Calling all engineers....

[DSRTXJ]

What field of engineering are you in?

Do you like it?

How much math do you use on a daily basis?

The reason I ask these questions is because I am going back to school to finish my GE classes to transfer and I am thinking of transferring into a ME degree.. I do very well at math but don't like doing it.. I would like to get into some sort of renewable energy field after I graduate and CSULB has an Energy Conversion & Power program for ME majors... That would be perfect for me.. BUT, I really don't want a career that involves a lot of math everyday... That probably sounds kind of lazy to some of you but, it's not... I just don't like math.

[DEZFAN]

I graduated from CSULB, I did the Manufacturing Engineering option thats in the ME department. I liked it, it involved less math and encompassed many different engineering fields. I run my own shop now and I still use some math skills I learned in college such as Statics.

[1450-ranger]

Good algebra & statistic math skills are most important imo.

[Kritter]

If you dont like doing math...dont bother. Every core class requires extensive math.

[Young&Fast]

Higher level physics require alot of trig.

[Kritter]

Higher level physics require alot of trig.

Higher level physics requires higher level calculus, differential equations, and linear algebra. Trig based physics is what non engineer majors take or engineering tech majors take.

[lost_surfer]

I am a software engineer at Raytheon Missile Systems (does that make me a rocket scientist?). Math plays a major role in everything we do

[Young&Fast]

Let me rephrase that: AP physics/ phys. 101 requires a lot a trig. My bad.

[Erik Irvine]

I am an ME that works at a nuclear power plant in the welding engineering department. We write a lot of reports, use "engineering judgment", and plug-and-chug formulas....not much math on a daily basis.

[Tom_Willis]

I don't know about trig or calculus or any of that, (i'm just a simple-minded bUilDiNg inSpeCtoR) but I am absolutely positive that MATH is the language of MONEY. You give a million bucks to an idiot, it will disappear in a hurry. You give a fraction of that to a student of math who understands compounding interest, tax rates, inflation, etc., and he or she can turn it into more than a million.
When looking for motivation to learn complicated equations it helps to translate them into things you actually WANT. We get a 5.5% bonus for a certification test that I hated studying for. When I figured out that the bonus was enough to buy a set of bypass shocks each year it sure made studying easier :)

[Erik Irvine]

When I figured out that the bonus was enough to buy a set of bypass shocks each year it sure made studying easier :)

Ain't that the truth! Good advice

[skullver]

I got my BSME back in 2002. The amount of math depends project to project but it is always there to some degree. I kept all my advanced textbooks so I have tons of references to base calculations off of and find equations. I design semiconductor process equipment tooling and other related components. It is not like I am crunching numbers all day though, I do a fair amount of solid modeling mostly(Solidworks), and a whole bunch of time working with machinists.
good luck and hang in there!
Chris