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12-30-2009, 03:09 AM | #1 |
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Any Engineers?
New to the forum..recently bought a Yaris so I've been browsing the different threads and have spent countless hours reading DIY's and the like. Classic reading material.
I'm currently a/n undergraduate/graduate student at the University of South Florida majoring in Mechanical Engineering so am naturally wondering if there are any practicing/retired Mechanical Engineers on this forum. If so, what sort of work do/did you do? Thanks in advance. Eugene p.s. attached are pics of my hhwhip |
12-30-2009, 09:10 AM | #2 |
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Undergrad Mechanical Engineering @ FIT here; I gradate in May
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12-30-2009, 01:17 PM | #3 |
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Mechanical Engineer, Graduated 2008 from SMU
my work title is "Associate Technical Professional - Mechanical" heheh |
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I Interned with RS&H in Merritt Island last spring. I might try to get a job with them or somewhere in the space coast when I graduate.
I take the GRE on the 9th of Jan so grad school is on my horizon if only part time (have to pay back the loans ).
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Ya I just got in the grad program here it's a 5 year masters deal and it's my 4th year here but I still gotta take the GRE...I'm going to try to get an internship going this coming summer as well.
Do you guys have any SAE teams(formula, baja) over there?
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Thats actually my senior project <SAE formula>. I think a team did the baja car 2 years ago.
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Hi Eugene, I just graduated with a BS in mechanical engineering from a small school in Wisconsin. I moved to Chicago a few weeks ago to start a job as an energy consultant. My emphasis was energy systems and power plant design.
-Matt
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Thank you PK, life had been a little crazy but I should be settled for awhile now. How have you been? How's school?
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I'm a mechanical engineer. I do building facilities, energy analysis, HVAC, plumbing and drainage, fire protection, blah blah blah.
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Thanks for the replies guys. I've actually decided to graduate this Spring and get a Bachelor's and see what the job market is like in the summer. If nothing comes up I have an offer to do a Ph.D that I might pursue.
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3D/solid modeling isn't a huge part of what I do. That said, we're moving in the direction of Revit and it (building information modelling, aka BIM) is becoming a valuable tool for clash detection for mechanical services. Mechanical engineering is such a ridiculously broad field, particularly when you're in school and are being prepared for potentially dozens of different industries, I'm not really sure if I can say that I'm doing exactly what I expected when I was sitting in lectures. I took a year off engineering to finish an English degree, and decided then that I wanted to work in the building industry. There's a lot less heavy math and a lot more "people work" (internal coordination, working with our managers, meeting clients, working with contractors). What I'm doing now is pretty much on par with what I thought I'd be doing once I interviewed for this particular position. It's a great job and I'm happy with how it's all turned out. |
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Hey i go to USF as well! Perhaps i've seen your car on campus? (could have been 1 of 50 or so black Yaris on campus lol)
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