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- From: gt5404b@prism.gatech.EDU (Thomas Nord)
- Newsgroups: sci.engr.mech
- Subject: Re: Aero/Astro Vs. Mech E.
- Message-ID: <65788@hydra.gatech.EDU>
- Date: 12 Aug 92 19:07:11 GMT
- References: <1992Aug7.132000.21293@athena.mit.edu> <1992Aug11.061620.1218@leland.Stanford.EDU> <11AUG199221042579@zeus.tamu.edu>
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- In article <11AUG199221042579@zeus.tamu.edu> cjs1722@zeus.tamu.edu (STEPANIAN, CHRISTOPHER JOHN) writes:
- >In article <1992Aug11.061620.1218@leland.Stanford.EDU>, stanford@leland.Stanford.EDU (Scott Stanford) writes...
- >>In article <1992Aug7.132000.21293@athena.mit.edu> cid@athena.mit.edu (Derek H Cedillo) writes:
- >>>
- >>>I hope Im not being bothersome, but I am coming upon a tough decision.
- >>>Its Major Declaration time, and while I have already declared Mech E.
- >>>I am having doubts. My love is Aircraft. I am currently a GE Aircraft
- >>>Engines Intern. Would I have job if I went Aero/Astro? Would
- >>
- >>Damn good question - I was thinking of AA as well (another kid who
- >>loves airplanes but whose eyes suck and can't be a pilot). I decided
- >>on ME for a few reasons.
- >>
- >>Scott Stanford
- >>Senior in ME and Music @ Stanford
- >>stanford@leland.stanford.edu
- >>
- > My background is in mech eng but my first real job was in an aerospace
- > company doing composites. The aero major is not a necessity for doing
- > cool stuff (things that go fast, and explode). I liked Mech because of
- > the diversity of interests it covers - fluids, heat transfer, acoustics,
- > composites, elasticity, etc... That sold if for me!
- >
- >Chris Stepanian
- >Depts of Ocean and Aerospace Engineering
- >Texas A&M University
-
- I agree with Chris, I am a graduating senior at Ga. Tech in
- Mechanical Engineering. In my experience here and looking at both the
- Aero and Mech curriculums, Aero is just a specialized division of
- Mechanical Engineering. With Mechanical, you get such a broad base of
- topics as Chris mentioned above. It is very risky, especially with the
- recession and the budget cutbacks to specialize in Aero and get stuck.
- I love flying things too. But it is not hard to get a job in
- an Aero type company with a Mech degree. A friend of mine who
- graduated last quarter is now working at McDonnell Douglas in St.
- Louis. She is working on the wing structure for the F/A - 18 Hornet.
- Another friend of mine is going to start a job at Pratt & Whitney
- Govt. Engines Division working on the new engines for the F-22. I
- co-oped at Teledyne CAE in Gainesville, Ga. (before they lost their
- contract and closed) working on small gas turbine engines for the
- Tomahawk and Harpoon Cruise missiles. So getting a job in an Aero
- market is not impossible for a person with a Mech degree.
- In the long run as far as flexibilty within the workplace and
- broad knowledge, Mech is the way to go. You do most of your
- specialization in the workplace anyway.
-
- Good Luck!
- Tom
-
- Thomas Nord Graduating Senior, Mechanical Eng., Ga. Tech
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