Mechanical Design

As an engineer, Dana Timm embraces the idea of failure. Engineers are trained to actively plan for failure as an integral part of the process. It’s viewed not as a setback, but as an opportunity to learn. That’s why in his role as a Mechanical Design Technology instructor, Dana encourages his students to trust their fail.

Career Program: Mechanical Design TechnologyOriginally From: Combined LocksCurrent Residence: Combined LocksYear Started at FVTC: Fall 2022 Why did you choose this career program? I love figuring out how things work. Mechanical Design has taught me how so many things work internally and how to improve and create new things that work better. What are you learning about your career field that

Students in the Fab Lab Club at Fox Valley Technical College acquired the files for the prosthetic wrist and hand device from Enabling The Future (e-NABLE). They printed the parts and assembled the hand for a young girl in Pennsylvania to help her with daily activities due to a disability. The students represent different programs in advanced manufacturing

Spring 2014 Twenty-four-year-old David Zalusky joined the military while still in high school. After a stint conducting military police operations in Iraq, the Appleton native enrolled at Fox Valley Technical College on the GI Bill.  Today, Zalusky maintains a full-time paid internship at Pierce Manufacturing while pursuing his bachelor’s degree. He also serves as a

Fall 2012 Mechanically Inclined Mechanical designers use creativity to find solutions. Sporting goods, electronics, automotive equipment, kitchen appliances, and lawn mowers just scratch the surface of products that we encounter every day. Diverse in their composition and consumer markets, all of these products share one commonality: At some point in the manufacturing process, they were

Spring 2010 Cast in a Leading Role A student leader broadens her skills and perspective through campus activities.Electrical Engineering Technology major Kamilah Coffin likes making things happen. That’s one reason why she enjoys her involvement in a variety of FVTC student organizations. She is secretary of the Student Government Association, secretary of the Electronics Club, and