Topic: How many Engineering students on here? (Read 30531 times)

snm95ls · « **Reply #30 on:** December 01, 2009, 01:06:16 AM »

Quote from: Adam Hopkins on December 01, 2009, 12:56:20 AM

I am almost done with my generals. I took clac 1 online and made an a, but could not differentiate something if my life depended on it. Well almost, my calc based physics teacher is beating this shit into our head. He has us trying to figure out dif eq already in dealing with waves(sound, energy). We also have already had to do some tripple integration (from what I have been told by other math majors this is all calc three is). I am trying to take calc 2 and calc based physics 2 next semester.

Someone that has an ee or ce degree, please tell me that it becomes easier/more interesting once I get past all these core classes(ex calc2, calc3, dif eq, calc based physics 2).

This physics is just really bogging me down. I just feel like I am not retaining as much from these classes as I should. Anyone else feel this way.

I feel like im doing terrible, but still score higher than 90% of the class. I just always feel like I am behind. I am by no means the smartest person in class, but I do try. Maybe I need to be easier on myself.

Calc 3 is not just about triple integrals. There are many other useful topics in there that apply to your physics coursework. Vector analysis is very useful for e/m fields and many other things in physics and beyond.

Calc 2 was an absolute bitch for me. Many of the integration techniques show up in clac3, of course, but I haven't seen much use of them in other coursework so far.

Differential equations was very fascinating. There seems to be more real world use for diff eq than most of calculus. Unfortunately, if you don''t use it you lose it. I really did enjoy this class.

Some of the stuff I didn't quite understand from physics 1, made much more sense once I got into statics.

As far as Physics 2 goes, electrodynamics is very cool, yet very hard to grasp IMO because it is a more abstract topic.

Phate · « **Reply #31 on:** December 01, 2009, 01:15:31 AM »

I'm in my freshman year at SUNY IT going for my degree in mechanical engineering technology. Its pretty much all gen-ed stuff at the moment.

jagojon3 · « **Reply #32 on:** December 01, 2009, 01:26:53 AM »

Is that a 2 year degree?

Minor Threat · « **Reply #33 on:** December 01, 2009, 02:04:00 AM »

Technology course should be 3 years, that's what I'm in right now.

t_cel_t · « **Reply #34 on:** December 01, 2009, 03:48:56 AM »

ME or EE here, not officially my major untill i transfer to UW madison. dont know what i want to do yet, electrical shit seems cool but i like machines.
calc 3 has been kinda hard but after taking calc based physics it makes a lot more sense

if i could do it again i would go calc 1, calc 2, phys 1+2, calc 3.
right now im really struggling with chem 2, i fucking hate this witchcraft-
teacher thinks hes the next fucking faraday or some shit and makes our tests super fucking hard.

Joseph Davis · « **Reply #35 on:** December 01, 2009, 10:14:58 AM »

All of my usual sneering condescension aside, chem broke me. I could not fucking cope. I need some logical framework to hang off of, and too much of that shit was speshul case.

Teg2boo · « **Reply #36 on:** December 01, 2009, 10:31:51 AM »

I did 2 years in Mechanical engineering and change program to Software engineering.

I finish in exactly 1 year. I never go to school cause I'm tired of fucking school.

Theres 2 class this semester that I never went to. I'm over the average in both of them

Btw, it's not because it's easy, its because I'm intelligent

I could have all B's of all A's, but I would sacrifice my actual lifestyle and I can't do it.

I'm just tired of my 7 years post secondary school.

I really like to learn, but I hate school and the way to teach us thing.

D's for diploma.

Teg2boo · « **Reply #37 on:** December 01, 2009, 10:39:59 AM »

Btw, it's not the first time I ask for it, but how does your post secondary school work?

Here we have

- 5 years secondary school
- 2 years in thing called Cegep (pre University) or 3 years for a technical diploma (if you don't plan to go to University)
- 4 years at University to be an engineer or 3 years in any other subject

snm95ls · « **Reply #38 on:** December 01, 2009, 10:58:07 AM »

Maybe I have forgotten, or didn't go as far in chemistry as some of you, but I don't recall that many exceptions to the rule. I have not taken organic chemistry though.

Teg2boo · « **Reply #39 on:** December 01, 2009, 11:04:49 AM »

Chemistry fucking blow king kong balls. Period.

Teg2boo · « **Reply #40 on:** December 01, 2009, 11:09:16 AM »

I was about to ask another question, but I find good information on wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_the_United_States

Robb · « **Reply #41 on:** December 01, 2009, 11:47:34 AM »

I totally fucking fail at anything resembling math, so I could never be an Engineer of any sort.

I hit things with a hammer till they work.

t_cel_t · « **Reply #42 on:** December 01, 2009, 12:11:37 PM »

math is easy once you get the basics, chem on the other had is black magic that no one but witches and warlocks understand.

one day the prof mixed a bunch of CLEAR liquids and made a bunch of different COLORED solutions, i proceeded to stand up and screamed "witch" and made the suggestion that we burn him at the stake. my attempts to rid him were overshadowed buy another one of his spells he put on the class to protect him.

i would take up to and including 15 credits of literature to get around this chemistry bullshit.

I Steal Tranny Stalin · « **Reply #43 on:** December 01, 2009, 12:14:27 PM »

I vote johnny is idiot, everything else can be CNC by me for right price.

Joseph Davis · « **Reply #44 on:** December 01, 2009, 12:26:18 PM »

Yeah, I need to brush up on that stuff. I found buiding square waves out of sine waves fucking fascinating, but it's a concept I only completely grasped visually as i never crunched enough of the math to make it second nature.

Sine Wave to Square Wave using Fourier Series

Joseph Davis · « **Reply #45 on:** December 01, 2009, 12:31:02 PM »

IIT I lament my lack of a proper signal generator. I'm half tempted to kludge something with an Analog Devices DSS chip.

jagojon3 · « **Reply #46 on:** December 01, 2009, 01:20:10 PM »

Quote from: Joseph Davis on December 01, 2009, 12:26:18 PM

Yeah, I need to brush up on that stuff. I found buiding square waves out of sine waves fucking fascinating, but it's a concept I only completely grasped visually as i never crunched enough of the math to make it second nature.

Sine Wave to Square Wave using Fourier Series

You familiar with Taylor series (expansion)? You can replicate any function with sine and cosine waves.

Joseph Davis · « **Reply #47 on:** December 01, 2009, 01:50:10 PM »

Quote from: jagojon3 on December 01, 2009, 01:20:10 PM

Quote from: Joseph Davis on December 01, 2009, 12:26:18 PM
Yeah, I need to brush up on that stuff. I found buiding square waves out of sine waves fucking fascinating, but it's a concept I only completely grasped visually as i never crunched enough of the math to make it second nature.

Sine Wave to Square Wave using Fourier Series

You familiar with Taylor series (expansion)? You can replicate any function with sine and cosine waves.

Yeah, that's how we did it in class. The Fourier approach is fascinating, though, as I've not done any in over a decade and when I did them I didn't grasp Fouriers on the fundimental/instinctual level I need to in order to feel like I understand completely/correctly/blah blah blah.

d112crzy · « **Reply #48 on:** December 01, 2009, 01:56:08 PM »

Quote from: Teg2boo on December 01, 2009, 11:04:49 AM

Chemistry fucking blow king kong balls. Period.

I somehow managed to be able to somewhat deal with Chem, it was all the English/Lit classes that broke me. At times, I'm happy I got out of college. I HATE writing fucking papers and it makes me miserable just knowing how miserable my gf is writing 3-4 10-15 page essays a fucking semester.

dvst8r · « **Reply #49 on:** December 01, 2009, 02:13:16 PM »

I am most certainly not. I am not even close to that bright.

random-strike · « **Reply #50 on:** December 01, 2009, 02:30:14 PM »

Quote from: jagojon3 on November 30, 2009, 11:29:09 PM

Wait for Johnny to chime in and call you a liberal faggot for going to college.

<- software engineer

already out of college

you still in college? grow up

smithshaw · « **Reply #51 on:** December 01, 2009, 03:21:05 PM »

2nd year mechanical engineering student here.
Any1 here get their MBA after getting a bachelors in engineering and do you think it is worth it if you want to get into a management position.

WPPF · « **Reply #52 on:** December 01, 2009, 03:36:03 PM »

MBA's take about a year to get...

rsmith2786 · « **Reply #53 on:** December 01, 2009, 03:38:23 PM »

I graduated last May. I don't really use anything i learned at work. However, I'm doing an online grad school program and that requires a lot of the basics from my undergrad.

bigwig · « **Reply #54 on:** December 01, 2009, 03:56:03 PM »

Quote from: random-strike on December 01, 2009, 02:30:14 PM

Quote from: jagojon3 on November 30, 2009, 11:29:09 PM
Wait for Johnny to chime in and call you a liberal faggot for going to college.

<- software engineer

already out of college

you still in college? grow up

I know we had this conversation on OHMT, but you are not an engineer unless you have a BS in Engineering. Actually, you really aren't an Engineer unless you have a PE, but I'll except BS in Engineering. If you don't have a BS in Engineering, you are not an engineer. You are a technician or programmer or designer or some other fancy job title.

I'm always surprised when people struggle with chem. I never had an issue with Chem. I took it in HS and then College(Chem I&II) and never had much of an issue with any of it. Stoichiometry never bothered me much and the rest was math. I doubt I would do well in Organic Chemistry though. I'm pretty sure why I suck at school is because I inherently have a desire to learn a little about a lot. Survey classes were designed for me.

onlyflash944 · « **Reply #55 on:** December 01, 2009, 04:00:41 PM »

gradiated this spring with BS in mechanical from VT, now i'm at Radford getting my MBA which takes 36 hours, can be done as fast or as slow as you want

snm95ls · « **Reply #56 on:** December 01, 2009, 04:06:32 PM »

Quote from: bigwig on December 01, 2009, 03:56:03 PM

Quote from: random-strike on December 01, 2009, 02:30:14 PM
Quote from: jagojon3 on November 30, 2009, 11:29:09 PM
Wait for Johnny to chime in and call you a liberal faggot for going to college.

<- software engineer

already out of college

you still in college? grow up

I know we had this conversation on OHMT, but you are not an engineer unless you have a BS in Engineering. Actually, you really aren't an Engineer unless you have a PE, but I'll except BS in Engineering. If you don't have a BS in Engineering, you are not an engineer. You are a technician or programmer or designer or some other fancy job title.

I'm always surprised when people struggle with chem. I never had an issue with Chem. I took it in HS and then College(Chem I&II) and never had much of an issue with any of it. Stoichiometry never bothered me much and the rest was math. I doubt I would do well in Organic Chemistry though. I'm pretty sure why I suck at school is because I inherently have a desire to learn a little about a lot. Survey classes were designed for me.

Johnny has earned his spot on the poll.

I agree 100%. Holding a PE license is THE definition of an engineer although I would consider anybody who possesses a BS in Engineering and is practicing in the field to be for all intents and purposes an engineer.

Sounds kind of like me. lol Chem really was a struggle for me, and I have always been a jack of all trades, yet a master of none. I guess that trait can be useful, but I dunno.

jagojon3 · « **Reply #57 on:** December 01, 2009, 04:08:53 PM »

Johnny doesn't know anything about engineering, quit obviously.

Have some of you really been required to take O-chem? I took Chem 1 and 2 which were required, but some people did take O-chem as an elective and regretted it.

random-strike · « **Reply #58 on:** December 01, 2009, 04:14:46 PM »

there is different types of "engineering"

my job title = senior software engineer

tell everyone else in the world that disagrees with you

jagojon3 · « **Reply #59 on:** December 01, 2009, 04:22:49 PM »

Quote from: random-strike on December 01, 2009, 04:14:46 PM

there is different types of "engineering"

my job title = senior software engineer

tell everyone else in the world that disagrees with you

If you are a genuine engineer then someone who makes sandwiches at Subway is a genuine artist because their title is "sandwich artist"

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