>>2051
If you're working on a product that can kill people while they sleep, your company damn well better have a peer review system set up so your work can be double or triple checked, or they have no business making these types of products. Leaving people maimed or half alive is unacceptable.

god i wanna invent something awesome. i thought id be able to in college but they dont give you the free time to be creative as a an engineering major its terrible and then im going to get stuck with some office job when all i want to do is create amazing things and go to space

>>3874
this comment seems out of place... just sayin

Yes some companies drug test some don't. I don't think there are too many easy engineering jobs, their paying you a lot so general they expect a lot. Simple enough answer with out having an internet fight.

OP

From my experience:

-I am in 3rd year Engineering studies and for the first 2 years, I smoked weed every day multiple times and still got an average of 85%.

Basically, you can do it but you need to fit your priorities. Do your work each day, and at the end of it smoke a bowl if you want.

NEVER sacrifice studying for smoking, school should come first if you care about your grades.

TL;DR I have never had an issue with blazing and doing well in school,

Only time it was a problem was this semester, I had drug test the other week so I had to stop smoking for 1 month. Passed the drug test, got baked over the weekend.

When greed is overcome by intelligence free energy and other benefits will be possible.

Until then its all about dat money.

>>3871

>When greed is overcome by intelligence free energy and other benefits will be possible.

>When someone disproves the first and second laws of thermodynamics, free energy and other benefits will be possible.

Fixed for you.

>>3872

>When greed is overcome by intelligence free energy and other benefits will be possible.


>When someone disproves the first and second laws of thermodynamics, free energy and other benefits will be possible.

> When someone realises energy can be transformed from one state to another which requires less energy input than output and the resources required are in abundance; free energy according to the media and those with little technical knowledge will be attained.

Fixed for you.

>>3896

> energy can be transformed from one state to another which requires less energy input than output

Wait. What?

No. Just no.

>>3897
yea man, fossil burning and energetic nuclear transformations will never work

>>3818
i think it would be better to just use the propane directly insted of putting all the electronic stuff onto the boat.

propane can save more energie than a batterie.
a direct compustion engine would be better than a >>compustion engine -generator -electric motor<< approach.

how much does propane cost and how much energie is stored in it?

>>3892
^pretty much this, but only if you have very good mechanical transmission to keep the engine running in its most efficient power band regardless of the load.

if you want to do petroleum engineering i will recommend searching for a school that participates in the academic common market place so you can get instate tuition if you live out of state. if you live in ohio i can tell you from talking to friends that WVU does the instate tuition thing but only with MinE and PngE. you will want AP chem and physics, calc would help but you could take calc 1 and 2 in dual enrollment if you have the option. you wont have to take any programming unless you count a matlab class. also i advise you to take at least one English class before you start college. it will make your first semester so much easier.

I did full time dual enrollment my junior and senior years, knock out as many general eds as you can. Take as many calculus courses as possible, chemistry, physics, various sciences etc. As a dual enrollment student you probably wont be taking more than 12 or so credit hours at a time so you should be fine.

Also, as >>3864 suggested, take those English classes ASAP. They are so goddamn time consuming, and taking comp 1 and 2 at a community college is invariably going to be easier than wherever you go after you graduate.

It's worth noting that PE's are a branch of chem. so make sure you know your chemist. Engineering if you hadn't guessed already. Though in general just take math and science courses.

>>3883

>PE's are a branch of chem

Make sure you say what country you are talking about, because in America, PE != petroleum engineer... it just stands for Professional Engineer. It's someone who has graduated with a degree in engineering (any discipline), worked for a set amount of time as an EIT (engineer in training, basically an engineering apprentice), and passed a test to become a PE (professional engineer).

I only point this out because when I first read your comment, I was confused as fuck as to what the hell you were talking about, and then I realized you were talking about petroleum engineering.

>>3885
Sorry meant Petroleum Engineer, just too lazy to spell it out.

If you got perfect scores on almost every weekly quiz, and still managed to fail, then you either cheated on all of them and thus learned nothing, or turned in a blank final exam.

This sounds to me if you are the type who learns by doing. If you are studying engineering it's easy, just construct something and be sure to use all the calculus you learned so far on the problem.

If you don't know what to construct: I've always wanted to build a grapefruit press.

>>3797
Almost as bad as is the "im actually good at math I just don't get the concepts" folks, as if to say understanding math is possible without the concepts.
As others have said, study more, work every problem, and if you still don't get it make up your own problems. If you want more specific advice/ help try giving us some information to work with, at this point all you have done is complain and get mad at us for making the only suggestions possible(assuming you still want to be an engineer).
So would you like to actually learn something or keep bitching about your own ignorance?

>>3781
Do something with your life that doesn't require calculus.

>>3781
Either apply yourself more (complete ALL homework, study more, get a tutor, etc.) or change your major.

Engineering requires a lot of self study (unless you are one of those freaks that piss regular students off).

I'm not personally one, but I know three different ones (two from college, one is my mother's boyfriend)

Friend 1: works at some type of chemical processing plant. He essentially orders parts from catalogues all day and his job could be summed as a glorified plumber

Friend 2: works at a chemical plant but doesn't actually do much of anything but supervise other workers and reviews testing data

Mom's Boyfriend: works at DuPoint and handles the computer systems that run the chemical operations

All of them make good money; maybe a hair more then your average engineer.

>>3862
thanks bruv

All I know is I hope the companies I end up working for offer stay cool summer dress codes, fuck going to work in dress pants and a button down shirt in the hot texas heat.

I'll do it, but fuck.

>>3553

>ok there are those pants you get when you buy a whole suit but those suck

Those kinds of trousers (with a semi formal shirt and tie) are practically mandatory if you work in an office or are in a position of authority. We Britons do go in for all that 'if you're in business you should look the business' crap, though.

Depends entirely on the policy where you work and whether or not you're doing your work to do the job itself or "represent the company". Some companies / fields that require particular safety equipment like their specialist employees like engineers etc. to wear special colored equipment like red hard hats. Others don't care. Usually the larger a company is, the stricter the dress code is.

Also dress codes are usually flexible based on a particular task. You can usually expect to have to dress up to attend a trade show (especially if you're presenting) or a board meeting, but very few companies will require a suit and tie if you're inspecting ditches or doing something in inclement weather or conditions.

ProTip: Nobody knows what you're wearing under a lab coat / bunny suit.

>>3555
you should try linen, seersucker cotton, and indian clothing.
Asians dress like that even in humid 40°C and don't give a shit about it.

I'm european but I think that if you work in an office, even if you don't have to talk to customers, wearing a t-shirt is unacceptable, unless the whole company has a casual clothing policy.
Default should be a shirt.

I think that for business casual, non-washed jeans should be accepted, but I can accept that some company doesn't want that.

Most engineers I saw wore jeans (grandpa jeans if they were old) and shirts, but managers wear full suits. Engineers aren't generally required to wear a tie.

>>3550
It really depends on your company and the type of engineering. I work as a field engineer. Button down shirts, no tie and jeans is pretty standard attire.

>>3473

What DOES an IE do for a job? Why do you consider them lazy and greedy?

I honestly don't care that much about doing things outside of my job regarding engineering. I mean, I build my own computers and that's basically the extent of anything I do outside of school (which isn't hard, as you all know). I have a legitimate interest in physics (specifically mechanics) which is why I was interested in ME, with CE being a close second. But I'm also interested in Economics and I've always been very good at math, so I figured IE would fit me the best.

Basically, I'm really confused on what major I want to pursue and I want to make sure I make the right choice. I considered doing CPE too, because I'm a huge gamer and I think working for a gaming company as an engineer would be awesome. I'm not a great programmer though, so I don't know how well I'd do as a CPE.

TELL ME EVERYTHING ABOUT ANY ENGINEERING MAJOR, BASICALLY, /tesla/. In return, my eternal gratitude.

>>3474

There aren't many video game companies that need CPEs. CPEs can do a lot of coding AND hardware. Video games are almost entirely software.

Sure, you could become a video game programmer with a CPE, but you're going to have to take a lot of circuits classes you'll never use and most of your programming classes will be vague and not game programming specific.

If you really want to do games, maybe consider a school that specialized in that kind of programming. otherwise you're going to have to slog through a lot of shit that will have nothing to do with your job.

>>3475

Fair enough, that makes sense. Say I graduated with a CPE degree in hopes of getting a job at a video gaming company and couldn't find a job. Do most CPE grads get stuck in jobs fixing computers all day? What does the typical CPE end up doing?

>>3476

Ignore that, I talked to one of my good friends that knows a lot about CPE.

>>3472
Well nah, that was just my preconception, really :V

I rememebered tho that my friend said industrial engineering is like mechanical engineering, but it also studies the human factor in production. So, like a little more management oriented things. Which makes sense now, since engineering firms are always hiring management recently

>>3841
1 - Learn enough to genetically engineer an ordinary common plant like the dandelion to produce copius amounts of THC.
2 - Create this strange new creature and seed it across this great nation.
3 - ????
4 - FUCKING PROFIT!

Petrol engineer major here.. I'm horrible at math.. took Cal 2 twice and am struggling in Diff Eq now. I'd recommend taking the course during the summer or at a nearby community/state college that allows the credit to transfer. I always found that to be the best solution to those pesky pre-req courses. Plus, its cheaper.

>>3844
thanks I bet that's possible, since my campus is shared by 2 other colleges, and that way i'll be able to replace the fucking god awful math grades ill get at first

Ferrocerium

>>3786
i.e: Swedish Fire Steel

I had a clockwork toy that would drag 2 plastic stick things across a wheel of sandpaper to produce a fuckton of sparks. It lasted quite a while, you can cut and bend the paper, and it's cheap to replace.

>>3815

This will be my final post in this thread, having resolved this matter on the future /sci/. In fact, the first reply was to a link from a study citing census data...odd given my query, but still.

You useless cretins, safe for that one poster who came to my defence, can jump off a bridge for all I care.

>>3817
Forsooth, if thou hath not yet found the data thou art so eagerly pursuing, then might I suggest thou take thine haughty, pompous, and pretentious posterior elsewhere?

>>3819

It's suprising how much of an elitist OP is considering he is handicapped

>>3820

I have discovered that ignoring OP has resulted in his shitposts disappearing in other boards too. OP is a serial shitposter and dedicated troll.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_engineering

Make massive quantities of the shit chemists create in the lab.

make drugs and bang bitches

order parts from a catalogue and have someone else put it together

>>3749
Yeah pretty much all of the above.

Also, get dissillusioned with course material and join a bank/some wanker financial firm.