Robotics

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 Aerospace Manufacturing Engineer - Merritt Island, Florida

Rife Jet Engines

Southern Eastern Florida engine parts manufacturer of the Rolls Royce RB211-524 and Trent 500 engines on the Boeing 747-400 and 767-300. We are a major supplier to Boeing, Lockheed, and the U.S. Military around the world.

Primary Skills: Design of cylinder banks with specialized construction to reduce weight and withstand the pressure of a 550 psi cylinder machining operations.

Salary:  $55,000-$80,000

Experience Needed: Bachelor's Degree, 3 years minimum

Clearance Level: None

Travel : 10%

Other Details: Must be skilled with a computer and must be able to effectively use Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Email: rife@rife.net

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Teamwork

Author's Note: This is one of the three pieces I will be doing for my Robotics project. I thought it would be cool to reflect on the teamwork, respect, and commitment we had to exercise in Robotics Club to function well as a team.

At 2:45 on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, I go to one of the most fun clubs the school offers -- Robotics Club. We build robots out of Legos, programmed them, and then competed with other school teams at Mukwonago High School. Due to our collaboration skills and listening to each other's opinions and thoughts, teamwork became a big part of making our way up to the state competition.

 We'd eat a snack until 3:00 and then heave the LEGO board up onto the tables. We would split up into different groups and start building and programming the robots to do certain things, like bring a yellow pickup truck back to base. Base is where you can select the program you want the robot to do before it goes out on its missions. Robotics Club wasn't all just robots though. We also had to present a project relating to each year's theme to a group of judges; the theme being Food Factor. Our project required us to listen to each other's ideas, be respectful to each other, and be able to work together without getting off task or arguing. We set up a fake news channel -- Tomorrow's Health News -- with a commercial in the middle about a genetically  modified cereal called Nom Noms.

With our project teamwork skills, we were able to do pretty well at the teamwork exercises. About every two practices, we'd do a fun teamwork exercise. One of the more fun ones was where we had to cross a line of chairs without going around them, and without touching them. If you touched the chair the entire team had to start over. The point of these exercises and games was not to be successful but to work together as a team. We would huddle together in a group and listen to everyone's ideas and then pick the best one before attempting to do the task. At first, we just did our exercises in groups of twos and threes, but then we got better and did it as one group.

With teamwork and commitment pushing us forward, we overcame the big obstacle of making it to state. We had to be committed, coming to every practice unless we absolutely had to go to something, like a funeral. Our team couldn't work together as effectively if half the team was gone each practice. Overall to be successful, we had to act respectfully, listen to our seniors, and be proactive in being quiet when Mr. Roehl or any of the high school advisors need to tell us something.