A quick look into the history of Princeton (sparked by the discussion of some Orange Key members):
- Joseph Henry’s House.
- The Henry Motor.
Recap of Last Week’s Lab:
- Detailing: Reattached the seat on the blue bike. Used S.A.E.
- Frame: Started to assemble the frame and used Computer-Aided Design (CAD) to design a washer.
- Wheels: Spent last class adjusting the offset of both wheels.
- Top-End: Built the head. Professor Littman and Jon got the rockers in, during their own time.
- Bottom End: Cleaned up the rest of the parts. Today, they plan on spending some time on the blue bike, checking oil levels, and ensuring the carburetor is attached.
- Electrical: Cut the clutch cable again (because the first cut was too long). They drained the oil. They took the cover off to drill a hole, so to make tightening the threads easier. They plan on drilling the hole today.
Reading Discussion:
- Discussion Leader: Charles
- With Emotional Intelligence, the whole person is at issue, rather than a narrow set of skills. Page 129.
- The author worked at IAC, where he wrote journal abstracts. He believed the lack of an external, objective standard resulted in him despising his job. Page 135.
- Credential Inflation and pushing everyone into college will require a janitor to hold a PhD. Page 143.
- Difference between Crew vs. Corporate Culture:
- With a crew, you have proof of your own worth independent of others.
- Air Traffic Controllers who do not have formal education perform better than their college-educated counterparts.
- Tacit knowledge comes from recognizing patterns. Page 166.
- Technical writers need to be mechanics. Page 179.
Motor demonstration:
- There is rope wrapped around a pulley (turning counterclockwise). When the rope is loose, there is no load. The load cell measures the tension in the rope.
- When you take the difference in tension between the upper rope and lower rope and multiply by the radius, you get the brake.
- Graphed two things:
- torque vs. speed
- power curve (peaked at half of no-load speed).
