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Out of 120 credits for my ME degree, only 2 were CAD (directly). Mechanical engineering consists of learning tools for analyzing designs, such as fluid mechani
by auxym 4y ago
Out of 120 credits for my ME degree, only 2 were CAD (directly).
Mechanical engineering consists of learning tools for analyzing designs, such as fluid mechanics, materials, solid mechanics, thermodynamics, statics and dynamics, control system theory, etc.
- GeorgeTirebiter 4y agoThanks. When you say "learning tools for analyzing designs" -- do you mean calculus, differential equations, other math and such? Or do you mean "XYZ Software Tool for Fluid Mechanics" etc?
- _moof 4y agoThey mean fluid mechanics, materials, solid mechanics, thermodynamics, statics and dynamics, control system theory, etc.
- mmmpop 4y agoYou need all of that math to understand the topics, then you can apply them to real life. FWIW you can probably be a decent design engineer with an industrial engineering degree plus some thermo, circuits, dynamics and a lil CS... I see more than a few jobs open up that accept both degrees. I think you can really pick up Fluids, vibrations, and advanced mechanics on your own with that background, if you end up needing it. But to the larger question, yeah you need calc 1-3, ODEs, and actually a good bit linear algebra to be able to understand and apply 300-level engineering and beyond.