Recent content by ddelaiarro

A CE degree should teach you the knowledge/theory of the science behind the work, not the building codes required for a location. For your reference, in the US, each local government (down to the town level) has their own building codes so it would be fruitless for a college/university degree...

Well, if you're interested in materials, aircraft development, etc then you should lean towards ME. Both ME and CE can do both research however the things you mentioned are definitely more inline with an ME degree than a CE degree. That being said, it's the end of the first paragraph that...

I started in AutoCAD (drafting table really, but that's showing my age), moved into ProE in college. First job out of school used Autodesk Inventor, then SDRC I-DEAS, ProE (again), SolidEdge and now, for the last seven years, SolidWorks. What I'm getting at is that they're all the same. Once...

You'll probably be able to work in those areas with both CE and ME. In my experience, ME's will work the technology - creating the systems to transform energy, designing the systems for water treatment, etc. CE's can/will work with them to implement it in the environment, however, most ME's...

OK, I'm veeeery familiar with all the schools you're talking about as I live and work on Long Island. First things first, don't waste your time and money at Farmingdale for a four year ET degree. It's not worth it. I think I misunderstood your question before about transferring after two...

Littletrout - what are your other options for college? Personally, I would avoid the community college route if you are going to end up going with a full ME degree. You'll spend more time in school which equals more money. Go ME straight away, even if it's not at your dream school (I didn't...

You hit on a lot of interesting points here. First, location of your school does play into how they teach their curriculum. For instance, I went to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. There are many defense contractors in the area including Raytheon and Sikorsky. Pratt & Whitney is...

Do you mean is ME more suited for an aeronautical engineering career than CE? Not being an AE, I can't speak 100% to that, but my initial impression would be YES. You will learn all the physics, statics and dynamics that are the basis of flight in an ME cirriculum, but you most likely will not...

I absolutely agree with you that it's not cut and dry. But, my response was based more on my experience with my career path and salary as an ME compared to my friends who became CE's. Also, if you look at Salary.com and compare a Mechanical Engineer who is 5-10 years into his career with a...

I'm interested in designing a control system that will sense the temperature of my charcoal smoker, compare that value to a predetermined value (which the user is able to set) and then, if necessary, turn a fan on to stoke the fire to raise the temperature. This system would be constant...

Have you read through the thread? One is not better than the other. Each offers different opportunities. Your choice has a lot to do with what you (think) you want out of life. If travel and higher salary are important, then ME might be the way to go. If working outside, doing municipal...

After talking it over with some others here, we've decided on a simplified method with some known issues to at least somewhat simulate this test. Here's our solution and thought process: The convection heat transfer equation is as follows: P = k⋅Aconv⋅ΔT where ΔT = Tcase - Tamb, Aconv is...

A few questions: Is the water flowing through the pipe or is it being stagnantly held in place? If it's flowing, at what velocity? What's the length and diameter of the pipe? What temperature is the ambient air at?

BLUF: Is it possible to mimic a solar loading environment solely in a temperature chamber and, if so, how? We have an 6061 Aluminum box with a known heat load inside. It needs to be subjected to a solar load IAW MIL-STD-810G, Method 505.4, Proc I. Essentially, it is a 24-hour exposure cycle...

What I'm really trying to do is figure out if there is a way to mimic a volumetric flow rate and pressure combination to another volumetric flow rate and pressure combination. So, for instance, I can't create the ideal situation of 85psi and 75gpm, but I'm wondering if A) a solution at...