Episodes
Tuesday Sep 26, 2023
Quality Reports, Vendor Models, & EDI CON
Tuesday Sep 26, 2023
Tuesday Sep 26, 2023
In this episode of the OnTrack Podcast, we have a chat with Benjamin Dannan, a defense & aerospace contractor. We talk about power integrity, high amps, quality reports, vendor models, the importance of verification, and much more.
Episode Highlights:
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Intro
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Ben's Background
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Power Integrity Considerations
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Vendor Models Quality & Accuracy
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Trust & Verify
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File Density Challenges
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Die (integrated circuit) Models & Packages
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"It's Easy to Miss Things."
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Lost in the Translation
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Ask for Quality Reports
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2,000 Amp Challenges
Links and Resources:
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- Connect with Benjamin Dannan on LinkedIn
- EDI CON Online 2023
Wednesday May 18, 2022
Landing a Full-Time Engineering Career at NASA
Wednesday May 18, 2022
Wednesday May 18, 2022
This episode will learn how a childhood dream can turn into reality through hard work, determination, and networking. Andrew Hartnett dreamt of working with NASA at a very young age. He will share with us exactly how he landed his Computer Engineer position in this very sought-after agency.
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Show Highlights:
- Andrew’s background, from his 3rd-grade drawing and high school robotics team to landing a co-op internship program at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC)
- He joined The First Robotics Team in high school
- A lot of networking and determination is what helps him land the co-op internship program
- He started working full-time in January 2010
- Briefly discuss Upverter and the benefits of having high-school level educational programs for aspiring PCB designers
- What is NASA’s co-op internship program? Andrew describes the advantages of the co-op program over a typical internship
- Get exposure to things you don’t get at school
- Experience designing and actual assembly of PCB
- Andrew talks about electronic design standards at NASA and shares details about testing, reliability, and the challenges of sending electronic devices to the space
- Addressing devices’ heat, and vibration in space
- Andrew talks more about First Robotic Competition and stresses the importance of hands-on experience for high school kids or younger
Links and Resources:
Visit NASA’s JSC website
Learn more about JSC’s Internship Program
Making electronic design easy, visit Upverter's website
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