tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29875349548287766792024-03-28T02:35:37.106-07:00Engineer MemesA page to de-stress and joke about our engineering lives with other engineers and engineering students! The page provides information about what being an engineer & engineering student is all about.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05836752398309198955noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987534954828776679.post-4796565311084077622016-03-08T12:15:00.001-08:002016-04-24T18:52:44.138-07:00Small update on this Engineer's life!<p>Hey folks!</p>
<p> I haven't really updated this blog in awhile, but a lot has happened in the past two years. I did internships at two different companies. I finished my masters in electrical engineering and now officially working as an electrical engineer-in-training in a consulting company! I'm pretty happy with what has happened these past few years. Also, the best part, I have sold almost 30,000 engineering shirts and hoodies around the world! I'll try to update this page more often now that I have some free time and perhaps I can share what going through my masters was like, how I started my engineering shirt business, and what were my internships about! I can't wait!</p>
<p>Today I'll share some of the shirts and hoodies I have sold in the past two years. It's incredible knowing so many people around the world are wearing them! Below are some of the designs I have worked on and released!</p>
<p> Here's one of the designs I released that sold over 100 so far! The "Without Engineers, Science is just a philosophy".</p>
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<p> Here's another one we did, ugly Christmas sweatshirts for engineers!</p>
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<p>So selling shirts on the side is one of the things I did in my life while completing my masters in electrical engineering and working in a consulting company. It was pretty fun and I really can't wait to see how the next couple years turn out especially now that I am pursuing my professional engineering designation!Anyways, just wanted to give you all a small update and hopefully in the next several blog posts I can give you a more detailed description of what's been happening in my life.</p>
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<p>By Virginia Dobson</p>
<p>At my college, the last few weeks of every fall semester have names. The week of (American) Thanksgiving is called Hate Week; because that is the week our (American) football team plays our arch rival, U (sic) Georgia. The week after that is called Hell Week. This is the last week professors are technically allowed to give tests, so naturally they all do. Penultimately there is Dead Week, also known as ‘the week preceding finals’ by those who are also trying to make ‘Fetch’ happen. And finally, no pun intended, comes Finals Week. In my experience now, at the beginning of November, is the best time to get a jump on last minute learning. This is really important, and has helped me make it through the semester by being the kind of student I probably should have been all along. </p>
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<p>1. Plan: There’s a saying about how failing to plan is planning to fail. It’s completely true. At this point in the semester, everyone is either in denial or running around like a headless chicken. Plan out when you are going to study, what you are going to work on (homework, exam prep, review, etc.) and who you are going to study with. Be very aware of what you need to do. You know what works (or at least what doesn’t), schedule it down and commit. And just to be safe, take a page from the electric code and make sure to allocate 125% of whatever time and resources you think your workload is going to take. Stuff happens.</p>
<p>2. Commit: Sometimes I really hate commitment because it gets in the way of doing fun things. But when I think of how terrible my life will be if I don’t graduate, I make a very important exception (and so should you). My best friends right now are all in my classes, my mom is doing my laundry for the next month (thanks Mom!), and I had an important talk with my boyfriend (an understanding engineering grad student). Like some of you, if I don’t stay really on top of things I tend to have the attention span of a gold fish and things don’t get done. Have to lock yourself in the quiet room beside your advisor’s office and block everything resembling fun on the internet? It’s crunch time, you should do that. Do whatever it takes to get it done.</p>
<p>3. Be Flexible: This might seem odd, talking about flexibility, but it is crucial. In a strictly academic sense, you never know when you need to go to extra office hours or when a review session will pop up. Realistically, you are going to burn out and need a way to blow off steam when it starts to impact your rate of productivity. Reward yourself, sleep (occasionally), and just make sure that you don’t put off something off for more than a day. </p>
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<p>Most of this information is very general, but I feel that this is necessary because everyone works and studies in different ways. Later, I plan on writing a how-to guide for engineering students on how to keep yourself accountable when you are easily distracted, which best reflects my personal experiences. I strongly encourage everyone to become familiar with their learning style and how they best learn the material, because it will help you out a lot in the long run. Remember, the first step is to plan.</p>
<p>Happy studying! And if you have any questions (or advice on your particular accountability style), please speak out in the comments! </p>
<blockquote>Virginia Dobson is a senior electrical engineering student at Georgia Tech. She is a member of the Georgia Tech Honors Program and a sister of Alpha Omega Epsilon, an international engineering sorority. When she is not hitting the books or in class, Virginia enjoys doing research in machine learning and assistive technologies with the Opportunity Research Scholars’ Program and spending time with friends.</blockquote>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05836752398309198955noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987534954828776679.post-53371829310788469312013-03-19T01:40:00.000-07:002013-03-19T02:03:16.160-07:00Failing the First Midterm in Engineering<p>Hey everyone, my name is Ash and I'm an undergraduate Mechanical Engineer in my junior year (which I believe is the hardest year). I recently just started blogging because I want to learn to organize my thoughts to express them intelligently, either on paper or face to face conversations. Now that I have introduced myself, let’s get started on this blog!
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<p>Today I wanted to bring up the topic of the "First Midterm Exam" that you take every semester as an Engineer. After taking my first three midterms for my classes this semester and straight up bombing them, I noticed there was a trend with me. I realized I always seem to fail the first exam for every class regardless if I have the same Professor. Now people are going to say, “oh that’s normal for many people because they get nervous”, but is that really the case? I mean sure everyone gets nervous during an exam, even if you did study the material long enough to feel confident, there is always going to be that fear of the unknown. You go in, then your classmates start shouting the information at your face which has nothing to do with the exam and then you start to doubt yourself.
<p>Sometimes failing the first exam isn't a big deal since most professors make that the lowest percentage of your grade, but how does it affect you emotionally? For me, I heavily get discouraged for a good week or two which really impacts my focus in class. You get the feeling to change majors (maybe art?) and/or drop out because you feel like the disappointment isn't worth the trouble. I mean you start to wonder why you joined engineering because you feel that feeling like a failure is not worth it. Well everyone, it truly is worth it. As cheesy as this may sound you'll never be successful without failing. I'm sure you have heard from many people that it does not matter how many times you fail, but rather how many times you get up and try again and the strive you build to keep trying until you get it right. Yeah sometimes we wish we had a limitless pill on hand, but this isn’t a perfect world, so you have to fight for what you want. I'm still learning the ways of never giving up and it is not easy. Anyways to wrap things up I just wanted to send this message out to all my fellow engineers. Maybe some of you can relate to this and if you do, don't get discouraged keep going!
<p>I want to thank Engineer Memes for letting me post as a guest. I really appreciate this opportunity to write for you guys. Thank you everyone at Engineer Memes.
<p>-Ash
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<p><b><i>This article was written by Ashikur Rahman a mechanical engineering student studying in New Jersey.</i></b>
<p> Leave a comment about your first test/midterm experience in engineering!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05836752398309198955noreply@blogger.com47tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987534954828776679.post-61898589002868563292013-03-15T04:04:00.000-07:002013-03-15T05:27:10.033-07:00Starting Graduate School, but what courses to take?!<p>As some of you know I recently got accepted into the Masters of Engineering program (electrical engineering). I decided to pursue a Masters of Engineering over the Masters of Applied Science degree because I no longer have any interest in doing research and continuing my studies in nanotechnology. I have decided I want to pursue a career in working with power companies.
<p>Right now I have been researching about what courses I want to take that would help me after graduation (plus my professor wants me to send him the list of courses I plan to take asap!). I want to work in the energy sector dealing with 'power systems'. Here is the list of courses I have been looking at:
<p><b>1. Power System Analysis</b>
<p><blockquote>Transmission and distribution; phasors, complex power; balanced/unbalanced three-phase operation; symmetrical components, sequence networks; voltage regulation; short circuit capacity; circuit breakers; transmission lines, series/shunt impedance; short, medium, and long line models. </blockquote>
<p><b>2. Computer Applications in Power Systems</b>
<p><blockquote>Power system monitoring/control; large networks; automatic generation control; optimum power flow calculations; traveling wave transmission lines; EMTP and MATLAB programs for transients, short-circuit, and transient stability analysis. </blockquote>
<p><b>3. Power Systems Protection</b>
<p><blockquote>Analysis of disturbances, security of power systems, cascading and blackouts; role and impact of protection; transducers and measuring elements; protection of transmission and distribution systems; protection of generators, substation equipment, special protection systems and relays.
Optimization of Power System Operation
Application of linear and nonlinear optimization methods in power systems; constrained optimization; optimal power flow; economic dispatch; electricity market; local prices for active and reactive power; security-constrained OPF; state estimation, reliability analysis. </blockquote>
<p><b>4. Decision Support Methods in Power Systems Operation</b>
<p><blockquote>Principles; acceptable regions of operation; energy management systems; load flow methods; static and dynamic security; contingency analysis; transient and voltage stability; on-line stability assessment.</blockquote>
<p><b>5. Dynamic Modeling of Electric Machines and Controls</b>
<p><blockquote>Numerical aspects of time-domain simulation are reviewed. Dynamic modeling and analysis of power systems components including transformers, induction and synchronous machines, inverters, electric drives and associated controls. </blockquote>
<p><b>6. Advanced Power Systems Analysis</b>
<p><blockquote>Computer-oriented analysis of electric power systems with regard to multiphase line constants, steady-state analysis of single and parallel circuits, lightning and switching surges; large-scale solution of power-flow problems; optimal real and reactive power flow.
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<p><b>7. Advanced Power System Control and Dynamics</b>
<p><blockquote>Synchronous machine modeling; excitation and speed governor systems; enhancing power system damping through excitation or governor control; linear optimal stabilization of power systems; load shedding, generator dropping and other emergency measures; asynchronous operation and resynchronization; nonlinear stability; power-frequency control.</blockquote>
<p><b>8. Energy Storage Systems - Super Capacitors</b>
<p><blockquote>Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage. Pumped Storage. Other possible technologies. System modeling and control. </blockquote>
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<p>Which of these courses would you highly recommend for someone who wants to go work for power companies and why? I have a rough idea of which courses I will be taking, but I want to confirm that they are the right courses to take. Leave a comment on what you think of these courses and why they are good to take. Thank you!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05836752398309198955noreply@blogger.com52tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987534954828776679.post-11817904371072775362013-03-13T13:42:00.000-07:002013-03-16T17:56:51.422-07:00Dealing With Rejection… During an Interview<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<p>Looking for a co-op or internship is a lot like dating. You dress up, you meet new people in your field, and you try to convince them to pick you by highlighting the qualities that they are looking for. Sometimes things don’t work out. And whether it’s after the first meeting or the last round before making it official, getting rejected from a job opportunity you really wanted hurts. Here’s my horror story:
<p>When I entered college I was an industrial engineering major interested in consulting. My freshman year I had an interview with a company I was really excited about. The on-campus interview went wonderfully. The interviewer seemed as excited as I was about the possibility of me coming to work for their company, and I got an email inviting me to interview at their offices the next week. I was told during my initial interview that they were continuing the process with the top four candidates from the on-campus interviews, so naturally I was ecstatic.
<p>I arrived at the company’s offices dressed to impress and eager to please. After being called into the interview room, I met with the person I had interviewed with on campus. He was excited to see me and dove right into the first part of the interview. That part went as well as the on campus one had, and my heart was racing in the best possible way. I was one conversation away from landing a consulting gig at 18 that would lead me to what I imagined would be a glamorous career in consulting. The door opened and a middle aged man walked into the room. He gave his name, his position within the organization, and a bit about himself and where he went to school. He took one look at my resume and snorted at my GPA (3.4). Then he asked me, “What leadership roles have you held?” I started listing my roles from high school, and he stopped me. “What have your leadership roles been in college?” I paused. I had a leadership position in one of the clubs, but it was more of a prep position because the guy who held it was graduating that spring. As I thought about how to respond, my interviewer got up, walked out, and slammed the door.
<p>I cried when I got back to my dorm after the interview. I was scared, scared that I was not employable despite having a good GPA from the #1 IE program in the country. What was wrong with me? What made me less desirable than the other girls on my floor, who by that time had all secured co-ops and internships with great companies? It wasn’t until I had landed a job with another company that I figured out it was him, not me. Like in dating, everyone is looking for something different. Some people are super picky, and there’s no sure-fire way to get around that. Just because you get rejected doesn’t mean you will end up alone or unemployed. The best thing to do is to dry clean your suit, practice your lines, and get back out there. When the right position comes along, you (and your new employer) will know. And then you’ll be so glad it didn’t work out between you and What’s-Their-Name.
<p> <b><i>This article was written by Virginia Dobson. She is a 4th electrical engineering student and in the honors program at Georgia Tech. She has done three coop rotations and was asked by her employer to do a fourth term with a major automation firm. As well, Virginia Dobson has experience in interviewing potential coop candidates with her bosses. </i></b> </p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05836752398309198955noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987534954828776679.post-32725855590001228202013-02-12T01:00:00.000-08:002013-02-12T01:03:14.146-08:00Make Something<p>Engineering has some long, strange paths with high rewards. I started out tearing apart broken electronics while I was in middle school, and in my freshmen year of high school I wanted to become an electronics engineer. My high school offered classes in QBASIC, and I actually found that to be more entertaining than attempting to reconstruct Frankenstereo. I moved on to Visual Basic and HTML/JavaScript thinking WIndows software and webpages would be my calling. Thank God I avoided that mistake of a path.
<p>I left high school bound for an associate’s degree in applications development, AKA Visual Basic, but was too busy partying to attend class. I managed to squeak by with a .2 GPA with only attending the 1st month of classes plus the final exams. I passed every final, and have no idea why a teacher gifted me with a D in web design other than I helped her teach the class on the rare day I actually showed my face.
<p>Fast forward a few years later it’s nearly impossible to get a job in any tech field without a degree. I ended up working many menial jobs to pay bills, and started my own computer services business thinking if no one else will hire me I’ll hire myself. Clients were hard to come by with low demand in a small town and a small set of established competitors. I switched over to the Linux world, and became more proficient in software, but this still did not help me grow my business.
<p>I eventually caved and decided to go back to school. The problem was I couldn’t afford to relocate, and there was no computer programming degree at the tech school in my town. I settled for SCADA Automation Engineering because it at least involved some computer programming. I quickly found myself in a room full of people who wanted to become glorified electricians, but who hated the thought of touching a computer. The first year was a focus on electronics engineering, and I hung in there. Keep in mind that electronics was my career choice early on. When second year came around and the focus switched to programming no one around me understood just exactly what in the hell was going through by brain. That included my teacher.
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<p>At our first day of class he talked about separating the electricians from the programmers. He asked who wanted to go to different job sites every day and set up equipment. Most people raised their hands. He then asked who wanted to stay in the same building all day but still work with wiring. Everyone else but me raised their hands. He then asked who wants to sit in front of a computer all day and write code? I raised my hand. Well, that was awkward. Having one person to single out he said I can see that. We’ll just sit you in a cubicle, throw a sammich at you every couple of hours, and you’ll be good to go! I should note that having entered the workforce I have to go fetch my own sammiches.
<p>Once we got to the lab I got off to a slow start. I was appalled by the software they were using to connect computers to logic controllers, so I sought out my own solutions. I decided on QModBus/libmodbus for connecting to PLC’s. This meant I could code in Linux. It did take me awhile to get the first application to work, and by the time I had success I was failing the class due to lack of projects completed. When I did complete my first application my teacher told me to “make it run on Windows”. That’s easy, Qt is cross-platform, so I simply installed my code on a PC. Then he wanted to see it run “from your house”. We had our own network bypassing the school’s firewall, and he wanted me to use that to connect from outside the school. I cheated. I simply connected up the Linux PC again, set up VNC, and used my phone as a VNC client to go over 3G towers and connect right to the port I forwarded. He came over to yell at me about being on my phone, and then realized I was using it as a remote to control a conveyor belt. Despite my lack of ambition he was impressed, and was surprised I accomplished both challenges in one day regardless of simplicity. Unfortunately his next request was brutal. Make the PLC communicate through a web browser. I never did successfully complete that task. Neither did anyone else, including him. I still accept that challenge today, and when free time permits I have a plan.
<p>Since school I have ported QModBus to Android, and to the best of my knowledge I was the 3rd person in the world to successfully run a Modbus PLC on Android. I was probably the first using C++ as a language. I have had to focus on career before open-source work, and having been unsuccessful in my post-graduation job search I decided to go back to school. This time I took the risk and moved out of town for computer programming, even though it meant sleeping on a couch every day and rarely seeing my family. I completed one year of school to find my financial aid was denied and I could no longer attend until some debt that I couldn’t afford was paid.
<p>This is the point in my life where I lucked out. I managed to land a job writing PHP websites and Android applications. My boss says, “Hey, can you write a program/website to X?” I always reply with the same answer, “I don’t know, lemme check.” This is true for all engineering. You won’t be asked to solve equations, you’ll be asked to provide solutions. Don’t just know the material, know the relevance. Go in with the mindset that you’re not there to follow orders, but to create.
<p><b>This article was written by Mark Gullings</b>
2010 graduate of Mitchell Technical Institute for SCADA Automation Engineering
2012 dropout of Southeast Technical Institute for Computer ProgrammingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05836752398309198955noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987534954828776679.post-31665922035588345532013-01-19T13:31:00.000-08:002013-01-19T13:31:37.293-08:00Graduate School<p>How important is graduate school for engineers? I know in most cases engineers should be able to find a job with an undergraduate degree because of the amount of knowledge we acquire in school and how practical our degree is. Typically in our undergrad we take much more courses than other faculties in the span of four to five years. Many people choose to go work and start their career rather than go back to school for another two to five years.
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<p>I graduated with a nanotechnology degree in electrical engineering so I find it a lot harder to find jobs that are tailored for my option. Furthermore, most the jobs that are posted that fit my field of study typically requires a masters degree or even a PhD. I have been thinking of going back to school to do my masters, but I am not sure what field of study I want to go into now though. I have been looking at the different things I could study and there are a lot of options!
<p>As well, in Canada when you do a masters you can take two different routes! Masters of Engineering or Masters of Applied Science. What makes them different is one is mostly course work and a small project based. The other (Masters of Applied Science)is thesis based and a lot less courses are taken. Another important factor to point out is you can only do your PhD if you do a Masters of Applied Science. There are exceptions to that though. At my school if you do a Masters of Engineering you can switch into the Masters of Applied Science program before hitting the one year mark in the program. Another thing is if you go into a Masters of Applied Science you can receive funding from your supervisor for your tuition and living expenses, but if you go into the Masters of Engineering program you receive no funding. Typically the tuition fee is much higher in the MEng program.
<p>Here are some of the options I have considered:
<p><b>Option 1:
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<p>I could apply for the Masters of Applied Science program in nanotechnology and learn more about carbon nanotubes and semiconductor devices. Some of my research interests would be working on solar devices and creating solar cells that would have a high efficiency to low cost ratio. I am not sure if I would want to continue this path though, because of the job market.
<p><b>Option 2:</b>
<p>I could apply for the Masters of Engineering in electrical engineering and take some courses I didn't get to take in my undergrad. I could take more power courses such as Power System Analysis, Advanced Power System Analysis and Advanced Power System Control and Dynamics. This path would be a 180 turn for me. I am a lot more interested in this direction because of the job prospects and how practical this stuff is.
<p><b>Option 3:</b>
<p>Masters of Engineering in clean energy. In this program I could take many courses that will help lead me on a career path to clean and renewable energy. This path is interesting because I could learn about alternative energy technologies and thermal energy systems.
<p>Anyways I still haven't applied for graduate school yet. I already missed the deadline for September of 2013. I emailed the admissions and they said I still have a chance of making it. As well, I don't know how competitive the grades will be this year so I don't even know if I will get in. I also finally got confirmation from all my professors who will write a reference for me when I do apply to grad school. Hopefully I get into grad school and make the right choice in choosing what kind of education I want.
<p> <b>Are you a graduate student in engineering? Have you considered going to grad school? Did you start working after you finished your undergrad and then decided to go back to school? What do you think of grad school? Leave a comment below on your thoughts!</b>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05836752398309198955noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987534954828776679.post-35040145747744698722013-01-11T16:01:00.001-08:002013-01-16T13:51:40.272-08:00Engineering Methods in Life<p>Design, build, fix, as engineers this is what we spend the majority of our time doing. We enjoy problems, we enjoy solving problems, contemplating issues and devising eloquent solutions for them. I am sure that if more political types were engineers the nations of the world would run much smoother. There are a lot of situations in life where engineering best practices and methodologies can be easily applied and the results positive; however, there are those times when these applications produce somewhat undesirable, if not comical results.
<p>To me some of the most humorous situations arise when engineering concepts are applied to social situations. I had a college friend who spent weeks designing a dating flowchart, that he was convinced would help him improve his success with woman. He never told any of the women who he went out with about his flow chart, or that it was a work in progress, though he did a good job of keeping true to the process. Oddly enough he is still single, but when we get together he always has the best stories about the single life. My understanding is that he is still working on perfecting his process; though he is in graduate school now working on a MS in systems engineering so maybe he can tie it into his thesis somehow.
<p>I have had periods in my life when I have allocated a fair amount of time to exercising; and of course the engineer in me took over each of those times. I would do ample research on the best ways to work out and the types of things I should be doing in order to get the most out of each movement. Then I would start keeping a gym journal, and as I would thumb through the journal at night I would find areas where my data collection could improve. So, I would add more fields, then I started keeping timed records, by this point I think I was spending more time collecting data at the gym then actually working out. Before I knew it I was maintaining several spreadsheets of data and trying to figure out the best way to run a statistical analysis on my data. On the bright side, I am sure the people at the gym got a kick out of watching me fuss over my notebook after each and every exercise.
<p>No matter how we apply our engineering knowledge we will learn something from the experience, sometimes even more so when the undertaking is not successful. Even though my friend is still single he has learned a lot about dating from working on his process, and I am sure he will meet the one for him at some point. And even though my excessive record keeping in the gym hindered my workouts at the end, it did help me to optimize much of what I was doing at the gym, so if I ever decide I want to work out that much again I will have solid experience to build upon. So, no matter what problem you might be facing do not be afraid to unleash your engineering mindset on it and be sure to let us know how it turns out.
<blockquote>This blog post was written by Dana Blouin who is a telecommunications engineer, technologist and geek currently living and working in Cleveland, OH, USA.</blockquote>
<p> <b>Feel free to leave a comment about what you think. Have you ever applied the skills you learned in engineering in real life/world situations?</b>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05836752398309198955noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987534954828776679.post-25078634545604891852013-01-05T17:08:00.001-08:002013-01-05T17:08:52.911-08:00The Social Stigmas of Engineering
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<p>With every conversation with whoever it may be, every conversation tends to stray towards education: what, where and why you are studying what you are studying. I'm not sure about you engineering students out there, but I sometimes double take whenever someone asks me what I'm studying in school. Now, I'm not the type of person to actually care about what other people think of me (u mirin brah?) but we all have to accept the fact that there is a social stigma out there for people pursuing an education in Engineering. </p>
<p>That is, Engineering students tend to:
<p>- Have no social life
<p>- Constantly study
<p>- Have an absence of female individuals in the faculty of Engineering
<p>- Are just dope as hell
<p><b>*Warning:</b> All of the above points may be completely true
<p>So basically, whenever someone asks about what you're studying in college/university, you have two choices essentially. You can take the easy way out and dance around the fact that you're in Engineering, effectively avoiding the nuisances which I'll outline in a second. However, if you do decide to be honest and admit that you're studying Engineering, here's what a typical conversation will be like:
<p><b>Them: </b>So, what are you studying?
<p><b>Me:</b> Uhhh... I'm studying _____ Engineering at _______.
<p><b>Them:</b> HOOOOLY! That's really tough man, how do you do it?
<p><b>Me:</b> I don't know honestly.. I cry every night while slitting my wrists. It provides lubrication for the rectal violations that occurs on a daily basis.
<p><b>Them:</b> Oh I see. Do you actually like what you're studying?
<p><b>Me:</b> I don't know, leave me alone! *Runs away crying*
<p>Note: The above conversation was completely hypothetical. No pandas were hurt in this process.
<p>Basically, there are intrinsic core values that are associated with Engineering, like it or not. Hell, I'm studying Engineering and I'll admit most of the stuff that I outlined at the top of this article is true, though we as Engineers joke about it a lot (refer to photos in Engineering Memes Facebook group). I have the opportunity to interact with a lot of strangers on a daily basis due to the nature of my part time job and there's usually two common reactions to which people have when you tell them you're studying Engineering:
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<b>1)</b> Shocked
<p>- Usually in awe of how a person is dumb enough to pursue an education in a grueling field of study such as Engineering
<p>- Shocked at the presence of greatness they are witnessing of someone pursuing a god- tier field of study such as Engineering
<p>- Common Phrases: "Isn't that really hard?", "How do you do it?", "Do you even sleep?"
<p><b>2)</b> Impressed
<p>-Doesn't really follow the trend of this article, these type of people are usually impressed at the fact that you are studying Engineering and will compliment you accordingly
<p>- Common Phrases: "You must be really smart", "You're going to be rich once you finish your studies.", "Your parents must be proud."
Most of the time, I'll usually get the latter reaction. Sometimes, a mix of the two. I'm not really surprised that I get the "impressed" reaction most of time, due to the notoriety that Engineering entails being one of the more difficult undergraduate degrees one can pursue.
<p>I do speak from personal experiences; however, I do understand that depending on the types of people you interact with will result in different types of reactions. I'd like to ask you all then, what are the types of reactions you get when you tell people that you're studying Engineering? Are they corroborative with the social stigmas associated with Engineering? Or are they more positive? Please let us know in the comments section below.
<blockquote>This post was written by <b>James Reyes</b> and he is currently studying Mechanical Engineering at Ryerson University located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. </blockquote>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05836752398309198955noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987534954828776679.post-7970427690025678042013-01-01T23:35:00.002-08:002013-01-16T13:52:03.479-08:00Prerequisites<p>Any engineer or future engineering student has encountered what "Prerequisite's" are. It is the long list of classes that any engineering student must accomplish to receive a Bachelors in Engineering. Yes, the list seems very intimidating at first, and in all honestly, the path is not easy. </p>
<p>However they are important. Very important. </p>
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<p>This list of classes determines your fate as an engineer. Each class must be passed with a C or above. If you are to fail any of these classes, that can result in utter destruction. The failing of any pre-req's will disqualify your eligibility to move onto upper level classes. Not being able to complete higher level math classes will put a stop to your career as an engineer.</p>
<p>The importance of pre-req's will continue to grow as you further progress in your engineering major. Every pre-req is ultimately a precursor to the next class. The classes are set up so that every aspect of engineering is broken down and students can take this information one class at a time, and in doing so, students understand material that will later on assist in their studies.</p>
<p>The pre-req's path is not easy whatsoever. However they are set to help guide you as a future engineer, to be able to make decisions. They are very important and as a student you must do everything possible to prepare yourself to pass these pre-req classes. As you progress in your studies, studying several days for exams to pass pre-req's are very common amongst engineering majors. </p>
<p>Do not let that scare you though. As an engineering major or thinking about pursuing an engineering degree, you must be creative and innovative throughout your career. You must be able to think outside of the box to create and construct new innovations that will better society.</p>
<p>Just remember that as an engineering student, at the top of your to-do list should be to pass all of your pre-req's. They are the most important aspect of being an engineer. Your career as an engineer relies on your ability to understand and comprehend the material of these pre-req's. Good luck in your studies!</p>
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<p>This post was written by <b>Mikey Rivas</b> a mechanical engineering student at California State University Long Beach. He lives in Loas Angeles, CA and he is the first in his family to pursue a career in engineering.</p></blockquote>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05836752398309198955noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987534954828776679.post-19355836899047178672012-12-23T02:27:00.000-08:002012-12-23T02:27:10.547-08:00Challenges faced as an Engineer or Engineering Student Response<p>So the last couple of weeks I asked about some of the challenges people faced as an engineer or engineering student? I also asked how did they overcome and get through these challenges? Here are some of the responses from the people who follow this blog and the facebook page.</p>
<blockquote>Getting thru Purdue's most dreaded weedout sophomore courses, ME 200 (Thermo I) and EE 201 (Linear Circuits I).......amazingly both with A's! I was just darn lucky with Thermo due to the fact that I had a very articulate, younger post-doc instructor who was very adept at combining both technical and lay speak during lectures. Otherwise, the biggest challenge is balancing perseverance with the extracirriculars.....and trying not to let the epicurean 4.0 Liberal Arts wussies bother yah as much. <i><b>Tom Engelsman</b></i> </blockquote>
<blockquote>Had to talk to a woman once........still recovering. <i><b>Clay Feldner</b></i></blockquote>
<blockquote>I sat in class, consumed copious amounts of caffeine and payed as much attention to my professors as I possibly could. Knowing that I wasn't the only person who wanted to make it through our courses I took the time to reteach the subject matter and go through examples with my other classmates. In my program we have our own Facebook page ironically, even while I'm at work, I walk around my McDonald's with my calculous textbook and fluids work book working through examples and Sharing thought processes on every second of down time I have. Sleep deprivation this semester is really brutal and I can't wait for the end of this week. It's disappointing knowing that a lot of my friends aren't going to make it to next semester. <b><i>Andrew Lukachko</i></b></blockquote>
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<blockquote> Lack of sleep!? Seriously though, i have a hard time with group work - mostly because someone in my groups always has " something come up" thats more important or uses their backyard experience instead of using engineering practices.... Waste of the rest of our times...<b><i>Michelle Gesh</i></b></blockquote>
<blockquote> I am a mechanical engineering student at a maritime school. On top of the mechanical course load we take requiring courses to sit for the coast guard engine license to operate shipboard plants. The course load is typically 21+ credits per term, and the summers are spent at sea operating a training ship or doing an internship at sea. The hardest thing is just keeping up. <b><i>Seth Kaye</i></b>
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<blockquote> Trying to comprehend the subject while trying to understand the extremely THICK accent of the professor. it's quite a torture.
Cory Chorne Over coming self doubts wondering if I was smart enough. I had a very challenging professor for Calculus 291 - Multivariable Calculus. Our professor required an essay with each homework problem and every test question. After the first exam and 80 percent of the class bombing it, there was a near riot the next class with students complaining his course was too hard. He calmly rolled up his sleeve and showed the class the identification number tattoo the Germans gave him during World War Ii. The only thing he said to the class was "You don't know what hard is". The class sat in stunned silence with most dropping the class shortly thereafter. Thank you Professor Fred Haring for putting things into proper perspective for me. After that life lesson, engineering seemed pretty easy. <i><b>Hugues Dorzeus</b></i></blockquote>
<blockquote>Hard classes with no available outside help, classmates who give up and drop out every semester, teachers with thick accents, peers who don't understand what your major is like, having to balance study, work, and sanity, and still trying to live life as a normal teenage girl. <b><i>Alexandra Hope Murray</i></b></blockquote>
<blockquote> During my sophomore year, I thought I was gonna fail my last quarter of engineering physics. My grade without the final exam was a D+. I think my problem was I was so shy to ask my instructor for help. So a few days before our final exam, I finally decided to go to my instructor and ask for help. He explained everything to me and I finally understand it! When I took my final exam, I felt that I did pretty good. I never find out what my final exam score was, but I got a B- for my engineering physics 3. <i><b>Julius Ceasar Arevalo</b></i></blockquote>
<blockquote> For most of the engineering subjects its visualizable so it was easier, but EE was tough. You need to stop over thinking and use pure logic for the most part. Best way I can tell you how to overcome, don't memorize, try to understand how things come to be, especially formulae, the derivation is so important to understand.
Laurie Bynum Caffeine.... And lots of micro-meltdowns that are overcome by an all-encompassing sense of accomplishment when I see my GPA. The struggle makes victory that much sweeter. <b><i>Ian Goh</i></b></blockquote>
<blockquote>Lack of females in my classes. No getting through that....literally. <i><b>Kevin Burke</b></i> </blockquote>
<p> Yep Engineering can be tough, but one should never give up because of that reason! There will be good and bad times, but in the end it will be worth it! </p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05836752398309198955noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987534954828776679.post-76472955480779152142012-12-18T03:37:00.000-08:002013-01-16T13:52:26.316-08:00Difficult and Challenging Engineering Courses<p> Have you ever taken a course in engineering that you just could not understand? A course you barely passed and you still didn't know what was going? I have had that problem before. I passed the course thanks to scaling and projects! </p>
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<p> The course I had trouble with was <i>Control System Design</i>, under electrical engineering. It was taken in my final year and I thought I would like the course. I thought it would be very useful for when I graduated and started working in the industry. I took a course before it called <i>systems and control</i>. It involved a lot of math (laplace transform), state-space analysis, root-locus method, frequency domain analysis etc etc. That course was fairly easy ( I believe my professor was pretty 'chill'). So I was like okay I did fairly good in this course so why not take <i>Control System Design</i> in my final year! Bad idea! </p>
<p> At the start of this course I was doing alright. We were learning about PID control, PID tuning, and pole placements. That wasn't too bad,but then we moved into more advance topics and I just started getting lost. </p>
<p> We then started talking about the fundamental limitations of control design, control architecture, MIMO analysis, decentralized control, and decoupling control. I was so lost in the course. I think the professor was not teaching it properly or I just couldn't grasp the concepts. The text book we were using didn't help either. The textbook was called <i>Control System Design</i> by Graham C. Goodwin (Author), Stefan F. Graebe (Author), Mario E. Salgado (Author). I tried reading the chapters over and over trying get a better understanding of the material. </p>
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<p> I found out I wasn't the only one who was finding it hard to learn the course material. A lot of my other classmates were having trouble as well. I think another problem that made it hard for us was there were no assignments. There were only 3 midterms (worth 25% each) and a final project (25%). There was no final. However, he did give us 1-3 past midterms for each midterm we had. He also allowed a single sided cheat sheet for the midterms. Those cheat sheets did not help at all. You really had to fully understand the course material if you wanted to do well. </p>
<p> Anyways, have you been in a similar situation? Is there an engineering course you took that you thought would be useful, but ended up not being useful and very challenging? Is there a course you passed with flying colours, but you still don't understand the material? If you answered any of these questions or want to share your experiences, feel free to leave a comment! </p>
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</div>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05836752398309198955noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987534954828776679.post-83536231351507096892012-12-14T02:55:00.000-08:002012-12-14T03:02:24.136-08:00Wait...you're studying what?<p><i>This is a guest blog post by <b>Niko Temofeew</b>. He is currently a Sophomore studying Biomedical Engineering at Saint Louis University. This is what he had to say about people reacting to what he majored in and why he chose to go into engineering.</i></p>
<p>It was the summer before I started college. I was working two jobs to save money and to get some experience. I worked at a pediatrician's office as a medical assistant. For the longest time I wanted to be a doctor like my dad. After working in the office though, I realized the office setting was a little too slow for me. I needed something that fascinated me more. It was a month before school started that I ran into Biomedical Engineering and what it was all about (little did I know there was much more to it). </p>
<p>Fast forward to move-in day. All kinds of name-games and ice-breakers to get everyone on your floor to be social and talk to each other. Of course, like any college ice-breaker, whoever was running the show would say something like, "Okay we are going to start with your name, where you're from, your major, and something unique about yourself!" Someone started and the information flowed. "Hi my name is Jim, I'm from Boston, Massachusetts, I am majoring in Accounting and…what was the last one? Oh yea, and I was a stunt double in a Hollywood movie when I was 15." People continued to announce their names and other information with some cracking jokes while others were quite and nervous. </p>
<p>Finally it was my turn. I recited my name, hometown, major, and "unique fact." However, to my surprise it was my major that riled up a response. I received a few odd looks and even an "Oh wow…" I wasn't quite sure how to take this so I ignored it. But it continued to happen whenever people heard of my major. They said it was "the hardest major on campus." As I soon came to realize, it was pretty tough. After two semesters we lost 20% of our original class of 60. </p>
<p>Though I didn't understand before hand, I now understand that engineering of any kind is difficult and is definitely not for everyone. But I chose it for a reason and I'm sticking to it. I've made it this far (about to finish my third semester) and don't plan on looking back. So bring on the math, physics, engineering, and biology because its what I am interested in. If engineering is what you're interested in, don't let predispositions scare you away because you may regret it.</p>
<p> <i> <b>If you want to be a guest blogger like Niko Temofeew just message me on the facebook page for details</b> </i> </p>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05836752398309198955noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987534954828776679.post-88301994778610936822012-12-07T15:30:00.000-08:002012-12-09T17:17:41.925-08:00TEXTBOOKS<p>In first year I bought almost all my textbooks. </p>
<p>In second year I bought maybe a quarter of my textbooks.</p>
<p>In third and fourth year I bought one textbook.</p>
<p>I noticed as I went through my engineering degree I never really used my textbook at all. Most of the information I needed I could find online or I could just find a digital copy of the textbook online. I also found reading the textbook was not helpful in preparing me for exams. I found that doing more practice problems was what benefited me the most in succeeding in my midterms and finals. </p>
<p> One thing I thought that was pretty ridiculous was the <i><b>price</b></i> of the textbook! Some of the text books the professors wanted us to buy could range either from $80 to $300. I remember buying a textbook in second year that was worth close to $200 I believe. It was a microelectronics by Sedra Smith. I did not use that textbook at all. However, there are times when I did use the textbooks quite often. </p>
<p> In fourth year I bought a textbook for my Semiconductors course. I found this course really interesting and I usually don't enjoy reading things off a computer. So I ended up buying it ($80 I think). I didn't read the textbook as often as I would have liked, but when it came to exam time and midterms I would read the textbook like crazy!</p>
<p> I love how one or two hours before the final exam people read their textbook for the first time and try to learn 100's of pages worth of information. I wonder how much information they actually retain haha.</p>
<p> Another thing I hated was authors who changed the edition of their textbooks. I'm pretty sure they just used a random number generator to randomize their textbook questions and maybe added one or two pages to their textbook to change the page numbers. I'm glad some of my professors said it was okay to use old textbooks. If you plan on buying textbooks try to buy used ones! </p>
<p> <b><i>Here's a question for the readers.</i></b> Do you buy your textbooks? Or do you usually find a digital copy or find the information you need online? Also what was the most expensive textbook you have bought? </p>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05836752398309198955noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987534954828776679.post-41414610945679805722012-11-24T15:09:00.001-08:002012-12-09T17:18:44.917-08:00Solar Cells<p>One of the courses I took in my senior year was a semiconductors course. There was one topic I was really interested in and that was solar cells. I will just go over a little bit of what I learned/remember from class. </p>
<p>A solar cell is a semiconductor device that uses the suns radiation to produce electrical energy. Typically a solar cell is a p-n junction diode. This means that the solar cell is a combination of an n-type semiconductor and p-type semiconductor material. The reason why is because the p-n junctions potential energy barriers are formed and this will facilitate the separation of electron-hole pairs(carriers) generated from photons. </p>
<p>One of the important parameters of a solar cell is the band gap energy. The band gap energy is the minimum energy required to excite an electron from the valence to the conduction band. When the electron is excited into the conduction band it is free to participate in conduction. At the same time though, a 'empty' space is left in the valance band (hole) and as electrons move around in the valence band, it looks like the hole is moving. This means the electron and hole participate in conduction.</p>
<p>Now we can learn about carrier concentration. We learned about free carriers above (electrons and holes participating in conduction). We can call the concentration of these carriers the 'intrinisic carrier concentration'. This tells us the number of electrons in the conduction band and the number of holes in the valence band. The number of carriers will depend on the band gap energy and temperature of the material (High band gap energy leads to less carriers). The band gap energy and carrier concentration will be important in determining the solar cells efficiencies.</p>
<p>When we illuminate light onto a solar cell three things occur. It is either absorbed, reflected or nothing happens. Sunlight contains photons and these photons have different energy levels because of their different wavelengths. E=hc/lambda where h represents Planck constant, c represents the speed of light, and lambda represents the wavelength.</p>
<p>Here is a simple way of looking at it.</p>
<p><i>If the energy of the photon is greater than the band gap energy of the solar cell that means the electron will be excited out of the valence band and into the conduction band. However, the excess energy of the photon is wasted into heat.</i></p>
<p><i>If the energy of the photon is less than the band gap energy of the solar cell nothing will happen to the electron.</i></p>
<p><i>If the energy of the photon is equal to the band gap energy the electron will be excited out of the valence band and into the conduction band. This is the most ideal case as no energy is wasted into heat. </i></p>
<p>I hope this info is useful for anyone who wants to start learning solar cells. Note this is just an intro to solar cells and not in depth information. Solar cells can become much more complex when dealing with other factors like recombination and quantum effieciency. </p>
<p><b>What do you think of solar cells?</b> Do you believe that they will be important in the future as a clean and renewable energy source? Problems that arise now are the cost of production and the amount of land required to use. Furthermore, the effieciency's of solar cells are still low. </p>
<p>Want to learn more? You can learn more about solar cells by going here</p>
<a href="http://www.pveducation.org/pvcdrom">Solar Cells and Photovoltaic Education</a>
<p> <b>Is there a topic you want to write about? Wind turbines? Electronics? Feel free to message me on our facebook page!</b> </p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05836752398309198955noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987534954828776679.post-58574548808247891382012-11-16T00:23:00.001-08:002012-12-14T02:47:29.333-08:00Electrical or Computer Engineering?<p>We all know that in some departments around the world they combine electrical and computer engineering in 2nd year, but after that you gotta choose between the two. Have you ever had troubles choosing between the two? I know for me I had an easy time and chose electrical because I was not a big fan of programming. However, some people may not have an easy time choosing between the two. Some people want to know which one will provide a better career? More money? Or what if I want to do both? Well here's a post by Abraham Chan, a University of British Columbia student in the faculty of applied science. He will share his thoughts of electrical and computer engineering and discuss why he chose the path he did. </p>
<p> This is what he had to say: </p>
<b><p>Deciding if you should go into Electrical or Computer Engineering?</p></b>
<p>After completing general engineering courses, students must choose a specific engineering discipline, which will set the direction for academics and perhaps, a future career. Should you find yourself in a tossup between electrical engineering and computer engineering, I hope I can help clarify their differences through my take on the situation.</p>
<p>Electrical and computer engineering programs typically share similar introductory courses in the first year. Courses like circuit analysis and digital logic design are usually required in both programs. </p>
<p>Electrical engineering deals with the application and development of electricity and electromagnetism. On the contrary, computer engineering deals with the application of electricity and software to develop computer systems. </p>
<p>To break things down for you, computer engineering can be described as electrical engineering without power electives and with software courses in its place. Furthermore, electrical engineering can be subdivided into energy systems and nanotechnology sectors whereas computer engineering can be split into hardware and software sectors. </p>
<p>The job market potentials for both fields are continually growing. However, computer engineering opportunities will be more diversified and grow at a faster pace than electrical engineering due to declines in the manufacturing sector and a heightened demand for software application development. </p>
In the end, many electrical engineers will find work in the computer engineering sector and vice versa. The undergraduate programs are designed to give you a broad sense of what it is like in the respective field of study. After all, your upper-level technical electives will be more relevant to a potential employer than a designation on your degree. </p>
<blockquote><b><i>Authors Note:</i></b>
At the end of my first year, I knew I was either going to study electrical or computer engineering. While I was interested in circuits, I had also expressed a fondness for programming. As a student determined to attain a future career in engineering, I wanted to choose the appropriate program. I wanted to weigh my options based on a variety of factors such as academic potential, employment opportunity and industry development. As a result, I examined the curriculum for each program. Wary that electrical and computer engineering share a common second year curriculum, I went with electrical engineering knowing that I could switch to computer engineering for third year. Having completed the various second year electrical and software courses, it was clear that my interest lied within computer engineering. I made the change to computer engineering just before third year and I have not regretted since. </blockquote>
<p><i> This post was written by Abraham Chan, a Computer Engineering Student at the University of British Columbia (CANADA)</i> </p>
<p> <b>Feel free to comment on why you chose the engineering discpline you're in.</b> </p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05836752398309198955noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987534954828776679.post-65129695830975924702012-11-12T02:58:00.003-08:002012-12-14T02:47:43.659-08:00Online Article + Supportive Comments!<p>So this is kind of old news, but I wanted to update it here on our blog page. As some of you may know, the Huffington Post wrote an article about our facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TrustMeEngineeringMemes">Engineer Memes</a> online</p>
<p> You can find the online article here: </p>
<p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/25/engineering-memes-facebook_n_2018734.html">HuffingtonPost News Article about Engineer Memes</a></div></p>
<p> I thought this was really cool! I never expected my page to get this kind of attention/exposure especially from a news website like HuffingtonPost! Being an admin of this page has been a lot of fun. The only downside i've seen is that it is really tough to have engineer memes that can make everyone happy. Since I am an electrical engineer it's tough to create memes that other types of engineers can relate too. I have been thinking about looking for other admins who are studying/working in these different fields to help me with the page. The future is still uncertain though and I will have to wait and see what will happen. </p>
<p> At the same time it's great to see some of the people who commented about the page and are really supportive about it! Here are some of the comments I have read: </p>
<blockquote>Although i love your funny memes, some are also motivational and inspiring which i also love...so thanks.<b> <i>Hannah Marie Seeger</i></b></blockquote>
<blockquote>You guys make my engineering memories fun. <b><i>Abdullah Tariq</i> </b></blockquote>
<blockquote>These memes are getting exponentially more hilarious with each hour I've spent in the library. So they are tending to infinite hilarity at the moment. <i><b>Emily Beatty</b></i></blockquote>
<blockquote>This definitely has to be the best, most funniest page Ive ever seen. Keep it up guys. Sending this message from a lab in my university. Meanwhile in power electronics.....<i><b>Xain Shah</b></i></blockquote>
<blockquote>Hiiiii there! Just wanted to say Awesome page, I can relate :D keep up the good work. <i><b>Vanisha Mahabier Panday</b></i> </blockquote>
<blockquote>Your page gave me the inspiration and the motivation because now I know I am not the only one who suffers from engineering.
I am surrounded with some jerks from different majors who make me feel like I am the only one who gets fucked in this school.
Engineering = awful school but amazing post graduate life
and now I'll go back to study :) <b><i>Karim Fahmi</i></b></blockquote>
<p>I'm glad lots of people from around the world are able to enjoy these photos and are able to relate to these pictures. I know I can't make everyone happy, but I am trying my best. As well, if you have memes/pictures you want to share just message me on the fanpage! I welcome all types and will also give you credit for the photo! Thank you for the support! Anyways, I hope everyone had a good weekend and remember to...not drink and derive!</p>
<p> Feel free to leave comments on ways to improve the facebook page or anything you want to say! </p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05836752398309198955noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987534954828776679.post-7241488264512040922012-11-11T03:26:00.001-08:002012-12-09T17:19:46.279-08:00Women in Engineering<p>So I posted a engineer meme a week ago and it poked fun at how there are no females in Engineering. See picture here: </p>
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<p> A bunch of female engineers commented on the photo about how the photo was false (which is awesome by the way!). It was awesome and very nice to see all these posts by the female engineers on our fan page. It's great to see that there are more females joining engineering and that they are happy with their choice, going into engineering :). So I updated the photo with this meme:</p>
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<p>I hope everyone liked the updated picture. <b><i>Anyways, the reason why I wanted to make this post is because I wanted to share what some of the females in engineering had to say. I chose several comments from the pictures</i>.</b> Here are some of the comments:</p>
<p><blockquote>Robotic Engineering. I'm Mexican, I'm studying a semester in France and Engineering rocks. It's not as easy as some other may think it is. We have to face discrimination day after day. But you have to have enough courage to let people know you are able to do the things as well. It's true there's a difference in strength between men and women, but we are using our minds and not our muscles.I really love what I do. Real Engineering. <i><b>Sandra Bonilla</b></i></blockquote></p>
<p><blockquote>It'll take a while for us to mix in, it only started being acceptable for women to go to college like 100 years ago. That seems like a while, but 1965 was 100 years after the Emancipation Proclamation but was everything equal yet? Quit calling us stupid and singling us out when all we want is a lucrative major in something we're good at and interested in. <i><b>Stephanie Marin</b></i> </blockquote></p>
<blockquote>I'm one of 3 girls in a total of 30-40ish students per class. In the beginning it's a bit hard to fit in, if you are too cocky like i was x3 but then it's just the same or even better. In fact, we engineer girls would be just common girls if it wasn't for the fact that we just decided to ignore what narrow minds think (like oldfashioned people in my home town who think i'm boyish or lesbian, no matter what i'm wearing atm, whenever i say i'm studying electromechanical engineering... like if it had any kind of relation) and chose a path we like/are good at. Each time i like more and more being an engineering student, each time i think about my decision i realize that it was the best for me, i know i wouldn't be happy in another area. Should we allow oldfashioned and non realistic stereotypes to prevent us from turning in engineers if that's what's going to make us happy? Hell no! A huge hug to all my female engineer or soon to be colleagues! Always proud to be an engineer! ;D. <b><i>Cíntia Fernandes</i></b> </blockquote>
<blockquote>I am Mexican, and I'm studying Civil Engineering in Manchester. I cannot described in a comment my passion for engineering, but what I can say is Thank you Great Britain, I face no discrimination whatsoever. Plus, last year I received the Civil Engineering school prize for the best grade of the year. I can only look forward to embrace my gender in the feel, by NOT trying to prove anything to anyone and just enjoy what I do best. Cheers! X. <b><i>Carla Leticia Monck</i></b></blockquote>
<blockquote>I find it ironic how many guys want female engineers, but when they meet one (some of them) act as If girls should not belong in a science class. I'm a student for Aerospace Engineering and Political Science, and I'm really tired of some guys questioning my abilities due to my vagina. Which makes no sense. <b><i>Ninoshka Llontop Lozano</i></b></blockquote>
<blockquote>Surprisingly to most I am a female Electronic Engineering Technology major with a concentration in Renewable Energy Engineering Technology. I get all A+ to B grades in all my math and engineering classes. I'm on the path of switching to an ABET accredited school to finish my Bachelors and then take the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam (the FE/EIT) and after going on for my Masters and Doctorate in either Electronic Engineering Technology or Electrical Engineering while pursuing my Professional Engineering License. I can say it is a lot of hard work and a lot of people try to tell me I can't do it but regardless I remain focused and dedicated to help make progress in the field of Engineering because Trust me i'm an Engineer! I <3 Engineering! <b><i>Angela Lizardi Shephard</i></b></blockquote>
<blockquote>Mechanical engineering right here! Already took the FE, currently biting my nails while I wait for my score. Also, I will be one of the first females to graduate from my university's new ME Program this coming May! Besides getting made fun of for my hot pink TI-84 and my tendency to be girly about a lot of other things, being one of the few females in the program isn't bad at all! I deal with the guys and their personalities rather well, I'm a pretty laid back person with a good sense of humor. I'm definitely able to be myself around them without feeling awkward. Oh and thanks for correcting the meme, definitely approve. <b><i>Amanda Ibañez</i></b></blockquote>
<p> It's great to see all these comments by female engineers. I hope you enjoyed reading these comments by other engineers! Maybe it will put things into perspective.</p>
<blockquote>Being a female engineer is just like being an engineer... Oh wait that's because it is just being an engineer! <b><i>Laura Daniels</i></b> </blockquote>
<p>Yep, remember that a female and male can become an engineer. Now lets celebrate something we can agree on with this meme. <b>Feel free to comment about what you're thinking!</b> </p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05836752398309198955noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987534954828776679.post-91950307368492491732012-11-08T21:24:00.000-08:002012-12-09T17:21:51.470-08:00Looking for Guest Bloggers<p>Hi!</p>
<p> Do you like writing and want to talk about your engineering experiences? Is there something you want to inform to the engineering commmunity? Are there causes you believe in like volunteer work done under 'engineers without borders'. Then this blog may be the right place for you! You will not have to commit to this blog(can be a one time thing only if you want) or can write as much as you want!</p>
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<p>Anything that is engineering related. It can be about your experience as an engineer, or an engineering student. It can be about the toughest course you took in engineering. It can be about the skills and qualities you have gained from being an engineer. You can give tips and advices you would want engineers and engineering students to know in school or on the job. You can write about new technology that have came out or products that are currently in research and development. You can talk about projects you have done in school, or clubs you joined like the 'solar car' club.
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05836752398309198955noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987534954828776679.post-20679079890694763812012-11-06T23:21:00.001-08:002012-11-06T23:25:36.614-08:00Life of a Procrastinator<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<p>Ok so we have seen the life of an Engineer. Obviously, this picture is giving us too much sleep correct? But have we seen how the life of an engineer who procrastinates goes? I know I had a lot of problems with procrastination. I would rather play videogames, go hang out with friends, watch some t.v. or just do anything that wasn't studying or homework. Well here's how the life of a procrastinator works. We will walk through several gifs and show how their semester is like (it's still missing lots of projects/homework/quizes/midterms/finals etc etc).</p>
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<p>And that is the life of a procrastinator in engineering school/college. Is that how <b>your<i></i></b> semesters look? <i>Comment</i>!</p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05836752398309198955noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987534954828776679.post-44457976566940164892012-11-04T21:42:00.000-08:002013-01-18T01:38:24.819-08:00Productivity Level = 0Ever have that kind of day where you didn't really do anything productive or even fun? Lets make Engineer Memes out of it...!
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<p>But yeah, I often do. I remember for a whole semester in my undergrad (2nd year), all I did was sleep, eat, play videogames and sometimes hang out with friends. It was the biggest waste of time ever! That semester was so bad and it effected my GPA a lot. If I could go back to that semester I would actually have tried. I think the problem was there were so many courses I didn't like that semester (microcomputers and OOP: c++). That semester was bad. Sleep at 4am, wake up in the afternoon and miss all my classes. Third and fourth year were a lot better though (thank goodness I stopped gaming). I actually had a WAYY better social life and still got a lot of school work done. :) </p>
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<p> Have you had any days where you were just not doing any work, or weeks, or even months! Feel free to comment and leave your experiences! Also, remember to check out our facebook engineer memes page at https://www.facebook.com/TrustMeEngineeringMemes</p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05836752398309198955noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987534954828776679.post-65403239819275844282012-11-03T17:19:00.000-07:002013-01-16T13:53:29.976-08:00How I feel about 8 am Engineering classes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <p> <b>Must stay awake: This is what I look like during an 8 am class.</b> </p></div>
<p> So I had several 8 am classes when I was an undergrad studying engineering. I hated 8 am classes. I even lived on campus and I still had trouble going to class. What made it worse was that it was a engineering stats course. I don't think I ever learned anything in that class because it was so early.
<p>Granted my sleeping pattern was messed up. Maybe I should have went to bed earlier? How do I go to bed earlier though if I have lots of projects and assignments due? Or have many quizzes and midterms to study for? </p>
<p>I had a funny situation occur to me in 3rd year though. So I signed up for a course (electrical mechanical energy conversion and transmission)and it was suppose to be at a later time like around 2 pm or something. Unfortunately, the professor changed the time because he didn't like it. He changed it to <b>8 am</b>. I ended up dropping the course and taking it a year later. But guess what happened? It ended up being at 8 am again. Fail.</p>
<p> In the end though, maybe the 8 am classes are good for us? It really prepares us for the 'real world' when we need to start our work at 8 or 9 am! Plus with all the projects we will be working on there's a possibility we won't be getting much sleep anyways! </p>
<p> Anyways, have you had any 8 am classes? Do you like 8 am classes or if you're an Engineer currently working do you enjoy your work hours? I heard in some companies they let you come in anytime you want, but you still have to work your full amount of hours? <b>Feel free to comment!</b> </p>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05836752398309198955noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987534954828776679.post-45231885361240720372012-11-03T03:00:00.000-07:002012-11-05T19:42:26.702-08:00eHarmony - Why we should date an Engineer
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<p>So I am just surfing facebook and looking at stuff and I see this hilarious post one of my friends had on their page by eHarmony. What is eHarmony some of you may be asking? Well eHarmony is an online dating website designed for people who are single to meet and eventually create a long-term relationship. The site also provides advice on dating and uses specific algorithms to find you a compatible partner or some one with similar personalities .</p>
<p>Anyways, back to the main story. I saw this article my friend shared written by eHarmony! eHarmony is giving advice to people on why they should date an Engineer! Win! </p>
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<p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.eharmony.com/dating-advice/dating/15-reasons-to-date-an-engineer/">Article by eHarmony on why we should date an Engineer</a></div></p>
<p>If you do not want to check out the article, it pretty much gives 15 reasons why we should date an Engineer. <b>Leave a comment on what you think of these reasons! </b> </p>
<blockquote>Considering dating an engineer? Here are 15 reasons why you should:
<p>1. Your parents will approve.</p>
<p>2. You’ll always have a pencil when you need it. Just look behind his/her ear.</p>
<p>3. Can’t do the math? Your date would love to solve those problems for you.</p>
<p>4. If you buy a home together, it will be structurally sound.</p>
<p>5. Conflict resolution will be approached in a calm, logical manner.</p>
<p>6. No pretentious dining options. Just keep the fridge stocked with beer.</p>
<p>7. The clocks on your stove and DVD player will be set and synched.</p>
<p>8. Engineers are always up for a challenge.</p>
<p>9. Stress and strain in a relationship is manageable. Engineers don’t run away from a problem.</p>
<p>10. No lazy approaches to dating here. Engineers are prepared to “do it right the first time.”</p>
<p>11. You can joke about friction and gravitational attraction.</p>
<p>12. Have computer problems? Your date can kill “bugs” for you.</p>
<p>13. All those broken gadgets in your home will get fixed — and possibly improved.</p>
<p>14. Need to talk late at night? Engineers can handle all-nighters.</p>
<p>15. Engineers are used to wearing rings. Just sayin’.</p></blockquote>
<p><b>Also, feel free to post what other reasons why one should consider dating an engineer! </b></p>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05836752398309198955noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987534954828776679.post-40327424253967610452012-11-02T15:21:00.003-07:002012-12-09T17:20:55.705-08:00Hug An Engineer & Engineering Student Day<p>Yes! It's that time of the year again. Exams are coming, lots of assignments due, midterms and tests approaching, and lots of all-nighters to finish up projects!</p>
<p>Engineering can be very stressful when we do not organize our time effectively. We have assignments due practically every week, sometimes midterms every week, and on top of that we have labs and lab reports that can take forever to finish and they end up not being worth as much as our midterms and tests we are given! As well, engineers who are already working their jobs can take control of our lives when they have to work 50+ hours a week on salary. The amount of time they get to see their friends and family is minimal and the amount of sleep they get is little!</p>
<p>So here's a day for all you engineers and engineering students. Hug an engineer day. Hopefully we can get this day to become a big thing and we can all receive hugs when we're feeling down and stressed out from our friends and family. </p>
<p> <b>On a scale of 1 to 10, how busy are you? 10 being the busiest and 1 being not busy at all!</b></p>
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<p>Share this event with your friends, engineers, engineering students, family, and colleagues! The date this is happening is November 28, 2012! </p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05836752398309198955noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987534954828776679.post-2031515684831991192012-10-29T12:47:00.000-07:002016-03-23T12:58:40.447-07:00Sexist Engineering Memes<p>So there was an article online about sexist engineering memes. I thought the article was great and it discussed a lot of problems with some of the photos posted on a specific meme page (not mine). One of the very bad photos, which I would never use is where a girl is trying to do a math problem. She is not able to complete the question so instead there's a sentence under the photo that says, "Eff this shit, i'll become a stripper instead." </p>
<p> These are the types of memes that I find distasteful and degrading to women. I do not agree with these types of photos and I believe that women in engineering are just as capable as men who are in engineering. Just because someone is a woman engineer doesn't mean she will under perform compared to her male counter parts. </p>
<p> I guess problems like these are what causes women from not joining engineering. But how do you know what is considered 'going to far' when creating these memes? </p>
<p> Here is the online article written about different types of memes that have been found to be offensive to women: </p>
<p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://scientificfemanomaly.wordpress.com/2012/09/27/sexist-engineering-memes/">Article about sexist engineer memes</a></div></p>
<p> What do you think of these memes? How do you feel sexist engineering memes affect women in engineering and women who want to go into engineering? </p>
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