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hehe, time for my overused engineering joke.
whats the difference between a Mechanical Engineer and a Civil Engineer?
Mechanicals build weapons, Civils build targets!!!
NY State Trooper: So what makes your car so special to have SVT all over it?
Me: Er...It was made by Fords SPECIAL Vehicle Team?
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Right now, I'm in a related career as an AF Electrician working toward an AS in Electrical/Mechanical engineering.
If they try to force cross train me into some stupid job when my contract is up, I'm going to go work toward an Electrical or Mechanical Engineering degree, but I haven't decided on Iowa State or University of Iowa... Haven't had a need to look into them much, except that they both offer engineering degrees.
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Originally posted by APT:
Originally posted by ScottK:
Like Rara pointed out, a good Mech E can easily switch to any disicpline where a good Comp Sci/Eng major would have to bust there behind to ever switch to "real" engineering.
There is a huge difference in the curriculum of computer science and computer engineering degrees. Computer engineering is not that different than electrical, at least when when I got mine (1.5 semesters more). Computer science is/was quite different.
That said, Machanical or Electrical I would say are equal in their teachings of methods that can be applied towards the widest type of work.
Yeah, computer science is wayy different from computer engineering. I consider it basically EE with a dab of programming and a focus on digital design. Sounds pretty "real" to me 
At UConn there is Computer Science, Computer Science and Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Electrical Engineering(actually they just recently changed the name to Electrical and Computer Engineering.) CS is software design, CSE is mostly software design with some circuitry. CompEngr is Mostly circuitry with some software design. EE is mostly circuitry and no software design. And by no software I mean nothing really after 2 years of the same stuff everyone else takes like two semesters of C++.
Last edited by hotdimmes; 06/22/06 12:14 AM.
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I'm a Computer Engineer [not software, programming related]
My fathers a Civil Engineer
My Grandfather has a masters of Lubrication Engineering
My other Grandfather is/was a Industrial Engineer
the next 2 generations were all mechanical and automotive engineers
all college degreed
It kinda makes the whole education process easier when you've been born and breed for this stuff.
yes... I am a cougar owner trolling on your board.
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Originally posted by bensenvill:
and breed for this stuff.
Good thing because English is not your forte. 
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Originally posted by todras:
Originally posted by bensenvill:
and breed for this stuff.
Good thing because English is not your forte.
I'm dyslexic... also part of the reason I chose engineering... words confuse me but I can read numbers just fine.
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