Mechanical Engineering
By:Vivian Marcano
Mechanical engineering is...
researching, developing, designing, manufacturing, and maintaining devices that produce or consume power.
Why I am interested in this field...
I am attracted to how things, I see in my daily life, work and how I could improve some of these.
What a mechanical engineer might do in a typical day?
A mechanical design engineer would create something new while a mechanical system engineer would work to optimize, maintain, or upgrade existing systems like a power plant.
The typical starting salary is...
$75,700 with a masters degree in 2012
$61,300 with a bachelors degree in 2012
Education needed to find a job in mechanical engineering:
At least a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering from a four-year institution accredited by ABET.
Sources:
http://www.livescience.com/47551-mechanical-engineering.html
http://www.mechanicalpipingdesign.com/mechanical-engineering.html
http://www.printfarm.com/printing-money-adding-value-revenue-express-printing/
http://work.chron.com/starting-salary-mechanical-engineer-masters-degree-26723.html
http://study.com/mechanical_engineer.html
https://careervillage.org/questions/1041/what-do-mechanical-engineers-do-on-a-day-to-day-basis