<p>Hello, all! I am a first-year community college student that is pursuing engineering! I'm looking at transferring within a year and a half. My only problem is that I don't know which type of engineering I want to pursue. I guess the questions I'm trying to ask are: what field of engineering would you recommend for someone who is very much a hands-on-type learner/person, who enjoys looking at her creation and saying "I did that! Yay!"; what led you to choose your field of engineering, and why did you choose it; and what schools would you recommend for the engineering type you chose? Thanks in advance for your input!</p>
<p>It’ll be good to hear from others why eh chose their field, but in the end it really depends on you as a person. You need to look inside and ask yourself what you want to work on. Do you see yourself designing bridges or wiring in cars? Making better prosthetics or the drive train of a car? It all comes down to what you prefer.</p>
<p>Genetically engineering food sounds pretty awesome - would that be biomolecular? Also, I like the idea of making artificial organs (like the Pacemaker). Would the NYU-Poly chem/biomolecular engineering program be good for either of these? BTW, thanks for making me think, NextElement!</p>
<p>Genetically engineering food is probably straight biology and/or chemistry rather than any kind of engineering.</p>
<p>One of my friends from undergrad is part of a startup aimed at making this one really common plant that grows in almost all of the really poor areas of the world, and is really healthy, but currently tastes like butt, appetizing. Her background is a BS in Materials Science & Engineering and a PhD in Biomedical Engineering.</p>
<p>Thanks for the input, boneh3ad! I’ll look into some science fields.</p>
<p>RacinReaver - do you know if biomolecular engineers could do that too?</p>
<p>So would it be better to major in biomolecular science with a biotechnology emphasis?</p>