KaRin-A

I am being indecisive about which field of engineering to major in. I narrow it down to Mechanical Engineering and ElectronicalEngineering.
I have done a little research on it and I am concerned about the working condition. From what I have found out, most of time Mechanical engineers work in manufactory - building sites, noisy factory.
I do not really want to work in these kind of condition. A clean, well-equiped place would be my top choice.

Electronical Engineering is hardest field of engineering in college. I really do not know which one interests me.

Please give me some advises.

Thank you very much.

aibarr

1) It's called "electrical engineering," for future reference...
2) Mechanical engineers do not always work in noisy environments. Most of the ones I know work in office buildings, doing calculations at desks.

KaRin-A

Oh, thank you for the correction
How can I find out which one interests me more?

aibarr

Mechanical engineering - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Electrical engineering - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A good starting point is always Wikipedia.

HereWeGo2

Are you in college now? Look for undergraduate research, internships, or co-op jobs. My co-op taught me what I did not want to be doing - invaluable to find out while I was still an undergraduate. If you are in HS, see if any of your parents' friends or classmates parents are doing ME or EE work. You will find that both can be extremely rewarding fields. Talk with them, see if they can show you the kind of work they do. If you do not know anyone in those fields, contact the respective professional societies, or the departments at schools you may attend, and ask if they can help you learn more about the field and put you in contact with someone working in the field. Keep in mind that the 1st year or two of engineering is pretty much the same, and it is possible to change majors. I thought I was going to be an EE, wound up majoring in Aero/Astro, and years later, am happy and well-paid doing something else.

*Brahmin

same pinch HereWeGo2....I think I was in the same situation where I narrowed down my choice to ME and EE....but I chose ME in the end because
1) I like mechanics, heat and I heard a lot of physics in put into MechE...I love physics...
2) I wanted to work in a more macro sort of thing...I kinda had the impression that an EE will end up fiddling with minute circuits and wires but a mechE, engines, machines, cars, rockets and believe it or not almost everything
3) And like HereWeGo2, I have an interest for aerospace engineering so I thought mechE would be a good starting point...

md5fungi

while a lot of people think electrical is harder than mechanical, i'd say someone who could handle mechanical could probably handle electrical, but that all depends on what they are good at.

just go with what interests you more (and do some research, talk to some people) and if you don't like it, switch.

KaRin-A

I do not know anyone who works in these fields
I do not know which one interests me more. That is the problem

ken285

How did you narrow it down to mechanical engineering and electrical engineering? What do you like about these fields? What kind of work do you want after school (assuming you will work as an engineer)?

KaRin-A

um...
I like math and physics, but not chemistry or biology. Therefore I eliminate Bioengineering. And I think Civil Engineering and aerospace engineering will not interest me. That is how I narrow it down to mechanical engineering and electrical engineering.
Moreover, I like working in office buildings.

aibarr

Engineering is about designing things. What sorts of things would you want to design? Calculators? Computers? Machines? iPods? Cars? Airplanes? Buildings?

We can't really guess what you want to do without a little more help from you. Most of engineering involves physics and math, and most engineers work in office buildings.

lil_killer129

M.E. is for designing attraction rides correct?

aibarr

Mechanical or structural, yeah. It's a really hard gig to get, though... I've been offered manned spacecraft, I've been offered nuclear submarine turbine, I've been offered skyscrapers, but I haven't been offered roller coasters, despite concerted efforts to establish contact. The market's *tiny*.

Explosives demolition is the only other one I haven't been able to get any response from... =\

KaRin-A

um...Honestly, I would like to design computers. Airplanes sounds interesting too. But cars and mechines do not look to attractive to me.
I have always heard about the major of computer is getting way too popular and competitive these days. Even Apple are constantly firing people.

xjis

if cars and machines don't look attractive to you........... i'd strongly strongly suggest you go into EE. it's just me though. i'm ME btw.