Engineers report here!

[GiJoe]

Not to sway your career choice, but I always heard market is flooded with mechanical and electrical engineers.

My younger sister got her Environmental Engineering degree from Cornell ( she had higher than a 4.0 in high school ). She now works at GoodYear world headquarters making serious $$$,$$$"thumbsup"

FYI, She always told me if she was better at chemistry, then Polymer Engineer would be the way to go. Very high demand in job market after graduation and highest paid.

 

[bigstu]

I don't think the engineering market, specifically mechanical, is flooded right now.
There are jobs out there, you just have to be wiling to re-locate for the work.

If I was going to re-do my college degree, I would still go towards mechanical engineering, but I might move towards pharmaceutical production or medical device design work.
There is always going to be a need for health care related jobs. There are lots of opportunities, just have to look and don't be afraid to look at jobs posted on Monster and Career Builder.

 

[losikid]

How do you get above a 4.0?

Any class thats considered a college level class (classes at a college, AP classes, IB classes) get you a 5.0 for a A.

It so kids whom take classes that require very little effort have a harder time getting a a class rank higher than the kids who take the more advance classes that actually require some sort of effort.

 

[losikid]

Not to sway your career choice, but I always heard market is flooded with mechanical and electrical engineers.

I can't speak for ME, as i'm unsure. but more and more products and tasks everyday get more automated with electronics....the demand for electrical engineers is going up. And the field has finally been around along enough people are starting to retire which is also increasing demand.

 

[Highmark]

ALL of my buddies who graduated with engineering degrees from the University of Louisville (decent engineering program) got jobs before they graduated. Most of them where mechanical or chemical.

That being said, my only friends who got jobs out of college are Engineers, Accountants and IT people. Everyone else I know is screwed. :ror:

I switched majors after my first year and I really regret it. I enjoy my current job, but at the end of the day it's just not as cool as what I could be doing. I can't say enough about understanding how much work goes into an engineering degree, but the payoff is awesome compared with other fields.

 

[mitchr97]

Thanks for all of you help guys! you really helped me out. What i want to do is design chassis for ford's trucks. I though it would be a cool job.

 

[JeremyH]

If you are gonna go into EE, then you'd better know this book inside and out:

Oh, and no matter what they say, take Differential Equations. After that, things like Greens Functions and Maxwell's Equations make SOOOOOOOO much sense. "thumbsup"

I took that class as an "elective" and after went back to the Physics department chair and told him that it should be mandatory for his curriculum.

 

[losikid]

If you are gonna go into EE, then you'd better know this book inside and out:

Oh, and no matter what they say, take Differential Equations. After that, things like Greens Functions and Maxwell's Equations make SOOOOOOOO much sense. "thumbsup"

I took that class as an "elective" and after went back to the Physics department chair and told him that it should be mandatory for his curriculum.

I'll be in diff eq next semester...its required for me.

 

[JeremyH]

I'll be in diff eq next semester...its required for me.

That was one of the best classes I ever took in College. I was in there with a bunch of math majors....they all hated it...I loved it. :ror:

 

[losikid]

That was one of the best classes I ever took in College. I was in there with a bunch of math majors....they all hated it...I loved it. :ror:

I'm not worried about it...calc 2, calc 3, physics 1, and physics 2 will all touch on diff eq material. So it should be a good class to fill the gaps. I'm considering taking linear algebra and diff eq at the same time to get it all out of the way. Lin. alg. is supposed to be stupid easy, from what i'm told.

 

[JeremyH]

Differential equations helps explain where a lot of those equations come from that your prof just seems to pull out of their asses...

 

[79BlackPearl]

Thanks for all of you help guys! you really helped me out. What i want to do is design chassis for ford's trucks. I though it would be a cool job.

Chassis? Sounds like a path down Structural or Mechanical Engineering. I'd research DANA (either their Parish or Spicer Division) and see what they look for in Structural Engineers. Couldn't hurt to contact their HR dept and ask a few questions.

Here in the south, if you have a Civil, Mechanical, Electrical or Petroleum Engineering degree you can pretty much set your salary well above the $85K your first year out of school. Then it's up to you to climb the ladder."thumbsup"

 

[c0bra]

im currently an engineering/ electromechanical technology major at a local community college. after i get both associates degrees im going into a dual enrollment with Temple University, were i will be and engineering technology major.

the funny part is that for the engineering associates i need to take calc 3 and diff eq, as well as calc based physics 1 and 2. for the BSET i need only up to calc 2 and general physics 1..... does that make sense to anybody?


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[JeremyH]

... does that make sense to anybody?

No, but it doesn't make sense why they don't require 4 semesters of calculus and 4 of physics for an engineering program. Physics is the basis of engineering....and calculus is the basis of physics. What's the point of using a theorem or formula if you have no idea where it comes from. That's why I like physics....you start out with several basic ideas and you can derive any formula that you want.

 

[mitchr97]

Chassis? Sounds like a path down Structural or Mechanical Engineering.

you can pretty much set your salary well above the $85K your first year out of school. Then it's up to you to climb the ladder."thumbsup"

That was the plan"thumbsup"

 

[wings_of_fire]

No, but it doesn't make sense why they don't require 4 semesters of calculus and 4 of physics for an engineering program. Physics is the basis of engineering....and calculus is the basis of physics. What's the point of using a theorem or formula if you have no idea where it comes from. That's why I like physics....you start out with several basic ideas and you can derive any formula that you want.

Well said bro!"thumbsup"