<p>I consider myself good at applying, but very bad at designing. But I want to be an engineer. But I also can't figure out why the world continues to need more designers..</p>
<p>your creative thinking skills will naturally improve over time.</p>
<p>Aye, but I feel like a wheelchailer trying to be a footballer:p</p>
<p>What exactly do you mean when you say you are bad at designing? There are many different types of engineering and some engineering careers would be more application-oriented than creative. Right now you may have a limited idea of what engineering is but with a little more research you may discover that there is an area in engineering that is better suited to your interests and abilities.</p>
<p>Thanks scansmom:) Please tell me more of application oriented engineers. I'm thinking assembly manufacturing 'engineer'? Exciting:D I'm also interested in IT..But I think they require computer programming, another design thing..</p>
<p>Not only am I bad at art, but I'm also not good with..designing:p</p>
<p>bump:).....</p>
<p>I was hoping some real engineers or engineering students would respond since I am not an engineer (just the mother of an undecided engineering freshman) and so I do not have specific info to direct you to. Here is a link that I had my S look at from the Dept of Labor's website which includes at least a general overview of the different types of engineering fields (You might want to look at industrial engineering). There are many other resources out there if you do some searches just to give you an idea of what kinds of jobs there are or what the work would involve. Also, engineering technology is generally more application-oriented than engineering and there are now both 2-year and 4-year programs; it's a growing area that fills a need between engineers and lab technicians. I believe you can often get very similar jobs as a starting engineer but you would not have the same opportunities to move ahead. Something to think about if you really felt that was more your area...</p>
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<p>There are so many branches that you can take with an engineering degree--you may not even end up designing stuff. It all depends where your interests, strengths, and the job market takes you. I would say I have very little creativity...but going to school for A.E. had helped me. We have to draw stuff in our engineering classes to even do free body diagrams, and there are multiple design-oriented classes.</p>
<p>What has schooling for AE helped you with?</p>
<p>And I don't see why we need more than 1 civil engineer per project. Well not really, but why do we need so much new designers every year?</p>
<p>Industrial Engineering:</p>
<p>''Industrial engineering is a branch in engineering that concerns the development, improvement, implementation and evaluation of integrated systems of people, knowledge, equipment, energy, material and process. </p>
<p>Industrial engineering is also known as operations management, production engineering, manufacturing engineering or manufacturing systems engineering; a distinction that seems to depend on the viewpoint or motives of the user. Recruiters or educational establishments use the names to differentiate themselves from others. In healthcare industrial engineers are more commonly known as management engineers, engineering management, or even health systems engineers.</p>
<p>Whereas most engineering disciplines apply skills to very specific areas, industrial engineering is applied in virtually every industry. Examples of where industrial engineering might be used include shortening lines (or queues) at a theme park, streamlining an operating room, distributing products worldwide, and manufacturing cheaper and more reliable automobiles.''</p>
<p>''Universities offering accredited bachelor degrees in industrial engineering
In the United States:</p>
<p>Arizona State University
Auburn University
Bradley University
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Colorado State University, Pueblo
Clemson University
Cleveland State University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Iowa State University
Kansas State University
Lamar University Beaumont, Texas
Lehigh University
Mercer University
Montana State University - Bozeman
MSOE Milwaukee, Wisconsin
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
New Mexico State University
North Carolina State University
North Dakota State University
Northern Illinois University
Northeastern University, Boston
Northwestern University
The Ohio State University
Ohio University
Oklahoma State University
The Pennsylvania State University
Purdue University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rutgers University
San Jos</p>
<p>Well I can see that IE will let me branch out to lots of places. And I'd like to work at Disney or whatever:) I wish I could get down and dirty with engineering(say crawling into an aircraft) but I guess my stale mind will have to suffice:p Radiolography is still on the top of my list though($40K job, 2 years).</p>
<p>BTW, I would see college with IE more as a business program as opposed to scientific?</p>
<p>''I would see college with IE more as a business program as opposed to scientific''</p>
<p>you know what dude, I feel exactly the same.
Industrial Engineering seems to be more business oriented, but it does have scientific stuff in it but not as much as the other eng. majors.
I guess IE is like a combination of Engineering + Business.</p>
<p>here's an interesting fact about Industrial Engineerng:</p>
<p>''Historically, the body of knowledge stemming from Industrial Engineering formed the basis of the first MBA programs, and is central to operations management as used across diverse business sectors, industry, consulting and non-profit organizations.''</p>
<p>Still, its a "branch in engineering".</p>
<p>In my experience, most engineering jobs in large companies do not require a lot of creativity; they mostly require a general background in the area that you are working in, along with attention to detail and a willingness to learn on the job and work in a team. If you like hands-on work and don't like design, you could also look at 2 year vocational training schools that train you to become a mechanic; or you could get an engineering degree from a school that focuses on applications (usually not the highly ranked schools) and work in a large company. You will do fine if you are really interested in engineering and not just going into it for the money.</p>
<p>its a good field if one likes to taste engineering and business @ the same time.
I heard a lot of IEs, after 5 to 10 years in the workforce, switch into management, financial or other business oriented areas. I guess those IEs switch to: ''just going into it for the money''.</p>
<p>Well my deadbeat dad that left me when I was 1 supposedly works at Locheed Martin last time I heard. My mom said he's tiny so he crawls into the airplanes or something. I'd like to do similar:) Unless that's less than $40K..</p>
<p>Engineering sounds good because you can leave a mark on the world by say..designing a 100mpg car. But I guess most won't, at least not me and my uncreative self:p And the good money. And the intellectual stimulation.</p>
<h2>Really, who needs more than $40K? I can be a radiographer in 2 years..And help save bones:D</h2>
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Dream job:)
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My chemistry teacher used her degree to work in some lab..I think where she extracted sperm or something with DNA. That's also within the stimulating scientific job spectrum that I look at:) A job that does not require creativity but not necessarily stale.</p>
