mingyichen95

Jun 302 min read

Short Snippet on Bolted Joints

I once thought a screw was a very simple mechanism, you screw a screw into a nut or threaded hole and boom you connected something to...

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mingyichen95

Feb 296 min read

What I wish I knew in College

Hi friends. This month, I will do a short post about some things I might want to tell a younger self. This is also for the bright...

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mingyichen95

Feb 112 min read

Computers and More

I think I want this post to be about computers and CAD, but then I thought maybe slightly more general computing. We will see. First, I...

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mingyichen95

Dec 21, 202311 min read

CAD Softwares that We Love (or Hate)

Thankfully I never had to do drawings by hand. Although I think that might have been useful because it probably forces one to be careful....

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mingyichen95

Oct 20, 20234 min read

What Does a NASA-JPL Mechanical Engineer Really Do? (part 1 of n)

I know what you are thinking, the meme with 4 to 6 squares showing "what my family thinks I do", "what my friends think I do", "what my...

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mingyichen95

Oct 6, 20233 min read

Harmonic Drive Gearbox

I think this is a quite obscure mechanism that toppled my gearbox hierarchy. Traditionally gearboxes are made of spur gears going from...

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