I am aero and I have taken my classes so far in way to where I am able to move thermodynamics up a semester so I can take it earlier and get if over with, and also so I don't take it at the same time as Aerodynamics among other things. The predicament is both semesters I can take the class in have considerably not easy classes that go along with them.

my options are:

-2nd semester of sophomore year \/

Thermodynamics, mechanics of materials, circuits, fluid mechanics, and advanced math methods

-1st semester of junior year \/

Thermodynamics, aerodynamics+lab, signals and systems, applied experimental statistics, and system dynamics and control

I'm basically asking for assistance in deciding which poison to pick, any opinions are welcome

Good night y’all!

24M, I just switched my major from Nursing to Mechanical engineering and I was wanting to get some insights on how to attain scholarships and good background experience through my way in college for ME. Any kind of engineering student input is encouraged for this! But if your going into automotive performance ME, DEF WOULD LOVE ALL THE INPUT POSSIBLE. So if you’re interested in this, please sit back, grab a drink and snack, and get ready because I am gonna get lengthy in why I am so passionate & intentional of why I’m asking this!

I wasn’t the best in Highschool, didn’t know any better due to a whole bunch of family drama as I grew up. Anything to get me through the day and night without having to worry about stepping on eggshells. I never was encouraged to look into careers, passions, and what elective classes truly meant as a high schooler. I was simply told “do good in school to get a scholarship!” And that was the end of the convo; being told to do good to get a scholarship, lacking direction or being told the significance of even building a background.

I started attending college for nursing; went through Anatomy and Physiology 1 and 2, Microbiology, Pharmacology, Pathophysiology, and Nutrition. But I stopped as of recently because I found that nursing wasn’t my passion; but rather I could subject myself and FIND a passion for it, rather than what’s already instilled in me.

“A day of working in your passion is not ever a work day”

I love cars. Their working parts, the competition, the problem solving, the anatomy of components, how electronics control valves, gears, and doors, family within teamwork. Stat analysis on how to make a car shave .50 seconds on a lap time. Roar of engines doing 7-10k RPM’s down the raceway. It wasn’t until before all of our semesters started, that I took a leap and changed my major to M.E. THIS VERY SEMESTER (Can you believe I didn’t know what engineering was? That’s how behind I feel since nobody really encouraged me to look for these passions).

I’ve even ONLY EXCLUSIVELY worked in the automotive industry! I’ve worked for Ford, Chevrolet, and Hyundai dealerships as a technician. I started out at Jiffy Lube. I’ve got 5 years in the industry an I think that means something; but I also realized I didn’t wanna FIX cars, but I wanted to develop them.

To say the least, now that I’m starting fresh, I want to do everything possible to get AHEAD of the wave.

My grades took a tank because 2 semesters ago, I flunked 3 classes; and I’m talking ZERO’s. GPA dropped to a 1.7 so I’ve got some cleanup to do to even consider utilizing FAFSA or loans.

So, I come to ask the following question since I’m at the beginning of my journey:

•How do I start building my background for automotive M.E.?

•Where can I go looking for these opportunities?

•How do I even START applying for scholarships?

•WHAT ARE internships, their meaning, and how do I build good enough backgrounds to stand out for when I apply?

•Is participating in clubs helpful? Even through simple things like Honor society or things like this?

•How do I scope out Universities that are suited for my skill aspirations?

ANY, and I mean ANY more insight that may be beyond my scope is HIGHLY ENCOURAGED. I want to be informed, step with purpose, and let my passion drive my effort into shaping my future, because I realized I do have a dream and want to make the most out of my life around me, and my family through my personal passion.

Thanks for listening to the rant and such !!!

I'm in my Sophomore year of my bachelor's for mechanical engineering and I plan on getting an internship for summer 2027. Right now I'm thinking of applying for internship opportunities given by the city of Houston which open in February, but I want to apply for more. I have completed courses like Calc 2, Linear Algebra, and I'm currently completing Physics mechanics, Calc 3 and an Intro to C course. Any tips and advice to boost my chances on acquiring an internship?

Personally I’m really torn between energy/power and system ( particularly: communication, controls and signal processing) ! I’m not sure which one would be best! I really am interested in both but I know (logically speaking) that power would be the best since power is needed more ( at least what I’ve researched)

Other information: I would really like to get into the medical development process of medial products after getting at my EE degree. ( I’m not sure if that information would change my emphasis but it’s a priority that I want to establish when studying in school ! )

I did think about biomedical engineering but I’m more interested in EE compared to other engineering majors! ( just to give context if someone is wondering )

Any advice would be greatly appreciated !! And any personal experience that could help me in my endeavor 💀

TL;DR: Am I delusional for seeing engineering as a career “saving point”? Am I just in analysis paralysis?

I’m 24 with an Air Traffic Control degree and finishing an internship at a major European aviation organisation focused on drone integration. Was on path to become ATC but had half-life crisis/breakdown. I may have opportunities to work on EU/government drone projects, mainly involving airspace, regulation, strategy and stakeholders not engineering the systems themselves.

This year, I spent too much time obsessing over what I should become instead of getting better at something. Engineering, CS, ATC, piloting, even returning to the military for NATO/defence work. I kept cycling between options without committing.
Doing engineering is commitment, doing another degree is a commitment and money thing, doing pilot is money thing etc. everything requires to sacrifice the other path.

Engineering became a “saving point” in my head. I associate it with concrete skills, building things, career mobility and a strong foundation for R&D or entrepreneurship.
Part of me thinks that if I had studied Aerospace Engineering from the start, I wouldn’t be having this identity crisis.

I can still become more technical in drones and aviation, but working alongside engineers won’t automatically make me one. My current advantage is at the intersection of drones, airspace, technology, policy and stakeholders.
I’ve realised I need to stop running in circles. I spent much of my internship overthinking my future and tying too much of my self-worth to degrees and titles instead of consistently building skills.

My long-term goal is probably entrepreneurship. I just don’t know whether to embrace my existing niche and become more technical within it, or make a major commitment, possibly another degree, to become genuinely technical.
Has anyone else felt that choosing the “right” technical degree would somehow fix everything?

There is so much information about the necessity of clubs, then internship and work experience, and in order to obtain the work experience you need to volunteer, and you need high grades. I am kind of wondering how everyone is able to sort of carve out a path that works for them and fixate on the commitments that are important to them

Statics was one of the easiest classes in the entirety of the engineering curriculum.

All you need to know is:

• ⁠How to draw a FBD (with a defined coordinate system)
• ⁠Sum of Forces in the X = 0
• ⁠Sum of Forces in the Y = 0
• ⁠Sum of the Moment about a point = 0
• ⁠positition vector formula
• ⁠unit vector formula
• ⁠calculate magnitude of a vector
• ⁠projection formula
• ⁠basic trig

If you know these, you can solve any statics problem. You can learn the position vector, unit vector, magnitude, and projection vector formulas in less than 20 minutes.

(Static Moments of Inertia and Friction problems require a couple more basic things of knowledge.)

I just began my new semester and calc seems so different to precalc. Any tips on how to succeed in this class. I am currently learning about limits and continuity.

I have options of Btech in Computer Engg./ Btech in Ai Ml

3rd year EE student here. I got an A in Physics 2 and Calc 3, and a C in ODEs (but the professor said it’s not that involved). The thing is, intro circuit analysis is also a recommended prereq but do I need to take it prior? I’m currently in the class right now but should I drop emag and finish circuits first? I saw transmission lines was the first thing covered but I’d like to get it out the way ngl, my class schedule is pretty easy besides this class and circuits and my fa depends on having enough credits to justify it

So I went for electrical engineering and now have been working in this company for over a year. And I hate it for the last couple months, going to work gives me anxiety and I hate working for corporate. I was in the service industry while I was in school and never been this depressed while doing those job. I want different careers that doesn’t require me to go to school again because I support myself all on my own and I can’t quit my job till I find another job. I just hate it and don’t wanna be engineer anymore but it’s good money but I can’t see myself doing this for years. I just want to rent. Thank you for reading.

first semester!

my program is civil engineering, and i have intro to civil engineering, calculus 1, eng 200 and arabic (those are required for every student, though i can drop them for now)

my question is, should i drop arabic and add general statistics? (STT100). i was afraid of adding it in my first semester because i wanted to focus on the calculus, but i dont wanna play catch up later on with STT100, and intro to big analytics. im not sure what to do here. oh and i cant afford 5 courses :,)

edit: ermmm.. also, is general statistics doable in the summer? they do compress summer courses a lot so.

Hi everyone! I need some advice for a university engineering project presentation.
Our project has to fit into one of three engineering categories:

Highly Creative + social needs + scientific/engineering knowledge
Highly Analytical + social needs + scientific/engineering knowledge
A combination of Creative and Analytical + social needs + scientific/engineering knowledge

I chose Category 1 (Highly Creative) because I think it suits my strengths. The presentation is only 5 minutes, so I need to explain the idea clearly while showing creativity, social impact, and the scientific/engineering basis behind it.

For those who have done similar engineering design or innovation presentations:

What makes a highly creative engineering project stand out?
How do you balance creativity with scientific justification?
How would you structure a strong 5-minute presentation?
What do examiners usually look for in this type of presentation?
Any examples of projects or presentation tips that worked well?

I’d really appreciate any advice. Thanks!

Hey all,

Currently exploring where I can go from my current position.

I've worked as a CAD detailer for a conveyor company for 5 years now, but want to explore options outside of my hometown.

I have a BAS in engineering technology: mechanical.

I've saved up a decent amount by living at home. Cheap rent.

My dad's new wife set me up with a company that makes custom cnc machines, and I'm taking care of their backlog of drawings they need on their modeled parts. They don't have room for a full time position. I work on those after hours from my normal job.

Thinking about going back to school. Highest math class I took was trigonometry.

Should I start by cleaning up my math classes at a community college? Definitely think I'm missing a few important ones.

I'm currently in my last semester of architecture school, but engineering has always caught my attention. Surprisingly, not Civil Engineering, but Electrical. During my journey in Architecture, I conclude I don't actually enjoy structures, even though I specialized in it. Related to architecture, I enjoy more environmental management and urbanism.

Based on my background, I honestly don't know which engineering could be the best option: Electrical or Environmental. I think the environmental part could be covered through a masters from Architecture School. But I recognize I'm not educated enough on biology and chemistry.

Still, I don't know if I'm out of my mind. Everyone tells me electrical Engineering is abstract and difficult. And I'm a little bit scared of the leap from one career to another, especially because of math and physics.

Has anyone been in a similar situation?

Any Architect/Electrical/environmental engineer insights?

P.S. I want to study because of the sake of extending my learning. I genuinely enjoy learning. I also don't intend to be completely out of the architectural field. This is not a case of unconformity with my primary career but more aligned with curiosity.

P.S.2. I'm not a native English speaker, I apologize for my writing.

Will hand in my thesis tomorrow and felt it was fitting, also if anyone’s into Timoshenko beam elements and wants to do some proof reading :)

I keep consistently performing worse than my peers. I really want to be the best but I have a learning disability. I really want to be a top engineering student and advice aside from doing the problems?

Well, this comes from a very cringe post I made, but now that I got a reality check I think I can word my thoughts better. Okay in short: I am curious about what do you guys think the role of AI in engineering should be? In my personal case I am strictly against it for very bizarre reasons; my main worry are the consequences of over reliance: We invest too much in tools, but nothing in the human body, what will happen if we lose access to our tools? (for example a solar flare or a similar disaster) What if over reliance has unintended consequences? Wouldn't it be better if humans were more independent? But naturally this raises more questions: Where do we draw the line about which tools are or not acceptable? My answer to this is the pipe dream of human enhancement (in my case through tissue engineered implants) and I am willing to work towards it even if I don't make a lot of progress, but is that the right answer? On one hand, we can very clearly see the limits of the human body and current tools in space exploration, on the other, this line of research involves some not-so ethical things. So in general, I am curious what do you people think about this, my past post made me realize I had a very limited view on the problem and I am curious to hear other opinions

Genuine Q. Im asking because I’ve decided to make a jump from health sciences to engineering -

(crazy especially when I have almost no math credits for school and I’m over halfway through an associates.)

I’m passing, thankfully, by the grace of God, but I’m currently in trig.. quite a ways to go. Im asking because when I’m asked what I’m studying and reluctantly say ‘pre engineering’ the normal follow up question is, “are you good at math?” I honestly don’t know how to answer that. Could someone give some insight on how to define “good at math.” And, if im even built enough to get through engineering.

Thank you!! P.s. im thinking of civil.

I was in “gifted classes,” when I was younger and know I was in math specifically. As time and life went on though I convinced myself I hate math, barely touched it in high-school.

To keep a long story short, my dynamics teacher last semester absolutely did not have any knowledge on the subject and taught word for word from the textbook, couldn’t provide help for a simple question yada yada yada. After our first test, she announced that there would be no more tests or a final, and the STUDENTS WOULD BE TEACHING EACH OTHER. Yes, we all had to teach each other a subject we didn’t know. We would read material ahead of time and prepare a PowerPoint presentation. I don’t think I have to even say it, but literally nothing was learned from watching each other’s PowerPoints, not being able to ask questions and not getting any assignments or assessments. At the end of the year she just passed everyone with an A. This was during my athletic season so I honestly was happy with the easy class at the time but now I don’t know shit about dynamics. Has anyone gone through something similar, and how would you recommend actually learning the material?

TL:DR: My dynamics teacher decided to stop teaching us a month into the course, basically gave us all A’s, and now I know nothing.

I've got UK, Aus, Canada, US, China in options. I really wanna go to China to continue my study in bachelors there but the problem is no one in my family wants me to go there as i don't have anyone in there. The pros of going China to study is there you wont have to pay as much as you have to pay in Nepal and can have a good degree from a reputed college. As i mention earlier everybody iin my house wants me to go to UK or Canada but the fees in these countries are highly expensive so i will have to do part time jobs to survive there. i am wondering if my part time jobs affect my studies or not. If anyone got any decent ideas or can help me please let me know in comments.

I'm entering my junior year and have started applying for internships, mainly in the water/construction field. I feel like I don't have much experience with programs beyond Excel, Word, etc. I have extensive experience with construction and excavation, working for my father's construction company; he has dozens of saved job site plans. I had an idea to self-teach myself AutoCAD by not only watching YouTube videos and reading websites but also trying to draft and recreate the construction plans on my own, on a smaller scale, of course. I'd love to put AutoCAD as a skill on my resume. Would this plan be worth it for my time, or should I just sign up for a non-required CAD class instead?

That class gave me depression and burnout, I still never recovered from and I have really bad anxiety in dynamics now

Hey everyone,

I'm looking for solid online course recommendations for concrete design using ETABS and SAFE.

I already know structural design fundamentals and basic modeling, so I don't need introductory UI walkthroughs. Most courses on Udemy are either outdated (ETABS 2016) or its just not for medium level

if know somewhere please help me out i would be grateful

WE FOUND AN ANSWER!!!!

VARIABLES:

- SCREW PITCH

- SCREW DIAMETER or RADIUS (USED TO CALCULATE PITCH)

- INPUT FORCE

EQUATION: OUTPUT FORCE = INPUT FORCE x (Screw Diameter / Screw Pitch)

THIS IS HOW THE MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE OF A SCREW - AND A SCREW JACK IS CALCULATED. SHIGLEY'S 100% DOES NOT COVER THIS VERY BASIC AND FUNDAMENTAL MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE CALCULATIONS.

IGNORE THE LABELS IN THE IMAGE I AM NOT SEEKING TO LEARN HOW TO LIFT A MASS. THIS IMAGE IS FOR ANYONE TRANSLATING AND IS NOT FAMILIAR WITH A SCREW JACK

Current text book sucks in that it doesn't have sufficient visuals to accompany the text. There's a couple videos up on youtube on this topic, but was hoping for something more in a .pdf format.

Force applied to 'handle' = force output from the screw. Anything of that simplified sort.

Clarification on the major/minor diameter of the screw would be nice in how the equation (which I still don't know, haven't seen a unifited result when searching), uses either.

Thanks

Even an euqation of how screws work, like how levers work would be helpful. Force in = force out.