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[QUOTE="76GMC1500, post: 1185429, member: 73139"] It's hard to say exactly what you do as a mechanical engineer since they do so much. Fresh out of college, and working for an engineering firm, you'll likely be doing number crunching or engineering calculations at a desk. You may or may not see the finished product, you may even only work on a single component of a complex system. As you get higher in the field, you'll likely become a manager and oversee projects. In that case, you will get to see the finished product because you have to ensure it performs as necessary. On the other side of the spectrum, mechanical engineers may work for a production facility like a refinery or a factory. At a refinery, you may have process engineers which oversee the production process and do thermodynamics calculations. At any time, they may be asked to design or improve systems. In that case, the engineer will either have to draw up plans and do calculations for a new system or contract out to a specialist and oversee the design of the system. Working in refineries and whatever, you'll certainly see the results of your work. It's pretty common for ME's to go into the HVAC industry as well, designing/specifying ventilation systems. There thousands of types of jobs an ME can do. Speedy mentioned the lack of knowledge ME's have right out of school. The field is so broad, the schools can't really make you ready for the real world. They just give you the most basic of knowledge that you will have to build on once you start a carreer. At my school, we also have a engineering technology major. I'm sure this is similar to the technologist. In general, the ET runs the power plant while the ME designs the boilers. [/QUOTE]
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