Recent content by crr14

Definitely agreed. 12 credits/3 classes of upper division physics and math seems reasonable. I took 16 credits/4 upper level classes last semester (upper level electromagnetism, statistical mechanics, and PDE's last semester with an upper level engineering elective tacked on) and would not...

Phew! Good to hear that it won't make me look indecisive in my research interests.

I know that undergraduate research is extremely helpful for graduate school, but how about research that was done in a field not directly related to what you're hoping to go to graduate school for? I'm looking at applying to PhD programs in Material Science/Materials Engineering this fall and...

Very interesting, thanks for the reply! I'll take a closer look at the physics and EE stuff then, there's an EE class on semiconductors that may be helpful. I guess I was under the impression that there was a chemistry emphasis on some aspects of MatSci? But that might also be because our one...

I'll be starting my final year of college next fall and am looking at going to graduate school for Material Science Engineering. My school doesn't off a Material Science undergrad program, and it was not what I initially wanted to go into when I started school, so I'm currently studying...

I'll try condensing this a little, as I'm not sure if I'm phrasing the questions right exactly... - Are the types of topics covered in a mechanics of materials class, the meat of mechanical engineering? I keep hearing that the fundamental question ME's deal with is "will it bend or break?" Or...

Hey guys, looking for some advice from some more experienced engineers and students. I'm currently a junior in the Mechanical Engineering program at my university, but I've recently begun to think that this may have been the wrong choice. I don't know if this is how it is in other programs...