Physics, math, computer science. Being a car mechanic isn't what it used to be. To help keep high school and community college instructors up on the latest automotive technologies, a group of them gathered Saturday at El Camino College near Torrance.
Zip. If you're going to follow Peter McWeeney around his shop and watch him work on a car, rule No. 1 is you've got to be fast. He can cross the garage a lot faster than you, stop, spin around and go back the other direction while you're still trying to come to a stop.
The latest main feature written for Gamasutra sister site Serious Games Source, which deals with games created for training, health, government, military, educational and other uses, continues coverage of the recent Games for Health conference in Baltimore. Specifically, the feature covers the event's "What We're Facing" panel, which saw three medical experts share their perspectives on
I am writing this story for two main purposes: to expose some unlawful personnel practices at Legacy US Customs Service’s Offices of Investigations and Internal Affairs, now under the US Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement; and secondly (hopefully) to assist any current supervisory criminal investigator GS-1811-14 applying for a GS-1811-15 position on how to
Q. My shop mechanic tells me that my vehicle has bent valves, and that this was caused by over revving the engine. I do not agree with this. I think there are other things that will result in bent valves.
A high school student who has mastered Tolstoy s War and Peace might still have problems comprehending a contemporary auto mechanic s manual. That s why the Waldo County Technical Center this year is using a new reading assessment tool, the Lexile system, which measures both students reading levels and the levels of the material they will be required to grasp.
We found Shawn Hay, 31, under the hood at Firestone Tire & Service Center on Des Moines’ north side. Hay, who got his first mechanic job when he was...