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A Motorsport and Aerospace Engineer gently introduces you to physics that occurs all around you!

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Hello, and Happy New Year! I hope you enjoy the first set of "blog" style physics posts I make, which I strongly relate to the fields of Aerospace and Motorsport Engineering, the emphasis subdisciplines I was most passionate and focused in while going through my Mechanical Engineering degree. Please understand this course is new and still very much a work in progress. Which is why it is currently free. I will and plan on adding more regularly, so check back to see updates and new material weekly. Even in the first lessons, I am reviewing and finding small typos and mistakes that I am actively polishing out. Thank you for the patience!
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Hello! Welcome to my new group/community learning course! I understand learning physics for the first time is not easy. I struggled a lot with it myself in school! I often wished my high school STEM teachers and more College Professors did more to take a few minutes to stop and explain in practical, everyday examples and applications how convoluted theorems, topics and formulas were used in real world practical engineering and life cases. This frustration personally is what led me to creating this course to help others. I received my BSME (Bachelor's of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering) from Colorado State University in Fort Collins in may of 2017. I am an Iron Ring member and sworn to the Order of the Engineer, Inducted December 2018. Since then, I have 5 years total experience in industry in the industrial and aerospace supply chain industry, working for suppliers for major construction industry, Aerospace and Aeronautical Manufacturing firms- I started working as an operator running Metrology SEM Machines in photolithography for Semiconductor manufacturing inside a massive Chip Fabrication Plant and Cleanroom on 12 hour shifts for 3 months- then running Plastic Injection Mold Machines , and deburring Engine Governors for large Diesel Generators and Engine plants. I then worked as a technician with Waterjet cutting equipment before becoming a titled Engineer for a supplier that machined industry products for the greater Denver area Engineering and Aerospace industry. In this role, I worked for 3 years- alongside CNC Machinists and Programmers. I was primarily an industry "metrologist"- i.e. "Measurement Scientist". I developed "FAIs" (First Article Inspection) reports for clients- and developed and set up the measurement and inspection techniques to validate that our manufacturing processes would meet the tight tolerances of parts inside advanced jets and even hypersonic rocket engines. I worked for over 3 years in Quality Engineering- programming a CMM (Coordinate Measuring Machine), applying calculus principles to Metrology, trigonometry in chamfer and angle verification, Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing, working with Cartesian AND polar coordinates in CMMs, as well as applying SPC (Statistical Process Control) to live monitor trends in manufacturing using upper and lower confidence levels, standard deviations, and other mathematical applications.
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Alexander Larson, BSME
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Hello! Are you struggling with learning physics? I am a Mechanical Engineer and want to provide real world examples to help you learn!

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