Recently I was one of many students recently awarded The Materials and Energy Renewal Division Scholarship from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). The scholarship is given to students focusing on solid waste management related fields. I personally would like to thank Professor Masato Nakamura for all of his help as well as all of the Professors and CLT’s from the Mechanical Engineering Technology department at Citytech.

In regards to 3D printing I do recommend the Printrbot Simple kit to other Mechanical Engineering students. If you’re not getting hands-on experience with your classes this kit is perfect for working with controllers, motors, bearings, etc. if you have no previous experience working with such things. You get a better understanding of how everything works especially when you’re making mistakes and troubleshooting problems with the machine. Granted the print quality and the build volume is not as good as what you can get from Makerbot but the whole point of it in regards to Mechanical Engineering is to learn from it as opposed to making trinkets that you can easily buy at a 99 cent store.