Calling all engineers....

[The Bearded Duc]

Hypothetically, if one were interested in say making parts for motorcycles what type of engineering would that be?

I'm toying with the idea of going back to school, I have a couple different majors that I've been thinking about so I'm trying to find out as much info as I can on each.

[Duck-Stew]

Mechanical for ...well... mechanical bits.

Electrical for ...um...  ...well... the electrical stuffs.








(((Hi buddy!  How ya been?!?)))

[mitt]

"parts" is pretty vague.  

hard parts - mechanical engineer

visual parts - industrial designer

electronics - electrical engineer

control system (ECU, ABS) - electrical or computer engineer

having to do with noise, ride, handling (suspension, exhaust) - mechanical engineer or specialist NVH (noise vibration harshness) engineer or dynamics.

mitt

[The Bearded Duc]

Mechanical for ...well... mechanical bits.

Electrical for ...um...  ...well... the electrical stuffs.








(((Hi buddy!  How ya been?!?)))

I'm doing pretty well, thanks!!

Just contemplating a future, //head in palms//

[pennyrobber]

+1 on the above posts. Mechanical is nice as you get a spring board into machine component design, dynamic systems, fluid dynamics, and heat transfer. My specialty is fluid dynamics which can be applied to everything from engine lubrication to combustion to aerodynamic efficiency and so on.

[The Bearded Duc]

"parts" is pretty vague.  

hard parts - mechanical engineer

visual parts - industrial designer

electronics - electrical engineer

control system (ECU, ABS) - electrical or computer engineer

having to do with noise, ride, handling (suspension, exhaust) - mechanical engineer or specialist NVH (noise vibration harshness) engineer or dynamics.

mitt

Based on what I have going on in my head, I'm thinking mechanical engineering is the one I was talking about.

Now, its off to do some research about said subject!

[The Bearded Duc]

+1 on the above posts. Mechanical is nice as you get a spring board into machine component design, dynamic systems, fluid dynamics, and heat transfer. My specialty is fluid dynamics which can be applied to everything from engine lubrication to combustion to aerodynamic efficiency and so on.

Judging by your post I assume you quite enjoy what you do?

[pennyrobber]

Judging by your post I assume you quite enjoy what you do?

I definitely do. It's not that mechanical engineering is better or worse than any other type of engineering, it's just a good fit for me.

[Speeddog]

Based on what I have going on in my head, I'm thinking mechanical engineering is the one I was talking about.

Now, its off to do some research about said subject!

Give me a call if you like. 

[The Bearded Duc]

Math was always one of my stronger subjects in high school but that all changed when I got to college. I think that's the only thing I'd be worried about now.

[The Bearded Duc]

Give me a call if you like. 

When is a good time to call? I don't wanna keep you from work?

I could come by the shop some time.

[Triple J]

Math was always one of my stronger subjects in high school but that all changed when I got to college. I think that's the only thing I'd be worried about now.

The math classes were the easy ones in engineering. Fortran (Numerical Methods was the class) was what washed me out of ME...I f'ing HATE that program. I have no idea what replaced it, as it was old when I was in school (early 90's).

[derby]

The math classes were the easy ones in engineering. Fortran (Numerical Methods was the class) was what washed me out of ME...I f'ing HATE that program. I have no idea what replaced it, as it was old when I was in school (early 90's).

...more fortran:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortran#Fortran_2008

[The Bearded Duc]

As most of the wikipedia link is jibberish to me, I assume that Fortran is some sort of computer code program?

The math classes were the easy ones in engineering. Fortran (Numerical Methods was the class) was what washed me out of ME...I f'ing HATE that program. I have no idea what replaced it, as it was old when I was in school (early 90's).

Was it that hard? Did you ever finish?

[Triple J]

As most of the wikipedia link is jibberish to me, I assume that Fortran is some sort of computer code program?


Was it that hard? Did you ever finish?

Ya, it's a computer program. An evil one. I don't think I would ever have done well with computer programming though, regardless of the program. My brain just isn't good at turning a series of actions into an equation.    Maybe the newer programs are more intuitive???

I switched to Geological Engineering, finished and then got a Masters in Geotechnical Engineering a few years later.

Other than that I liked the ME classes. I actually thought Thermo and Dynamics were pretty easy...which a lot of people think are hard (especially Thermo). Heat Transfer was fun as well...but I had to drop it when I switched majors.