Electrical or Chemical Engineering?

Question

So confused!! can you tell me the challenges in both? is chemical mostly based on thermodynamics? which one is more math heavy?


please help

sorry for not being so clear
yeah i'm trying to choose a major ( finishng general engineering courses this semester & i've narrowed it to these two choices)

thanks for the answers everyone. will REALLY APPRECIATE more answers

Answer 1

Depends on your motivations for doing engineering....

For the Money - Chemical
For the Chicks - Mechanical
For the Fame and Glory - Civil

Hope this helps....

:)

Answer 2

As a retired business Engineer, i have self belief that except you pursue a PHD it has few parts for advance. this is exciting yet you should thrill both administration and production workers. If i might want to do it over i might want to pursue the chemical engineering / fabric technology container. undergo in concepts chemical engineering is on the right followed by ability of mechanical, then electric powered and / or business followed by ability of civil, and if all else fails there is sanitary engineering.

Answer 3

I still like the ones that drive the trains.

Are you making a career choice here? If so, we are currently in the information age which is almost completely electrical. I think the future is in organics which I would guess would be better served by chemical.

Hope a real live engineer jumps in and more directly answer your question.

Answer 4

Both EE and ChE depend on lots of math. My BS ChE came with an automatic math minor. Both majors will depend on what area you specialize in after graduation as to how much and which type of math you use but I know many ChE's need to solve many partial differential equations simultaneously. EE's use a lot of Diff Eq in step functions (on/off switches)

ChE does use a lot of thermodynamics.

From a practical standpoint, ChE's may have a harder time finding traditional jobs in the US as "Fair Trade" allows plants to move overseas and avoid environmental regulations. But fewer ChE's graduate. Check the job market in the area you want to work for job types and opportunities.

Also internships are a great help in landing a job if you can get one.

Good Luck

Answer 5

Electrical Engineering has more mathematics, like differential equations. Chemical Engineering has more sibjects on thermodynamics. Depending on your inclination, Chemical Engineering has more applications in the industry.

Answer 6

is just a guess..are you picking which one do you want to major in college?? if so, i recommend you to pick undeclared to test out your preference..maybe you wanna try something else later on... like aerospace. anyway..if i'm wrong then i would say electrical requires more math than chemical engineering.. chemical engineering requires a LOT of chemistry taking..so if you are not a fan of chem every semester or just not a fan of chem at all..then chemical engineering is not for you.

Answer 7

Don't do engineering if you don't like maths. Essential for all disciplines.