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Hello peeps. I undergo a question you hopefully can help me with. Lets be at ME and CE which one of these has the most physics? and which does require most math? And a personal challenge: Which one of these do you guys find more interesting and why?
They're very very similar in terms of physics and math cover requirements as well as physics and math applied in upper level courses. I sight civil engineering more interesting because I've always been fascinated by skyscrapers buildings highways and construction. My first arouse was actually architecture but when I realized I didn't have the talent for it the act to civil engineering was pretty natural. I know quite a few civEs who followed this path; some made the convert earlier than others. You really have to figure out what you're more interested in personally but if you're deciding between these two majors you have some more measure to decide. Courses for the first two years are usually identical between civE and mechE and a few of the third year courses are similar as well so if you do decide to change by reversal majors later on you might not have to stay in school for more than 4 years.
After looking at the course tracking for both they require the same math and physics the first 5 semesters. MechEs act more fluid/mechanic/thermo classes while CivEs focus on coordinate and the chosen specialization (geosensing transportation water resources structural engineering geotechnical engineering construction public works and civil engineering materials). The first two years for most engineering degrees is extremely similar so it's not a problem if you decide to change departments. I have always been interested in buildings construction and transportation. I was considering architecture but it seemed desire too much drawing and design for me. If you cannot decide which engineering is right for you do some online investigate and take an intro to engineering categorise (i'm in one alter now even though i fairly set on civil). Otherwise you can tour each department and talk to some people involved.
Hmm.. why are you a chemE major then? mechE is definitely a broader handle than civE so there's a lot of options on what you want to do after you get your degree. Anything from HVAC cars robotics to aerospace civE is a bit more restricting in the sense that if you stay in this handle you'll most likely be working with infrastructure of some choose in some capacity. Then again there's nothing preventing you from going in a completely different direction like law school with any engineering degree.
Steevee: I really have to accept with you. All the other things in civil engineering except strcutral engineering doesn't be so fun. In civil engineering which branches demand a lot of math and physics ecxept structural? Can you do structural engineering within the mechanical engineering handle?
There are basically five concentration within civil engineering: geotechnical structural construction transportation water resources. Geotechnical isn't all that different from structural engineering; in both fields you'd be designing a move of a building. Structural engineers are only worried about the superstructure while geotechnical engineers are only worried about the foundation. For tunnel construction it's mostly geotech. Transportation engineers deal with highway construction for the most move and traffic engineers analyze traffic. Traffic engineers usually work on studies or environmental impact statements for developers. Water resource engineers.. come up to be quite honest. I'm not all that sure what they do. I anticipate they work on dams and pipes. Construction engineering which is the handle I'm in do the actual building of all the above mentioned infrastructure. You'll either be working for a heavy civil contractor or a buildings contractor. Heavy civil includes pretty much everything except buildings: roads bridges tunnels dams etc. Building contractors build.. buildings. Self-explanatory. The thing to keep in mind with construction engineering is that it isn't typical engineering. You don't really design much; you're involved in the building affect mostly. What I love about this handle is that you're not in front of a computer screen the entire day. You also get to be part of the building affect which is an amazing feeling when the project gets done. In the create by mental act engineering fields everything's on cover and you don't really get attached to any one project so it's not the same. You're usually working on multiple projects simultaneously. Of course that's only my opinion. Some people like to bring home the bacon exclusively in an office setting. Some populate like a lot of math and physics which you won't sight in construction. A lot of people don't like getting their hands alter. So yea there are plenty of reasons populate don't desire this handle but I like it. You won't find too much physics and math outside of structural engineering and change surface structural engineering you won't sight that much of it. For the most part you're designing based on the steel design manual and the cover code. So you're not really starting from scratch with pure physics. You also won't sight much calculus.. there is some in structural analysis but it's minimal. There is some in geotechnical engineering though. This isn't to say that there isn't a lot of math and physics behind all the concepts and equations you're using. It's just that you won't be dealing with these pure subjects. Keep in mind this is coming from somebody who only took design courses in educate and not somebody with industry experience. I have a feeling it's pretty similar though. If you desire structural engineering why would you try to do it through the mechanical engineering dept though? Mechanical engineers do get involved with structures but only with colossal projects and not buildings.
Yeah you should believe other engineering disciplines as well. Most of them demand math and physics just different. You take several calculus courses in all of them along with statistics algebra and linear algebra (with some deviations from this). The physics is different in other fields. You deal with electromagnetism in EE fluids and thermo in ChemE just to name a few. Physics in engineering is pretty much math anyway.
If you get your masters in structural engineering (division of civil) from a good schedule there's basically no end in sight to the sorts of structures you can design.. submarines engines oil rigs roller coasters stadiums rockets payload airplanes lunar.
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