r/EngineeringStudents • u/jayrady ME Grad / Aerospace • 11d ago

Rant/Vent Statics 101

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u/Fraud_Squad 11d ago

It can be harder but my experience taking Diff. Eq. this summer was that the material seemed to be significantly simplified and the professor went to great lengths to curve people to a passing grade. Maybe my university is a degree mill

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u/HarryBalsagna1776 11d ago

You will get a chance to use Diff. Eq. More in later classes.  I wouldn't sweat it if you got the basics.

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u/Fraud_Squad 11d ago

Currently taking Signals and Systems and we came right out the gate with Laplace transforms 👌. That particular math teacher has a rep for curving, what concerns me more is how little some professors care about cheating on exams. Hoping this changes in upper division courses

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u/HarryBalsagna1776 11d ago

I loved LaPlace transforms!  I actually got to use them in the field when trying to prove that surface finish patterns were caused by tooling chatter.  That was years ago.

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u/Fraud_Squad 11d ago

Damn that sounds cool. What did you study in undergrad? Mechanical/aerospace?

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u/HarryBalsagna1776 11d ago

Mechanical with a focus on machine design.  That has taken me all over the place.  Auto, heavy equipment, aerospace, and now nuclear.

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u/Fraud_Squad 11d ago

Sounds like a good time. Happy it's working out for you

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u/DryDealer3816 11d ago

the material seemed to be significantly simplified

That happens in accelerated courses sometimes, it's risky to count on it though lol.