<p>can chemical engineers work as materials engineers and vice versa?</p>
<p>mech and civil?</p>
<p>mech and electrical?</p>
<p>chem and nuclear?</p>
<p>There are areas where the lines between civil and mech, and mech and elec, and chem and materials, and chem and nuclear tend to blur, somewhat, and within those regions, engineers from both fields can be found. Dr. Reynolds was saying something about control systems being a field where both mechanical and electrical engineers can collaborate, and I've made mention of structural engineers going over towards aerospace and crack propagation research. In my forensic engineering office out here in LA, we've got civs, mechs, structurals, and architects all under one roof. I'm not versed enough in chem eng or nuclear eng to be able to say anything there, but I'm sure that there are parallel situations to the ones I've mentioned that others will come up with.</p>
<p>When you get out in the workforce, wouldn't you learn a bit about every discipline that has an impact on your work? For example, say you work for a company that specializes in manufacturing robots. Would you, as a graduate with a degree in MechE, learn about ECE as well as computer science while you work? Will you eventually be qualified to do all these types of jobs even though your degree says MechE?</p>
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and I've made mention of structural engineers going over towards aerospace and crack propagation research
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<p>Only the cracks do that.</p>
<p>Ok, couldn't resist...but this has got to be why my structural materials class for Aero focused so much on fatigue and fracture mechanics...:)</p>