i am currently at baylor, and i am majoring in mechanical engineering. it is really hard, just be ready to work my first semester surprised me lol but it is worth it in the end

 

Actually, Baylor is one place I might be interested in. How is the program over there?

 

How about ceramics?? as in bullet proof glass, missile domes etc.. new exciting field. We have some new young engineers here and they love it.

 

Hmmmm. I like the sound of this. Do you get to test your designs?

 

It is really good!
we started out in basic engineering stuff and then move on to either electrical or mechanical.
We have a TON of math, if you go to baylor you get a major in engineering and a minor in math, so its a pretty good deal.

 

That sounds good. I don't know if I want to be in a broad field like electrical or mechanical. I kinda want to specialize.

 

You'd probably be better of doing a broad field of study. I'm doing mechanical for that reason. I've talked to a lot of people and they say it's usually best to have a broad field---gets you more job opportunities. As an example my advisor gave me, there were two engineers she knew working at Lockheed Martin. They recently had some layoffs and had to decide which one to let go. Almost everything about the two engineers was similar in terms of credentials and experience. They decided to keep the mechanical engineer because he wasn't specialized to just one area of study.

 

Right now I'm a senior in high school and i plan on going into engineering. Currently my dad is an Electrical Engineer working for Continental Tire. I plan to follow the same path and go to school as an Electrical Engineer, not so sure about working at a tire manufacture though. I am exploring the other fields of engineering though. I have to admit civil, mechanical, and computer all interest me quite a bit also. I plan on going to SIU (Southern Illinois University) Carbondale.

My dad does a lot of project management, and since the CT in Mt. Vernon is the only Continental/General Tire plant left running in the US he does a lot of traveling around the world. A job he was kinda picked for as a side job to working up there. He has been to France, Mexico, Germany, Czech Republic, England, Italy, Portugal, and I'm sure there are others I haven't listed. He always tells me that when he first got into the job he never realized how much public speaking and communications skills were going to be necessary. Anyways, I have job shadowed my dad on a few occasions and it's great to go up there. I actually help him out with some of the barcode scanner projects from here making all the graphical interfaces here. So it was cool to get to see those actually being used.

Also mblouir, you can look at that a few different ways. I can see it and agree with it your way. But, if your specialized in an area that is in high demand or needed a lot of and there aren't many of you the demand is going to be high for you. Which in turn can be great for that individual.

 

Try Railroad application engineering. There aren't too many schools that have it as a degree but there are some out there.

There is a large demand for Signal Engineers because no one really ever thinks about it.

It's not real technical based unless you get into the R&D or system engineering side of things.

A railroad application engineer writes the software, usually in ladder logic, and designs the circuits that enable trains to safely make moves.

It's all based on fail safe logic. Ensuring that anything an operator does cannot allow a train to be cleared into another oncoming train, or misaligned switch.

Just an option for ya.

 

No, but nobody's going to die because I can't

Agreed, rail is a great field to get into, engineering or otherwise.

I got my degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2005 and ended up working for a engineering consulting firm in the Rail Department. I work on track design, site planning, crossing safety, etc.

I also got into underwater inspections for the company as well.

Getting an engineering degree opens doors to a huge variety of jobs, and the pay is pretty good. You won't get rich, but you can do quite well.

- NCSU

 

This couldn't be more true. I work with a few people who are smart as a whip but they just cannot communicate to others what they are thinking. It makes it very difficult while working in a team environment. It's like they are on a different planet.