<p>Hello ,</p>
<p>I'm in year 12 and seeking to be a Mechanical engineer or to enter the faculaty of engineering . What I was thinking about if I can take advantage of this time plus my school study is to learn something that will help me for the ME, example:Would I learn how the engine of a car works ?! Look for each part?! Its function ?!</p>
<p>Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank You</p>
<p>I am not sure I really understand what you are asking to be honest. I will answer what I believe you are asking though.</p>
<p>Mechanical engineering programs have a core of courses including calculus, physics, basic chemistry, thermodynamics, dynamics, controls, strength of materials and solid mechanics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer as well as basic machine design. One of the many things that mechanical engineers work on is cars, but you won’t be taking any classes that go into the specifics of how it works at most schools until you get into electives, where you could take something like an internal combustion class.</p>
<p>That said, if you want to do something with your time now that would help you in ME, then you could certainly tinker around on car engines and learn how they work, after all, there is a lot of chemistry and especially a lot of thermodynamics involved, and knowing how all the parts go together will certainly help you later on when it comes time to do machine design. However, there are nearly infinite other things you could do to help yourself out too. Personally, I would suggest just making sure you are comfortable with things like trigonometry and all of the other math topics that you will need, as you will most likely start in Calc 1 or higher so it will be assumed that you know that stuff. Still, if you are interested in cars, then play around with car engines. It can be a very interesting thing to do, but it won’t really help you much in school until at least your 4th or 5th semester or so.</p>
<p>Thank you :)</p>
<p>Beneh3ad , can you please answer the same question but instead of Mechanical engineering Civil engineering ? please.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance .</p>
<p>Unfortunately, I don’t have a lot of experience in that area. I did my undergrad in mechanical engineering and my graduate work right now is in aerospace engineering, so I don’t really know much about civil beyond what any other average engineer knows. aibarr would probably be your best source on here if she ever actually looks at this thread, but it being Thanksgiving night, I would guess that probably won’t happen right now.</p>
<p>Sorry.</p>
<p>Honestly, other than studying math, I don’t know that there are any “practical” things you can do to get ready for engineering classes.</p>
<p>I did have a professor who got ****ed at someone who didn’t know what a cam was, tho.</p>
<p>Thanks guys , I really appreciate every single word you’ve said . Who is Aibar ?! may I would send her a PM</p>