{"id":836,"date":"2013-07-15T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Siemens-PLM-Corporate-Blog\/Meet-Student-Engineer-Tom-Gorgia\/ba-p\/335143"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:29:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:29:42","slug":"meet-student-engineer-tom-gorgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/meet-student-engineer-tom-gorgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Student Engineer Tom Gorgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P>Meet Tom Gorgia, a student engineer at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.erau.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University<\/A>. Tom&nbsp;begins his junior year of school next month. I met Tom at the EcoCAR2 Year 2 Competition in May. He shares more about himself and his involvement with EcoCAR in this video and blog interview.<\/P><br \/>\n<P><\/p>\n<div class=\"video-embed-center video-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"embedly-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FCd8jfuEfoms%3Ffeature%3Doembed&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DCd8jfuEfoms&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FCd8jfuEfoms%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;key=b0d40caa4f094c68be7c29880b16f56e&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" title=\"Video\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><BR \/><EM>Tell us about yourself. <\/EM><\/P><br \/>\n<P><EM>(When did you know you wanted to be an engineer? What got you interested in EcoCAR?)<\/EM><\/P><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE>&#8220;I became interested in engineering throughout high school while studying math and physics. I joined the Embry-Riddle EcoCAR team my freshman year from an informational meeting and have been very active ever since.&#8221;<\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P><BR \/><EM>Tell us about the EcoCAR2 project this year and your role on the team.<\/EM><\/P><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE>&#8220;This year for the Embry-Riddle EcoCAR team I had been responsible for developing mounts and working with the other students to get the Chevy Malibu CAD drawn as well as developed. I had assisted in fabrication as well as installation of mounts in both the CAD and the actual vehicle. I also developed a lift and procedure for our Energy Storage System.&#8221;<\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P><BR \/><EM>How did you use Siemens software on the project?<\/EM><\/P><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE>&#8220;Siemens software is used by the team on a daily basis. All the CAD is drawn in NX 7.5. Also in the third year of the EcoCAR program the Embry-Riddle EcoCAR team plans to utilized Teamcenter to allow for more CAD management within the team.&#8221;<\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P><BR \/><EM>Any lessons learned from EcoCAR2?<\/EM><\/P><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE>&#8220;I have learned plenty of lessons throughout the EcoCAR program. I have learned that <STRONG>engineering is not only problem solving but problem solving in a costly manner<\/STRONG>. I have learned also that there is more to development like weight management and making a vehicle that is a customer friendly vehicle.&#8221;<\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P><BR \/><EM>What advice would you give students considering engineering as a career?<\/EM><\/P><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE>&#8220;The biggest piece of advice for someone looking to get into engineering is to <STRONG>get active in a project to gain real world experience<\/STRONG>.&#8221;<\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P><BR \/>Thanks Tom and good luck in year 3 of the competition!<BR \/><BR \/>Learn more about EcoCAR on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greengarageblog.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Green Garage blog<\/A>. 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