ME

[ed1380]

so I wanna be a ME.
I know there are many difeernt variations of the profesion, so does anyone know of one good place for a good explination of all of them?

also with like doctors and lawyers, you need 4 years of college and then extra law or med school. how is it with ME? after 4 years in GT or kettering, will I be set to work pretty much anywhere as a ME?


thx guys.
any other advice you thing I might like to know would be great

[ed1380]

bump

hoping someone who has done this can help me out

[Tsukubadaisei]

What is ME?

[Admin]

I am MechE (my school doesnt use ME to define mechanical engineering).

Mechanical engineers understand transfer of forces, controls, vibrations, fluids, and heat. They build everything from rocket engines, computer harddrives, cars, computer models of biology, circuit boards (the mechanical aspect), MEMS, piping, nuclear reactors, and in my case, ROBOTSSSSSSSSSS!!!

MechE can basically gaurantee a job in just about any field if you are good at it. They are in high demand, and get like $52k+ starting salary right out of college. Only ECE and CS can get you a higher salary, but are more limited in scope . . .

[ed1380]

sry. should have said mechanical engineering.

$50k a year sounds nice 

what about college? do you need more than 4 years?

[Admin]

what about college? do you need more than 4 years?

Depends on why you want to go to college

It also depends how much you learn, and how much of a specialist you want to be. Engineers typically only need 4 to 6 years to get a good job.

I only did 4 years, but Im mulling the idea of going back for gradschool one day . . . I havent decided if I need more than 4 years yet . . .

[ed1380]

k thx.

any good links worth visiting?

[Admin]

this barely touches the surface, but still useful:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_engineering

and more . . .
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=t&ie=UTF-8&rls=DGUS,DGUS:2006-11,DGUS:en&q=what+do+mechanical+engineer+do

the stuff you will learn in the first two years of your degree:
http://www.societyofrobots.com/mechanicsbasics.shtml
(the last 3 tutorials on that page)

[ed1380]

thank you

I never type in the right things in google

[Tsukubadaisei]

I am not a ME but you could also have a look at MITopencourseware for mechanics.