Engineering Guidance for 12th Grader Student

[-Aladdin-]

Engineering for me is a passion to lead ~ I'm a 12 grader student looking to finish high school with a good performance , and start what I really think of ( Engineering ).

I'm excellent at Math , Physics and chemistry , infact math and physics are my Love . Their are two opinions I'm thinking of Mechanical Engineering or Civil Engineering .But what I would like to tell is that I'm not a handman person or I feel lazy to do something by hand, I'm a person that uses my Brain in most cases ~

Therefore , I'm waiting for Engineers to give me the true medicine for me that will help me and help my future .

Thanks in advance

 

[JD88]

Engineering for me is a passion to lead ~ I'm a 12 grader student looking to finish high school with a good performance , and start what I really think of ( Engineering ).

I'm excellent at Math , Physics and chemistry , infact math and physics are my Love . Their are two opinions I'm thinking of Mechanical Engineering or Civil Engineering .But what I would like to tell is that I'm not a handman person or I feel lazy to do something by hand, I'm a person that uses my Brain in most cases ~

Therefore , I'm waiting for Engineers to give me the true medicine for me that will help me and help my future .

Thanks in advance

I am assuming that by saying "I'm not a handman person or I feel lazy to do something by hand, I'm a person that uses my Brain in most cases" you do not like to build things. First I would like to say that engineers who build things definitely use their brain, I am sure you did not mean that to be insulting but that is the way I took it.

Secondly, there is a lot of theoretical work out there in engineering. I am a mech E so I can't say a lot about civil. But for mechanical engineering there is a lot of work in computational fluid dynamics and finite element analysis and other things with various applications that are theoretical and computational in nature. I personally do not enjoy that sort of thing. I prefer to build things and perform experiments. But you should look up some things like CFD(computation fluid dynamics) if you are more interested in theory and math.

 

[-Aladdin-]

I thank you for the reply "JD88" ~ Just one question , do you have a website that tells what each brach of ME deals with ? Please .

I really appreciate your help .

 

[JD88]

I just did a quick google search and came up with these websites

http://www.brighthub.com/engineering/mechanical/articles/916.aspx

http://engineering.suite101.com/article.cfm/mechanical_engineering_101

They give very basic overviews of the different branches of mechanical engineering. I would suggest reading the short descriptions and using it as a starting point for a more in depth search.

 

[kote]

I thank you for the reply "JD88" ~ Just one question , do you have a website that tells what each brach of ME deals with ? Please .

I really appreciate your help .

http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm is the government's description of the profession, including a very high level overview of the typical paths within each branch. Engineers can do many other things not described on this page. I suggest looking through the related jobs linked at the bottom too.

 

[-Aladdin-]

http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm is the government's description of the profession, including a very high level overview of the typical paths within each branch. Engineers can do many other things not described on this page. I suggest looking through the related jobs linked at the bottom too.

Thank you Kote .

 

[Astronuc]

I thank you for the reply "JD88" ~ Just one question , do you have a website that tells what each brach of ME deals with ? Please .

I really appreciate your help .

Check the site of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (now ASME International) - www.asme.org

http://www.asme.org/about/

http://divisions.asme.org/ - shows different division of ASME (Mech Eng)

http://www.asme.org/Education/PreCollege/EngineeringResources/

http://www.asme.org/Communities/History/Resources/20th_Century_Achievements.cfm