{"id":10399,"date":"2024-04-29T22:51:14","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T22:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/?p=10399"},"modified":"2024-12-17T16:53:36","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T16:53:36","slug":"transcending-the-second-dimension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/29\/transcending-the-second-dimension\/","title":{"rendered":"Transcending the second dimension"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gonzales inspires, crafts 3-D printed projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The smell of resin fills the air as the 3-D printer works tirelessly to print out material samples for a research project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Job Gonzales paces back and forth to check in on his projects, answer questions from peers and test the strength of materials for his professor; all with a smile on his face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Gonzales, otherwise known as a 3-D printing mastermind, has proven that he can print it all and has grown his passion for designing, troubleshooting and printing unique creations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Gonzales is a Mechanical Engineering senior at Texas A&amp;M University- Kingsville (TAMUK).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cI enjoy printing articulated projects that move around, everyone loves them. You can design a human or an animal, it just grabs people\u2019s attention,\u201d Gonzales said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Gonzales has grown from an individual that blindly chose Mechanical Engineering as a career path, to a student who searches for answers even a professor may not know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Job Gonzales on Transcending the Second Dimension\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Oeh0X40yDFk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cI wish I could clone the skills [Gonzales] has. He has been growing [his toolbox of techniques and skills] \u2026 and [the TAMUK faculty] can definitely see his tremendous potential. If any machine is stuck either the sensor is not working or the machine is clogged, he will fix it. Not only does [Gonzales] solve the problem, he is patient with his peers when he is explaining the problem,\u201d Department Chair of Industrial Management Dr. Delia Valles-Rosales said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">After speaking to friends, peers and his professor one thing was for certain, Gonzales has a key skill that sets him apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cNot only does [Gonzales] have technical skills, but he can adapt to any situation. He is not afraid to do so, which is very rare. [Gonzales] is by far the smartest student I have ever worked with,\u201d Valles-Rosales said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Room 112 in Gross Hall is full of projects Gonzales has created such as a fully functional superhero helmet, endless fidget toys and customizable name plates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Gonzales credits TAMUK\u2019s Society of Automotive Engineers and the Robotics Club for keeping him motivated and exposed to new ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201c[Gonzales] is great at finding the answer; he is also really good at not stressing out. It didn\u2019t take long for me to notice that Job is the man. He has definitely inspired me to start 3-D printing,\u201d member of the Robotics Club Anthony Anderson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Anderson mentioned how he encouraged Gonzales to post his products on Instagram <em>@printingwithjob<\/em> as a public figure and to solidify his \u201cbrand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cI met Job when I first joined the Robotics Club. Working with [Gonzales] is a great experience. Any problem I have even if [Gonzales] doesn\u2019t understand it, he will sit there and say \u2018let\u2019s figure out what the problem is.\u2019 [Gonzales] is definitely a leader; he is resilient, goofy and smart,\u201d member of the Robotics Club Althahir Ceja said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">As Gonzales\u2019s time at TAMUK comes to an end he mentioned how excited he is for what the future has in store. Gonzales is interested in pursuing a career in manufacturing or in product testing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gonzales inspires, crafts 3-D printed projects The smell of resin fills the air as the 3-D printer works tirelessly to print out material samples for&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":10400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,125],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[153],"class_list":["post-10399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus","category-news-and-features"],"aioseo_notices":[],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"Photo by Briana Beltran- Job Gonzales showing off his 3D printed Iron Man helmet.","source_text":"","source_url":""},"authors":[{"term_id":153,"user_id":114,"is_guest":0,"slug":"briana-beltran","display_name":"Briana Beltran","avatar_url":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/48b698f6962fce921ec241ca13987a29.jpg?ver=1778634895","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/114"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10399"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11109,"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10399\/revisions\/11109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10399"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=10399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}