Alex Breton | Mechanical Engineer

  2.008 focused heavily on the manufacturing aspect of the course's title. Teams of 5-7 students were required to design a yoyo consisting of at least 5 unique parts, machine manufacturing dies and molds for these parts, and then complete a manufacturing run to make 50 yoyos. Students were also required to measure the parts and compare them to the designed specifications.

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  Our team, Mmas-ave, designed and created a yoyo based on the mountains and geography of New England. One side features the mountains of New Hampshire surrounded by a compass ring, while the other sports a laser cut map of New England with a ring embossed with my teammates' names. The yoyo body was built for speed and performance.

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  The class taught me about the more subtle sides of manufacturing like snap fit tolerances, part shrinkage, and mold draft angles. Because of the integrated nature of the yoyo, I also learned that communication is perhaps the most important part of a team's success.