Tom Walters:  

College I majored in Mechanical Engineering Technology at O.I.T. in Klamath Falls, OR. I graduated with my B.S. in 1986. I played football for 4 years. I started part-time my sophomore year at tight end, and started full-time my last two years at offensive guard. The highlights I will remember from football were finishing 14th in the nation my freshman year and scoring a touchdown my sophomore year (a big deal to an offensive lineman). The fun things I remember were some of the parties in Klamath Falls, Moore Park in the Spring, and going to Topsy Reservoir to jump of the rocks into the reservoir. Workplace Precision Castparts manufactures jet engine components, land-based power generation components, and medical implants (knees, hips, etc.). These parts must be dimensionally verified to customer specifications. My job is to write programs to inspect these parts using a CMM (coordinate measuring machine). This machine is similar to a CNC, except it measures the part instead of machining it. Customers include G.E., Pratt-Whitney, Rolls-Royce, Boeing, Lockheed, Martin-Marietta, etc. Military I joined the Marine Corps in 1988, a few years out of college. It was something that had always f...Expand for more