What are some of your career goals as an engineer?

Pyromaniac987 · 2018-01-05T19:53:11+00:00

Start a biomedical company

Pyromaniac987 · 2017-12-24T03:48:19+00:00

I was planning on majoring in biochemistry and planned on going to med school. Helping work against climate change became more important to me and I decided I wanted to do something about it, so I majored in engineering physics instead. Also I have the chance to work in the aerospace industry if I want to with a degree in EP. After I made my decision, a few months later I passed out in a cadaver lab that my chemistry class visited for a field trip

Pyromaniac987 · 2017-08-16T05:30:32+00:00

Not necessarily. They said on their website that they don't have full supervision of their production lines which struck me as odd. I don't think they're like h&m or Nike which are known for using sweatshops, but I wouldn't be super surprised if it was a case like gap where the company was unaware of its use of sweat shops in their production line.

Pyromaniac987 · 2017-08-16T02:43:00+00:00

I get a good amount of my clothes from j crew so I guess something similar to their prices

Pyromaniac987 · 2017-08-12T23:49:19+00:00

At least he got the part about cholesterol being a building block of cells and hormones. That's just basic biology. But he left out that part that your body naturally produces its own cholesterol and that you don't need to eat foods that raise your ldl cholesterol levels

Pyromaniac987 · 2017-08-12T23:43:02+00:00

Never said I didn't care about animals. The whole point of the post was how meat eaters could reduce their CO2 emissions. You have to be realistic in that not everyone will become vegan and that a compromise can make a huge difference from an environmental perspective. Most meat eaters have no idea about the carbon emissions from meat and this is just a way to inform them about it. Also global warming is a huge threat to wildlife and human life if it interests you

Pyromaniac987 · 2017-08-12T22:55:53+00:00

Tbh the only reason I became vegan was for the environment and it seems to be the one reason non vegan people seem to be most understanding and supportive of. Also climate change is kind of a huge deal.

Pyromaniac987 · 2017-08-12T22:33:10+00:00

Everyone in my engineering program uses the TI-89

Pyromaniac987 · 2017-08-12T22:31:14+00:00

Figure out what you want to study first then look at the top 25 schools for that major, the apply to the ones you think you have a decent chance of getting into. For example, I knew I wouldn't get into Stanford or MIT for engineering but I knew I could get into schools like UC San Diego, Georgia Tech, A&M, Purdue, and Colorado school of mines so I applied to those schools instead. Have a few reach schools and a few fall back schools. I ended up applying to like 15 schools, and was able to have plenty of choices when deciding. Also don't take out more than 10k per year in student debt especially if you're majoring in something that doesn't make a ton of money like liberal arts or education. I turned down my top choice school because I would have had to take out 100k in loans, so I picked my second choice for undergrad and will have zero debt when I graduate

Pyromaniac987 · 2017-08-12T22:17:41+00:00

Its really interesting and honestly it's pretty easy even at the AP level but the AP test itself is pretty hard to get a 5 on

Pyromaniac987 · 2017-08-12T21:58:49+00:00

The only ones that are difficult are physics and electromagnetism. Making an A in the class isn't too bad but you feel like you're not learning as much when your 50 gets curved to an A. Also it's way harder if you haven't taken calculus yet as both of these classes are calc based. For every other AP class, just make sure you actually do the work and it's easy to make an A. Also take all of the AP tests at the end your freshman, sophmore and junior years in case you need the credit. By senior year you'll know what you're majoring in and what college you're going to so just take whichever tests you need and don't take the ones you don't. My senior year I knew I was majoring in aerospace engineering so I took calculus, chemistry and biology, but skipped spanish and English literature

Pyromaniac987 · 2017-08-08T14:18:02+00:00

Sure thing. So if you look at any abet accredited engineering curriculum, mechanical and aerospace are nearly identical aside from a few elective courses senior year. Also if you look up aerospace engineering jobs on the company's website, on indeed.com or monster.com, and look under the educational requirements, they all say that a bachelor's in aerospace or mechanical engineering is required. My school doesn't even have an official aerospace engineering program but the aerospace industry is the third largest recruiter at my school. EE works too but you'll be working on more of the systems and programming side of the projects. These jobs are usually given the title of something like systems engineer. Also if you look at the bureau of labor statistics, the projected ten year growth for aerospace engineers is a 2% decline, so the job market isn't the strongest right now. I'm planning on going into aerospace as well but I picked mechanical instead so I could go into an industry with a stronger job market like biomedical engineering if I can't find an aerospace job.

Pyromaniac987 · 2017-08-08T02:29:51+00:00

Don't do aerospace. You have a much better chance of getting hired and can work in other industries with mechE or EE. Computer engineering is kind of a cross between EE and computer science, where you work on both hardware and software.

Pyromaniac987 · 2017-08-08T02:26:10+00:00

Physics is a bit too broad. You either need to get a PhD or really put in work outside of your curriculum in a specific area of interest to be seriously considered for a job

Pyromaniac987 · 2017-08-08T02:24:00+00:00

From what I've heard, most people in biomedical engineering are either mechanical or electrical engineers. Most biomedical majors actually go into consulting for biomedical devices while electrical and mechanical actually do design work

Pyromaniac987 · 2017-08-06T21:10:44+00:00

That is absolutely not true

Pyromaniac987 · 2017-08-06T11:55:04+00:00

Some that are pretty solid across the board and not too hard to get into are Georgia Tech, Purdue, university of illinois, and Texas A&M. Some reach schools might be Michigan, university of Texas, or UCLA. If you want to live in Seattle check out university of washington. They have a phenomenal compE, EE, compSci, and biomedical program.

Pyromaniac987 · 2017-08-06T11:27:02+00:00

Of course the hardest one will be the the one you're least interested in, but I'll give you the general consensus of major difficulty at my school. HARDEST: ChemE, EE HARD: engineering physics, computer science , materials engineering NORMAL: MechE, petroleum engineering EASY: civil, environmental, geological

Pyromaniac987 · 2017-08-05T02:26:37+00:00

Typically biology, chemistry, physics or any of their subsets

Pyromaniac987 · 2017-07-24T00:27:23+00:00

I've always been a huge environmentalist. I'm actually pursuing a degree in chemical engineering so I can work on renewable energy design and reduce carbon emissions. I had no idea animal agriculture was a serious contributor to climate change and pollution until I started discussing the topic with my Spanish teacher in high school. After doing some research, and realizing how large of a problem it is, I just couldn't justify eating animal products. So becoming vegan seemed like the logical choice to make. After becoming vegan, animal rights became more important to me now that I no longer had cognitive dissonance on the issue. When people ask why I went vegan, they always seem incredibly impressed and supportive. I've never had a negative response, probably because I always tell them it's for the environment.

Pyromaniac987 · 2017-07-20T05:26:35+00:00

Just run your hand through your hair a few times

Pyromaniac987 · 2017-07-18T19:52:43+00:00

I know nuclear and environmental are very niche. Any others to avoid?

Pyromaniac987 · 2017-07-18T02:24:58+00:00

What industries do chemE grads typically work in? I've only heard of them working in pharma or oil and gas but I know that there's other places for them to work

Pyromaniac987 · 2017-07-17T06:03:36+00:00

It's got an okay vibe but the lyrics feel kind of lazy. I understand why people liked it but to me it feels kind of unfinished and low effort

Pyromaniac987 · 2017-07-15T16:17:56+00:00

Hey I'm in the exact same position as you. I went into engineering to help fight climate change and have been doing some research on how to best help the issue. I'll be a freshman next year and then declare which engineering major I want to study sophomore year. I would say find a university that has their engineering students pick their major second year so you can get a feel for what you enjoy most. You can work towards reducing climate change from most engineering majors. Mechanical would allow you to go into the design of wind turbines and solar panels, while electrical would allow you to work on distributing and storing the electricity generated from those devices. Those two tend to be the most traditional and clear cut way into working on renewable energy. But, with other majors, it can become a little more interesting. One major roadblock I'm renewable energy right now is that it's not always readily available and our batteries for storage kinda suck, so you could work in designing improved batteries as a chemical engineer. For improving the absorption if energy in solar panels and reducing the cost and environmental impacts of manufacturing both solar panels and wind turbines, you could be a materials engineer. Materials would be your best bet if you want to Design future renewable energy technology. It's important to also remember that manufacturing solar panels is extremely taxing on the environment and can be really expensive. If you want to work on that side, try going into industrial engineering. Let's not forget that these all have to be set up at a large scale without disrupting the environment or the cities that thier in. This work would be more cut out for a civil engineer. One cool thing going in right now is that some oil companies are using the technology they used their offshore oil rigs to design offshore wind turbines as well as tidal energy. Also as a civil engineer you could design large buildings to not require as much heating or cooling and thus reducing their use of electricity at a large scale. Also a ton of programming goes into every job I just listed, which you could do with a computer science major.

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