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helicopter34
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Location: New Jersey, exit 82

I am currently enrolled in Rutgers School of Engineering, a sophmore, taking some junior classes, and working on Research making the worlds largest sample of nano-chrystaline Titanium Oxide. It sounds like a bigger deal than it is. Anyways I was just wondering how many other people on this board are in a similiar situation as me, college, engineering school, doing research, trying to do things that will make companies think they should pay you a lot of money, ...ect. Tell me about it.

Make it idiot-proof, and someone will make a better idiot

11-26-2003 Over year old.

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blockatvalpo
Key Veteran
Location: Reston, VA

Hey if it counts, I am a senior marketing major. I go to Valparaiso University.

11-26-2003 Over year old.

Greg McFadden
Key Veteran
Location: Spokane Valley, WA

Grad Student. Stirling Engine regenerator research, specifically fluid flow and heat transfer near the wall of the regenerator with emphasis on increasing the flow resistance in that region as well as understanding it.

11-26-2003 Over year old.

z11355
rrMaster
Location: 10000 is enough time wasted.

there is no 'alot of money' in engineering.

if you want to be rolling, then you need
to be in or near the money stream of the
company.

11-26-2003 Over year old.

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blockatvalpo
Key Veteran
Location: Reston, VA

Ok, Greg wins.

11-26-2003 Over year old.

NitroSpazzz
Veteran
Location: Wisconsin and/or Minnesota

Next year going to college for Aeronautical Engineering

I get to design planes and helis....I wanna specialize in helis of course

Blake Tennessen
507.279.3930

11-26-2003 Over year old.

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rover
Senior Heliman
Location: Brandon,FL

Senior in mechanical engineering with specialization in tribology and machine design at the University of South Florida and currently taking classes for a Masters of Science degreee in biomedical engineering.

Spazz,
Aeronautical engineering is mainly for the project management of Aerospace design, Usually aerospace engineers will head development vs. actual design. At least thats the way it was explained to me by UCFs aeronautical engineering department.

Rover
Mechanical Engineer

11-26-2003 Over year old.

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Chem Geek
Senior Heliman
Location: Sarasota, FL

Well, I'm not an engineering major, but I am involved in research that will hopefully be useful at some point. I'm helping a professor with some research, not directly involved as I'm only a first year, but I'm playing catch up so I can serve a better purpose

. The research is about Laser induced submicron periodic structures on polymer surfaces.

11-26-2003 Over year old.

Heli-Howard
Heliman
Location: USA, Morris Plains, New Jersey

Z11355 is correct,

There is no alot of money in engineering. Engineering is the blue collar job of the white collar work force. I'm a mechanical engineer. I am the R&D manager for a medical device company and I with my team design really cool spinal implants. I am paid extremely well and have great benifits. However, you should know that engineers are paid the least respect and gratitude by buisnesses. If your ultimate goal is the enjoyment of designing cool stuff, then engineering is great. However, if money and respect is your true desire, then change majors.

Howard

11-26-2003 Over year old.

Twobeers
Key Veteran
Location: Toronto, Canada

I'm a lowly tradesman, don't ask us our opion about engineers in general.

I lost my infamous tag line.

11-26-2003 Over year old.

flipped2left
Key Veteran
Location: indianapolis,in.

electro acoustic reproduction engineer here also known as MUSICIAN!! heheh! ken

la la la la I can't hear you! la la la la la

11-27-2003 Over year old.

RobG
Senior Heliman
Location: Duncan BC. Canada

Combustible distribution engineer = pumps gas
ceramic technical engineer = washes dishes

We also have a saying around the shop.
"An engineer has tons of knowlege but not one ounce of common sense"

They also have one for us.
'What do you call a machinist with his brains bashed in?......A welder

Rob

11-27-2003 Over year old.

Greg McFadden
Key Veteran
Location: Spokane Valley, WA

you know, it really is sad how many undergrads come out without ever really building something with their hands. Heck, I started R/C planes when I was 13, and then about 2 years ago got into helicopters. I have learned more from these things and goofing off with Ed, the machinist at Gonzaga about designing something that can actually be built than from anything in the actual classes I took.... but alas, not everyone has this type of opertunity, nor do they often times want to take it when it comes along. (which is why I convinced the Gonzaga ASME chapter to compete in the SAE Aero-Design West competition... well, that and to get more people into R/C, but mostly so these people who've never built anything in their life can get dirty and actually make something)

oh, and as a side note, manual machining is fun and challenging

a good combination. none of that set up and watch CNC stuff... though I have used that too.

.

The silence often, of pure innocence persuades, when speaking fails

11-27-2003 Over year old.

IYKIST
Veteran
Location: London united kingdom

There is no "alot of money" in engineering, There are enginners who design products for others to take the credit and make money out of it
and there are the others that design products and make plenty of money out of it, so it is up to you to choose which one you want to be.

11-27-2003 Over year old.

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flipped2left
Key Veteran
Location: indianapolis,in.

ahh robg you are snitching on me! haha ken

la la la la I can't hear you! la la la la la

11-28-2003 Over year old.

noname
Veteran
Location: .

Engineering .... sounds like the passport to the rich and famous right ? .. I was hoping it wouldn't be me who'd post this but take my word on it ... its nothing but mathematical certainty

Dilbert's "Theory of Salary" states: "Engineers and scientists can
never earn as much as executives and salesmen."

This theory can be proven mathematically from the following two
postulates:

1) Knowledge is power
2) Time is money

We know the axiom that: Power = Work / Time

since Knowledge = Power, we have Knowledge = Work / Time

and since Time = Money we have Knowledge = Work / Money

Now solving this equation for Money, we have

Money = Work / Knowledge

thus, as "Knowledge" approaches zero, Money tends to reach infinity,
independent of the amount of Work performed.

THEREFORE: The less one knows, the more one earns.

BTW, If you don't understand the proof of this theory don't worry, you're
likely on your way of earning a great salary! .. unfortunatley, I understand it perfectly

11-28-2003 Over year old.

rover
Senior Heliman
Location: Brandon,FL

awesome, you cant get any better than that proof. My engineering mechanics professor told us that one.

Rover
Mechanical Engineer

11-28-2003 Over year old.

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helicopter34
Veteran
Location: New Jersey, exit 82

Well then where is the money

Well if engineers are lowely and dont get respect, what could you do in preparation for a career related to engineering to get the money and respect. I am a very hands on person, I have been tinkering with everything and anything since I was little. I have always thought up designs and built little projects. What if you are a talented engineer, is it possible that you can further your career to make the big dollars. I am involved with many things so that I can be as appealing as possible to a company. I plan to get my MBA after working for a few years.

Make it idiot-proof, and someone will make a better idiot

11-28-2003 Over year old.

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Cessna
Senior Heliman
Location: Tucson, Arizona

A friend of mine who is from Germay says that the engineers over there are treated much better than us here in the US. According to him, Engineers are treated with the same status as Doctors!

I think that the problem here is that too many people have called themselves engineers when they are not and this denegrates all of us. Air Conditioning companies called themselves Engineering Companies. Management will hire people who do not have engineering degrees but they are now an "engineer". Engineers denegrate themenslve by not considering some engineering degrees as good as others and form a class system. There is even a good chance that the department manager isn't a degreed engineer. Yet, he does your annual performance appraisal.

Degreed engineers are trained to approach and solve problems in specific ways. The "pseudo" engineers are not and it is quite obvious if you see how the approach a problem.

We got fed up with this at work so a group of us started "the degree club". We all framed and hung our degrees like doctors do. It rubs some the wrong way but it does make our point. We worked hard for those degrees and therefore proudly display them.

Steve

11-28-2003 Over year old.

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