughJoin my newsletter and check out my Amazon Bestselling book, The Value of You. This will give you inspiration to start planning for success on your journey. If you want to work with me, connect here and let me know how I can help youThis article first appeared on Medium.

ASME Offers Recommendations to Help Advance Manufacturing in China

ASME Offers Recommendations to Help Advance Manufacturing in China ASME Offers Recommendations to Help Advance Manufacturing in China ASME Offers Recommendations to Help Advance Manufacturing in ChinaSun Zhaohua (left), the vice administrator from Chinas State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs, presents a commemorative plate to ASME President Madiha El Mehelmy Kotb during the 2014 SATEC meeting. Transforming China from a country with enormous manufacturing capacity, but a focus on inexpensive merchandise, to one that produces high-value products - from big to strong manufacturing - was the overarching theme of the 2014 Sino-American Technology and Engineering Conference (SATEC) held last month in China.A contingent of volunteers and staff including ASME President Madiha El Mehelmy Kotb and Executive Director Thomas Loughlin participated in the event, which is a bi-yearly conference where leaders representatives from various engineering organizations and government agen cies meet to offer the Chinese government advice for developing its industrial policy. Other groups participating the 2014 SATEC meeting included the Chinese Academy of Engineering the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs the Chinese Institute of EngineersUSA the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers Chinas Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Water Resources the Beijing Municipal Government the Provincial Governments of Anhui, Fujian and Hunan Province as well as the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd. ASMEs delegation at the 2014 SATEC meeting (left to right) Randy Reagan, director, engineering knowledge Dr. Yang Xiaoping of the Societys Manufacturing Division Michael Michaud, managing director, ASME global alliances ASME Executive Director Thomas Loughlin ASME President Madiha Kotb Steven R. Schmid, of the University of Notre knigin Ralph Resnick of America Makes Tom Kurfess from Georgia Institute of Technology and Qiang Zhang, executiv e director of ASME Asia Pacific LLC. During the first part of the four-day meeting, the ASME Advanced Manufacturing Team, consisting of 10 ASME volunteers from the Societys Manufacturing Division, conducted inspections of four manufacturing sites in the Hunan Province. The gruppe - including experts from Ford Motor Co., General Motors, and Cummins, as well as other companies and universities - then composed a list of recommendations, which ASME President Kotb presented to Chinas Vice Premier Ma Kai and several other senior officials from various ministries during the conferences wrap-up meeting held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 30.Noting that the four companies inspected each exhibited notable strengths, yet significant challenges exist for each company to transform itself from big to strong in terms of manufacturing, the teams suggestions included a list of three short-term recommendations, which it called the three Ss system, smart service, and safety. Ad dressing the first S, system, the team recommended that manufacturing issues should be assessed from the product life cycle management perspective to ensure global optimization and lowest cost of ownership. Sharing the teams other two short-term recommendations, Kotb talked first about Smart Service, noting that to succeed in todays market, product design should go beyond satisfying explicitly expressed customer requirements and aggressively pursue hidden customer requirements. The smart way to identify hidden customer requirements is to leverage big data efficiently. On the subject of safety, the team stressed the importance of promoting the use of proper protection equipment, such as ear plugs and protective eyewear. The safety of the manufacturing workplace is vital.The ASME Advanced Manufacturing Teams conclusions also included three long-term recommendations to help advance manufacturing in China. First, industry should identify gaps in critical components and subsystem manufac turing, and attempt to close those gaps. Chinese companies should also prioritize protecting intellectual property and developing a smart patent strategy. Third, China should improve its research on critical manufacturing technologies in order to produce more world-class products, the team said. ASME volunteers and staff at the Great Hall of the People following the meeting with Vice Premier Ma Kai (left to right) Qiang Zhang, Yang Xiaoping, ASME President Madiha Kotb, and Randy Reagan. The theme of transitioning Chinas manufacturing industry from big to strong was also the connecting thread that ran through the one-day SATEC Forum on New Industrial Revolution and Intelligent Manufacturing, which was held on May 29 in Beijing. Organized by ASME, the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society and the State Administration of Foreign Affairs Experts, the Forum featured representatives from China and the United States discussing robotics, au tomation, additive manufacturing and other emerging technologies, and sharing their thoughts on the new geschftsleben models, product innovations and improved standing in the world manufacturing market that widespread adoption of intelligent manufacturing could bring to China in the future.ASME provided three speakers for the special forum, which attracted an audience of about 250 people. ASME Fellow Thomas Kurfess, professor of engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology and former Assistant Director of Advanced Manufacturing at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, presented a session on the topic Policy Issues and Technology Targets for Manufacturing in the United States of America during the forums morning program. ASME Fellow Steven Schmid, professor of engineering at the University of Notre Dame and former ASME Foundation Swanson Fellow, discussed Planning for the Future of Intelligent Manufacturing during a session that afternoon. Ralph Resnick, founding director of the National Additive Manufacturing Institute (America Makes), gave a presentation on the industrial applications of additive manufacturing and their impact on defense and aerospace later that day.Qiang Zhang, executive director of ASME Asia Pacific LLC and Michael Michaud, managing director, ASME global alliances, also represented ASME at the meeting.

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