Engineering Fields

[Anonymous No.11562234]

I'm going into engineering, that's a fact. but there's a dozen or so fields of engineering, it seems and I'm still trying to narrow it down some. what's your field? why did you go into it and why do you think others should or shouldn't?
I'm especially interested in nuke-e, EE, and chem-e

[Anonymous No.11562252]

>>11562234

Nuke-e is too specialized. EE, Chem-E, and Mech E are safe bets.

[Anonymous No.11562283]

>>11562234
YOU FUCKING RETARD KEK I'M JUST SIMPLY WALTZING IN TO THE PE EXAMS AND TAKING PRECASSLY THOSE 3

[Anonymous No.11562288]

>>11562283
invigeouristic blastang
but real talk those are the only gud 3 materials is eh

[Anonymous No.11562303]

>>11562234
>I'm especially interested in nuke-e
B8?

[Anonymous No.11562334]

>>11562234
>nuke-e
admittedly i would have done nukeE if there were any nukeE programs in my state, and i couldnt afford out of state tuition so i didn't. BUT that degree is a pretty big meme. good luck getting a job at a reactor and, when you do, you're basically just living the life of Homer fucking Simpson. why bother? it's too specialized. you can work in the nuclear sector with an ee/cheme degree if you care that much

[Anonymous No.11562358]

>>11562303
no, actually. I was introduced to nuclear stuff at a young age and my interest has steadily grown. I honestly was thinking about going into a different engineering field, but then I walked into the nuke-e building at the campus I'm going to and actually talked with some of the folks there. the ones I met seemed a bit... wack, but I want to know more about the field before I decide to go into it or not. I know basically nothing about it at this point.

[Anonymous No.11562371]

>>11562234
>what's your field?
Aerospace engineering, got a bachelor, I'm doing a master.
>why did you go into it and why do you think others should or shouldn't?
Because aerospace usually sits at the technological bleeding edge and I like aircrafts. Aerospace is good because gives you knowledge in lots different fields, but only the core ones (thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, and their applications) are actually fully explored, with the understanding that everything else is just for giving you the tools to study and comprehend whatever else you'll need in your professional life. Of course your milage may vary depending on your university.
Also, aerospace/rocket engineer sounds cool as fuck and it will always make an impression on normies. To be fair, every engineering field is worth taking, as long as you're interested, and I assume they're all equally valid. Now, the bad part: as for every proper STEM, it's tough, there's a shitload of difficult and complicated things to learn, and you'll have very little time, and the pressure is immense; personally, I fell into depression twice during my studies, but if you're the kind of student that doesn't suffer from any mental illness and doesn't have any problem focusing on your papers, then it won't be impossible (hell, if I made it, everyone can).

[Anonymous No.11563382]

>>11562252
>>11562303
>>11562334
>>11562358


Reading about nuclear physics and stars was the beginning of my interest in science, I've always been fascinated with it. Unfortunately there's only one reactor in my country - a research reactor in another state - so it's totally nonviable as a career for me.

[Anonymous No.11563387]

>>11562234
Engineering is a joke. Study math or CS.

[Anonymous No.11563530]

>>11563387
>Study math or CS
CS graduate coping

[Anonymous No.11563532]

>>11562234
I wanted to do Nuclear-E but I cant due to Australias gay policy on nuclear reactors. So instead i'm doing Chem-E

[Anonymous No.11563535]

>>11562234
Go for Petroleum, that's where the money is

[Anonymous No.11563561]

>>11563535
You can do Chemical and still get in the petrol busniess

[Anonymous No.11563810]

>>11562234
Electronic engineering doing my masters in microwave devices. I went into EE because I liked programming/ physics and maths but after two years I realised that I would hate doing the programming side of EE for the rest of my life and hardware design is really minimal in my country outside of power and microwave. It also helped that I really enjoyed and did well in electromagnetics. If you like electronics I think microwave engineering is very interesting because it takes electronics and makes it more interesting by adding new parameters to model and consider. You can also skip the network analysis portion and analyse the structures with full EM theory which is neat.

[Anonymous No.11564334]

MechE here , im in my second year . IMO safest bets are EE and Mech , they both are quite broad , (for example i can choose robotics , aeronautics , even nuclear) , they both can be combined or lead to business, and depending on what u specialise you can earn well beyond most other professions. Plus especially EE and Mech (depending on school) provide suffiecent programming classes to work in software if u want to . EE or Mech + business is godtier .

[Anonymous No.11564442]

>>11562234
Practical Observations
>ChemE
Feed rats and bunnies with various compounds, either the dick get bigger or it dont
>ElecE
Electron go from source to ground like a marble thru a maze
>MechE
hurr durr it go boom
>NukeE
Infertility is just for plebs, I have a hazard suit, also possibly Gordon Freeman the Combine here at any second

[Anonymous No.11564477]

>>11564334
How much is the CAD work?
I hear in this board, very often, that Mech engineers are CADmonkeys. How much of a meme is that?

[Anonymous No.11564573]

>>11562234
I'm in my last 2 months of my BSc in ChemE, I'm currently doing my thesis at a nuclear power plant.

The ChemEs I've met on the power plant all work with the water chemistries on the power plant (reactor coolant water, steam, condensate, etc).
The work at this powerplant has been more varied than I would have thought for a ChemE. You have tasks out in the power plant, in the lab, and behind the desk.
Water chemistry has been the unifying umbrella under which ChemEs work.

We don't have a title/program called NukeE in my country, but i gues that they would have similar tasks as the physicists at the power plant.
The physicists calculate and estimate neutron flows, how much energy can be squeezed out of the fuel, effects of radiation on equipment, etc.
Your field is gonna be pretty narrow though.

I've never met an ElecE, so I have no answer on that one.

ChemE is the widest of the engineering fields, you can work with anything from the nuclear industry, polymers, metals, food, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, etc.
There is a difference in the saturation of different engineers on the market though, that you're gonna have to think of in your country.
My country has a slight shortage of ChemEs, so I'm pretty safe compared to what I've heard it's like for a lot of americans.

[Anonymous No.11564644]

>>11562234
Whatever field you choose, don't let yourself get suckered in to any ETAC/ABET program.

[Anonymous No.11564652]

>>11562234
My only advice is don't do Nuke-E. Your entire livelihood depends on whether a nuclear power plant is being built when you graduate. Read about Vogtle Plant and you'll see why that's a bad idea.

[Anonymous No.11565201]

Of the three chem Es I know, one is going into law, one is trying to get into product dev/management, the other is going for a chemistry PhD. So basically none are sticking with engineering.

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[Anonymous No.11565405]

>>11562234
I did mechE with a masters in mechatronics. Currently working as a satellite mechanisms design engineer. Always wanted to design something that would operate in space

[Anonymous No.11565414]

>>11564477
you can end up doing that but depending on your industry it can require a lot of knowledge with regards to design intent, like knowing what finishing processes and coatings will work, mass optimisation, lubrication required etc

[Anonymous No.11565790]

>>11564477
Cant speak about the industry , although most graduates or Phd candidates i've spoken to say design is field itself , meaning the CADmonkey term doesnt really make sense. You cant just design something on the computer and then expect it to work , i assume all sorts of tests have to be done and god knows what else . Some schools have 1 or 2 cad/drawing classes , others have none. But CAD is only one part of mech or engineering in general , although at every project , someone will be doing it.

[Anonymous No.11565808]

What's the brach that contains the least amount of group projects? ChemE perhaps? I want to work alone and be free from the stress associated with group projects as often as I can.

[Anonymous No.11565892]

I'm doing EE, almost done, should have done CompE and taken a few EE electives. Analog electronics are boring as hell imo, Controls and DSP are the more interesting part of EE. Digital electronics and embedded systems are great though.

>>11563535
Until the price per barrel crashes, you're laid off, and new grads fill open positions. Good one. At least ChemE's can do other shit

[Anonymous No.11566482]

>>11564477

The most successful MEs are going to be the ones who can utilize the combination of CAD and CAM(CFD, FEA), as the latter continues to get more and more advanced, a proficient user of these tools will be able to design and accurately simulate increasingly sophisticated systems, more and more competitively.

Take the CAD pill today!