GLOBALTRAVELER

All of those are nice flavors.

michael2

Where does materials engineering fit into all of this?

Also, all that civil engineers do is make sure that ΣF=0

FutureVpFinance

^^yeah, all they do is make sure that bridge doesn't collapse and kill your friends and family. No big deal.

chaoswithinthed

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What about earthquake dynamics? Got a lot of movement there. Just like Mechanical.

What about expansion of materials due to heat transfer? Sounds a lot like thermo to me.

Also, I don't want to take away from ΣF=0 as it is important, but I could give a determinate structure and ask for forces and most people could solve it. I give an indeterminate framework to someone and very few could do that.

MomfromKC

Wait a minute according to a report I wrote in the 9th grade mechanical was the first engineer. I believe it had somethng to do with inventing the wheel. I'm sure I used very good references. I couldn't possibly have skipped over the fact that not pooping where you live would be considered civil, but since a woman probably made up the rule about sewage being outside the cave it didn't quality as engineering, just housekeeping. So do you think they invented the wheel before or after the bridge? When I think of civil I think of bridges and correctly banked exit ramps, cause I now someone who is an expert in those.
Nuclear = vanilla ???? I don't think so. Nuclear should be some nice glowing color. Maybe pitsachio -> green with lead bars (nuts)

FutureVpFinance

^^point taken MamaKC