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DISHER Egg Drop Challenge
Looking back over my life and career as a 27 year old engineer degreed in product design and manufacturing, one place I never thought I would find myself is here: DISHER Egg Drop Inaugural Grand National Champion, 2016. I won鈥檛 say it was historic, but I wouldn鈥檛 stop anyone else from making that claim or…
Read MoreWhat鈥檚 On Tap: Hand Taps for Beginners
Rookie Year: The Engineering Intern鈥檚 Toolbox (Part 5) A Series of Technical Blogs for Engineering Interns & Entry-Level Engineers Taps are tools that most engineers will come across at some point in their careers. Taps bridge multiple industries and are used practically everywhere. It doesn鈥檛 matter if you鈥檙e working in a machine shop, repairing…
Read MoreMichigan Biomedical Engineering Students Benefit from DISHER鈥檚 Whiteboard Wednesday鈩 Process
Take a look at a few real-word biomedical problem statements University of Michigan students are currently wrestling with in their Biomedical Engineering Design class: Design a portable, disposable, sterile-water, heating-cooling device to facilitate heat transfer into blood during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation which provides cardiac and respiratory support for patients. Develop a portable, wearable scalp cooling…
Read MoreDISHER Business Solutions
Employs Proven Techniques to Help Organizations Thrive For most of you CAD users out there, you probably can鈥檛 imagine designing and creating drawings on a drafting board with mechanical pencils, electric erasers(!), and vellum. Back in the early 80鈥檚 while a student at the University of Cincinnati, I worked for a small manufacturer in northern…
Read MoreDISHER Awarded 5th Best Small Workplace By Great Place to Work庐 and FORTUNE
DISHER was recently named the 5th Best Small Workplace in America by Great Place to Work (GPTW) and FORTUNE. For DISHER, the award is a wonderful byproduct of our intentional investment in culture as the foundation of our success as a business. I am confident that our Founder and President, Jeff 麻豆传媒AV在线看, could write a…
Read MoreHow to Handle Your Mistakes with Customers
No matter how hard we try to avoid making them, mistakes eventually find a path to our doorstep. Often times they sneak in through the back door and try to steal our reputation that we have worked so hard to build with our customers. We can be certain that mistakes will happen. We are…
Read MoreTalent Solutions at SPARK.Ed
Ann Arbor SPARK, a business incubator in the heart of Ann Arbor, Michigan, hosts weekly workshops to help entrepreneurs build better businesses. SPARK invites industry experts to present useful tips, tools, and best practices on a host of relevant topics. DISHER was asked to lead a training session on recruiting in September. Keri McCarthy and…
Read MoreKnowledge Capture
鈥淭o move ahead, one must often first look behind.鈥 鈥揇avid Garvin, US Army The issue: I often hear a manager say to a project team member, “Your situation would make for a great lessons learned! You should document that.”聽The team member usually nods in agreement but silently begins thinking, “How can I possibly cram all…
Read MoreCultureWorks Cardboard Regatta
Art and design classes are an excellent way to inspire curiosity, build confidence, encourage problem-solving, and sharpen 21st century skills. CultureWorks, a local faith inspired non-profit, provides a variety of art and design experiences to benefit middle and high school students from all backgrounds in Southwest Michigan. In addition to art and design, the program…
Read MoreDesign for DIScomfort
At DISHER customers regularly ask me to design for comfort. From office chairs and automotive interiors to industrial and commercial equipment, the request is similar, 鈥淒evelop something ergonomic, user-friendly, intuitive and comfortable.鈥 Designing for comfort is challenging but enjoyable especially when you can witness the fruit of your labor. Today I want to touch on…
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