If your an engineer...

Angelic · #1 07-12-2002, 10:50 PM

I just wanted to see how many fellow engineers are out there!!
List your school and major:

I just graduated in May from the Colorado School of Mines with a degree in Chemical Engineering!!! I'm done!

...On a semi-related topic...
Does the engineering gene seem to run in your family?
It does in mine:
Sister - chemical
Sister - civil
Dad - chemical
Two uncles - civil
grandfather - mechanical

And it seems that lots of my friends at school had family members that were also engineers. Or are you the first in the family?

Just wondering...

SigmaChiCard · #2 07-12-2002, 10:57 PM

Univ. of Louisville Speed Scentific - Electricl, but NOT ging to be an engineer....on to busines, then to Law school!

Corbin Dallas · #3 07-15-2002, 10:15 AM

Just graduated from Rose-Hulman, electrical engineer. working for the man now, at NSWC Crane, Naval base...in Indiana

AZ-AlphaXi · #4 07-15-2002, 10:19 AM

While my degrees are computer science (BS WKU and MS Univ. of Ky) ....

my job title says Software Engineer

JMUduke · #5 07-15-2002, 02:12 PM

my boyfriend is an engineering student, my dad is an engineer...

KillarneyRose · #6 07-15-2002, 02:20 PM

I'm not an engineer, but my husband is (Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering, Masters in Nuclear Engineering).

I had to marry an engineer because I'm so abysmal in Math and Science and I needed someone to balance me so my kids had a fighting chance!

jonsagara · #7 07-15-2002, 02:26 PM

Cal Poly SLO - Computer Engineering, graduated June 2002.

At work, my title is Software Engineer.

Uncle: Electrical Engineer
Cousin: Software Engineer
Cousin's spouse: Electrical Engineer PhD
Grandpa: Electrical Engineer

My fianceé: Liberal Studies (go figure, huh?)

dzrose93 · #8 07-15-2002, 03:20 PM

My dad, uncle and brother are all engineers from Georgia Tech.

Dad - textile
Brother - civil
Uncle - civil

And my cousin is a Civil Engineer from Auburn.

juniorgrrl · #9 07-16-2002, 12:34 AM

My boyfriend is an Electrical Engineer. He's the first in his family to graduate from college, so maybe he'll start the trend.

He found out he passed his FE/EIT about a month ago - I'm so proud of him

Now he's just gotta find a job. EE jobs are hard to find in LA

Corbin Dallas · #10 07-16-2002, 10:00 AM

I still haven't heard how I did on the EIT. Anyone know how I can find out?

juniorgrrl, tell your boyfriend to try the government DoD (dept. of defense) is one area that is still big, no matter what the economy. I know personally, like 8 or so guys I graduated with that are working somehow for DoD.

aephi alum · #11 07-16-2002, 10:11 AM

2 computer science degrees from MIT. (And I still can't find a job!

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Grandfather: civil engineer
Husband: mechanical engineering degrees, but works as a systems engineer
Father-in-law: civil engineering degree, but works as a forensic engineer

DeltaBetaBaby · #12 07-16-2002, 04:55 PM

I am an engineer! Only one in the family though, which means I out-earn all of them at the age of 19.

juniorgrrl · #13 07-17-2002, 12:05 AM

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Originally posted by Corbin Dallas
I still haven't heard how I did on the EIT. Anyone know how I can find out?

juniorgrrl, tell your boyfriend to try the government DoD (dept. of defense) is one area that is still big, no matter what the economy. I know personally, like 8 or so guys I graduated with that are working somehow for DoD.

Josh just got a letter in the mail informing him he'd passed. Your state probably has a lot more tests to grade. Louisiana is lucky to have residents that are literate, much less engineers. Maybe contact your local rep of NCEES?

He's looking into software work for the meantime. Most of the EE stuff around here is offshore, and well, he's just not into that. I really don't know if there is any DoD work around here. And he's really not willing to leave the state and his lovely girlfriend (yay for me). We shall see how this pans out.

auakl · #14 08-01-2002, 09:57 PM

Proud Auburn University Civil Engineer!

I work for Southern Nuclear Operating Company at Georgia Power's Plant Vogtle. In fact I am your friendly neighborhood Reactor Containment Dome Engineer...working hard to keep Farmer Brown's cows safe :-) All joking aside I do take my job seriously and love it, my family lives here so you better beleive I do my best! One of my co-workers is a DZ from AU as well, 4.0 in Chemical Engineering, not bad at all! My GPA was a little lower though I probably had more fun ;-p Many of my AKL brothers are engineers as well, primarily EE and Computer Engineering/Science.

I'm the first in my family to receive an engineering degree though I did follow my uncle into the nuclear power generation field. Now, who wants to start a thread about going to your 3 hour lab for 1 hour of credit and having to walk past all of the business major playing frisbee or heading to the bars ;-p

jonsagara · #15 08-01-2002, 10:02 PM

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Originally posted by auakl
Now, who wants to start a thread about going to your 3 hour lab for 1 hour of credit and having to walk past all of the business major playing frisbee or heading to the bars ;-p

I was always so bitter at the business majors! The C.o.B. here doesn't have class on Fridays, meaning most of my business-major friends didn't either. Meanwhile, I can't tell you how many times I had class until 5pm on Fridays.