by Chris Converse | Jun 6, 2015
When does it pay for a company to bring in an outside engineering consultant? What value can a design consultant bring to the table? In my 25 years of engineering experience, 10 of that as a consultant, I have seen many approaches. Most companies enter into a...
by Chris Converse | Mar 8, 2013
Years of engineering education and design experience using cutting edge technologies. A sweltering day on the beach in Mexico, a blazing sun, no shade. Thinking we were so clever, my wife and I prepared in advance by bringing a piece of tarp and some rope so that we...
by Chris Converse | Jul 11, 2012
One of the things I appreciate most about my career as a mechanical engineer is the diversity of applications and applied technology I have had the privilege of developing and supporting. At the top of the list is one of the more formative and unusual applications of...
by Chris Converse | Jun 9, 2011
I traveled to Sri Lanka in 1983. I was part of a World Wildlife Fund sperm whale research expedition. Five of us lived aboard a 35 foot sailboat and went out to sea on the Indian Ocean for two weeks at a time, finding, following and observing sperm whales....
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