<p>what are the kinds of science u learn in that major? i kinda read the description and it seems like physics and chem is integrated into it..</p>
<p>math and physics. thats about it. no chem</p>
<p>doesn't it involve thermodynamics/heat transfer stuff-aren't those things related to chem? i dunno though.</p>
<p>yup. There's thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluid dynamics, dynamics, vibration, statics, metallurgy, etc. etc. etc.</p>
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<p>Nope, thermodynamics and heat transfer is a branch of moleular physics -- by no means chemistry.</p>
<p>My dad always said the 2 classes that every Course 2 (MechE) at MIT dreaded taking were Thermodynamics and Theory of Elasticity. He said fluid dynamics was massively easier than either of those, in fact it's what he ended up doing his thesis on, lol.</p>
<p>Thermo+ Heat transfer, system dynamics, dynamics, industrial electronics were the hardest IMO</p>
<p>I am going to virginia tech next year and one of the core courses i have to take is chem and a chem lab freshman year</p>
<p>Purdue requires Chem and chem lab for the whole freshman year as well.</p>
<p>Every engineering major at my school is required to take chemistry regardless of their discipline; including Computer Engineering majors. Basic chemistry (chem I and chem II) is more of an engineering gen ed requirement than anything else. They just rewrote our catalogue and dropped the third chemistry class (nature and properties of materials) from the ME curriculum b/c it had nothing to do with anything else.</p>
<p>At Berkeley you have to take one semester of Chem, then you can either choose to take a 3rd semester of Physics which is optics, relativity, or take Chem 1B instead.</p>
<p>anyone know the requirements of ME for UCSD? (i'll be there next year) thanks</p>
<p>almost next to no chem though. the thermo involved is much more physical. not nearly as much chemistry. Like for instance, R [the gas constant] has 100s of values (temp & material based) in mechE but for chemE, it is just one (that changes solely with units). This is because of the lack of chemistry knowledge that's required for mechE. Theirs is much more physical based rather than chemically (i.e. isentropic processes; worrying about enthalpy, entropy, free energy is more chemE thermo than mechE).</p>
<p>Every mechE program will require at least one chem & chem lab. Many will have 2 semesters worth (I U of I requires 1 semester of chem/chem lab for every eng major and I can't think of a single engineering major off-hand that doesn't require 2 semesters of chem & chem lab).</p>
<p>"isentropic processes; worrying about enthalpy, entropy, free energy is more chemE thermo than mechE"</p>
<p>Aside from free energy, your entire semester of thermodynamics revolves around isentropic processes, enthalpy and entropy (how can it not, the second law of thermodynamics is based on entropy!)</p>
<p>Not to mention the facts that these topics are of uber importance in compressible fluid mechanics. As a MechE I have taken 3 courses (soon to be a fourth) where these topics were covered in great depth.</p>
<p>Really? I talked to mechEs at my school and they didn't really seem to be covering that at all. Or maybe just not in the same way we were (it is definitely easier for mechE. not bragging. it just is.) oh well my bad.</p>
<p>infamy - <a href="http://maeweb.ucsd.edu/SA/NEWCHART2.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://maeweb.ucsd.edu/SA/NEWCHART2.pdf</a></p>
<p>Thermodynamics for ChemE and MechE are identical for about the first half of a semester; after which point they deviate to their specific applications. The zeroth, first, and second laws of thermo do not change between ChemE and MechE so it is impossible for a MechE course to not deal with enthalpy, entropy, and isentropic processes. The universal gas constant, is again a CONSTANT and does not change for ChemE or MechE, I have no idea where you get the idea that it changes because MechE's don't know enough chemistry. The disparity between the two courses is probably far less than you realize, the primary deviation between the two is with their applications. At the introductory level thermo for MechE's is probably slightly easier than for ChemE's but when you talk about advanced applications of the two subjects, they are probably of comparable difficulty and neither of them are easy.</p>
<p>I don't know how accurate this is, but I heard on TV this morning that the degree most sought after by employeers is: mechanical engineering!</p>
<p>I was told that by my chemE prof. I better get off the mechE forum. I obviously don't know anything.</p>
<p>Well, whatever is most in demand, I think engineering students of all types will find employment and places in grad/prof school.</p>