One common characteristic of bright hands on engineers is the love of gadgets, goodies, and JUNK. We had a field day yesterday when one of our colleague companies called us to say they were tossing a bunch of old junk. “To the Bat Mobile”. Actually it was Robbie’s suburban but that’s a better choice for […]
On March 1, 2014, Tucson held the first ever Maketopolis. The event successfully fit over 1,000 participants and 35 exhibits into two spaces totaling 11,000 square feet. At this point you’re probably asking yourself “what IS a Maketopolis?” Maketopolis 2014 brought Tucson’s tinkerers, engineers, programmers, hobbyists, students, building fans, and the like together to share […]
Marcus Engineering is committed to helping Tucson’s youth become passionate about the future, wherever it may lead them. On October 29, 2013, Marcus Engineering CEO Dr. Patrick Marcus and embedded systems engineer Chas Leichner visited St. Cyril School to speak with middle-school students about engineering and biotechnology. Connecting with middle-schoolers isn’t the easiest task. At […]
Marcus Engineering takes pride in hiring and training the most talented engineers and it’s getting noticed. On January 6th 2014, Robbie Laity, a recent graduate in Electrical Engineer from The University of Arizona and a veteran intern at Marcus Engineering, was recognized by Design News Magazine, (a national industry resource for engineering news), as one of our nations Rising Engineering […]
Each year, the University of Arizona College of Engineering holds a Senior Design Day to showcase student-made engineering projects. With the purpose of solving real-world problems, the industry-sponsored final products come in all shapes and sizes, including sea creatures this year. The 2013 Senior Design Day’s Best Overall Design winning team built a robotic fish […]
Starting a new business involves a variety of considerations. Much like researching target markets and identifying competitors, choosing a thriving entrepreneurial location is a key element. The 2011 Kaufman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity named Arizona the number-one start-up state, as .5% of Arizona adults started a business that year. But what makes our state different […]
A healthy work environment isn’t always about maximizing productivity pushing up hours and going to a cheaper coffee brand to improve the bottom line. Sometimes it’s simply about having fun, sharing some downtime with your co-workings and creating a culture the the whole team can be proud of. A few hours of Castle Crashers (a […]
Educational outreach is important to Marcus Engineering. As part of these efforts we often sponsor and mentor engineering design teams at the University of Arizona. Bright students with some veteran engineering direction produces magnificent commercializable products like the Robotic Fish. The University of Arizona held their Engineering Design Day on Tuesday, 30 April, 2013 at […]
The University of Arizona Honors College selected Dr. Marcus for the 2013 Advocate for Education award. The award recognized Dr. Marcus as “an individual who has demonstrated extraordinary efforts in promoting education”. Dr. Marcus will be honored at an awards ceremony where he will give a keynote speech to the Honors College Students. He will be speaking on the […]
Expansion is a significant growing pain but also an indicator of success for a small technology company. After taking on many new projects and hiring top notch team members, we soon realized that one of the downsides of our success and the rapid growth of our engineering team was outgrowing our small office and laboratory. […]
