|
|
| Home | About ETS | Tools | Lectures | Customers | Compass |
| Having no previous background - my general knowledge of plastics was greatly improved. I can use this information and apply it to many different applications at the plant. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Christie Makrickas, Associate Technical Specialist - Honda Manufacturing of Alabama | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Very good speaker. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abby Liubakka, Design Engineer - Tennant Company | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Well done! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ron Lang, Senior Program Manager - National Center for Manufacturing Sciences | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Very thorough course to help bring inexperienced designers up to speed in short amount of time ... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grant Loberg, Design Engineer - Professional Tool Manufacturing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I love the case studies - what was good versus what was wrong with actual parts. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gordy Schmidt, Project Designer - Toro Company | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Very good class! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hasan Yasin, R&D Team Leader - RecepTec LLC, a division of Laird Technology | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A good overview. All bases were covered in the class. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scott Robertson, Sales Engineer - Luxi Lighting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All the case studies were very relevant. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Jacob, IT Analyst - Tata Consultancy Services, a division of Tata Group | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Very good, and still managed to stop to answer many questions. We will send all our new designers to your class. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Daryn Bertelson, Mechanical Design Engineer - Johnson Outdoors - Marine Electronics: Minnkota-Cannon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Excellent verbal presentation methods: a) to explain the concepts from the first principles quickly yet thoroughly, b) backed up with in-depth esoteric knowledge & application methods! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Franco Acacia, Design Engineer - Magna Advanced Technologies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In a world where young engineers lack mentors & proper guidance to advance their knowledge - Paul provides a great stepping stone for all budding design engineers in 3 days. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William Shane Walts, Product Engineer Air Purifying Products - Tyco Scott Health and Safety | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Excellent class for the introduction of "engineering" into plastic part design rather than black magic & experience. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dan Dovel, Product Development Engineer - Professional Tool Manufacturing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Great job! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fumiaki Tago, Mechanical Engineer - Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dependent upon level of individual participating in seminar some of the topics covered were very in depth and a novice could benefit greatly. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marvin Carroll, Program Manager - Meridian Automotive Systems | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| It was paced well. However due to the extensive material coverage we sometimes had to move fast on certain calculations. I would have liked to see more detail in dimensional choices. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kerem Munir, Project Engineer - Behr America Inc. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ...this seminar covered in depth information on the design process that far exceeded my expectations. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Matthew Miles, Engineer - The Raymond Corporation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The content is very good and illustrations are impressive. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mohan Raja Dasu, Product Development Engineer - IntroTech, Inc. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The class is loaded with useful info. I don't want to miss one thing. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stefan Betz, Development Engineer - Mercedes-Benz U.S. International | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paul Tres is a great instructor who uses stories, examples, and real life situations to leave a lasting impression on the student concerning different aspects of plastic part design. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
David Perry, Senior Product Engineer - Autoliv | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| He was very knowledgeable and could explain concepts in a way that was easy to understand - had up to date info on newest methods and interesting case histories. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zoe Carlin, Staff Engineer - Honda R & D Americas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This course is an excellent introduction to plastic design and also contains much for those who already have plastic design experience.
Robert E. Wattleworth, Engineering Supervisor - Visteon Automotive Systems This is likely the most informative class I've ever taken. | Jeffrey Lubbers, Development Engineer - Mercedes-Benz U.S. International Mr. Tres was careful to cover info in such a way as to be useful to people with a variety of disciplines.
| Norman B. Horton, Design Engineer - Faraday, Inc. Examples of redesigns were great! They are very practical. In general the course was very informative. Thanks!
| Kare Koehler, Product Development Director - K1 Very knowledgeable on subject, kept class going. Info learned will be directly
applicable to job. A lot of info to cover in two days. | Brian Boyer, Application Development - Summit Polymers Instructor is very knowledgeable and has valuable experience which he shared well. | Brian Vaughn, R & D Engineer - First Inertia Switch Enjoyed problem solving exercises, locations on internet was good, so were software programs. | Tim Matthews, Design Engineer - Johnson Controls, Inc. I will be able to bring sounder preliminary designs to my design engineers. I will be able to do more of the designing myself and be more effective working with designers.
| Ken Cenicola, Applications Engineer - Teleflex Automotive Gives me the knowledge to work with others and understand the technical discussions. | James Haling, Supervisor - Ford Motor It has opened my eyes in multiple categories and those will assist me in my daily activities. | Ken Tomerlin, Senior Designer - Eaton Automotive Controls Division The course books and materials will make excellent reference material at my company. | Michael Borus, Product Engineer - Tennex Industries, Inc. Impressed with instructor and his ability to give good, internationally examples of course topics.
| Philip Heienreich, Mechanical Engineer - Naval Air Warfare Center Interesting speaker. Very knowledgeable. | Peter Boucher, Manufacturing Development Engineer - Hewlett-Packard I thought the balance of instruction was very good. | James P. Wille, Senior Design Engineer - Landis & Staefa The course strength is based on the knowledge of the instructor. | Jeff Antonucci, Engineering Manager - Southco Manufacturing Presentation of complex ideas in a simple and easy to understand way. Paul is very good (and humorous) presenter. He made the topics more interesting than they otherwise might have been.
| David B. Robinson, Senior Designer - Scimed Life Systems The instructor was clear in his presentation, answered the questions in great, clear detail. | Robert Burtis, Senior Lead Designer - Valeo Mr. Tres is very experienced, knowledgeable and an excellent speaker - a rare combination. | Scott Jarman, Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Raychem This was well organized and presented - Excellent! | Greg Perez, Manufacturing Engineer - Ford Motor Mr. Tres is a very effective instructor and I would highly recommend this course to others in the mechanical engineering field.
| Michael A. Kurk, Mechanical Design Engineer - Naval Air Warfare Center Great application course - clear explanations. | Dr. Dennis Ferguson, Molding Specialist - 3M Company Very informative and useful. Step by step design algorithm will be quite useful in day to day design work.
| Mahyar Esmaili, Mechanical Engineer - Interbold The information presented will change the way I design press/snap-fits. My overall
feeling about the class is very useful not only for me but others as well.
| Richard Horstman, Designer - Proctor & Gamble What a value to be with such an expert! | Michael Blicher, CGM Director - Magna International All you need to know about PP in one day. | Michael Jackson, Development Engineer - Johnson Controls, Inc. Although quite a bit of information was packed into two days the class was invaluable! | Gregory Dvorchak, Product Engineering Manager - Motion Control Industries I really thought the content and instructor were top notch. | Christopher Bezzina, Project Engineer - KIP, Inc. Speaker was very knowledgeable and kept interest of audience. | Wendi Feldstein, Engineering Service Manager - Crestron Electronics Very pleased - we gained valuable information. | Rick Tamburrino, Engineering Manager - Welch Allyn Inc. Excellent overall view of all areas in plastic part design. | Tony Osgood, Project Manager - Ovonic Battery Overall the seminar was excellent. Probably, one of the best I have attended as a professional. | Daniel C. LaMendola, Senior Mechanical Engineer - NEC America, Inc. Fascinating case histories effectively illustrated common design pitfalls. Paul's solutions will enable us to control process problems long before we release a part for tooling. | Kenneth Weber, Design Engineer - Alcoa Fujikura Ltd. This course provides me with insight to the myriad of choices to plastics designs and manufacturing. | Richard J. Stoyka, Release Engineer - DaimlerChrysler Very good class. I liked the examples & talking about subjects that relate directly to my career. | Peter Merckx, Product Designer - Visteon Automotive Systems Good overview presentation, well organized presentation materials. Good instruction experience; appeared to have been
involved in design of many of these types. | Thomas A. Dailey, Sales Engineer - W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Industrial Products Division |
|