The Intern Experience | From Intern to Engineer

The Intern Experience | From Intern to Engineer

The Intern Experience | From Intern to Engineer By Isaac Young, Controls Engineer, OIT MECOP Intern, 2025 (second from the left in the picture above) I joined Concept Systems during my second MECOP internship while finishing my senior year as a...

The Intern Experience | Summer 2025

Written by Brandon Chan, OSU MECOP Intern, 2025 On my third day of joining the company, one of my coworkers had coordinated to have an April Fools’ themed potluck. Although I didn’t have much prepared, just a box of chocolate macnuts from back home, they...
Removing the Blindfold from the Manufacturing Floor

Removing the Blindfold from the Manufacturing Floor

Removing the Blindfold: Manufacturing Data Collection with Ignition Author: Ruvim Turchik, Senior Engineer “You can have data without information, but you cannot have information without data.” —Daniel Keys Moran Even with data collection practices in place, plant...
FactoryTalk Optix Part 4: Dynamic Links

FactoryTalk Optix Part 4: Dynamic Links

Written by Isaac Grossberg, Software Engineer  To get the most out of Rockwell’s FactoryTalk Optix, you need to get familiar with dynamic links. These links are the backbone of automation and data flow in Optix, transforming your UI from static to dynamic. Let’s break...