Recent content by Andrei001

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    Other Becoming an Engineer: Considerations and Personal Experiences

    My uncle is a mining engineer and he specialises in underground blasts. So he spends a lot of time with explosives and he also travels quite a bit. This is the sort of job that will keep you away from you family and friends for weeks at a time. He is mid 40 now and he steel enjoys it. If you got...
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    Questioning My Declining Mental Capacity as an Undergrad Math Student

    HI All, Last year I did this Diploma of engineering (one year course) after having one year off from studies. I found it extremely hard to readjust to the student life. I even began to wonder if I have some form of ADD but my doctor couldn't confirm this. I started exercising more often and...
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    Choose Right Split A/C Unit for Your Area

    russ_watters link seems to do the job prety good. i live in Australia so the program that i use is slightly different. If you really keen you can do the calculations yourself.
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    Choose Right Split A/C Unit for Your Area

    Generaly you need to do a heat load estimation do find out the capacty you need and the air flow rate.
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    Other Becoming an Engineer: Considerations and Personal Experiences

    Engineering as a career Hi All I should start by introducing my self since this is my first post on this forum. My name is Andrei and I found out about this forum randomly. This particular thread caught my attention immediately. Throughout high school I found physics and biology to be my top...