Foo - Just how many FOO engineers are there?

It seems everytime I turn around I am hearing another FOOster admit they are an engineer. I'm glad I'm not the only one....I have my geeky engineer company. Already I know of RitehseDad, VegaVixen, Slvoid, JSchen. Who else? Chime in.

Who's an engineer?

Disclaimer: Actual engineers....please don't start the "sanitation engineer" or "combat engineer" jokes...I mean people who actually got their college degrees in some engineering discipline (and hopefully do it for a living now).


Foo Engineer Roll Call - Who's here?

KT - MSCpE [Computer Enginnering] (work as software engineer)

Chadasm is an electrical engineer.

I think a cool piece of software would be for a program to read a jpeg pic or something from a camera (let's say the pic was a picture of a book) and it would be able to read the letters, and will automatically type it in something like word.

Er... that's the same $5 OCR software that comes with any scanner you buy...

Computer Enginnering (work as software engineer)

Ditto.

Civil Engineer here.

ChemE

Already I know of RitehseDad, VegaVixen, Slvoid, JSchen. Who else? Chime in.

huh?

i thought he is doing his masters or phd in chemistry?

Chadasm is an electrical engineer.


I have my BS in EE. Still in school working on my MS and PhD though. Power systems engineering to be more specific.

Does Software Engineer count?

Does Software Engineer count?
do you have an engineering degree?

huh?

i thought he is doing his masters or phd in chemistry?
I thought he was in Masters program for ChemE. Although...he isn't truly "working as an engineer" as I stated in first post.

Wonder if i am the only foongineer with an iron ring?

Wonder if i am the only foongineer with an iron ring?
Nope....we have an "order of the ring" ceremony too. I hung mine in the frame with my diploma (and now it is proudly displayed in a box in the closet in my spare room somewhere).

I have an engrg degree. I won't pretend I actually do any except for my own destruction.

didnt know you guys did the iron ring thing. interesting. was your ceremony all creapy and cult like too?

Have an MSME. Considering teaching at the local University, while going for a PhD. Though I have the possibility of going back to the type of work I was doing before I had to leave it. Don't yet know which way I'll go....

didnt know you guys did the iron ring thing. interesting. was your ceremony all creapy and cult like too?
Yeah....kinda.

It looks like Canadian and US versions are different though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering_ring

I have my BE in Biomedical Engineering...should have my ME in Biomedical Engineering in May

http://www.ironring.ca/

Engineering student here.

careful, get to many engineers together in one place and things go down hill quick.

ChemE

Well, that explains a lot!! ;)

How about train drivers?

BS EE, UMaine.

My job is really program management, very little actual engineering and almost no electrical.

How about train drivers?
LOL....this is a true story.


Back when I was in school, and in the dynamics (mechanics with motion) class. I worked the graveyard shift and the only other person who worked at that time was wack-job nut case security guard. I was working one night on some homework from my dynamics class (stuff like a box dropping out of a plane going X mph at a trajectory of blah blah blah).

He comes up behind me (I didn't see him) and was looking over my shoulder at the problems I was working on. He must have been there for a minute before he finally blurts out "What the hell are you doing?".

I replied, "working on my homework - I'm in college remember?".

He says "What the hell are you going to school to be?".

"An Engineer" I said.

He looks very quizzical for at least a full minute or two. The wheels were spinning so hard I practically smell smoke from his head. Then he blurts out, "You gotta learn all that sh1t just to drive a train?"

I am a certified network security engineer however it was a certificate, not a degree. Now I do systems programming and engineering in a security role.

To an optimist, the glass is half full.
To a pessimist, the glass is half empty.
To an engineer, the glass is too big.

Degree in Psychology.

18 years in the same line of work as KT.

BSME here. My job is breaking stuff (test engineer).


careful, get to many engineers together in one place and things go down hill quick.

ENGINEER PRON!
http://www.todoomodelisme.com/fiches/pdf/lst-transmission.jpg

Seriously, the other day at work I saw a new Dana transmission brochure on a coworker's desk. I just did a double take and stood there gaping at its beauty for a minute.

LOL....this is a true story.


Back when I was in school, and in the dynamics (mechanics with motion) class. I worked the graveyard shift and the only other person who worked at that time was wack-job nut case security guard. I was working one night on some homework from my dynamics class (stuff like a box dropping out of a plane going X mph at a trajectory of blah blah blah).

He comes up behind me (I didn't see him) and was looking over my shoulder at the problems I was working on. He must have been there for a minute before he finally blurts out "What the hell are you doing?".

I replied, "working on my homework - I'm in college remember?".

He says "What the hell are you going to school to be?".

"An Engineer" I said.

He looks very quizzical for at least a full minute or two. The wheels were spinning so hard I practically smell smoke from his head. Then he blurts out, "You gotta learn all that sh1t just to drive a train?"
:roflmao:

BSME here. My job is breaking stuff (test engineer).



ENGINEER PRON!
http://www.todoomodelisme.com/fiches/pdf/lst-transmission.jpg

Seriously, the other day at work I saw a new Dana transmission brochure on a coworker's desk. I just did a double take and stood there gaping at its beauty for a minute.
OMG. That is...beautiful. <said in quiet, reverent voice>

Started out in Software Engineering, and switched to Biology not too long ago. :)

Meh, that's actually just a RC car transmission I picked because it was the first naked tranny pic (no that's not the search term I used) I found on Google. The Dana flyer was about some new all-wheel drive transmission for wheeled bucket loaders. Freaking gorgeous.

By the way, who likes it raw?
http://www.gd-ais.com/Capabilities/offerings/sr/cbrn/images/rawdata.gif

Metallurgist/Materials Engineer, but then you probably gathered that

I'm studying Mechanical Engineering. 3 semesters to go.

ENGINEER PRON!
http://www.todoomodelisme.com/fiches/pdf/lst-transmission.jpg


I actually worked on those in high school when I worked at a hobby shop. That's a radio-controlled car transmission. Losi cars are nice.

Meh, that's actually just a RC car transmission I picked because it was the first naked tranny pic (no that's not the search term I used) I found on Google. The Dana flyer was about some new all-wheel drive transmission for wheeled bucket loaders. Freaking gorgeous.

By the way, who likes it raw?
http://www.gd-ais.com/Capabilities/offerings/sr/cbrn/images/rawdata.gif
Raw is good. You can see where it came from, and opens up all kinds of possibilities for analysis.

You can never have too much data. You just use what you need, and file the rest 'til you do.

Applying to college for engineering here :)

Applying to college for engineering here :)
you arent doing the physics degree anymore?

Musical engineer, hardware and software. Programming, recording and mixing.(Reason, ProTools, SSL, Cubase, Analog and Digital Rendering, etc.)15 years. No degree--self taught.

Network engineer, school of hard knocks.

Quality Engineer, but I switched to education 10 years ago, I got sick of the 60 hour weeks and unreasonable deadlines. Now I work 10 to 20 hours a week and ride my bike 60 hours, with NO deadlines.

you arent doing the physics degree anymore?
I don't know, I am having second thoughts about that. I am going to oscillate back and forth for a while

I don't know, I am having second thoughts about that. I am going to oscillate back and forth for a while
:roflmao:

Biomedical engineering.

The average person has no idea what that means. I should just start telling everyone I am building their replacement. :D

My kid wants to be an engineer of some sort - he really hasn't decided what type yet (he just turned 15 today), but is leaning toward construction or mechanical. Regardless, I signed him up for Algebra II & trig next year (he's taking geometry this semester in 9th grade), and chemistry... what else should he take in HS?

Embedded engine controls. Oddball half math/half CS degree. Whatever, it actually kind of fits. Although I will say that learning to fly made a deeper impression about feedback loops and instability than any class ever could.

My kid wants to be an engineer of some sort - he really hasn't decided what type yet (he just turned 15 today), but is leaning toward construction or mechanical. Regardless, I signed him up for Algebra II & trig next year (he's taking geometry this semester in 9th grade), and chemistry... what else should he take in HS?
Writing. You should see some of the verbless flotsam that passes for "requirements." Bah. Beyond that, the whole discipline of writing tight essays plays really well into cohesive, modular designs: "Exactly WHAT is this thing supposed to do? Make it do THAT."

My kid wants to be an engineer of some sort - he really hasn't decided what type yet (he just turned 15 today), but is leaning toward construction or mechanical. Regardless, I signed him up for Algebra II & trig next year (he's taking geometry this semester in 9th grade), and chemistry... what else should he take in HS?

Math and science are what he'll want to focus on. Sounds like he's heading down the right path. The better he gets at math in high school, the better he's likely to do in college.

It also never hurts to have a hobby or job with a technical side to it to keep things interesting and grounded in real life examples. Wood or metal working, remote control cars, or cycling are all good ones. It seems that the same sort of people who like to tinker are the ones that make good engineers.

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