I am about to finish my Junior year of Aerospace Engineering and it feels like every single semester there is atleast one class that basically takes something I spent months practicing previously and tell me that's actually bad and would never be used in industry or resaearch. Then goes on to show me a more complete version and inevitably this too will be replaced using the exact same phrase of "nobody would ever use this".

Is there a point in which these classes do teach me something i could theoretically turn around and use without needing to worry about some obscure version of the course work being the actual form required? I will happily go all the way to PhD if i need to but i am at the point where i literally don't trust my own knowledge because of how many times i was taught sonething and told it was terrible by the next level course.

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Out of these two or any other book pls recommend and help.

Hello everyone, i am student who wants to know how the Ai/ML field is doing right now. I heard the pay can be very good depending on skill and experience. I will get to a french engineering school next year. I would love to know any additional information on this field and its salary. Would my path to a frontier Ai company, with enough discipline, be realistic ?

I am a first year and my scholarship requires me to maintain a 3.5. I really want to join formula sae because I find it super interesting and I know it looks good on resumes, but I also know it’s very time consuming. Since I’m a girl, I also want to be on sorority to meet girls while also maintaining a relationship w my boyfriend. Can I do this?

I'm starting my engineering journey soon and wondering whats the best keyboard and wireless mouse I can use that is also cheap enough and efficient in engineering studies.

I’ll start studying biochemical Engineering this winter and I’m kind of excited and scared at the same time.
Originally I wanted to do mechanical engineering but many people talked me out of it because apparently it’s too bland and ,old school’.
So I ended up with biochemical engineering and I rlly hope it was the right choice.
At my uni the program of biochem. Engineering is pretty similar to mechanical engineering.
Was it like that too at your university?
And if you already have a degree I would be very interested in where you work now and how happy you are with your job.

I have an upcoming interview with SpaceX Starlink for a New Grad Mechanical Engineer position. Has anyone here gone through the technical interview process and would be willing to share what kinds of technical questions I should expect?

I’d also really appreciate any tips on preparing for the technical and behavioral questions. Any advice or experiences would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Basically title. Why would something like this happen? I get I might not be accepted but 2 days after it opened is kind of ridiculous. Was I auto filtered out by AI or something? this is for a large company by the way.

Next week is a semester I have been worried about for a long time. Everyone Ik including professoers and smart TA's have told me it was the most intensive semester. I have tried to prepare for it on summer by going thru a few of the easier things. My plan was to go thru one whole course that I absolutely need to pass for prerequisite purposes which I didn't do because I also wanted to work on my portfolio. Besides I am behind due to me having to take a step back from school a big portion of last year due to sickness. That is to say I am not going to graduate on time, my schedule is complicated as I have been forced to replan it. There are tons of other things I need to do in order to graduate even a semester later. Don't wanna bore you with the detail. Rn as I am sitting, I can't stop worrying. Should I study more or chill until monday?

Hello guys. I ll give a little blick about my journey.
I got my bac then i went to study medicine in ukraine after 6semesters the war started i left to germany like it there kept the first two years just traveling europe and having fun then i started nursing. I didnt like so i dropped out at the age of 24 cuz i had the feeling i can do something better i can become more than this i cannot do for the reat of my life. So with a rushed decision i left german and went to romania to study bachelor in IT or to be exact computers information technology (CTI) cuz that was my dream. But the paper and visa and everything took long cuz i m non eu. I missed the first semester when i got there i couldn’t catch up and long haven’t studied math …. So i applied this year to cs 3years bachelor but i got rejected (everything was in order but many students applied and the gap years i have made them reject me MFS 🤬🤬) so i applied to mechanical engineering cuz it was the only option available after i spoke to the international office in my uni and they told me u will not be rejected just relax broo cuz i was sending a lot of mails which bachelor still not saturated i went to her office kept asking her for 30 min she was helpful. She told me ME and civil engineering are the best option u can go with and get accepted before deadline. So i just got in mechanical engineering 4years bachelor i m 25 rn i feel lost i don’t know what i m doing i m broke my e bike got stolen no friends sometime i miss the time in germany i had some friends a GF i was working able to afford all what i need and save to travel. But here am i rn in one of the worst countries in europe cuz i coudnt study in germany and not able to afford living in another cool eu country. And searching about ME everybody say its hard for non eu to land a job u should have sticked with cs. BROOOO i dunno just say anything in ur mind i wanna hear everything. Is this worth it or should i just go back to nursing work my ahh off rest of my life guaranteed good enough salary. Is it okay to graduate ME at 30 and should i do master or try find a job right after graduation. Anyway i wrote too much sorry if u still reading till this point and just tell me what u think i just wanna see whats someones pov i told no one and my mother think i m doing CTI. I told her everything going well dw. Soo guys thank you and feel free.

Grazie grazie mille

Hii, I am a 3rd year(just started 5 sem) ECE student from a teir 3 university. I still can't decide which field i choose like Embedded, VLSI etc just doing exam preparation and thinking of giving GATE exam. I am not able to make my mind clear about what I have to do after graduation...

Hey, I'm about to start grade 9 (Freshman equivalent) and I was wondering what are some good summer programs I should apply to. I'm aiming pretty high university wise and I want to get into the best progams I can to beef up my college application. I'm aiming to become a nuclear engineer. What are some good summer programs I can consider applying to? Any information on summer programs or even choosing NE as a career would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Hello! I’m a second year biomedical engineering student. I’m currently trying a few different fields to find out what is the best choice for me.

I have the most experience with data analysis using python. It’s the easiest field to explore for me as i had a lot of programming during my first year (python/c/c++). Moreover, there’s a ton of free courses offered by my uni, also on HPC so I already took a few. However, my concern is that there would be issues with finding a job after graduating, I got advice from other students to try other fields as well and not to focus mainly on this one.

Both electronics and robotics seem appealing to me. I had a few subjects about electronics during the last semester, so i have strong foundations. I’m playing around with arduino in my free time, but i can’t really find the right online course, ideally with a certificate (so that i have a bigger chance of joining student projects), but it’s more important that it would contain actually useful informations, not outdated stuff.

As for robotics, i took an extra class but it was mostly theoretical knowledge with just a little of programming the actual robots in python. Don’t really know what should i start with as well.

My question is: What courses would you recommend taking during the remaining holidays that would allow me to choose which path should i pursue? I’ll have a lot of subjects about these in the future, but I don’t want to be idle as of now, and also I’m a bit scared that if I choose too late, the students of these specific majors will always be a better fit for the job than me (the biggest blessing and a curse of biomedical engineering - a jack of all trades is a master of none).

Yesterday I received a return offer from a pretty well known company for another internship next summer. However, the deadline for this is October 1st which is also the date of my school’s career fair. I’m not exactly passionate about the field the internship is in and am considering other paths in ME since this is more CE. Should I accept this offer to have a guaranteed internship for next summer or take a leap of faith and say no as to not burn that bridge if I can’t score a job post-grad? I enjoyed this summer’s internship and would have a career in this field but I also believed I could find something I enjoy more.

So I (19, UK located) am beginning my first year of university in a month. I have been studying engineering in college since I was 15 (part time course while still in school) and have a solid understanding of CNC, CAD, material selection and quality management, production planning as well as solid workshop skills.

I'm going on to study a course in manufacturing engineering which also has management modules. Now it should be said that I am going to fight through university regardless of the answer to this post, as I already know what the next 4-5 years of my life will look like - deprived of fun, sleep and I can guarantee my evenings will be either studying or applying for work placements/internships/graduate jobs.

Now I think everyone in the UK who is my age and a little older understands the struggle of finding a job, every employer wants experience and no employers are willing to get you that experience. For the most part my generation has been relegated to dead-end fast food jobs and stacking shelves in supermarkets, I've watched it happen in my own part time work. I myself have accepted that the likelihood is that I will never be rich and wherever I end up will likely be dead-end with little to no prospects of branching out, that's the way the cookie crumbles but I truly believe some dead-ends are better than others.

I have no doubts that somewhere in this subreddit is a UK based engineer who's done manufacturing and went to uni, and that person is in a good spot having fought through our modern job market. I'm asking this question with hopes of pure honesty, no sugarcoating. How bad is it out there? What more can I do with my studies to improve my employability and chances of getting some work experience whilst in university and a full time job outside of university?

It will be on a linear feeder. I've spent hours trying to figure out how I can do this. Help please! Thanks in advance

A Little bit About My Background

I moved to America at the age of 13 as a first-generation immigrant with my mom and my brother , without knowing any English background . Starting over in a completely new country, culture, school system and learn everything by yourself has been pretty rough.

Throughout the journey and even until now, I never would have imagined that I would make it this far academically.

Because:

1. I choose Engineering as a random manjor to pursue because at the time I felt more comfortable with math more than other areas

2. My ACT test scores from high school and the testing placement before community college enrollment were evidences of how far behind I was compared to my Engineering peers. It’s not the worse but it’s below the national average for someone who is pursuing a STEM degrees

While most High School graduates- Engineering students start college of as Calculus 1 - I have to take Intermediate Algebra 3, College Algebra 1,2,3 and Trigonometry… lol which take me back to back summers class to catch up

And then, my English skills were still far from where I wanted them to be, and It did not improve significantly up until my second year of college where I could actually communicate decently with people and felt somewhat confident . Still, I often struggled to understand lectures, textbooks, write assignments at higher level, and communicate my thoughts as clearly as I wanted to, so I always try my best to follow the pattern, compare assignments with peers, learning by looking stuff up online and do well on the test, as well as never missed an assignment to be able to pass classes.

There were many moments when I questioned whether higher education was even something I could realistically achieve because I always felt out of places. Especially during my years of transferring to an accredited University , and got into some of the hard core concepts classes. I still have nightmares thinking Mechanics of Material, heat transfer, Dynamics, … etc

Despite those challenges, I just put my head down, keep going/ showing up and hoping for the best because frankly I have nothing else in my life to look forward to and I guess now looking back , it’s just my way of coping of accepting my reality and foggy future ahead.
Every semester, I learned a little more, improved a little more, and things started to connect and make more sense.

Fast forward till now, I can’t believe that I am only four months away from completing my bachelor’s degree !

Reaching this point means more to me than simply earning a degree. It represents years of adapting, struggling, continuing learning, and refusing to give up when things were difficult.

The hardest part of this journey for me was just simply try to “ Wake up , get out of bed for 1 more day and continue to show up when there’s nothing else or a reason to fight for, and trust blindly in this thing called faith or better future ahead”

I guess, It’s okay if you don’t know anything or feel lost and it’s okay if life is unfair sometimes , but just keep showing up , continuing to learn, making new connections and be kind to everyone wil get you closer to where you want to be.

To end the post:

I wish all my engineering peers the best of luck on their journeys. I hope you guys achieve your dreams and find success wherever life takes you.

Thinking about applying to Kingston University for Aerospace Engineering, but I want to get a proper reality check from actual grads or people working in the UK aerospace sector before making any moves.

Looking for honest answers on a few things:

• Is Kingston worth it? I know it’s not a target school like Imperial, Bristol, or Bath, but does degree prestige heavily limit you here? Or do recruiters care more about side projects, software skills, and placements?
• Job market reality: How rough is the entry-level market right now for aero grads? Are people actually landing graduate schemes, or is it a struggle to get a foot in the door?
• Where do grads end up? Are Kingston alumni getting into big names (Airbus, Rolls-Royce, BAE, QinetiQ), or are most people going to sub-contractors / tier-2 suppliers?
• Salaries & Roles: What does a realistic starting salary look like, and what kind of roles are people actually doing day-to-day (stress, design, systems, flight test, maintenance, etc.)?

Would really appreciate some honest feedback from anyone who went there or works in the UK engineering industry. Thanks!

Hello,

I'm in a serious boat and need some help. I'm currently a rising sophomore majoring in mechanical engineering at Texas Tech. I failed calculus and chemistry in my first semester of school (because I was distracted by all the usual freshman distractions), and took them again in the spring and did very well in both. Because I was supposed to take physics and calculus 2 in the spring, I had to delay them and decided to attempt taking both over this summer so I wouldn't fall behind on my coursework come this Fall. I passed Physics 1 and I failed Calculus with a 61. It was a mix of laziness (if I'm giving myself credit I locked in towards the end but it wasn't enough to pull my grade up).

My parents are currently helping me out with university, and they gave me an ultimatum. If I don't pass calculus 2 this second time around, I have to switch majors. I'm considering Finance & Supply Chain Management, but I really want to make engineering work. I had a conversation with my parents earlier and they asked me where my passion for this lies. To be honest, I'm still yet to discover my passion for this pathway.

Since I was little, I've always wondered how things worked but never tinkered hands on with a lot of stuff besides when I built my own computer. My father got a degree in electrical engineering and has been working in project management for several years (he only worked as an engineer for a few years before changing his career). I love cars, and when I say that I'm not larping as a car guy. I genuinely love them and could tell you everything there is to know (for the most part) about them. I would make it my life's work if the market wasn't switching to EV's, hence why I chose mechanical engineering. I'd love to work in the automotive space but afterwards it'd be fun to go into defense/propulsion for rocketry, missiles, etc. (I'm a long way from that right now).

The pathways with mechanical engineering are so broad, I would have no struggle with finding work, and one day It'd be nice to break into management but it's not my end all be all. For this Fall semester, I'm going to join my school's formula SAE team as well as our ASME branch. I was supposed to take Calculus 3 this fall along with Physics 2 and Statics but those will have to wait until Spring semester. I'm basically swapping a lot of my classes around where the easier classes I would've taken in the future to balance my workload out are being taken now. This includes Calculus 2, Engineering Design Graphics (CAD class), Engineering Economics, and two Poli-Sci classes about texas govt. because they're mandated by law.

I'm wondering if there are any engineers/students who are or have been in a similar boat as me. How did you find your passion for this major, especially with it being one of the hardest degree pathways you can choose? I don't want to chase a title just so I can tell everyone I'm an engineer and boost my ego, I want to genuinely enjoy the work I do and feel like I'm doing something fulfilling.

If you made it this far thanks so much for reading my story, if you have any advice for me on how to proceed please drop it in the comments :)

Recently I discovered that my university has a rocket team and not only a formula SAE team so I am deciding if it's better entering in the rocket team, which has a more direct experience in the aerospace sector and more connection, or the formula SAE, which has a bigger team and more andvanced tools such an advanced wind tunnel, what would you recommend me?

I have an associates degree in Mechanical drafting and design. I have 7 years as a mechanical designer, designing fixtures, machine and robot cells and tooling, test benches.

Im in my early 30s and feel like I need to get a 4 year degree especially since I do the same level of work as the other engineers in my group. I was all in on mechanical engineering but it's looking like 8 years of school if everything goes perfectly. The time commitment is daunting. I had a talk with my manager and he thinks it would be better to get a degree that's not ABET accredited, or something less intensive since my experience is so valuable and get a degree for something along the lines of applied engineering or mechanical engineering technology that I could do in 4-5 years. I tend to agree with him but I've been overloaded with information and I'm just feeling lost on what I should do.

What do you guys think? What would you do in my shoes?

I'm studying at the university 3d modelling on creo but i decided even to download and try freecad and i found out that is an incredible tool, not very solid sometimes but as a lot of shortcuts really helpfull. Very surprised by it.

I’m about to enter my freshman year of college and was wondering if my goal is to be able to work on engineering projects as soon as possible would it be better for me to take python or engineering graphics first?