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The Manufacturing Technology - Annual Advisory Committee
Meeting took place on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 in the
Los Altos Academy of Engineering. If you would like to
view the minutes from the meeting, click here.
Members of the committee:
| Name |
Occupation
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| Ed Richter |
Instructor |
| Richard Cheng |
Engineer for Millennium
Space |
| Derek Mayeda |
Mechanical Engineer for
Stir Works |
| James
Watson |
SVP for
Bank of America |
| Victor Gomez |
Director of
Instructional Services for R.O.P. |
| Cliff Eng |
Retired Assistant
Director of IT for LA DWP |
| Nikki Kodama |
Manager Systems
Engineering and Integration for Northrop Grumman |
Jaime Estrada |
Transportation Engineer
for CalTrans |
Scott Loh |
Mechanical Engineer for
SpaceX |
Questions from the
Members regarding Safety
Ms. Kodama: What safety
lessons do we give?
Mr. Richter: "We
give safety lessons every Monday and the
equipment itself is taught by the students who
are experienced in each field. This is a student
ran organization and we take safety very
seriously. We try our best to keep each other in
check and try and pass on knowledge retention
with an emphasis on safety."
Ms. Kodama: Does
the district send any organizations to give
lessons on safety?
Mr. Richter: "Currently we
do not, but we can look into it. Risk management
from the district came through four years ago,
however we have not had an outside safety
organization come in."
Mr. Richter: What mechanism or method
should we use to keep the safety knowledge
inside engineering?
Mr. Eng: "Try and have team leaders pass on the
knowledge. Should have a walkthrough of the area
to make sure everyone knows their environment.
Teams should also point out and look for
potential hazards especially exposing these
areas to underclassmen is crucial so people are
up to speed. Keep bringing it up in order to
ingrain safety. Documentation of previous
experiences (is important) so there is a
set procedure for each mechanism. Set the
culture so it passes on. Look into having
someone responsible for safety in each team."
Ms. Kodama: One person that enforces safety.
Make these people responsible for enforcing
safety and make sure kids don't forget the
safety meeting each week."
Mr. Estrada: "Have periodic safety tours by team
leaders and underclassmen where we openly look
for potential hazards."
Mr. Eng: Is there any
analysis on post injury? Such as why the injury
occurred, and to make sure it doesn't happen
again?
Mr. Richter: "Currently we just discuss
what happened in the injury and try and address
the situation for students in the future. We are
open to any ideas to handling post-injury
situations."
Ms. Kodama:
"Can write a report
on injury history to make sure it does not
happen. Documentation is a key."
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