are more than 2 types of engineering to much to learn?

Question

I want to get into mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and architectural engineering. I dont want to get into this to get a job, but to invent things(its something i always wanted to do). But I dont want to get in over my head. Ive seen lots of engineers on yahoo, I know someone can give a good opinion.

Answer 1

In terms of just...teaching yourself? Or getting a degree?

Teaching yourself? Sure, you can do all that.

Getting a degree? Yeah, you can, but you won't be able to do all of that all at once. Just one good engineering program is rather rigorous, and architecture school can be hellish.

It's worth noting that architecture is not a type of engineering; it's more about art than about actually building things.

I'm workign on an electrical engineering degree right now, myself, and i'm pretty sure i wouldn't do too well if i tried doing mechanical engineering a long with it. Mostly because, where i go to college, at least, you don't just take engineering courses; you also have to take a lot of math courses in order to do well with the engineering. And then, they require all students to have a certain number of humanities courses as well.

But, if you're an energetic person, you're smart, and you can stand losing sleep/not having much free time, maybe you could do it.

Answer 2

I guess you are not yet into Engineering thats why you are talking such things. You get into any field you would automatically know atleast the basics (if you dont even care) and in your case (like you are really interested) you would learn a lot about other engineering fields as well. I suggest that you get into mechanical engineering if you want to invent because there you will get enough scope or like me get into Chemical or Process Engineering (but only if you have excellent Mathematic skills,as this sucks really bad).Be prepared for the tough engineering life with advanced Mathematics. Best of Luck

Answer 3

Mechanical engineering will open you up to a broad area of engineering knowledge. It is the broadest of all engineering and easiest to invent something in.
dont try to get degrees in all that would take atleast 10 years.

Answer 4

Some universities offer Engineering Science (which I did) and my degree covered mech, elect/electronic, civil, structural and control eng. A lot of work, but a good basis. Having said that, if you want to invent things that comes out of your head and you can search for the theory as and when you need it, university didn't teach me much about inventing, it taught me about passing exams (sadly).

Answer 5

I want to be as honest with you as possible. I am currently working as a naval architect. Originally, i wanted to be a civil engineer when I went back to college almost five years ago. While I was in going to take civil engineering, I also wanted to double major in marine engineering. You will find, most engineers have only enough time studying one branch of engineering. Believe me, when you see what's involved in just one field of it, you'll change you're mind and want to choose just one field of it instead.

Not to take away your dream or anything of that nature, but, to be frank, many people of today's society invesnt things accidentally. Which in turn means, they aren't, or most of them aren't engineers or architects. You'll find people who invent valuable articles are those who work in an industry who require improvements and stumble across things that need to simple be adjested or re-though if you will. Those who are engineers and invent something new or an improvement of an already existing item usually work in sicentific plants or institutions where their work is supervised or thought of from a higher source, usually someone who is the company's owner, like a chairman or CEO, and they simply have the engineers design and build it for them.

I'm going to tell you something that is very seriously. I work in an engineering firm, it's privately owned and on my floor there are other naval architects, marine engineers, electrical and ocean-engineers, on the floor below and above me, there are every other type of engineer you can possibly think of because of the type of work we do here. Many of the engineers here have one specialty because it is so time cousuming. However, there was a man who worked here once, he was here long before I came to the firm. He was in fact a naval engineer and an electrical engineer for the firm. He was supervisor of his department and he had so much work on his shoulders, that, (not to speak against him in any way, he committed suicide not too long after I started there) because of the pressure he had to endure.

Choosing to do one field of engineering is tough enough, you'll need to know a lot about science and mathematics. After you have graduated with a degree in engineering, you'll need to study to take your state's licensing examination to practice as an engineer. If you want to go back to study another engineering field later on in life, that's fine, because you will have given yourself a break in between. But, if you are looking to double major, well then good luck, because you will need. Trying to hold down two majors in engineering, much less the fields you have chosen being so far apart, you are going to have your hands full.

It might be better if you major in your favorite engineering and then pursue that to start. Most of the time, when you're least expecting it, life takes us into directions we never thought possible. Just like I said above, I initially wanted to be a civil engineering, but ended up falling into naval architecture.

Choose carefully at whatever you decide.
Good luck to you.

Answer 6

No. There is an overlap , and there are more people who did this

Answer 7

yes!! as it is one course is very rigirous & you are thinking of 2!!