Engineering and 'pure' subjects

josh333
Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:54:48 +0000

To dsmo: I’m not sure what class it was for. I will ask him the next time I see him (Friday). I’ve got lots of friends in engineering (not freshman), and I know it is harder than lsa in general–a large reason is because the curves don’t guarantee a good grade from hard work. Another is because the workload is on average more than that of an lsa major. I wasn’t trying to dispute the difficulty of engineering; rather I was curious as to what a mechanical engineer did besides what I observed.

Also, I don’t understand part of what you said: “If you are looking at working in an engineering field, you’re crazy to not get the ME degree.” Do you mean a double degree (major)?

Finally, can you tell me more about how you got your Winter/Summer job? Sorry for all these questions.



Thanks keefer, I am fairly undecided as to which field of engineering I want to go into.



To tetrahedr0n: Right now, I have 3 main interests (in no particular order): One is nuclear engineering, particularly plasma physics and nuclear fusion. I also am interested in chemical engineering, specifically with memory polymers. The last is medical research (genetics and treatment of things such as cancer). This may actually require EECS on my part, because you can make programs that can identify proteins and genes that cause diseases. It may be traditional medical research as well, so …not sure.



I am also sorry to have misled everyone, but mechanical engineering isn’t my main interest. If I choose to stay in LSA I will probably choose a physics major, so I was wondering why someone would choose ME instead (but then you guys answered it, so thanks).