Engineering Majors - What's Your Speciality?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the various specializations within engineering majors, particularly focusing on participants' personal experiences and transitions between different fields such as Aerospace, Mechanical, and Electrical/Computer Engineering.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory, Conceptual clarification

Main Points Raised

  • Some participants share their initial choice of Aerospace Engineering and the challenges they faced, leading to a switch to Mechanical Engineering.
  • Others express a preference for the Physics and Mathematics aspects of their studies, leading them to change their majors away from Aerospace.
  • One participant currently focuses on Aerospace with a specialization in space systems, highlighting their interest in designing and flying fighter jets.
  • Another participant mentions working in digital circuits verification, identifying with Electrical/Computer Engineering.
  • There is a mention of job opportunities in Mechanical Engineering related to building and testing GPS satellites, indicating a connection between different engineering disciplines.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants share personal experiences and transitions between engineering specializations, but there is no consensus on which field is superior or more desirable.

Contextual Notes

The discussion reflects individual preferences and experiences without resolving the broader implications of choosing one engineering specialty over another.

So what's you engineering speciality?

  • Mechanical Engineering

    Votes: 1 12.5%
  • Aerospace Engineering

    Votes: 2 25.0%
  • Chemical Engineering/Biomolecular Engineering

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering

    Votes: 3 37.5%
  • Civil Engineering/Environmental Engineering

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Biomedical Engineering

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Industrial Engineering

    Votes: 1 12.5%
  • Fiber and Textile Engineering

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Material Engineering

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Another branch of Engineering I failed to mention

    Votes: 1 12.5%

  • Total voters
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I had no clue where to place this but Tech. seems like a good place.

This is a Physics Forums but I know of plenty engineering majors that roam here. The question is, what's your engineering speciality?
 
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I started with Aerospace and it was cool, but it kicked my ass so I switched to Mechanical.
 
Wow, I started off with Aerospace as well but realized that I liked more of the Physics and Mathematics part so I switched over to those majors.
 
And I'm in aerospace currently. My focus is in the space systems track.
 
right now, digital circuits verification so I voted electrical/computer
 
Originally posted by enigma
And I'm in aerospace currently. My focus is in the space systems track.
I was aero/aero. I wanted to design (and fly) fighter jets.

Mechanical isn't a bad alternative though. Lockheed has a plant near here where they are hiring ME's to build/test GPS satellites. Plus (obviously) there are a lot of mechanical parts in an airplane.
 

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