Ryan Mohr, a mechanical engineering major from Alcoa, Tennessee, is currently on his third coop rotation with JTEKT in Vonore, Tennessee.
Mohr works in the quality department. When he first started he was working with some noise issues with particular columns. Since then he has helped with organizing engineering areas for another plant that will be functional within two years.
While working for them, Mohr has gained knowledge in hand sketch drawings with format, noise testing machines, gear testing machines, and GANTT charts. One challenge that he encountered was after learning how certain machine shops needed there sketches, he had to send them a copy of the final sketch of some table lock brackets. When those needed to be sent his supervisors were on business trips and he had no one to double check if there were any mistakes.
After finding out the dimensions he sketched the drawing and sent it anyway. The machining company approved and the key lesson he received from that was to reach deadlines but also to benefit from doing things his way without someone double-checking him.