I finished my first year in college (junior college going to transfer), and I am an engineer major, yet I dont really know which path I want to take. I love computers and technology, but I don't want to be a computer engineer in a office all day. I've never really opened up a computer and fiddle with all the circuits and stuff. 10 years from now I want to be helping the world, I just don't know what. What I also want to do is be outside or travel, but no so often. I don't think that mixes with a computer engineer major right?
2007-06-22
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Structural! Help architects figure out how to hold up their buildings...and go to jobsites all over everywhere. Mechanical engineering covers a vast spectrum of stuff for grad school...one of my brothers majored as a mechanical engineer and then segued into underwater structures and became a naval architect. Then there's soils engineering, which for sure gets you outdoors overseeing drilling for core tests and hanging out in a lab to test soils for other kinds of engineers...like foundation engineers, who advise OTHER engineers on how deep, how wide, and how strong the foundations of big structures have to be. Hey, the world's your oyster! Don't wind up in a cubicle! [one more: electrical engineering...power plants, designing systems for buildings and factories...etc.!] NO EXCUSE FOR A CUBICLE!
2007-06-22 08:49:29
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answered by constantreader 6
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Well perhaps this will help. I was a communication and tracking Eng. for NASA but what I was behind in was computers,so I had to study hard as more and more things are directly interfaced with computers. Take a lot of computer as an option. Regardless of what we start out u need to look at job option 1 ,2, 3, 4 etc.
2007-06-22 09:34:54
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answered by JOHNNIE B 7
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I'd personally suggest either Computer Science and Engineering (search abet.org on the major), or Electrical Engineering, since then you would have more of an option of being in a lab. CSE differs from normal CS in that a CSE takes EE courses as well and gets a rounded approach of both hardware and software.
2007-06-22 09:34:13
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answered by CmptrGuy 1
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OK first <
2016-05-17 21:52:17
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answered by ? 3
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you could take mechanical engineering . u can use computer software to design things and at the university, u can take mechtronics as ur technical electives. the other two are thermal or engineering design. lots of design jobs are being outsourced nowadays i think. so u get to learn c++, autocad, a basic course in mechatronics and if u really like mechatronics or design u can take more of it for ur electives instead of the other or energy systems(thermal). if u like to do outdoor work that is more onsite work, civil engineering could be a good choice since many projects require ur outdoor presence.
2007-06-22 08:49:21
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answered by Anonymous
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if you are at all interested in construction, you could be a civil engineer. i am, and a lot of what we do is design of roadways, bridges, buildings, structures.... its a nice job that allows you to be behind a desk 50% of the time, and in the field seeing the world the other 50% of the time. If you went with the structures/transportation route, you would be using a lot of computer analysis software.
2007-06-22 09:22:42
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answered by OhioFantastic 3
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manufacturing engineer. If you get with a larger company you will travel from plant to plant but not to often. You will use computers from pc to cnc milling machines. If you want to help people get into the medical field in manufacturing
2007-06-22 09:10:47
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answered by Yoho 6
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you could consider information communication technology (ICT), it combines all u mentioned and u might like it.
2007-06-22 09:09:05
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answered by tallafrostud 2
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