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Okay to expand a bit, boss just left, I am wondering which path costs the least and will have the best job security really. I was considering getting my 2 year aas then getting the 2 year ME degree. I am also really wondering what exactly a mechatronics degree would be good for? Lots of...

Okay, so I am in a community college going for an Electrical/Electronics A.A.S. I currently work on a 1 MW generator powered by a diesel engine converted to run on landfill gas. I want to pursue a path that I can use my 5 years of experience doing what I do now to get a good career. Now I was...

For what reasons do you want a PhD?

I'm okay with any woman willing to judge me by my shoes keeping herself out of my life.

Thanks man. I'm still looking for a dome but the one I am looking at will provide 750,000 volts. This is, of course, provided it is tall enough. I plan to make it roughly 6 feet tall, so I believe that is tall enough to get a high voltage. I may not reach the 750kv but I will get plenty...

I am building one. Not for school but for personal reasons. Is anyone here familiar or has built one before? I have some questions such as can the collector be any size? The maxium voltage of the collector is generally .8(70000r) with r being the radius of the collector. I was wondering if...

I think LTSpice is what I am looking for. I've downloaded it with no issues so far and hopefully it will help me figure out if this design is efficient and actually works. Am I allowed to post schematics on here to get some advice on?

Yea I wasn't looking for electronics circuit simulators like a dolt. Thanks!

I had not. It seems there is a student edition available for free for use by anyone, so I will try it out!

I was wondering if there was a simple program out there that would help me design and toubleshoot schematics I draw? For example, I have a schematic for a power supply that takes a 6.5k "core and coil" transformer and ups the voltage to 15k to supply a Van de Graaff generator. Now, the problem...

I finally have picked out a career where every pathway sounds interesdting to me.

That sounds good to me. My biggest fear in my adult life was ending up in a job that was more or less the same thing everyday. Luckily my current job let's me choose my own hours and let's me decide what I do and when I do it (within reason, I can't decide to not work for a year and still get...

Tesla made the decision to never marry so I can't imagine it being as nightmarish as some seem to believe it to be.

Oh that's great to hear, i'll be heading to my advisor later today to make the switch! What does a power engineer do in his or her daily routine?

I am a 1st year engineering student, and I am trying to decide what route to focus on after my first year. Right now the classes I am in are basic for all engineering disiplines, so I have a short window to figure it out. Next semester, though, I start more specified classes so I got to decide...