Mechanical Engineer
"Making Life More Easy And Efficient" Evan Harely, Hour: 2
Basic information about your career
- Design and Update new Systems
- Study Properties of Gases
- Study Different properties of Liquids
- Plan and Select materials to make products
- Improve Auto and Jet Engines, Power Plants and Heating and Cooling Systems
- Make systems more efficient and to save fuel
- Make up to $65,000 per year
- Work up to 40 hours a week
- You need a Bachelors degree to get your engineering license in this field.
Pros and cons of this career
- Up to 60,000 dollars you can make in the first year.
- Work for the government or manufacturers.
- Help people save money and develop more efficient vehicles, appliances.
- Work as a team to help design and build prototypes of machines for future use.
Con's,
- Work up to 40 to 50 hours a day not including working time at home.
- Competition is very common in his field causing it to be very tuff yo even get a job in this field.
- Companies often do not have many employees in this field that are needed causing you to move out of state if there are no positions open.
What do you need to do to succeed in this career?
- Calculus
- Chemistry
- Physics
- Technical Writing
- Trignometry/Advanced Algebra
College Courses,
- Dynamics
- Mechanical Elements Design
- Electronic Circuts
- Engineering Physics
- Fluid Mechanics
- Mechanics of Materials etc,
When completed these courses you are able to get a bachelors degree.
What colleges can you attend to earn a degree for this career?
1. California State University, Long Beach
Location, Long Beach, CA 90840
Address, 1250 Bellflower Boulevard
Web Address, http://www.csulb.edu
Pro's,
- They have Football and Basketball.
- Computers Availible on campus.
- Wifi and bathrooms in every dorm.
Con's
- $11,160 dollars a year
- Hard to get into the college 85% excepted
- There is no golf league
2. Northern Illinois University
Location, DeKalb, IL 60115-2857
Address, 1425 W. Lincoln Way
Web Address, http://www.niu.edu/index.shtml
Pro's,
- Football, Basketball leagues
- Computers on campus
- Library's and Wifi up for use
Con's
- 20,000 a year with extra book fees and meal costs
- Difficult Entrance 85 percent excepted
- No golf leagues
3. University Of California, Santa Barbara
Location, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-2014
Address, 1210 Cheadle Hall
Web Address, http://www.ucsb.edu
Pro's,
- They have Basketball, Baseball, Football leagues
- Computers on campus
- Seaside campus and huge dorm rooms with Wifi and also a big library
Con's,
- $44,000 dollars a year
- $12,000 dollars a year to stay on campus
- 65% of people are excepted it is very difficult to be accepted.
Associations/Professional organization for this career
1. Contact Person, James Hendricks
Phone Number, (608)-356-2770
Adams WI, 301 South Main
2. Contact Person, Laura Launders
Phone Number, (262)-629-4610
Fax Number, (262)-629-7625
Allenton WI, 7741 Commercial Lane
Job Advertisement
Wana make great money while pursuing a career that you love? Well then Mechanical Engineering is perfect for you! While re-designing and making machines more efficient and making great money doing it. You can work in groups with different teams to make a prototype of the machine that you think could make a huge impact on the world and when your done you can even make a prototype. Building machines to save people money and keep the planet clean and reduce pollution could lead you to make even more potential money. You get great vacation days and only work 40 to 50 hours a week. From redesigning a furnace to building a hole new aircraft and anything inbetween. You are shaping and developing our world and making life easier for everyone.