<p>I am a junior at Keene State college studying Sustainable Product Design and Innovation with a minor in Management.
This is the program explanation:
Academic</a> Programs: Sustainable Product Design and Innovation
My goal is to graduate and get a job, then start on my masters degree in Mechanical Engineering.
My GPA is 3.9. I am in clubs and societies for manufacturing. What are my chances of getting into a top 10 school for Mechanical Engineering?
Should I go into Mechanical engineering from my SPDI degree at Keene State or should I try Electrical, chemical, ect.
Its just confusing because what I am in is more like an industrial engineering degree right now its not a specific engineering degree, which is what I wish I had done in the first place.
I am taking physics classes, math classes, CAD, Solidworks, MasterCam, ect.
Is it possible to get a masters in an engineering degree after this degree then get a PhD in something such as Biomedical engineering or computer engineering or should I keep on the same track.
I read somewhere that MechE jobs are only going to increase by 9% from 2008-2018, so I want to do something more on the technology side.
Or is MechE so general that I could find a company that would train me in what I needed to know?
Thank you for your help and time!</p>
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<p>You should pick the one that interests you the most and which you’re motivated to complete.</p>
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<p>You need to think forward and see the requirements for any program that you’re interested in. Jumping from discipline to discipline or branch to branch is not possible expect in particular cases. E.g. Mechanical engineering -> computer engineering is not going to work (they will not let you do such thing, because it doesn’t work).</p>
<p>Also, what you should do, depends on what do you want to do. Do what you want to do.</p>
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<p>It’s a grounding and quite broadly preparing. From which you can leverage to many places.</p>
<p>All companies want good and motivated workers, that’s most important. The degree is a proof that you’ve heard about stuff that you ought to be familiar with.</p>
<p>From your previous posts you should really look into the math/physics catch up classes that is needed to do this. You will need at the very least Calc 1-3 & Differential Equations BEFORE you can enter a MSME.</p>
<p>What is your background in mathematics? Have you taken basic core ME courses like statics, dynamics, solid mechanics, strength of materials and thermodynamics? Without that stuff you would have a really hard time getting into top programs in ME.</p>
<p>I haven’t taken many mathematics courses and the program I am in right now does cover a lot of basic core ME courses. I want to know that I am going into something that will have jobs in the future, robotics engineering also looks very interesting but I feel as though you would have had to start that in high school if that’s the direction you wanted to go.</p>
<p>^Robotics can be a part of ME, EE, or Mechatronics.</p>
<p>Also, statics, dynamics, solid mechanics, strength of materials and thermodynamics ARE the base ME courses…so unless your program covers those specifically, you need to make preparations. Statics requires calc1, Solid’s and Materials require Calc 2 and some DiffEQ. I didn’t take thermo, but I would assume it would be similar, but im not an ME.</p>
<p>“I want to know that I am going into something that will have jobs in the future”</p>
<p>All engineering disciplines will always have some work to do. Same is true for all STEM majors. While there’s the obvious competition in the job market, degrees in these fields still give about the best options to do different things in science, technology and education. Or anything for that matter.</p>
<p>There’s really too many occupations beneath every STEM discipline that it’s really hard to say “will there be jobs in the future”. Yes there will and STEM degrees are the best bet for those in any case.</p>
<p>At any rate, hit the math hard! It sounds like you are way behind in that and you have essentially zero chance at STEM graduate school without rectifying that deficiency first.</p>
<p>A math background will also help me with my individual studies of computer science. Any good books or recommendations so I can start studying on my own?</p>
<p>There are lots of great, online resources now. For instance, many universities make their lectures freely available online. I use my ipad to access all sorts of courses through Itunes University.</p>