**The Official Engineers/Engineering Thread V2**

[KingofLifts]

Just got done with Calculus 3, and Physics 2. Can't wait to get to some higher level courses. I've heard that Cal 3 is used extensively in Thermo. How true is that?

[cncman]

Just got done with Calculus 3, and Physics 2. Can't wait to get to some higher level courses. I've heard that Cal 3 is used extensively in Thermo. How true is that?

in heat transfer and fluids yes, thermo no. just my experience

[KingofLifts]

what major?

Sorry, should have mentioned. I'm a MechE

in heat transfer and fluids yes, thermo no. just my experience

I see. I plan on continuously working Cal 3 problems over the summer in that case. I've already forgotten the majority of Cal 2.

[mciasto]

anyone starting internships soon? just got my badge # and work location today, supervisor's name, first pay day, schedule, all that good stuff. pretty exciting. first internship, going to be working at a fortune 250 for 12 weeks.

ive worked the 9-5 before but never doing something i care about. can't wait to get in there.

im aerospace also

[KingofLifts]

anyone starting internships soon? just got my badge # and work location today, supervisor's name, first pay day, schedule, all that good stuff. pretty exciting. first internship, going to be working at a fortune 250 for 12 weeks.

ive worked the 9-5 before but never doing something i care about. can't wait to get in there.

im aerospace also

Just applied for one. It's an internship sponsored by the school partnering with a firm. Not a widely announced thing and they have like 9 spots open. Hopefully, it works out.

[Plyoz]

That's just a bunch of rectangles.

Web = rectangle
Flanges= rectangles
Flange plates = rectangles

Lots of (1/12)b*h^3 + A*d^2 terms, that's all. Moment of inertia of the part + parallel axis theorem. Boom.

Remember - understanding the fundamentals and applying them to new problem is what engineers do. If you're being tested in this way, that's a good thing. Keep your calm and remember that (typically) they will not give you something new on an exam and most problems can be solved quite quickly if you see the "trick"

Yeah I did panic a little when I saw it. Was pretty limited on time left and was like oh **** I have to split that into 6 shapes. Going to study everyday after work this summer so I can be sure to smash Dynamics next semester. We actually use Bedford/Fowler books from UT, assuming you're familiar?

[cajone5]

Yeah I did panic a little when I saw it. Was pretty limited on time left and was like oh **** I have to split that into 6 shapes. Going to study everyday after work this summer so I can be sure to smash Dynamics next semester. We actually use Bedford/Fowler books from UT, assuming you're familiar?

UT PhD student and grad program has, to date, never required a textbook for a class.

It's weird.

My undergrad and masters was at Lehigh in PA and we used Beer and Johnson for statics and dynamics. Just try to keep a level head in exams and assume that you already the right tools to solve the problem, just need to figure out how to apply them or how to break up the problem into more manageable pieces.






In other news... last final exam ever tonight 7-10pm. Plastic design of metals. Can't wait to get it over with.

[uabeng]

Just got done with Calculus 3, and Physics 2. Can't wait to get to some higher level courses. I've heard that Cal 3 is used extensively in Thermo. How true is that?

The only thing I remember from thermo was my idiot teacher and his god damned moody chart. "Hey class, I'm going to give you this stupid chart that has been copied and recopied with the most ****tiest copier ever that is low on ink. And if you get the answer wrong by .5, I will deduct points."...... Lv75 trolling.

[Rayaarito]

**** my electromagnetics prof, that is all

edit:

Going over what he said might be on the test, looking at his class notes he posted online/taught the class from, some of the stuff he didn't teach might be on the final. Da fuk brahs? He's normally a graduate student professor though, that's probably why he's so hard on us

[axiom15]

Just graduated fellas, feels good man
Time to relax for a bit before I start applying at places

[DrinkingBull]

Its now been a week since finals and my diff eqs professor still hasn't posted the grades, so all that is showing up is NR (not recorded I guess)

He has also gone no contact, I have emailed him twice asking what's going on and he has yet to reply

Gonna have to sweat it out till Monday when I can call the school.

[cncman]

bored af. companies so slow to get back to me, but I've got nibbles from a potential dream job. D:

[TXDStone]

bored af. companies so slow to get back to me, but I've got nibbles from a potential dream job. D:

Still in O&G or potentially switching industries?

[DdotT]

Mech eng brah checking in with an exam in Turbomachinery and Propulsion coming up.

[cncman]

Still in O&G or potentially switching industries?

Aerospace. I'm not applying for an oil and gas co ever again.

[narak1]

finished my junior year of EE next sem i have

Linear Control Systems
Advanced signald and systems
discrete math
thermodynamics


das not it.

[McLarenGTR]

finished my junior year of EE next sem i have

Linear Control Systems
Advanced signald and systems
discrete math
thermodynamics


das not it.

starting junior year next semester and i'll be taking:
linear systems
fluids
mechanics of materials
sensors & data
linguistics lol

[wowz]

Any good ideas for answering the "What's your weakness and how do you overcome it?" question?


edit:

I think I got a good one:

My skills learned in college (graduated a few years back) may not be as sharp as it once was when I was practicing the everyday such as knowing certain equations off the top of my head or designing (somethingsomethingsomething) from scratch but the skills are still there and I have been proactive lately and going over these things to where I feel comfortable with them again.

or

I'm usually really lazy and I overcome this by upping my dosage of pre-workout during lunch break.

[uwootm8]

Any good ideas for answering the "What's your weakness and how do you overcome it?" question?


edit:

I think I got a good one:

My skills learned in college (graduated a few years back) may not be as sharp as it once was when I was practicing the everyday such as knowing certain equations off the top of my head or designing (somethingsomethingsomething) from scratch but the skills are still there and I have been proactive lately and going over these things to where I feel comfortable with them again.

or

I'm usually really lazy and I overcome this by upping my dosage of pre-workout during lunch break.

Not even at the stage of looking for a job yet (2nd year) but I really hate questions like this. Why would you ask a potential employee what he is bad at, knowing full well that he is going to lie atleast a little bit, and if he tells the truth he's reducing his chances of being hired?

Which leads me to a question

If someone asked me that question I'd probably say something like "I am a bit of a perfectionist and tend to feel that to get things done right I'd rather do them myself, and when I do things I tend to want them done perfectly, so I spend more time than I should making sure everything is okay". Would that be like... a bad response?

Its kind of true, international students have crappy english so I always gotta fix their bit of the group lab report/assignment.

[Plyoz]

I think I made an A on my Statics final which is exciting. On a side note I started my internship this week and we've been working 12s. Sure is a helluva lot better than school. I'm feeling motivated now to study hard and finish my degree fast so I can gtfo.

[KingofLifts]

Signed up for Statics, Computing, and Engineering math (plus 2 gen classes) next semester. I cannot wait to get started. I already grabbed some of the older edition textbooks for statics and dynamics to start studying early.

Any advice on how to study, or do well in these classes?

[Mirrors]

**** my electromagnetics prof, that is all

edit:

Going over what he said might be on the test, looking at his class notes he posted online/taught the class from, some of the stuff he didn't teach might be on the final. Da fuk brahs? He's normally a graduate student professor though, that's probably why he's so hard on us

Brah I had my final in electromagnetics today.

Literally the only topic I didn't know in the entire curriculum was LC circuits, and OFC it appears on the finals as a 30 point question. I did 5 practice finals, none of them had and LC circuit, they just had RLC.

Welp, got -30 points on the exam for that problem. Good night sweet streak of A's in math and physics.

[McLarenGTR]

Signed up for Statics, Computing, and Engineering math (plus 2 gen classes) next semester. I cannot wait to get started. I already grabbed some of the older edition textbooks for statics and dynamics to start studying early.

Any advice on how to study, or do well in these classes?

statics isn't hard conceptually like dynamics, so do as many practice problems as you can and you should be fine for exams.

[Plyoz]

Read your textbook

Read an online source

Learn how it can be applied

Sum of the forces equal 0

Practice geometry, epecially trig

Avoid using chegg to guide you
through homework problems

[cajone5]

Not even at the stage of looking for a job yet (2nd year) but I really hate questions like this. Why would you ask a potential employee what he is bad at, knowing full well that he is going to lie atleast a little bit, and if he tells the truth he's reducing his chances of being hired?

This question is asked (or should be) in order to determine if the person interviewing can truly evaluate themselves and identify areas for improvement. THe unspoken part is "... and what steps are you taking to improve in this area." Another great way to answer this is by providing an example of when you had a short coming and how you took steps to acknowledge it and address it.

Which leads me to a question

If someone asked me that question I'd probably say something like "I am a bit of a perfectionist and tend to feel that to get things done right I'd rather do them myself, and when I do things I tend to want them done perfectly, so I spend more time than I should making sure everything is okay". Would that be like... a bad response?

Its kind of true, international students have crappy english so I always gotta fix their bit of the group lab report/assignment.

"Perfectionist" is the most generic and end-around answer and it is by far the most common. I think, for engineers anyway, it's also true in most cases instead of being thinly veiled humble brag. If you're going to use it, explain how it's an issue and how you're taking steps to fix it and keep it from negatively affecting your performance.

Response in bold.

[cajone5]

Read your textbook

Read an online source

Learn how it can be applied

Sum of the forces equal 0

Practice geometry, epecially trig

Avoid using chegg to guide you
through homework problems

This.




Never studies for exams crew. Learn the material during lectures and homeworks and truly understand it when doing assignments and you'll be golden. This advice is true for every engineering course. I should know... I've taken about 120 credits worth of engineering classes (non gen-eds)

[uabeng]

Not even at the stage of looking for a job yet (2nd year) but I really hate questions like this. Why would you ask a potential employee what he is bad at, knowing full well that he is going to lie atleast a little bit, and if he tells the truth he's reducing his chances of being hired?

Which leads me to a question

If someone asked me that question I'd probably say something like "I am a bit of a perfectionist and tend to feel that to get things done right I'd rather do them myself, and when I do things I tend to want them done perfectly, so I spend more time than I should making sure everything is okay". Would that be like... a bad response?

Its kind of true, international students have crappy english so I always gotta fix their bit of the group lab report/assignment.

By nature engineers suck at being personable. I know I really suck as far as people skills are concerned. If I don't have anything to say to a person, I won't speak to said person. If I think a person is stupid, I damn sure won't have a conversation with a person. If I have nothing to gain personally or professionally by talking to a random person, I won't talk to them. I can't make small talk and I really suck at networking. That was my "go-to" response. My response on how I would improve would just depend on what the interviewer would latch on too... Just derp a response and say fuk it.

I've since gotten better but I'm still not going to go up to a random tard and just shoot the sht... That's not how I do things in life.

[SouthDakotaBrah]

finished my junior year of EE next sem i have

Linear Control Systems
Advanced signald and systems
discrete math
thermodynamics


das not it.

Lol just finished a semester with:

Linear Control Systems
Microcontroller Systems
Signals and Systems II (guesesing this is equivalent to your advanced?)
Electronics II
Probabilistic Methods


Linear control systems might be the hardest class I've taken

[KingofLifts]

statics isn't hard conceptually like dynamics, so do as many practice problems as you can and you should be fine for exams.

Will do. I'm gonna try and complete this textbook over the summer.

Read your textbook

Read an online source

Learn how it can be applied

Sum of the forces equal 0

Practice geometry, epecially trig

Avoid using chegg to guide you
through homework problems

I haven't even bought chegg. Not sure if it's worth it.

This.




Never studies for exams crew. Learn the material during lectures and homeworks and truly understand it when doing assignments and you'll be golden. This advice is true for every engineering course. I should know... I've taken about 120 credits worth of engineering classes (non gen-eds)

Got any advice for MAtlab computing? Ive heard it's a weed out class at my school, and I have no programming experience.

[DrinkingBull]

Signed up for Statics, Computing, and Engineering math (plus 2 gen classes) next semester. I cannot wait to get started. I already grabbed some of the older edition textbooks for statics and dynamics to start studying early.

Any advice on how to study, or do well in these classes?

It seems silly to me to study before classes actually start, but that's just my opinion.

The best advice is to read the material before you go to lecture and set aside a couple hours everyday to do practice problems, its literally as easy as that, just takes a lot of dedication to stay consistent over the course of a semester (that's my issue at least)

But if you want to crush your classes join a study group SRS. I know we are not the type to make friends easily, but when you're in a study group teaching someone a concept/ methodology you remember it for life