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posted by janrinok on Saturday May 26 2018, @08:24AM   Printer-friendly
from the new-places-to-bust-myths dept.

Following the Mythbuster star's visit to the university last summer, Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) is putting the finishing touches on its Jamie Hyneman Center.

During a lecture he held on his visit there last year, Hyneman underscored the importance of collaboration in various fields of study, emphasising that science was like a game of experimentation. The institution apparently agreed with his ideas -- and the new centre, which will officially open in the autumn, is their response.

According to the project's manager, Terhi Virkki-Hatakka, the school hopes the 300 square-metre facility will draw students from across different fields from the university and the nearby polytechnic.

Students are free to use the facilities as they please. The center features working spaces and labs for exploring novel uses and applications of materials like electronics, wood, plastics and metal. Creators behind the project say that ideas often hatch in informal circumstances, so the institution wants to give student innovators the power to harness those ideas as they sprout.

[...] The Jamie Hyneman Center will be unveiled on September 29.

https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/university_seeks_innovators_not_test-takers/10223079


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  • (Score: 2) by suburbanitemediocrity on Sunday May 27 2018, @02:10AM

    by suburbanitemediocrity (6844) on Sunday May 27 2018, @02:10AM (#684724)

    Actually more English classes might be better for many people as communication is a huge part of the job, differential equations, not really (my first major was in differential equations, so I know). Some jobs in the field yes, but they are much more rare.

    Engineering is much more vocational like than I had envisioned going into it. It's a lot of use of highly specialized software and you really should have a good understanding of what the software does in case it gives you bogus results, but no one AFAIK is siting down with pencil and paper and working out the inertial tensor to a tie rod on a steering system, it's not a valuable use of time which is better spent on supplier methods of testing and shipping protocols. As frequently lamented by a lot of friend from college on their first jobs - an engineer is just a business person who can do math.

    I know there are some jobs where you do do technical work (I've had them, they are fun and why I went into the field), but they are few and far between.

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