Machine shop solves problems...and much more

2/2/2015

(Left to right) Jeff Smith, Gary Sedberry, Kyle Cheek, and Cliff Gulyash of MechSE's machine shop.“What I have is a lifetime of solving problems by building anything and everything that’s been given to me.” – Clifford Gulyash

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(Left to right) Jeff Smith, Gary Sedberry, Kyle Cheek, and Cliff Gulyash of MechSE's machine shop.
(Left to right) Jeff Smith, Gary Sedberry, Kyle Cheek, and Cliff Gulyash of MechSE's machine shop.

“What I have is a lifetime of solving problems by building anything and everything that’s been given to me.” – Clifford Gulyash

Clifford Gulyash, who heads up MechSE’s Machine Shop, doesn’t have an engineering degree. “What I do have is a basic understanding of how to make things,” he modestly explains. And he’s been making things since he was a six-year-old.

He shares an anecdote about his early proclivity for making things: “I started building as soon as I could pick up a hammer, and when I was five or six, I built my first go-cart, put a sail on it, and ended up getting into trouble going down the street. That’s a true story.”

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This story was published February 2, 2015.