which is the engineering speciality w/ most demand?

<p>the chem e in level I in my area get around 59k</p>

<p>I think Electrical and Mechanical (and variants) will continue to be in most demand. Civil (with Env E) should be good too.</p>

<p>I would say that computer science will be in the greatest demand. Of course, some people would assert that CS isn't "really" engineering. But I believe it is, and I would say that greater computerization and the greater proliferation of software in everything will mean greater demand for computer science skills. True, outsourcing will mean some jobs will drain away, but that will only dent the growth, not eliminate them.</p>

<p>How about Chem E?</p>

<p>Re: ChemE. Alot of people continue to think of ChemE as petroleum and pharmaceuticals. What about environmental issues? New energy sources? ChemE gets a bad wrap because it is the toughest engineering degree - the majority of people just don't like chemistry.</p>

<p>envirnamental issue, energy, pharma, and petrol and many other fields are the options included in ChemE.</p>

<p>i guess most people, with great math skills maybe even physics, go into the Chem E major but then discover about its hard chem courses.
chem becomes a problem for those guys.</p>

<p>i think. i am just guessing here.</p>

<p>I just know that at the schools we've visited ChemE always seems to have the smallest population compared to other Engineering majors (Mech E always being the largest). In talking to profs and students the common reason comes down to "difficulty" of the program.</p>

<p>so i'm guessing those people liked math and physics.
but hated chem and so hated Chem E.</p>

<p>exactly, I guess the majority find chemistry extremely difficult.</p>

<p>so majors like ME and E E focus on physics and math</p>

<p>and chem e focuses on chem and math i guess.</p>

<p>P-Chem is a pain in da butt.</p>

<p>I am taking quantum physics this quarter, the book costed me a leg and an arm.</p>

<p>What Are You Majoring In?
M E I Guess</p>

<p>No, I am bioE right now, but I am transfering out. </p>

<p>Also another reason why people shy away from chemE is because of exposure to hazardous chemicals. Plant workers tend to have a lot of health problems.</p>

<p>what about the biopharmaceutical field, biotech, envirnomental, energy,...</p>

<p>i mean thers more than work in plants..</p>

<p>Realistically speaking, a majority of ChemEs are still employed by various chemical plants. </p>

<p>BioE's, bio majors, biochem majors, MD's, ChemE's will all be competing for those biotech jobs, so while some ChemE's will break into the field, most won't.</p>

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<p>True, but that doesn't seem to deter all of those bio/BME/bioE majors. Those people have to work with dangerous microorganisms. </p>

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Realistically speaking, a majority of ChemEs are still employed by various chemical plants. </p>

<p>BioE's, bio majors, biochem majors, MD's, ChemE's will all be competing for those biotech jobs, so while some ChemE's will break into the field, most won't.

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<p>I think you're underestimating how much plant work goes into current and future biotech work. There's no point in developing a useful bioproduct if you can't manufacture it profitably. Every biotech who wants to make it big inevitably has to confront the problem of how they are going to manufacture the product successfully.</p>

<p>i think of all those people Chem E have the most chance compared to others. I guess.</p>

<p>Systems engineering seems to be the hot buzz word right now for large companies.</p>

<p>people have said that that to enter the Biomed or Biotech field its better to major in a traditional eng major instead of Biomed Eng.</p>

<p>I was not completely sure then but now i am a 100%.</p>

<p>i asked this question to one of the professors in my school:</p>

<p>Q) "traditional engineering degrees are in big demand in the biomed industry and many employers don't really know how to look at a biomed engineeing degree because it's so new"</p>

<p>Does this statement have any truth to it?</p>

<p>A) There's some truth to that statement. The first year (2003) that we had undergrad students in bioengineering looking for internship/co-op opportunities, none of the employers at Penn State's job fair in Bryce Jordan Center advertised for bioengineers. Now (2006), several of these employers (johnson & johnson, GE Medical, Respironics, Arrow Int'l) list bioengineering as one of the fields they are seeking applicants in. However, at PSU, and elsewhere, bioengineering is a small program. Only 40 students here, as opposed to 240 in Mech Engr, and 150 in Elect Engr. So employers will generally work with the large departments, and may not be aware of what we have to offer.</p>