Research in Mechanical Engineering

[ashutoshd]

Hello, I am a student of mechanical engineering. I am considering a research career in my field. The reason i'm attracted to research is I want to be doing something new everyday not a regular job routine. Also I have a fiercely independent nature and i hate to be ordered around. I like to do things that i love my way which i feel is not going to happen in an industry job. I am quite creative, good in calculus and derivations. I love to study concepts in great detail. I am a loner and not good at teamwork, also I am not that good in laboratory experiments nor in statistical analysis. Considering my qualities (good and bad), i want to know if I can be a successful researcher?

[fss]

If you're not good with people you're not going to get far in any field unless you are truly brilliant.

[Vanadium 50]

I don't see how you are going to make it through grad school "doing things your way" and not "being ordered around". Or a postdoc. The notion that you know better than everyone else is better developed after one has had a great deal of experience rather than as a student.