Field Experience/ Job Shadow

mechanical work. I got to watch and help replace the engine in a 2015 Jeep Cherokee. On the first day, I spent around three hours helping to take the engine out. It was interesting to see how everything was taken apart and how much care goes into it.

On the second day, I spent another three hours watching as the new engine was put back in and reassembled. It was cool to see how all the parts fit together, and I learned a lot about how car engines work. The mechanic in charge, Ashraf, showed me the different tools they used and explained how each one helped with the process. I even took some photos of the work.

Overall, this experience was a great introduction to mechanical engineering. It gave me a hands-on look at how engines are repaired and the kind of work that goes into keeping a car running smoothly.

For the rest of my field experience, I worked with an engineering student named Mark and his team every Friday from 1 to 4 PM. We worked together on building a small turbine from scratch. At first, we planned the design and talked about how it would work. Then, we started making the parts and putting them together. I got to help with some of the building and saw how each piece played an important role in the final product.

By the end, we tested the turbine and it worked, which was really exciting. Mark also explained how turbines use air or water to create energy, and I learned how mechanical engineers design and build these kinds of machines. This experience helped me understand how mechanical systems come together and how much teamwork and problem-solving is needed in engineering projects.