<p>If I want to work as an Aerospace engineer would majoring in MSE help or even be related to such a goal?</p>
<p>What does it take to work on the propulsion field of Aerospace engineering?</p>
<p>What part of propulsion do you want to work with? If you’re interested in making materials for nozzles/tanks/whatever, then, yes, MSE is probably a good way at approaching it.</p>
<p>Of the people I knew in my major in undergrad a couple went to Lockheed and Boeing. I’m doing a PhD now and working closely with a number of people at JPL and hoping to get hired there when I finish.</p>
<p>Well I want to work on Jet engines mostly how fluids flows through it and trying to create a more powerful engine. My problem is I’m doing horrible with ME and either I switch into another Engineering major or spend years trying to complete a degree. My adviser told me MSE is a major where lots of people go to get into the aerospace field and they are paid more than MEs on average.</p>
<p>Also he recommended the switch because My GPA got worst and said that I’m equally behind in both majors.</p>
<p>For fluids stuff like that you’re probably best off with something like MechE or ChemE. There’s not a whole ton of fluids stuff I’m familiar with in the departments I’ve been a part of. =/</p>
<p>What exactly does an MSE do? I know they design and test materials? but do they do any field work?</p>
<p>What sort of field work do you mean? I could see if you’re doing stuff like failure analysis you could make trips out to various work sites. Otherwise I think most of it is done either in a lab or the facility where you’re fabricating/manufacturing whatever product your company makes.</p>
<p>Oh well I meant going to other sites and seeing what’s happening over there cause I think only Civils really have times where they are all over the place on a construction site. Would I be anywhere near the Jet engine?</p>
<p>I dunno. Maybe if you’re doing some sort of test-lab situation where you have an actual engine you need to perform direct tests on. Otherwise you’d likely be involved designing the materials themselves, giving their properties, how to manufacture them (if the company does that), and what sort of limitations there are on their use. I don’t think many engineers other than those that directly build the engine itself will be actually there with their hands on the engine.</p>
<p>To be honest I don’t want to develop materials unless I’m making stronger metals or nanotech.</p>
<p>I know engineers only work on a certain partof the engine on the assembly line of testing, designing, and manufacturing. I know I won’t work on every nook and crannie of the engine but I do want to work on the engine whether I test it (I’m starting to hate watching and messing around with this CAD stuff) or manage a bunch of mechanics.</p>
<p>I want to know whether I could enter with this degree MSE and get into the aerospace field doing what I like even though life is never how you want it to be.</p>
<p>ChemE seems like a good approach for what you’re going for. Better fit in this case than MSE, I’d say.</p>