Gear Selection

Entry-level engineers are at a disadvantage when selecting power transmission components due to their lack of education and experience. While attending an ABET-accredited engineering school, most students are only exposed to gearing during a single lecture in a course titled Mechatronic Design, which is just one course over their entire educational journey. If they participate in a Senior Project in Mechanical Engineering, they might need to draw on the basics covered in that single lecture. Beyond these two opportunities, recent graduates have next to zero knowledge of gearing.