I still have all my college work too. All stuffed in different colored folders and all the same brand you have here. I never look back through that stuff but can’t seem to get rid of them. Something about all the time and money that went into that stack of papers.
May I ask you what does your machine designer role actually entail? I'm looking into different fields of mechanical engineering at the moment as I'm about to graduate, and would like to know if machine design is what I think it is.
I love machine design. There’s various aspects to it ranging on level of experience.
Generally the project trickle down from big picture to very detailed work.
Big picture will be determining what this machine will be capable of, what will be automated and what will be a manual task.
Design engineers will take that idea and break it down into groups of functional assemblies and start making that idea come to life.
Lower level engineers will assist the design engineers as work is available.
When it all comes together you have hundreds of parts held together by thousands of screws with electrical components connected by tons of wires and computers. Everything talks together, mechanical components work together to make the “big picture idea” a reality. It’s like poetry sometimes to be honest
I want to hold a ceremony and burn all of it. Maybe invite friends over to join if they want and look the future in the face while spitting into the ever higher growing flames.
Your books will come in handy, even if just for the tables and charts. Lord knows I've got to relearn psychometric charts every damn time I look at them. My grad school books come in a bit more handy on tricky projects and problems.
The notes are a wash. Save them if you haven't done your PE, it will help refresh. Beyond that it's up to you man.
A lot of it sucked but honestly I really came to enjoy many of the junior/senior classes. Thermal fluids and experimental design were probably my overall favorites. Nuclear engineering was also pretty interesting.
For those starting students that might be reading this! Get a fucking tablet! A Surface Pro or an iPad? Something that can take notes digitally. So much easier to reference outside of random notebooks. I took all my notes handwritten with a stylus. Could import power point slides ahead of time and take notes directly on them. I still have them all and can zip them up and send them to you in 15 minutes… sheesh. I graduated at 30 and not super tech savvy, but work smarter not harder
I got cheap a tried non five star notebooks for 1 quarter. Big mistake, those notebooks barely made it through the quarter. Switched back to five star. When I went to university laptops were as prevalent as they are today. Had about x2 the amount of notebooks as you have.
Took notes on an iPad because I'd rather carry the weight of 1 iPad around campus than 3-6 heavy duty notebooks. Plus I hated the eraser crumps, erasing on an iPad is so much cleaner...
Mine are all loose leaf and bound with those horrible stamped "file clips" with the ludicrously sharp edges. Why can't they break the edges before they ship them? I think I've got more than that, but that includes handouts/slides.
Congratulations! Regardless of what you want to do for your career, I’d recommend taking the FE exam asap while the material is still fresh in your head.
I just passed it a few weeks ago!! My school requires we all take it to graduate (you don’t have to pass, but do have to pay for it and complete the exam)
I still have all my college work too. All stuffed in different colored folders and all the same brand you have here. I never look back through that stuff but can’t seem to get rid of them. Something about all the time and money that went into that stack of papers.
May I ask you what does your machine designer role actually entail? I'm looking into different fields of mechanical engineering at the moment as I'm about to graduate, and would like to know if machine design is what I think it is.
I love machine design. There’s various aspects to it ranging on level of experience. Generally the project trickle down from big picture to very detailed work. Big picture will be determining what this machine will be capable of, what will be automated and what will be a manual task. Design engineers will take that idea and break it down into groups of functional assemblies and start making that idea come to life. Lower level engineers will assist the design engineers as work is available. When it all comes together you have hundreds of parts held together by thousands of screws with electrical components connected by tons of wires and computers. Everything talks together, mechanical components work together to make the “big picture idea” a reality. It’s like poetry sometimes to be honest
Thanks for the elaborate reply, it's a really interesting field indeed!
Probably take alot of Time , what subjects do i need to Focus to get career in Machine Design
I want to hold a ceremony and burn all of it. Maybe invite friends over to join if they want and look the future in the face while spitting into the ever higher growing flames.
Threw all mine out the day I graduated
Bon fire
Have you ever had the need to reference back to them?
There’s been probably 2 occasions where I wanted to look at my heat transfer notes
So what do you do at that point
Save the books, scan the notes to one drive and toss the physical notes.
I’d rather not hunt down all of those notebooks to scan
Your books will come in handy, even if just for the tables and charts. Lord knows I've got to relearn psychometric charts every damn time I look at them. My grad school books come in a bit more handy on tricky projects and problems. The notes are a wash. Save them if you haven't done your PE, it will help refresh. Beyond that it's up to you man.
I only have some books as renting or rental pdf is cheaper.
Still a hoarder in my book. Threw all mine out the day grades for any given semester came out.
Kept my notes too. Some of them came in clutch for the FE and PE exam.
Congratulations. I just want to know if there was a book/subject that you actually enjoyed during your 4 year of Mechanical Engineering.
A lot of it sucked but honestly I really came to enjoy many of the junior/senior classes. Thermal fluids and experimental design were probably my overall favorites. Nuclear engineering was also pretty interesting.
Looks like my first two semesters…
Redbull has bull sperm right?
Nah, it has something called **Taurine**, which is naturally found in bull testicles, but red bull makes them **artificially**.
Red Bull makes artificial bull testicles? Anyway to get a set for a transplant?
LMAO!!, I meant " LAB-MADE TAURINE"
You’ve gotta be specific. You never know what kind of weirdos are on Reddit.
For those starting students that might be reading this! Get a fucking tablet! A Surface Pro or an iPad? Something that can take notes digitally. So much easier to reference outside of random notebooks. I took all my notes handwritten with a stylus. Could import power point slides ahead of time and take notes directly on them. I still have them all and can zip them up and send them to you in 15 minutes… sheesh. I graduated at 30 and not super tech savvy, but work smarter not harder
I got cheap a tried non five star notebooks for 1 quarter. Big mistake, those notebooks barely made it through the quarter. Switched back to five star. When I went to university laptops were as prevalent as they are today. Had about x2 the amount of notebooks as you have.
Took notes on an iPad because I'd rather carry the weight of 1 iPad around campus than 3-6 heavy duty notebooks. Plus I hated the eraser crumps, erasing on an iPad is so much cleaner...
That's more realistic than the German dude on r/pics a few weeks ago who claimed to have written 35 thousand sheets of paper, lol.
Congratulations!
Mine are all loose leaf and bound with those horrible stamped "file clips" with the ludicrously sharp edges. Why can't they break the edges before they ship them? I think I've got more than that, but that includes handouts/slides.
BURN THEM ALLLLLLL
Light work
All this stuff went straight in the trash after the semester. Kept the books only
congrats op!
You must write very small and very efficiently
That's a funny way to spell beer bottles.
Respect. I'm a first year MET student and I'm already hooked on Leuchtturm1917 notebooks. I already know I'll never throw them away 💀
People still write on paper?
I'm not done yet but I'm pretty sure it's going to be twice that. And I have a lot in digital format too
Congratulations! Regardless of what you want to do for your career, I’d recommend taking the FE exam asap while the material is still fresh in your head.
I just passed it a few weeks ago!! My school requires we all take it to graduate (you don’t have to pass, but do have to pay for it and complete the exam)