Mike Warznie - When in Germany, Be Like Mike

#16 - Mike Warznie: When in Germany, Be Like Mike

Mike is an engineer for Nissan outside of Detroit. 

• Mike is right 95% of the time
• He became an engineer to be cool.
• Decided he liked engineering only three years ago.
• Fatigue failures – find your own k factor and are tough to solve
• Don’t trust your memory – write everything down.
• Evaluating silicone seals can be unexpected.
• Doing lab reports in college is actually a useful skill
• Physics doesn’t lie
• Working in the shop is great experience
• Rockets, salts, and airbags – all at one company
• Everything is more complex and harder than it seems.
• Applying FEA to playground equipment.
• Engineering is a 24/7 job.
• If a Japanese engineer says it may be difficult, it is probably impossible.
• How to out German the Germans.
• It is good to do no-thing.
• Fictional engineering characters – How many can you name?

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