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I am currently a mechanical engineering student planning to work in the aerospace industry. I am a likely candidate for two internship opportunities; one of them is at a smaller aerospace firm that builds target drones and the other is at a university doing nanosystem research. Which would be...

I am a mechanical engineering student that plans to work in the aerospace industry. My question is: in terms of how rewarding your job is, is a small company or a large company more satisfying for an engineer? I would imagine that in some of the large companies, the tasks are divided up so...

I applied to Texas A & M as a junior transfer student with my first major choice being mechanical engineering and my backup being industrial engineering. I was admitted under industrial engineering, but I am pretty sure I wouldn't enjoy that field. If I choose to attend TAMU as an industrial...

My girlfriend wants to print her college lecture slides that she has in .ppt format. The backgrounds of the slides are black, so this will take a lot of ink. I can change the global background color easily by modifying the theme, but there are yellow drawing objects and text that is all over...

Yes, engineering is difficult, but I think it is definitely doable as long as you stick with it. The salary of an engineer will typically be much higher than that of a tech and an engineer has mobility in a company so that they can work their way up higher. Working as a tech, you will be...

I'm looking to transfer to one of these universities for a BS in mechanical engineering to work in the defense/ space industry: -Cal Poly San Luis Obispo -Cal Poly Pomona -San Jose State University -UC Berkeley -UC Davis -UC Santa Barbara -UC Irvine -Embry-Riddle Aeronautical...

I have an AS in engineering, and just by satisfying the requirements for that degree, I also earned AS degrees in physics, mathematics, and natural sciences. Don't expect to get it done in just 2 years, just like you shouldn't expect to get a bachelors in engineering done in 4 years. Dual...

You can definitely make it around a corner without using the technique I mentioned, but I'm wondering if it has more benefit for a rider that turns a tighter radius in a corner. It is well-known that the fastest line around the track is to come in slightly wide, turn the tightest radius that the...

Motocross: Physics of the "Scrub" I was wondering why scrubbing over a jump proves to be faster than hitting the jump upright. James Stewart and many others have given poor, a likely false, explanations and some have provided logical explanations, but I wanted to see mathematical proof as to...

At least in the US, it's rare to find anyone that is familiar with speedway racing, so here is a very basic description of the sport: Four riders race around a dirt oval track on single-speed motorcycles with no brakes. They slide sideways around the corners. Here is a sample video: I...