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One thing I feel like you missed, which is taught at my university, is machine design. Things like gears, bearings, pressure vessels, bolts, nuts, other fasteners, integrating things you learned about beams from mechanics, etc. This is very important for basic designs, and even though I myself am not a mechanical engineering major, rather materials engineering, there are so many mechanical engineers that still dont understand these basic things like how to select a bearing, or what bolt and nut size to use, and how things should be attached. People are too focused on coding, circuits, thermo, and cading individual parts that they just completely skip over how they are going to implement it in their system.
I totally agree. I immediately think of two separate stories involving O-rings- on both occasions, I had peers who were trying to specifify O-ring details, not realizing there are companies out there with a comprehensive list of products that could fit any regular sized joint you can think of. All you have to do is look up the part number.
Both my machine design and my control system engineering professors gave me short lists of sites to get part specs - digikey, for electronic parts, being the only one I remember off the top of my head. Those lists have been invaluable for just that sort of thing. If you can’t find an existing ring, or a pin, or a sensor, or whatever that’ll fit within your design, then your design is probably flawed.
As a person who’s looking to get into this field, I’ve been trying to figure this very thing out. I haven’t been able to pose the question in the way you’ve described. I, too, would really love to know this.
As a student who passionately wants to learn mechanical engineering this video was the best Covering all the basic topics in all those subjects is surely what i was planning on but you just made me sure of myself and all in all a great video for students and for mechanical engineers in general
I’m a game design student, however I love seeing stuff like this. I wanted to learn mechanical engineering out of curiosity and I never realized how complex it actually is. Very interesting stuff.
Thank you for putting this together man! I'm a year+ into my Mechanical Engineering schooling and this was the best most comprehensive break down I've seen yet! I can't wait to check out the top 80 interview questions guide.
Thanks for the video. I'm a 20 year old machinist looking to become an engineer and this has really helped me see that its possible. After I graduated highschool I had some personal issues that made it so college wasn't really an option. instead I went to trade school and started working, I really like the work but id like to start getting into the design of parts and assemblies. I already have a good amount of knowledge on material properties, tolerances, components, manufacturing processes and some physics as well as a couple years experience in manufacturing and this video has helped me see what I need to improve on in order to reach that goal. My question is does where you get a degree matter much to employers and will my machining experience help me or hurt me in geting interviews
The majority of employers value skills experience and attitude over the school. Your machining and manufacturing experience will definitely help with landing more interviews and designing better parts.
All that matters is that you can do the job, like learning, and be a good person to work with. With your experience that’ll totally help. Hell, I’m self taught. Spent a few years learning the math, programming, and theory while practicing building stuff on a diy cnc. Got my first engineering job in a start-up by attaching a portfolio of those projects with my resume then brought them in with their log books to the interview, answered technical questions, and made a few laughs happen. This was less than 10 years ago
Hey man, it sounds almost identical to what I’m currently doing. I’m 22 and went to university for a year and had personal issue that forced me to drop out. I picked up a machinist job in die cast and decided to try and pursue my education in an untraditional route. I’m nowhere close where I want to be and often it feels like I’m stuck. It’s nice to hear that there’s someone going through similar struggles. Stay ambitious and we’ll get there man.
I'm a 23 year old military trained machinist (no certs/civllian work experience) and working towards mechanical engineering degree. From my professors opinions, machining experience should help greatly as its tied, especially to manufacturing engineering. (that'd be my recommendation so your knowledge now supports the degree)
This is a fantastic video, absolutely on point with the general idea of this bachelors degree and what it covers. I'm currently in my second year studying Mech Eng. in Germany and have pretty much finished all the essential courses you mentioned in this video. One thing I feel like you've missed is Machine Elements (Sometimes called Machine Design or even Konstruktionstechnik ) which was a very important course IMO, cause it taught you how to create a "Machine" ( for instance in our final we had to calculate and draw a 3-gear gearbox, without syncs, where the calculations were mainly focused on the actual gears and the shaft itself alongside of the bearings, the housing was not required to be calculated per Method B, all within 3.5 hours on a A2 paper with a 1:2 scale). It first of all taught me how to design something according to Norms and then also gave me an idea what to watch out for, like interferences etc. , while working in CAD when I started being part of a FSAE Team. I remember vividly a guy in our course did not pass because he forgot to integrate a shaft seal and didn't have anything to compensate for it, but that gearbox would have blown up due to starvation had it been "cleared", and that was our professors argument for failing him. Although extremely shitty, was still absolutely correct and that mistake will probably never be repeated by the guy. In conclusion the degree is tough but god damn it is it fun to do if u start actually getting stuff right.
Engineering school is NOT taught by engineers! It is taught by engineering academics. While I had some excellent professors, the best had industry experience. This is why co-op should be mandatory for engineering. I had the advantage of having 45 years in manufacturing and evening community college teaching. We do a poor job of preparing graduating engineers for the industry workplace. It is only the very, very few that will apply the theoretical knowledge that they have been taught. As discussed in this video, the most important thing is understanding the principles' linkage.
I was sort of expecting a plan on how to sequence the order of studying things so as to make best/most efficient use of time, or things you would have done differently in your progression, but this video kinda just went over all the topics of mechanical engineering. No knock, but I'm not sure I really understood the "how" part, with respect to how to approach the learning - what I did get from this is there's a lot of topics that mech eng covers, but left without a sense of how to approach these topics from the perspective of wanting to learn and develop as a mech eng. What's the first project you should build so that you can move onto more complex stuff? What's the best topic material to build a foundation. What did you do while becoming a mech eng, that you wish you could have done differently? For example, if I were to study e.e. again, I'd recommend starting with analog circuits sooner. I started with digital circuits and don't think I ever gave enough attention to analog circuits. I would recommend someone doing e.e. to buy an oscilloscope, something I never had while learning about circuits in high school, which contributed to me avoiding analog circuits and limited me in that area of study. I got really good at digital circuits, but still struggle with analog circuits today because I never had the tools available that were needed, and eventually got turned off from the subject matter when it finally was presented way later in life. In terms of mech eng, what stuff would you change or do differently, that would have made you better today? That's what I'm curious about... (sayig: "understand the material" at the end of the video just feels like too broad a recommendation ... of course someone who understands the material is going to dominate when it comes to jobs because it's a competitive advantage and differentiator, but the "how" is still missing, on what you'd actually do differently if you could start over, so the video title is kinda never addressed). Anywho, I still appreciated watching, it was at least cool to see the different topics.
Thank for efforts!! This channel is definitely filling in a great void there is, regarding the lack of enough, quality mechanical engineering content on YT
It's quite amusing how I can still recall the fundamental concepts of mechanical engineering. While many of these concepts are interesting to know, they often fall short in securing a job in today's oversaturated mechanical engineering job market. In my view, the most critical skills for success in the field include proficiency in 2D/3D design, the ability to interpret technical drawings and symbols, proficiency in Excel and PDM and the capability to work hands-on. I hold a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree from Finland, and it's disheartening to note that a significant portion of my classmates faced challenges in finding relevant employment due to the scarcity of job opportunities in the industry. Instead, they ended up working in fields such as food delivery, truck driving, warehouse labor, or mechanic roles, earning salaries in the range of 10-13 euros per hour. Personally, I made a career shift into web development, and my current situation is much more favorable. One silver lining is that I didn't have to accumulate a substantial student loan for my education, especially considering that much of what I learned during my mechanical engineering studies falls into the category of "nice to know" rather than "need to know." 😄
agree, getting hard to find engineers who can structure a BOM properly, do CAD work, etc. Mechanical Drafters are apparently a thing of the past and now Engineers must do it themselves, and most can't.
@@vladimirleon2487problem is in Finland education is very cheap. So anyone and their brother can get a bachelor's degree fairly quickly. So in Finland, to work as a mechanical engineer you essentially need to go for the masters degree. A bachelor's might get you an internship which you could feasibly work up from. But without a masters you're gonna have a tough time in the market. Most entry level positions expect a masters. That said, Finnish Mech-Es are fairly well learned. So it's reasonable to be able to find international jobs. Many work in Germany or Norway especially early in their careers.
Love this video! I wish i saw this video sooner in my education and career. Great work, man. If i may, I'd like to add to some lessons that i think Mech. Engs. should learn earlier: - Machinists apprentice: I cannot emphasis this enough. I'm on the edge of thinking this should be a prerequesite for all MEs. What you need to know as a machinist is very much still required to be a mechanical engineer. The lessons you'll learn are unique from those in the classroom and it will make it stand out from your peers. - Tolerance stack-up: This is such an important analysis tool and i never learned a methodical way to do it in school, so I've had to develop my own. - Material selection: this is bread and butter and i thought i had a good knowledge of this, but you have to be rock-solid about the pros and cons, risks, and performance of common materials. Also, get used to selecting materials based on standard specifications, e.g. ASTM specs, if you care about their performance. - Hand calculations: don't get me wrong, computer based modeling and simulation has its place and you need to learn it to be relevant these days, but you can get very far with just hand calculations, simplifying assumptions, and a conservative model. Don't forget how to do this too much. - Analyzing over-constrained designs: simply supported structural members is a luxury that you may not always have. When designs are over-constrained, things get weird, and you have to be able up make accurate assumptions and know how mechanical components will behave just by looking at them, so that your analysis will be representative. Pro tip- viewing all your structural memebers as springs can help think through these types of problems.
I'm a kinesiology student developing a wearable thing that makes a particular labour job put much less strain on mostly your lower back muscles but the undergrad curriculum in kin doesn't really cover anything about materials. Only the biomechanical aspects of where supporting forces should be throughout the chosen movement are analyzed, so it basically assumes perfect theoretical materials lol. I'm mostly clueless about engineering except for glances at my civ eng friend's homework where I only ever really understood that stress and strain graph, so this video giving a name to mostly all the things I'll need to look further into is very useful.
I'm a senior atm. My advice: go into electrical engineering. Perhaps it's just my area and my university, but this industry feels like it's having an identity crisis and the lack of a cohesive idea of what it is really seems to be hindering the viability of the major. One mechanical engineer can have a VASTLY different skillset than another. I also feel like this major has really not adapted to the new technologies and programs available and the course-load is getting a bit too heavy overall and oscillating between requiring a deep understanding and a surface level knowledge. Again, it could just be my university, but it pains me to see what's happening to my chosen major--one that I adore the classical vision of (a person with a deep understanding of classical mechanics, manufacturing/fabrication, and a surface level understanding of electronics.) I blame material science and industrial engineering.
@@rehjiimartin6311 because in Argentina we have no prospects for good work offers? (don't know how it is said in english) after we graduate, and by itself the system is different also we have a lot of "engineering" courses at the very beginning of the career as industrial hygiene or industrial law, and those are kind of stressing and useless i'm kind of stuck with these and, because of the economic crisis, i'm also doing and looking for part time jobs (which are underpaid and overproductive) sry for answering it late i hope i made myself clear haha
FEA really makes that less of a need, unfortunately. Strengths and Mechanics were hardly covered at my school. We focused a LOT on dynamics though. Which I don't personally think is a bad thing.
Should keep in mind that mechanical engineering is the most broad engineering discipline. There are a dozen or more subspecialties within mechanical engineering. A mechanical engineer working on the aerodynamics of a car needs a different skillset from one working on its suspension. Though there is heavy overlap of course, which is why they both mech-Es.
In other words a flatness of .030, has one plane at +.015 and the other at -.015. Tolerance distribution is “equal, bilateral” unless otherwise specified.
There are a lot of overlapping courses from my engineering physics degree. But our is more focused on physics so the mechanical engineering part is just basic like material science and mechanics of material. Also heat transfer is unique
Hello Your video gives a clear cut idea , Thanks , Improvement points ,One more important Mechanical engineering skill is using Finite Element Analysis or Numerical analysis to validate the result and for optimised design,So please speak about FEM
You need to know basic safety things like Ohms law and Kirchhoff circuit laws since your mechanical system will interact with electronic systems. You will also probably learn about electric motors as a mechanical engineer and you need to understand a little bit about electromagnetic field theory for that.
From what I've seen it's *convenient* (not mandatory) to at least know basic electronics and coding. Both skills are high in demand, specially coding. I understand that, but I hate coding so much I personally won't be doing it, just electronics.
I am doing mechanical engineering in Utah I am still doing my prerequisites but can’t wait to start the actual classes of mechanical engineering. I would like to know if most of the jobs in mechanical engineering are sitting in a office or actually putting hands on because my mom told me I would be fixing cars lol, I told her that mechanical engineering is not only about that
It depends a lot on what industry you are in, the company you work for, and your job duties. We generally seem to hire people who are paid less than the engineers to do the majority of the hands on work while the engineers are less or possibly not at all involved in actual shop work. There are of course plenty of exceptions. For example, small companies tend to have a lot more hands on and diversity in job duties. In a large company you could get stuck doing the same thing every day such as only doing CAD design, or only running analysis simulations, or only working on excel. Plenty of engineers fix cars as a hobby but I'm guessing that you will likely not be doing it professionally.
@@downardesigns4148 I've always wanted to work in engineering because of practical stuff, and my parents really want me to do uni so what should i do as i really hate the idea of working in an office
@@fernandoroberts3591 Become a technician instead if you want hands on for your job. Most engineers spend almost all of their time on the computer, but of course there are exceptions. With that being said, if you have the opportunity to join a Formula Student team while at uni, you can get hands on work there if you want to.
I use Ekster wallets they are pretty good but i’ve learned from living in Florida is to try not to get sand in it one beach trip or two beach trips won’t hurt being a Floridian going to the beach a few times a month and you get sand in it every time it’ll start feeling clunky, but it’s still really good I have the carbon fiber one
Hello, let's make an assumption. Suppose I have an associate's degree in mechanical manufacturing (similar to mechanical engineering, but focused on developing engineering tools and mechanisms and manufacturing them), an associate's degree in mechatronics, and an associate's degree in data science. Adding it all up, there are around 120 subjects (university subjects) and approximately 7 thousand hours of study. If I want to go to the USA and complete a bachelor's degree equivalency, which bachelor's degree do you think best suits my profile? Will it be possible to obtain equivalence in more than one bachelor's degree?
I really enjoy your content! One thing: Carbon Fiber Composites are definitely not the most common Composites - Glass Fiber Composites are. While Carbon Fibers are the go to in high tech products (e.g. Aircrafts), Glass Fibers are used a lot more in general considering their very good technical properties while still being affordable. Carbon Fiber production requires a massive amount of energy compared to glass fibers, which results in a very high price (and environmental footprint), which it needs to offset during the usage phase of a product. Highly active products such as aircrafts regain those economic and environmental disadvantages from the material production, as the increased degree of lightweight engineering in those products result in a lower energy consumption during the products life cycle. For most products glass fibers is the go to because of that, e.g. cars or windblades. Carbon fibers do sometimes get used in those products as well (in cars mostly cause they look cool, in windblades because at certain lengths some layers of CF really helps with the technical requirements), but overall glass fiber composites applications are more common.
What a scary list of subjects one must learn to be a mechanical engineer! No wonder so many people choose studying business management so that they can hire engineers to do the hard jobs while they partying through colleges.
Im graduaring in Industrial Design but im looking for something more challenging and persuing a masters in this, I hate how Design has lost the technical part at least from where I am from. We design a cute chair and the engineers must do the rest?! I hate how people get so confortable being ignorant in some fields. In design we dont go so deep in some aspects, although i had Materials, processes of manufacturing and physics 1, i know i must study way more before my masters. Any tips are always welcome 😅
I am a mechanical student but,I am not passionate about mechanical enginnering or other enginnering branches. I don't have any passion in other field.I just want to improve my knowledge and build a good career. So that's why i came to watch your video.
Can you make a video talking about and comparing online mechanical engineering degrees? Like the one from Oregon State University and Arizona State University.
tbh i learned fusion 360 (which appears to be just fusion now) by playing with it and making models for fun, but there are a lot of simple tutorials from this goofy looking guy in a hat. most of the learning just comes down to modeling more and expanding the cad tools (like i recently learned the fusion sheet metal section and now i'm learning simulations)
I'll disagree with others here. I've worked in aerospace at one of the biggies for four years as a non degreed engineer, and am currently a senior for my ARO undergrad. I'd say that the aero-specific courses have given me an edge over ME coworkers. For masters, a systems engineering degree is very useful.
you list a bunch of stuff that already has pretty established designs, like CPU coolers, rockets or airplanes, I don't know what your job is but are you using all this to build new types of stuff that already has established designs?
So here's the thing: People started to HATE mechanical engineering (in some sense). You see, for CS, EC/EE we got so many tutorials but for mechanical engineering, there is NOT a single soul who is ready to walk through it. People think the future is CS and Electronics alone, but they should also realise that Mechanical also has a broad future (This is partially because everyone wants a very high paying job. But lemme ask you straight, do you like the job you do? What are you going to do with that much money?) With the introduction to AI, DS, ML any engineer who has a wonderful knowledge in software and hardware can make it work. That said, any ME with a good computing knowledge, IS THE BEST Engineer as of now. The hardware knowledge, that MEs have is beyond comprehension. Also to mention it through, however you might try, you cannot dismantle mechanical engineering. I mean it literally. ME is one of the oldest engineering course and it has survived through that much long enough. Also with the lack of talented MEs, companies like NASA, ESA, Tesla, SpaceX (literally every automation company) are having shit ton of openings for AE/ME. Automation is the future. Which means, ME is the future. I hope this trend towards MEs change as time progresses.
I completed Mechanical Engineering and got job as a pressure vessel designer. After working 5 years i moved to canada for better opportunities. However i see IT jobs are highly paid compared to Mechanical Engineer.
I believe Chemistry is a prerequisite for Physics(at my school it is). The EEs at my school don’t have to take it though. It may vary at different universities, so I’m not 100 percent sure.
I didn’t take chemistry and I’m not in my first year of engineering and it’s the only module I’m struggling with everything else is fine so I’d say you’re good like just means you’ll have to learn it when you get to college. Or learn it on your own now to help,p u in furture
A one semester abbreviated course of “chemistry for engineers” is typical. It introduces inorganic chemistry, but is unlikely to have much time for organic chemistry.
College level chemistry is a prerequisite course for your Engineering Materials course, also commonly called Material Science which is a required ME course. I would recommend taking chemistry, physics, and calculus courses in high school to prepare you for the rigorous courses that you will take in engineering. If you are not ready for calculus 1 in your first semester of college then you may want to consider community college. Community colleges can be a great place to fill in knowledge gaps and even complete the first two years of engineering courses.
Don’t listen to the people in these comments who love chemistry, as a graduate from engineering I can confirm chemistry is absolutely useless. You take one class in first year that’s easier or if anything the same as the high school chemistry. Addressing the material science argument , just because they mention atoms and electrons doesn’t mean you need to know chemistry. No chemistry what so ever is used in material science classes … zero. Any thing to do with chemistry in other courses will be re taught anyways and is very very small portion of chemistry that arguably isn’t Chemistry but just math such as “balancing equations “ that’s the most chemistry you’ll need and they’ll re teach it anyways.
Clicked your video after being bored from studying composites for my Materials Science exam, dude went on to introduce the topic within 3 minutes. Lmao
You should take tutorial classes on mechanical engineering subject. So that mechanical students can learn it becuase yt videos are filled with so many cs tutorials but no long tutorials on mech subjects. this is so disturbing as mechanical engineering student.
@@Rayruey HS physics is not easy since it is inexperienced by the student in their typical studies. They survive it, some do well but they now have a taste of the learning that is to come. My best HS buddy flunked the 1st semester HS physics. He had a career as a physicist. The best determination of engineering school success is the ability to remain confident in the face of short-term failures.
Would it be hard to learn this stuff without studying it, and if yes, how could I approach this best? I am going to study biology next year, but i am also very interested in engeneering. Lateron id love to merge both as i want to work in bionics and biologybased engeneering.
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The lack of mechanical engineering tutorials on youtube is disturbing.
what would you like to see on yt?
lol I noticed that aswell, there are tons of computer science but zero mechanical engineering
Is it because Computer Science relies solely on a laptop and a good internet connection while Mechanical Engineering requires more sophisticated laboratories? @@MALIK-bc4tn
there are entire Mechanical Engineering lecture series on TH-cam.
Not sure exactly what sorts of tutorials you're looking for?
Could you give some examples of the best courses for Mechanical Engineering?@@SoloRenegade
One thing I feel like you missed, which is taught at my university, is machine design. Things like gears, bearings, pressure vessels, bolts, nuts, other fasteners, integrating things you learned about beams from mechanics, etc. This is very important for basic designs, and even though I myself am not a mechanical engineering major, rather materials engineering, there are so many mechanical engineers that still dont understand these basic things like how to select a bearing, or what bolt and nut size to use, and how things should be attached. People are too focused on coding, circuits, thermo, and cading individual parts that they just completely skip over how they are going to implement it in their system.
I totally agree. I immediately think of two separate stories involving O-rings- on both occasions, I had peers who were trying to specifify O-ring details, not realizing there are companies out there with a comprehensive list of products that could fit any regular sized joint you can think of. All you have to do is look up the part number.
ty for sharing that's what I was looking for to learn
Both my machine design and my control system engineering professors gave me short lists of sites to get part specs - digikey, for electronic parts, being the only one I remember off the top of my head. Those lists have been invaluable for just that sort of thing. If you can’t find an existing ring, or a pin, or a sensor, or whatever that’ll fit within your design, then your design is probably flawed.
As a person who’s looking to get into this field, I’ve been trying to figure this very thing out. I haven’t been able to pose the question in the way you’ve described. I, too, would really love to know this.
As a student who passionately wants to learn mechanical engineering this video was the best
Covering all the basic topics in all those subjects is surely what i was planning on but you just made me sure of myself and all in all a great video for students and for mechanical engineers in general
I’m a game design student, however I love seeing stuff like this. I wanted to learn mechanical engineering out of curiosity and I never realized how complex it actually is. Very interesting stuff.
Love this video. I graduated with mechanical engineering last year. We need more videos about mechanical engineers!
Thank you for putting this together man! I'm a year+ into my Mechanical Engineering schooling and this was the best most comprehensive break down I've seen yet! I can't wait to check out the top 80 interview questions guide.
Thanks for the video. I'm a 20 year old machinist looking to become an engineer and this has really helped me see that its possible. After I graduated highschool I had some personal issues that made it so college wasn't really an option. instead I went to trade school and started working, I really like the work but id like to start getting into the design of parts and assemblies. I already have a good amount of knowledge on material properties, tolerances, components, manufacturing processes and some physics as well as a couple years experience in manufacturing and this video has helped me see what I need to improve on in order to reach that goal. My question is does where you get a degree matter much to employers and will my machining experience help me or hurt me in geting interviews
The majority of employers value skills experience and attitude over the school. Your machining and manufacturing experience will definitely help with landing more interviews and designing better parts.
Just go to your local community college/technical college to get credits to either get the degree or transfer to a university. You got this!
All that matters is that you can do the job, like learning, and be a good person to work with.
With your experience that’ll totally help. Hell, I’m self taught. Spent a few years learning the math, programming, and theory while practicing building stuff on a diy cnc. Got my first engineering job in a start-up by attaching a portfolio of those projects with my resume then brought them in with their log books to the interview, answered technical questions, and made a few laughs happen.
This was less than 10 years ago
Hey man, it sounds almost identical to what I’m currently doing. I’m 22 and went to university for a year and had personal issue that forced me to drop out. I picked up a machinist job in die cast and decided to try and pursue my education in an untraditional route. I’m nowhere close where I want to be and often it feels like I’m stuck. It’s nice to hear that there’s someone going through similar struggles. Stay ambitious and we’ll get there man.
I'm a 23 year old military trained machinist (no certs/civllian work experience) and working towards mechanical engineering degree. From my professors opinions, machining experience should help greatly as its tied, especially to manufacturing engineering. (that'd be my recommendation so your knowledge now supports the degree)
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This is a fantastic video, absolutely on point with the general idea of this bachelors degree and what it covers. I'm currently in my second year studying Mech Eng. in Germany and have pretty much finished all the essential courses you mentioned in this video. One thing I feel like you've missed is Machine Elements (Sometimes called Machine Design or even Konstruktionstechnik ) which was a very important course IMO, cause it taught you how to create a "Machine" ( for instance in our final we had to calculate and draw a 3-gear gearbox, without syncs, where the calculations were mainly focused on the actual gears and the shaft itself alongside of the bearings, the housing was not required to be calculated per Method B, all within 3.5 hours on a A2 paper with a 1:2 scale). It first of all taught me how to design something according to Norms and then also gave me an idea what to watch out for, like interferences etc. , while working in CAD when I started being part of a FSAE Team. I remember vividly a guy in our course did not pass because he forgot to integrate a shaft seal and didn't have anything to compensate for it, but that gearbox would have blown up due to starvation had it been "cleared", and that was our professors argument for failing him. Although extremely shitty, was still absolutely correct and that mistake will probably never be repeated by the guy.
In conclusion the degree is tough but god damn it is it fun to do if u start actually getting stuff right.
Engineering school is NOT taught by engineers! It is taught by engineering academics. While I had some excellent professors, the best had industry experience. This is why co-op should be mandatory for engineering. I had the advantage of having 45 years in manufacturing and evening community college teaching. We do a poor job of preparing graduating engineers for the industry workplace. It is only the very, very few that will apply the theoretical knowledge that they have been taught. As discussed in this video, the most important thing is understanding the principles' linkage.
I was sort of expecting a plan on how to sequence the order of studying things so as to make best/most efficient use of time, or things you would have done differently in your progression, but this video kinda just went over all the topics of mechanical engineering. No knock, but I'm not sure I really understood the "how" part, with respect to how to approach the learning - what I did get from this is there's a lot of topics that mech eng covers, but left without a sense of how to approach these topics from the perspective of wanting to learn and develop as a mech eng. What's the first project you should build so that you can move onto more complex stuff? What's the best topic material to build a foundation. What did you do while becoming a mech eng, that you wish you could have done differently? For example, if I were to study e.e. again, I'd recommend starting with analog circuits sooner. I started with digital circuits and don't think I ever gave enough attention to analog circuits. I would recommend someone doing e.e. to buy an oscilloscope, something I never had while learning about circuits in high school, which contributed to me avoiding analog circuits and limited me in that area of study. I got really good at digital circuits, but still struggle with analog circuits today because I never had the tools available that were needed, and eventually got turned off from the subject matter when it finally was presented way later in life. In terms of mech eng, what stuff would you change or do differently, that would have made you better today? That's what I'm curious about... (sayig: "understand the material" at the end of the video just feels like too broad a recommendation ... of course someone who understands the material is going to dominate when it comes to jobs because it's a competitive advantage and differentiator, but the "how" is still missing, on what you'd actually do differently if you could start over, so the video title is kinda never addressed). Anywho, I still appreciated watching, it was at least cool to see the different topics.
Appreciate the feedback! To be continued…
@@EngineeringGoneWild Yessir, I'm looking forward to the saga! Save new m.e.'s from the pitfalls you discovered! Keep grinding my man, you're awesome
12:20 yes, please do that! Would love a video of yours about a "technical" topic!
A lot of good details here. Electro mechanical design might be the most sought after skill in the market these days
Why so?
@@redone823EVs
almost every mechanical system is controlled by an electrical one these days
Thank for efforts!! This channel is definitely filling in a great void there is, regarding the lack of enough, quality mechanical engineering content on YT
It's quite amusing how I can still recall the fundamental concepts of mechanical engineering. While many of these concepts are interesting to know, they often fall short in securing a job in today's oversaturated mechanical engineering job market. In my view, the most critical skills for success in the field include proficiency in 2D/3D design, the ability to interpret technical drawings and symbols, proficiency in Excel and PDM and the capability to work hands-on.
I hold a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree from Finland, and it's disheartening to note that a significant portion of my classmates faced challenges in finding relevant employment due to the scarcity of job opportunities in the industry. Instead, they ended up working in fields such as food delivery, truck driving, warehouse labor, or mechanic roles, earning salaries in the range of 10-13 euros per hour.
Personally, I made a career shift into web development, and my current situation is much more favorable. One silver lining is that I didn't have to accumulate a substantial student loan for my education, especially considering that much of what I learned during my mechanical engineering studies falls into the category of "nice to know" rather than "need to know." 😄
Oversaturated job market for ME's in Finland? Weird. I'm in the USA, Arizona. I don't think we have that problem at all.
agree, getting hard to find engineers who can structure a BOM properly, do CAD work, etc. Mechanical Drafters are apparently a thing of the past and now Engineers must do it themselves, and most can't.
Damn ... your English is quite good , probably better than that of native speakers
@@ramy8338 Better than native speakers? Da fok mate? Getcha fokin' ass outta here🤦🏼♀️
@@vladimirleon2487problem is in Finland education is very cheap. So anyone and their brother can get a bachelor's degree fairly quickly. So in Finland, to work as a mechanical engineer you essentially need to go for the masters degree.
A bachelor's might get you an internship which you could feasibly work up from. But without a masters you're gonna have a tough time in the market. Most entry level positions expect a masters.
That said, Finnish Mech-Es are fairly well learned. So it's reasonable to be able to find international jobs. Many work in Germany or Norway especially early in their careers.
Love this video! I wish i saw this video sooner in my education and career. Great work, man.
If i may, I'd like to add to some lessons that i think Mech. Engs. should learn earlier:
- Machinists apprentice: I cannot emphasis this enough. I'm on the edge of thinking this should be a prerequesite for all MEs. What you need to know as a machinist is very much still required to be a mechanical engineer. The lessons you'll learn are unique from those in the classroom and it will make it stand out from your peers.
- Tolerance stack-up: This is such an important analysis tool and i never learned a methodical way to do it in school, so I've had to develop my own.
- Material selection: this is bread and butter and i thought i had a good knowledge of this, but you have to be rock-solid about the pros and cons, risks, and performance of common materials. Also, get used to selecting materials based on standard specifications, e.g. ASTM specs, if you care about their performance.
- Hand calculations: don't get me wrong, computer based modeling and simulation has its place and you need to learn it to be relevant these days, but you can get very far with just hand calculations, simplifying assumptions, and a conservative model. Don't forget how to do this too much.
- Analyzing over-constrained designs: simply supported structural members is a luxury that you may not always have. When designs are over-constrained, things get weird, and you have to be able up make accurate assumptions and know how mechanical components will behave just by looking at them, so that your analysis will be representative. Pro tip- viewing all your structural memebers as springs can help think through these types of problems.
Thanks this video really helps alot when it comes to understanding the standards followed in different parts of the world.
Thank you for making this content. Very inspiring. Please keep up the good work
great job. Hope you'd make more videos on this topic. We dont really have lots of videos available for ME
Literally the best video ive seen on the topic. Thx:)
I'm a kinesiology student developing a wearable thing that makes a particular labour job put much less strain on mostly your lower back muscles but the undergrad curriculum in kin doesn't really cover anything about materials. Only the biomechanical aspects of where supporting forces should be throughout the chosen movement are analyzed, so it basically assumes perfect theoretical materials lol. I'm mostly clueless about engineering except for glances at my civ eng friend's homework where I only ever really understood that stress and strain graph, so this video giving a name to mostly all the things I'll need to look further into is very useful.
I'm a senior atm. My advice: go into electrical engineering. Perhaps it's just my area and my university, but this industry feels like it's having an identity crisis and the lack of a cohesive idea of what it is really seems to be hindering the viability of the major. One mechanical engineer can have a VASTLY different skillset than another.
I also feel like this major has really not adapted to the new technologies and programs available and the course-load is getting a bit too heavy overall and oscillating between requiring a deep understanding and a surface level knowledge. Again, it could just be my university, but it pains me to see what's happening to my chosen major--one that I adore the classical vision of (a person with a deep understanding of classical mechanics, manufacturing/fabrication, and a surface level understanding of electronics.) I blame material science and industrial engineering.
Amazing and insightful video, thank you!
Mechanical Engineers really are the red-headed step-children of engineering on youtube it seems.
GOD YES i've been 3 years now studying mechanical engineering and i'm sick as fuck of it thank you for giving me hope
Why, just curious?
@@rehjiimartin6311 because in Argentina we have no prospects for good work offers? (don't know how it is said in english) after we graduate, and by itself the system is different
also we have a lot of "engineering" courses at the very beginning of the career as industrial hygiene or industrial law, and those are kind of stressing and useless
i'm kind of stuck with these and, because of the economic crisis, i'm also doing and looking for part time jobs (which are underpaid and overproductive)
sry for answering it late i hope i made myself clear haha
@@santiagovatt6053 you should consider relocating
Every mechanical engineer should be really good with Strength or Materials and understanding materials
FEA really makes that less of a need, unfortunately. Strengths and Mechanics were hardly covered at my school. We focused a LOT on dynamics though. Which I don't personally think is a bad thing.
Inverted delta does not represent divergence, it represents nabla(del operator) it operates both on a scalar, vector or higher rank tensor field.
Thanks for pointing that out. Divergence is represented by inverted delta dot😅
A nice video, I wish this was available in my days as a student
please make more video for (If I Could Start Over)
Should keep in mind that mechanical engineering is the most broad engineering discipline. There are a dozen or more subspecialties within mechanical engineering. A mechanical engineer working on the aerodynamics of a car needs a different skillset from one working on its suspension. Though there is heavy overlap of course, which is why they both mech-Es.
The dimension associated with a flatness tolerance is the total thickness of the zone, not the bilateral tolerance from the surface.
In other words a flatness of .030, has one plane at +.015 and the other at -.015. Tolerance distribution is “equal, bilateral” unless otherwise specified.
There are a lot of overlapping courses from my engineering physics degree. But our is more focused on physics so the mechanical engineering part is just basic like material science and mechanics of material. Also heat transfer is unique
awesome video thank you :D
Thanks for the video 🤝🏻
Video is fire my dude 💯🔥🔥🔥
Thank God, finally their is one video which is not about data science
Hello Your video gives a clear cut idea , Thanks , Improvement points ,One more important Mechanical engineering skill is using Finite Element Analysis or Numerical analysis to validate the result and for optimised design,So please speak about FEM
This is very helpful to me, btw, I'm 3rd year now, thank you sire. Philippines❤
Thanks. Appreciate the effort. Very useful for Students and New Grads.
I hated naviar stokes equations. Similarly in heat transfer the 3-D non-steady state heat transfer problems. They just take forever to do my hand.
Great Video thank you.
Wish I had this a year ago. Good stuff honestly
I am still confused about how much of electronics , circuits, and programming does a mechanical engineer must know?
Depends on the job and on the uni it is mostly basic stuff. You might have to know more for some specialization
I'm doing mechanical taking electrical circuit 1 just no more 😂😂 I don't think ME needs it more than that
You need to know basic safety things like Ohms law and Kirchhoff circuit laws since your mechanical system will interact with electronic systems. You will also probably learn about electric motors as a mechanical engineer and you need to understand a little bit about electromagnetic field theory for that.
From what I've seen it's *convenient* (not mandatory) to at least know basic electronics and coding. Both skills are high in demand, specially coding. I understand that, but I hate coding so much I personally won't be doing it, just electronics.
Great make more versions like this
I am doing mechanical engineering in Utah I am still doing my prerequisites but can’t wait to start the actual classes of mechanical engineering. I would like to know if most of the jobs in mechanical engineering are sitting in a office or actually putting hands on because my mom told me I would be fixing cars lol, I told her that mechanical engineering is not only about that
It depends a lot on what industry you are in, the company you work for, and your job duties. We generally seem to hire people who are paid less than the engineers to do the majority of the hands on work while the engineers are less or possibly not at all involved in actual shop work. There are of course plenty of exceptions. For example, small companies tend to have a lot more hands on and diversity in job duties. In a large company you could get stuck doing the same thing every day such as only doing CAD design, or only running analysis simulations, or only working on excel. Plenty of engineers fix cars as a hobby but I'm guessing that you will likely not be doing it professionally.
Very well said👏
@@downardesigns4148 I've always wanted to work in engineering because of practical stuff, and my parents really want me to do uni so what should i do as i really hate the idea of working in an office
@@fernandoroberts3591have an honest conversation with your parents.
@@fernandoroberts3591 Become a technician instead if you want hands on for your job. Most engineers spend almost all of their time on the computer, but of course there are exceptions. With that being said, if you have the opportunity to join a Formula Student team while at uni, you can get hands on work there if you want to.
GREAT VIDEO!!!
Great video concept. Subscribing, and thank you!
great video ur channel is pretty good. subscribed
7:54 how did u make this graph ? What application or tutorial plz ?
I'm a biologist but I really have a great interest in mechanics❤
Can you make a video about mec eng books you have studied during your educations?
Forget to add HVAC&R, ICE, steam, power plant and nuclear eng’g + drafting + basic electrical, electronics, civil, plumbing, chemical eng’g
I use Ekster wallets they are pretty good but i’ve learned from living in Florida is to try not to get sand in it one beach trip or two beach trips won’t hurt being a Floridian going to the beach a few times a month and you get sand in it every time it’ll start feeling clunky, but it’s still really good I have the carbon fiber one
If only your channel existed a decade back
I'm not sure why gd&t is still completely ignored by universities
I am in the 10th year of high school. I'm not sure whether I should choose Computer Engineering or Mechanical Engineering to do at college
I wish I’d had this video when I was 21.
Thank you so much ❤
Hello, let's make an assumption.
Suppose I have an associate's degree in mechanical manufacturing (similar to mechanical engineering, but focused on developing engineering tools and mechanisms and manufacturing them), an associate's degree in mechatronics, and an associate's degree in data science.
Adding it all up, there are around 120 subjects (university subjects) and approximately 7 thousand hours of study.
If I want to go to the USA and complete a bachelor's degree equivalency, which bachelor's degree do you think best suits my profile?
Will it be possible to obtain equivalence in more than one bachelor's degree?
you're the realest ME youtuber
I really enjoy your content! One thing: Carbon Fiber Composites are definitely not the most common Composites - Glass Fiber Composites are. While Carbon Fibers are the go to in high tech products (e.g. Aircrafts), Glass Fibers are used a lot more in general considering their very good technical properties while still being affordable. Carbon Fiber production requires a massive amount of energy compared to glass fibers, which results in a very high price (and environmental footprint), which it needs to offset during the usage phase of a product. Highly active products such as aircrafts regain those economic and environmental disadvantages from the material production, as the increased degree of lightweight engineering in those products result in a lower energy consumption during the products life cycle. For most products glass fibers is the go to because of that, e.g. cars or windblades. Carbon fibers do sometimes get used in those products as well (in cars mostly cause they look cool, in windblades because at certain lengths some layers of CF really helps with the technical requirements), but overall glass fiber composites applications are more common.
What a scary list of subjects one must learn to be a mechanical engineer! No wonder so many people choose studying business management so that they can hire engineers to do the hard jobs while they partying through colleges.
Im graduaring in Industrial Design but im looking for something more challenging and persuing a masters in this, I hate how Design has lost the technical part at least from where I am from. We design a cute chair and the engineers must do the rest?! I hate how people get so confortable being ignorant in some fields. In design we dont go so deep in some aspects, although i had Materials, processes of manufacturing and physics 1, i know i must study way more before my masters. Any tips are always welcome 😅
Thank you for sharing this knowledge 👏👏👏👏👏
Every "this is what I would have learned if I started *** early" starts with the same monologue
You miss
1. Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics
2. Maintenance
3. Machine Elements
I am a mechanical student but,I am not passionate about mechanical enginnering or other enginnering branches. I don't have any passion in other field.I just want to improve my knowledge and build a good career. So that's why i came to watch your video.
Same 😕
I have attached this TH-cam link for my students.
Can you make a video talking about and comparing online mechanical engineering degrees? Like the one from Oregon State University and Arizona State University.
I don't recommend OSU. Place is starting to feel like a diploma mill
So if you were to start over again, you will primarily focus on these topics you mentioned on the video?
thank you bro
From where did you learn cad and cae softwares ? can you provide us resources please
tbh i learned fusion 360 (which appears to be just fusion now) by playing with it and making models for fun, but there are a lot of simple tutorials from this goofy looking guy in a hat. most of the learning just comes down to modeling more and expanding the cad tools (like i recently learned the fusion sheet metal section and now i'm learning simulations)
Am i right in saying : yield strength = stress at 0.2% strain
Is fusion 360 not good?
Navier Stokes, not Naviar Stokes, just a little correction
What about Fusion 360? Can someone find a job with that skill?
what software do mechanical engineers learn at mit for 4 years
Would there any great difference in doing it 100% online or in person in an actual classroom?
thank you
if i want to work in aerospace industry such as Spacex, is it better to major in mechanical, or aerospace engineering?
General mechanical engineering degree is preferred for undergrad. You can concentrate in Aerospace.
in my university they're 2 separate degrees, so i wouldn't be able to specialize Aero until post grad@@EngineeringGoneWild
Yeah specialise in postgrad only
I'll disagree with others here. I've worked in aerospace at one of the biggies for four years as a non degreed engineer, and am currently a senior for my ARO undergrad. I'd say that the aero-specific courses have given me an edge over ME coworkers. For masters, a systems engineering degree is very useful.
this helps. is it because you're more specialized?@@aadams3316
you list a bunch of stuff that already has pretty established designs, like CPU coolers, rockets or airplanes, I don't know what your job is but are you using all this to build new types of stuff that already has established designs?
Thanks
So here's the thing: People started to HATE mechanical engineering (in some sense). You see, for CS, EC/EE we got so many tutorials but for mechanical engineering, there is NOT a single soul who is ready to walk through it. People think the future is CS and Electronics alone, but they should also realise that Mechanical also has a broad future (This is partially because everyone wants a very high paying job. But lemme ask you straight, do you like the job you do? What are you going to do with that much money?)
With the introduction to AI, DS, ML any engineer who has a wonderful knowledge in software and hardware can make it work. That said, any ME with a good computing knowledge, IS THE BEST Engineer as of now. The hardware knowledge, that MEs have is beyond comprehension.
Also to mention it through, however you might try, you cannot dismantle mechanical engineering. I mean it literally. ME is one of the oldest engineering course and it has survived through that much long enough. Also with the lack of talented MEs, companies like NASA, ESA, Tesla, SpaceX (literally every automation company) are having shit ton of openings for AE/ME. Automation is the future. Which means, ME is the future.
I hope this trend towards MEs change as time progresses.
I completed Mechanical Engineering and got job as a pressure vessel designer. After working 5 years i moved to canada for better opportunities. However i see IT jobs are highly paid compared to Mechanical Engineer.
Where are you originally from ?
How hard is it getting a job overseas?
2 years still I graduate, rly wana study mechanical engineering. However I'm not taking chemistry is this a huge problem?
I believe Chemistry is a prerequisite for Physics(at my school it is). The EEs at my school don’t have to take it though. It may vary at different universities, so I’m not 100 percent sure.
I didn’t take chemistry and I’m not in my first year of engineering and it’s the only module I’m struggling with everything else is fine so I’d say you’re good like just means you’ll have to learn it when you get to college. Or learn it on your own now to help,p u in furture
A one semester abbreviated course of “chemistry for engineers” is typical. It introduces inorganic chemistry, but is unlikely to have much time for organic chemistry.
College level chemistry is a prerequisite course for your Engineering Materials course, also commonly called Material Science which is a required ME course. I would recommend taking chemistry, physics, and calculus courses in high school to prepare you for the rigorous courses that you will take in engineering. If you are not ready for calculus 1 in your first semester of college then you may want to consider community college. Community colleges can be a great place to fill in knowledge gaps and even complete the first two years of engineering courses.
Don’t listen to the people in these comments who love chemistry, as a graduate from engineering I can confirm chemistry is absolutely useless. You take one class in first year that’s easier or if anything the same as the high school chemistry. Addressing the material science argument , just because they mention atoms and electrons doesn’t mean you need to know chemistry. No chemistry what so ever is used in material science classes … zero. Any thing to do with chemistry in other courses will be re taught anyways and is very very small portion of chemistry that arguably isn’t Chemistry but just math such as “balancing equations “ that’s the most chemistry you’ll need and they’ll re teach it anyways.
Clicked your video after being bored from studying composites for my Materials Science exam, dude went on to introduce the topic within 3 minutes. Lmao
As a guy who just graduated, going in and out of university, this video is great rehearsal.
Mechanical engineering is probably a single most valuable degree one can pursue.
You should take tutorial classes on mechanical engineering subject. So that mechanical students can learn it becuase yt videos are filled with so many cs tutorials but no long tutorials on mech subjects. this is so disturbing as mechanical engineering student.
Where is the best place to learn GD&T
A machine shop lol
"injection moaning machine?" 🤔
😁 molding machine
Man you are the only person who talks about ME.
how math intensive are engineering jobs because that's the one thing I lack in my jack-of-all-trades belt.
I feel like I took this in high school
Should I switch from medicine to engineering
Or is it just as hard?
You did NOT take this in high school to any major extent.
@@johnkeefe20 so do engineering majors usually find highschool physics easy?
@@Rayruey HS physics is not easy since it is inexperienced by the student in their typical studies. They survive it, some do well but they now have a taste of the learning that is to come. My best HS buddy flunked the 1st semester HS physics. He had a career as a physicist. The best determination of engineering school success is the ability to remain confident in the face of short-term failures.
I was so into the video then Ekster showed up LOL
So an interview is like an exam … 😭
The constantly moving paper background made it very hard to focus on the slides. Great video otherwise
R u doing job ?
Errant was here
Would it be hard to learn this stuff without studying it, and if yes, how could I approach this best?
I am going to study biology next year, but i am also very interested in engeneering. Lateron id love to merge both as i want to work in bionics and biologybased engeneering.