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 2009-09-02 1:45 PM in reply to: #2385076 |
Master  1529    Living in the past |  Subject: RE: BT Engineer RollcallMcFuzz - 2009-09-02 11:50 AM BSEE-Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, 1987
Rose Hulman, heh? I was that close to choosing that school for its aero program, but then I remembered that it was an all-dude school  (in hindsight it really didn't matter, seems there's a "Rule 3" that all hot chicks live by or somethin'...). I woulda been a year behind ya. Great school and reputation. |
| 2009-09-02 2:00 PM in reply to: #2385460 |
Elite 2729  Puyallup, WA | Subject: RE: BT Engineer Rollcall Force - 2009-09-02 1:45 PM McFuzz - 2009-09-02 11:50 AM BSEE-Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, 1987
Rose Hulman, heh? I was that close to choosing that school for its aero program, but then I remembered that it was an all-dude school (in hindsight it really didn't matter, seems there's a "Rule 3" that all hot chicks live by or somethin'...). I woulda been a year behind ya. Great school and reputation.I don't believe it is technically an "all-dude school" anymore... Someone told me this so I can't claim it... Being a woman in engineering: The odds are good...but the goods are odd! |
| 2009-09-02 2:01 PM in reply to: #2384605 |
Expert 736 Longview, TX | Subject: RE: BT Engineer Rollcall B ENVE PE: State of Texas I work for a civil engineering consulting firm working on mainly water and wastewater design projects. My husband (jcbolton) is an electrical engineer. Edited by grbfrog 2009-09-02 2:02 PM |
| 2009-09-02 3:02 PM in reply to: #2384605 |
Member 381 | Subject: RE: BT Engineer Rollcall bsce, msce (that's civil engineering) at montana state university phd candidate in me and mat sci at georgia tech (finishing dissertation in between bt posts) pe (in me) work as r&d engineer at los alamos national lab doing weapon system analysis rode in a train a few times, but they never let me drive  |
| 2009-09-02 3:06 PM in reply to: #2385333 |
Member 381 | Subject: RE: BT Engineer Rollcall pronghorn - 2009-09-02 12:04 PM BS in Engineering Science, Montana Tech (formerly Montana College of mineral science & technology) Been working in mining and welding fields since then. are you still in butte? |
| 2009-09-02 3:46 PM in reply to: #2385506 |
Champion 7547 Albuquerque, New Mexico Bronze member | Subject: RE: BT Engineer Rollcall lkc01234 - 2009-09-02 2:00 PM Force - 2009-09-02 1:45 PM McFuzz - 2009-09-02 11:50 AM BSEE-Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, 1987
Rose Hulman, heh? I was that close to choosing that school for its aero program, but then I remembered that it was an all-dude school (in hindsight it really didn't matter, seems there's a "Rule 3" that all hot chicks live by or somethin'...). I woulda been a year behind ya. Great school and reputation.I don't believe it is technically an "all-dude school" anymore... Someone told me this so I can't claim it... Being a woman in engineering: The odds are good...but the goods are odd! Yea...well...I recall getting a college brochure from Washington & Lee University in Virginia (an all-male school) and thinking "No way I'll ever go to an all male school..." a short time later, I'm sending in my matriculation fees for Rose. Rose-Hulman was all-male (undergraduate) at the time I went there. There were a few female grad students and one of them was my lab partner once or twice. At the time, there was one phone per floor (in-room phones were available, but expensive) and everyone was expected to answer the phone and go see if the person being called was in his room. She called, asked for me, and told the guy she was my lab partner. Yea...right..."Mike, your lab partner is on the phone (snicker, snicker)..." It has since gone co-ed. I just looked, and 92 of the 468 freshmen are women (20%). Relatively high by engineering/science/math standards, but they are fielding women's sports teams and you gotta have enough women to have the team...(I don't have a problem with this, it just helps explain why Rose has a higher percentage of women than the engineering school at Purdue for example). I met my wife while I was at Rose when she fell in love with my roommate. |
| 2009-09-02 3:51 PM in reply to: #2385721 |
Member 381 | Subject: RE: BT Engineer Rollcall McFuzz - 2009-09-02 2:46 PM lkc01234 - 2009-09-02 2:00 PM Force - 2009-09-02 1:45 PM McFuzz - 2009-09-02 11:50 AM BSEE-Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, 1987
Rose Hulman, heh? I was that close to choosing that school for its aero program, but then I remembered that it was an all-dude school (in hindsight it really didn't matter, seems there's a "Rule 3" that all hot chicks live by or somethin'...). I woulda been a year behind ya. Great school and reputation.I don't believe it is technically an "all-dude school" anymore... Someone told me this so I can't claim it... Being a woman in engineering: The odds are good...but the goods are odd! Yea...well...I recall getting a college brochure from Washington & Lee University in Virginia (an all-male school) and thinking "No way I'll ever go to an all male school..." a short time later, I'm sending in my matriculation fees for Rose. Rose-Hulman was all-male (undergraduate) at the time I went there. There were a few female grad students and one of them was my lab partner once or twice. At the time, there was one phone per floor (in-room phones were available, but expensive) and everyone was expected to answer the phone and go see if the person being called was in his room. She called, asked for me, and told the guy she was my lab partner. Yea...right..."Mike, your lab partner is on the phone (snicker, snicker)..." It has since gone co-ed. I just looked, and 92 of the 468 freshmen are women (20%). Relatively high by engineering/science/math standards, but they are fielding women's sports teams and you gotta have enough women to have the team...(I don't have a problem with this, it just helps explain why Rose has a higher percentage of women than the engineering school at Purdue for example). I met my wife while I was at Rose when she fell in love with my roommate. a few friends of mine attended rose-hulman. one (also a triathlete) played football there. the fightin' engineers . awesome. |
| 2009-09-02 4:39 PM in reply to: #2384605 |
Master 2327 North Alabama | Subject: RE: BT Engineer Rollcall BS Civil Engineering - The University of Alabama Minor Mathematics PE planned for April 2010 (So much for racing!) Once had a license plate that said "ENGNERD" |
| 2009-09-02 5:11 PM in reply to: #2384605 |
| Subject: RE: BT Engineer Rollcall BS Biochemistry BA Chemistry MPH Administration and Policy Project/Design Engineer. I just got a job working for a small, private engineering firm that does thermal imaging. I specialize in diesel technology, emissions and metrology. I'm really just a professional nerd. Oh, and I own the little company mentioned in my sig line. |
| 2009-09-02 5:44 PM in reply to: #2385426 |
Veteran 369 Fairbanks | Subject: RE: BT Engineer Rollcall CubeFarmGopher - 2009-09-02 10:33 AM TriRSquared - 2009-09-02 10:56 AM Jackemy - 2009-09-02 10:49 AM Our business school at UNH, where I went, was fondly known as the Whittemore School for Bad Engineers since just about everyone that failed out of the engineering program transferred to the business school. I think that's pretty universal... We had shirts (I'm sure other colleges did as well) that read: Lim of Engineering as GPA->0 = Business (sorry business majors )They wouldn't understand the statement anyway. Just tell them it's the area under the curve and to smile and nod. BSME NC State ('97) Shifted career focus and picked up the MCSE and MCSD around the turn of the century. Now, I'm a project manager and a certified PMP (yes, I'm actually certified to call myself a pimp...) /hijack/ Dangit... I scanned the first part, then read this whole thread hoping someone would explain that... and this is all I get degrees in language, journalism, and business management... and now I'll get out of your thread /hijack off/ |
| 2009-09-02 8:15 PM in reply to: #2385937 |
Expert 958 Mississippi | Subject: RE: BT Engineer Rollcall KrisSeer - 2009-09-02 5:44 PM CubeFarmGopher - 2009-09-02 10:33 AM TriRSquared - 2009-09-02 10:56 AM Jackemy - 2009-09-02 10:49 AM Our business school at UNH, where I went, was fondly known as the Whittemore School for Bad Engineers since just about everyone that failed out of the engineering program transferred to the business school. I think that's pretty universal... We had shirts (I'm sure other colleges did as well) that read: Lim of Engineering as GPA->0 = Business (sorry business majors )They wouldn't understand the statement anyway. Just tell them it's the area under the curve and to smile and nod. BSME NC State ('97) Shifted career focus and picked up the MCSE and MCSD around the turn of the century. Now, I'm a project manager and a certified PMP (yes, I'm actually certified to call myself a pimp...) /hijack/ Dangit... I scanned the first part, then read this whole thread hoping someone would explain that... and this is all I get degrees in language, journalism, and business management... and now I'll get out of your thread /hijack off/ And stay out! I just got back from tutoring a friend in 'Business' Calculus. Trying to explain limits to someone that doesn't like/understand math is NOT fun. Or easy. |
| 2009-09-02 8:56 PM in reply to: #2386124 |
Champion 5615 | Subject: RE: BT Engineer Rollcall kmill23 - 2009-09-02 9:15 PM KrisSeer - 2009-09-02 5:44 PM CubeFarmGopher - 2009-09-02 10:33 AM TriRSquared - 2009-09-02 10:56 AM Jackemy - 2009-09-02 10:49 AM Our business school at UNH, where I went, was fondly known as the Whittemore School for Bad Engineers since just about everyone that failed out of the engineering program transferred to the business school. I think that's pretty universal... We had shirts (I'm sure other colleges did as well) that read: Lim of Engineering as GPA->0 = Business (sorry business majors )They wouldn't understand the statement anyway. Just tell them it's the area under the curve and to smile and nod. BSME NC State ('97) Shifted career focus and picked up the MCSE and MCSD around the turn of the century. Now, I'm a project manager and a certified PMP (yes, I'm actually certified to call myself a pimp...) /hijack/ Dangit... I scanned the first part, then read this whole thread hoping someone would explain that... and this is all I get degrees in language, journalism, and business management... and now I'll get out of your thread /hijack off/ And stay out! I just got back from tutoring a friend in 'Business' Calculus. Trying to explain limits to someone that doesn't like/understand math is NOT fun. Or easy. I worked as a "peer tutor" one semester where people could come into the Student Center and get tutoring free assistance. Working in, or near, the level of classes that I was taking, math-wise, was easy. Hardest thing I had to do was try to explain the mathematical concept of gravity to a student from Physics for Poets who didn't have a grasp of derivative calculus. Edited by CubeFarmGopher 2009-09-02 8:56 PM |
| 2009-09-02 9:08 PM in reply to: #2384605 |
Veteran 299 Ferndale | Subject: RE: BT Engineer Rollcall BSCompE Lawrence Technological University... I currently work for an automation software company. Our product is a CAD based Dimensional Measurement Inspection software that is used to create inspection programs on Coordinate Measuring Machines. |
| 2009-09-03 12:30 AM in reply to: #2384605 |
Regular 100 State College, PA | Subject: RE: BT Engineer Rollcall B.S. Industrial Engineering Minor in Six Sigma, Junior at Penn State |
| 2009-09-03 12:41 AM in reply to: #2384605 |
Champion 8766 Evergreen, Colorado | Subject: RE: BT Engineer Rollcall Undergrad in both Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from USAFA Masters in Aerospace from MIT. And now I'm just a dumb pilot. I recognize the term differential equation...but don't remember what to do with them. |
| 2009-09-03 7:12 AM in reply to: #2384605 |
Veteran 204 Jacksonville, Fl | Subject: RE: BT Engineer Rollcall It's great to see so many Navy Nukes in the thread. I went thru when Nuke Power School was in Orlando. Now that the base is closed, apparently they turned it into a high end housing community. |
| 2009-09-03 7:57 AM in reply to: #2384605 |
Expert 619 Wylie, TX | Subject: RE: BT Engineer Rollcall BS in Civil Engineering from Iowa State 06 I work for a private consulting firm that does sanitary sewer study, evaluation and design. I do hydraulic modeling and analysis of the systems. Its a crappy job. Planning on sitting for the PE next year! |
| 2009-09-03 8:35 AM in reply to: #2385937 |
Champion 7347 SRQ, FL | Subject: RE: BT Engineer Rollcall KrisSeer - 2009-09-02 6:44 PM CubeFarmGopher - 2009-09-02 10:33 AM TriRSquared - 2009-09-02 10:56 AM Jackemy - 2009-09-02 10:49 AM Our business school at UNH, where I went, was fondly known as the Whittemore School for Bad Engineers since just about everyone that failed out of the engineering program transferred to the business school. I think that's pretty universal... We had shirts (I'm sure other colleges did as well) that read: Lim of Engineering as GPA->0 = Business (sorry business majors )They wouldn't understand the statement anyway. Just tell them it's the area under the curve and to smile and nod. BSME NC State ('97) Shifted career focus and picked up the MCSE and MCSD around the turn of the century. Now, I'm a project manager and a certified PMP (yes, I'm actually certified to call myself a pimp...) /hijack/ Dangit... I scanned the first part, then read this whole thread hoping someone would explain that... and this is all I get degrees in language, journalism, and business management... and now I'll get out of your thread /hijack off/ A limit is a way of expressing the behavior of a function. In a traditional sense it would be written. lim of f(x) as x->c = L. So f(x) gets closer to equaling L as X gets closer to c. So the joke is... as your GPA in you major of engineering gets closer to zero your major gets closer to business. The rest is left as an exercise to the reader... Edited by TriRSquared 2009-09-03 8:36 AM |
| 2009-09-03 11:11 AM in reply to: #2384605 |
Regular 143 Maynard, MA | Subject: RE: BT Engineer Rollcall BSME from UMass Lowell 2008 I'm currently working/writing my thesis for masters in mechanical engineering from UMass Lowell. I'm studding the correlation between performance of baseball bats and their dynamic characteristics; Such as bending and and hoop modes. It's interesting work, but I'm ready to get out of school and start to make some money so I can buy real bike. |
| 2009-09-03 11:20 AM in reply to: #2385636 |
Regular 169 | Subject: RE: BT Engineer Rollcall No, after a stint in AZ am in Billings working up at the Stillwater at Nye. (Would kill to be back in Butte) |
| 2009-09-03 11:25 AM in reply to: #2384605 |
| Veteran 250 | Subject: RE: BT Engineer Rollcall What about engineers in training? I am at Marquette for BME. I've got an internship lined up at the Medical College of Wisconsin working with mass spectrometry |
| 2009-09-03 11:46 AM in reply to: #2384605 |
Master 1585 Folsom (Sacramento), CA | Subject: RE: BT Engineer Rollcall BS in Civil from UCLA. Currently hold an EIT. And it pretty much does me no good as I am currently unemployed. I suppose thats what I get for working in residential structural design. My favorite part is that all new jobs want ou to have a PE, and I need at least another year of work experience before I can take the test. |
| 2009-09-03 12:23 PM in reply to: #2386202 |
Regular 534 Philadelphia | Subject: RE: BT Engineer Rollcall CubeFarmGopher - 2009-09-02 9:56 PM kmill23 - 2009-09-02 9:15 PM And stay out! I just got back from tutoring a friend in 'Business' Calculus. Trying to explain limits to someone that doesn't like/understand math is NOT fun. Or easy. I worked as a "peer tutor" one semester where people could come into the Student Center and get tutoring free assistance. Working in, or near, the level of classes that I was taking, math-wise, was easy. Hardest thing I had to do was try to explain the mathematical concept of gravity to a student from Physics for Poets who didn't have a grasp of derivative calculus. Funny you mention, I was just about to start a thread celebrating that I JUST found what the f#$% "sine" and "cosine" are actually used for. All I remember learning about them in high school math is "here's some triangles, if you divide this by that you get the sine and if you do it the other way you get the cosine, here's how to make a neat graph on your calculator, know this stuff 'cause it'll be on the test." I would have been a LOT more interested if anyone had pointed out "By the way, you can use this to figure out stuff about vibration and sound waves." Only NOW, at age 26, in grad school and learning about acoustics for a master's in speech-language pathology, has this come up. |
| 2009-09-03 12:27 PM in reply to: #2387368 |
Member 381 | Subject: RE: BT Engineer Rollcall uclamatt2007 - 2009-09-03 10:46 AM BS in Civil from UCLA. Currently hold an EIT. And it pretty much does me no good as I am currently unemployed. I suppose thats what I get for working in residential structural design. My favorite part is that all new jobs want ou to have a PE, and I need at least another year of work experience before I can take the test. if you get stuck in this situ for long, you may consider finding a school to do an MS. at many schools you can get GRA funding (some source of income) to do your MS. it may take a year and a half to two years, but then you get one year of credit towards your professional experience for PE. then you can sit for your PE and get those jobs. better than having no income and not getting more experience for PE. |
| 2009-09-03 1:37 PM in reply to: #2386593 |
Elite 3395 Raleigh | Subject: RE: BT Engineer Rollcall Bearintheair2000 - 2009-09-03 7:12 AM It's great to see so many Navy Nukes in the thread. I went thru when Nuke Power School was in Orlando. Now that the base is closed, apparently they turned it into a high end housing community. Funny story: I have a fraternity brother that went to Nuke Power School. He was interviewed by Rickover (I hope I spelled that right). During the interview, Rickover did not like one of his answers and had him stand in the closet to think about what he said. Needless to say Rickover did not accpet him. Turns out he was accepting hardly anyone, so they went over the candidates again and my brother got in. He served quite sometime and is now a civilian. |
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