[Fdhwzctl]

How about a couple of Chem E's? Both my wife and I are Chem E's working in the environmental fields (different schools and employers though). So we get to talk about LaPlace Transforms, McCabe-Thiele diagrams, Rauschig Rings and how to remediate tetracyclohexamethyldeath. Naaah, not really, mostly we talk about kendo and iaido.

My wife is an opera singer and is proud of the fact she COULD understand my job but DOESN'T want to. She screams at me sometimes and I pretend I'm at work and one of the rollers needs lubrification.... The only time we talk about kendo is when she says something in Korean along the lines of "get that stinky *!*°#! out of the living room and on the balcony where it belongs". Actually, this is what she normally screams at me.

[zttrftwsq]

I'm a ChemE - don't feel alone.


Hank.

COOL BEANS! Sorry, couldn't resist...

ChemE's everywhere! No MatSci/Metallurgical Engineers to be had hu? Oh well...

VERY Nice to meet you all.

[ElcinBoris]

Electrical Engineers are needed to make things for the Software Engineers to bitch about.

And when the software engineers finish bitching, we are facing with a lot more junks that ain't worth a dime. Miraculously, we still spent money into the whole piece of junk called computer like we don't have enough stress in our lives. Go figure

Chem Eng. heh? Doing something useful lately?

[husartrof]

I gotta agree with Perry. That list is awfully dated. I say we should throw in some updates!

OK, I'll add mine...

- If you regularly engage in heated arguments about emacs versus vi.
- If you reconfigured your keyboard from QWERTY to Dvorak to make your coding more efficient.

[RastusuadegeFrimoum]

Wow, this really hits home for me as I am doing my homework for AAE right now. There has to be some Aero/Astro Engineers around here!

By the way, I didn't realize that MATLAB is 20 years old. There were so many problems with using it three years ago though which may or may not have been a software or network thing.

[siklop]

By the way, I didn't realize that MATLAB is 20 years old. There were so many problems with using it three years ago though which may or may not have been a software or network thing.

t's that old? Well, I guess it's not that much of a surprise. The GUI is not exactly the freshest thing around
I do however like MatLab, even own my own copy (which I bought cheap). But since MathWorks require me to have the CD inserted if I want to run it, I most often just use it from the schools computer (SSH with X-forwarding is the shit!)

I am studying for a masters degree in computer engineering.

[SHaEFU0i]

Electrical Engineers are needed to make things for the Software Engineers to bitch about.

Bah!!! The real engineers are the ones that use the computers and programs to do the real work!!! We engineered bridges, boats, cars... and computers before computers existed!!! we are the engineers that design, build and test solid lumps of metal, rubber and plastic till it explodes in a wonerful shower of thick grease.... thats engineering
(smut intended!)

[offinoNem]

Hmm...
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[Pa33anger]

Not my own but always liked it:

The glass is not 1/2 full or 1/2 empty, it's too big.

[NanoGordeno]

Not my own but always liked it:

The glass is not 1/2 full or 1/2 empty, it's too big.

No no no no... the true engineering response is:
It is neither 1/2 full nor 1/2 empty... the glass is twice as big as it needs to be!

[gundos]

Hey, another Chem E. What are you doing in Beantown?

Chem Eng. heh? Doing something useful lately?

Oddly enough, much of my work has to do with fuel cells (and electrolyzers of various sorts) and the systems around them. Fuel cells are engines - therefore I consider myself part of the ever-shrinking group of engineers who actually work on designing engines. *grin*

Hmm...
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How many relevant sig figs did you use to calculate this?

Hank.

[maniaringsq]

How many relevant sig figs did you use to calculate this?

Only 31 I'm afraid... I'm not that technical...

[finnmontserrat]

How many in here belong to the oldest, the most honor, the most contribution to the civilization, and the lowest paid of all branch of engineer, I am talking about Civil Eng. Hail to the poor!!!

[geraint.faughn]

How many in here belong to the oldest, the most honor, the most contribution to the civilization, and the lowest paid of all branch of engineer, I am talking about Civil Eng. Hail to the poor!!!

Concrete, explosives, big machines - it ain't all bad. All I get is a cubicle and an artificial sense of urgency.

[etdgxcnc]

No no no no... the true engineering response is:
It is neither 1/2 full nor 1/2 empty... the glass is twice as big as it needs to be!

There's a new form for requisition of larger glasses.
Make sure to fill out 12.7b NOT C.

[BliliBoopsy]

Concrete, explosives, big machines - it ain't all bad. All I get is a cubicle and an artificial sense of urgency.

That's why I like working in a steel mill making rebar for concrete. No explosives except when water hits hot stuff but definitely big machines. Our roughing stand uses a 2000 Hp engine and final speeds on 8mm rebar is 25 m/s. Fun

[QzVyZbTg]

How many in here belong to the oldest, the most honor, the most contribution to the civilization, and the lowest paid of all branch of engineer, I am talking about Civil Eng. Hail to the poor!!!

Stinking snivels... Actually my dad (geophysical engineering prof) has always said that civils have contributed more to the general health and welfare of people than any other profession including doctors. Clean water and proper sewage disposal, it ain't glamorous but...

My degree is EE but I've lapsed into pure software geekery. I do a lot of work on satellite ground stations, lately the XM radio uplink.

Didn't know chemicals used Laplace Transforms - EEs use a ton of transform math. My math is nearly 25 years old now and about that rusty, I probably couldn't even recognise the symbols much less do transform math of any sort.

[johnteriz]

That's why I like working in a steel mill making rebar for concrete. No explosives except when water hits hot stuff but definitely big machines. Our roughing stand uses a 2000 Hp engine and final speeds on 8mm rebar is 25 m/s. Fun

I was watching a program about the Ferrari factory in Maranello last night. Damn, it's engineering nirvana with a 5km racetrack in the backyard.

[8cyVn4RJ]

My math is nearly 25 years old now and about that rusty, I probably couldn't even recognise the symbols much less do transform math of any sort.

Ah, you are "management" then? (I know, that's a cheap shot...)

[dicemets]

Aerospace Engineering/Systems Engineering by degrees, Mechanical/electrical engineer by trade here.

I have to say... .90% of what was written is not true for me. Although I've been acused of being a fake engineer before... except for the always being late and procrastination parts.