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Mechanical or Mechatronics?
bblovee:
@crappy
okay taking what you said into consideration, i might just be better off sticking to my sci/eng but i hate how they make us choose a branch we want to specialise in before commencement of the course.
something else i was wondering, i want to study mechanical, but also want to major in materials science, however that's not possible since the handbook outlines that students who specialise in mechanical eng must major in maths and physics or astrophysics. so now i'm wondering whether i should look into materials engineering. is there a major difference between materials and mechanical?
crappy:
--- Quote from: bblovee on January 19, 2011, 06:22:59 pm ---@crappy
okay taking what you said into consideration, i might just be better off sticking to my sci/eng but i hate how they make us choose a branch we want to specialise in before commencement of the course.
something else i was wondering, i want to study mechanical, but also want to major in materials science, however that's not possible since the handbook outlines that students who specialise in mechanical eng must major in maths and physics or astrophysics. so now i'm wondering whether i should look into materials engineering. is there a major difference between materials and mechanical?
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YES, there is huge difference between materials and mechanical lol. Materials has a lot of chemistry and its not really hardcore mathematical like mechanical is.
Take a look at these coursemaps for mechanical and materials:
materials:
http://www.eng.monash.edu.au/current-students/download/0032-materials-2010.pdf
mechanical:
http://www.eng.monash.edu.au/current-students/download/0032-mechanical-2010.pdf
Mechanical involves things like thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and electromechanics etc, where as materials involves engineering alloy processing, polymer and composite processing. They are two completely different fields.
bblovee:
@crappy
LOL thanks for the information.
im interested in materials eng since it could lead to interesting practical work towards the environment and even towards medicine
however im also interested in the units in mechanical.
eg would i be able to study thermodynamics in materials out of interest? or am i restricted to studying units within the materials branch (assuming i pick materials)
what do you reckon about majoring in maths and materials science while specialising in materials eng?
crappy:
--- Quote from: bblovee on January 19, 2011, 06:38:25 pm ---@crappy
LOL thanks for the information.
im interested in materials eng since it could lead to interesting practical work towards the environment and even towards medicine
however im also interested in the units in mechanical.
eg would i be able to study thermodynamics in materials out of interest? or am i restricted to studying units within the materials branch (assuming i pick materials)
what do you reckon about majoring in maths and materials science while specialising in materials eng?
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Im not really sure you can pick any thermo units in materials but you could just sit in the lectures if you really wanted to lol
materials sci/maths and materials eng is a solid combo, jobs for materials engineers should be abundant in coming years.
Kopite:
--- Quote from: IntoTheNewWorld on January 19, 2011, 06:11:43 pm ---searching Mechanical Engineer in Seek gives me 1,688 results
searching Electrical Engineer gives me 1,759
searching Mechatronics Engineer into Seek gives me 60 results
just a thought.
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i think mechatronics MAY be booming in a few years. MAYBE.
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