Engineers/Scientists/Math Folks Thread.

Dommo · May 19, 2008

I just want to take a census of the people that are actually involved in the Hard Sciences or Math.

Dommo-Mechanical Engineer/math
Bartholomew-Computers
Moewgirl-Electrical Engineer
BenBradley-Applied Electronics/Programming
Alleycat-Structural Engineer
Mac H.-Electronics/Software Engineer
Astonwest-Aerospace Engineer

Bartholomew · May 19, 2008

I love math and I am double majoring in Journalism / Applied sciences. Emphasis on computers. Hope that counts!

Dommo · May 19, 2008

Part of the reason I kind of want to do that, is so when questions of a technical nature get raised, we know who to ask.

benbradley · May 19, 2008

My nose is itching. Or is it that my ears are burning. Whatever.

I've had a career in electronics design and embedded programming in spite of having only three years toward a four-year EE degree. I've always been very interested in science in general, and have done a lot of reading, though mostly of "popular" science books (from Asimov and many others) and magazines (mainly Scientific American).

alleycat · May 19, 2008

Structural engineering.

benbradley · May 19, 2008

Dommo said:
Part of the reason I kind of want to do that, is so when questions of a technical nature get raised, we know who to ask.

Also, under the "Story Research" forum is a sticky thread, "List Your Specialist Subjects" where people in general (not just science/techy people) have done this.

Dommo · May 19, 2008

w00t Engineers Represent!

Yeah, I've got a Mechanical Engineering degree, math minor, with a specialization in vehicle systems.

Did a bit of cross training as well electrically, but it definitely isn't my area of expertise.

The reason I made this thread, is because we're the folks who might be able to answer any technical questions having that people have, and it's science focused. Otherwise, it's kind of hard to scroll through the dozens of pages on the other thread.

Mac H. · May 19, 2008

Electronics/Software Engineer here - mainly Embedded systems firmware.
(Usually medical, but with a bit of variation)

Mac

Bartholomew · May 19, 2008

Dommo said:
Part of the reason I kind of want to do that, is so when questions of a technical nature get raised, we know who to ask.

Maybe, then, you could keep a list in post #1?

astonwest · May 20, 2008

Aerospace Engineer working as a Mechanical Engineer (but slowly transfiguring into a manager...ugh).

Dommo · May 20, 2008

I'll go through and update the post later today. Thanks for the recommendation.

jennontheisland · May 20, 2008

Environmental Engineering Tech.

Just got accepted at the local U into the Civil/Environmental Engineering Program.

geardrops · May 20, 2008

Recently graduated Computer Engineering (EE/CS) from Santa Clara University, applying for my Master's there.

Also, I have a philosophy minor, which sweeps out of left field.

dobiwon · May 20, 2008

Degrees in Chemistry--40+ years as an analytical chemist in QA and R&D.

dmytryp · May 21, 2008

Materials engineer and BA in physics. Deal mostly with polymers, nano particles and composites.

waylander · May 21, 2008

PhD in Chemistry, working as a synthetic/medicinal chemist in big pharma

Tburger · May 21, 2008

PhD geologist w/background in biochem.

Keffington · May 22, 2008

In three weeks I'll have my B.S. in physics.

I've taken a little bit of everything in the department, from stellar astrophysics to quantum mechanics. I'm considering going for a Ph.D. in the future, but that depends on whether or not I think I'll be able to write while I'm studying for it.

... I can hear you laughing, you know.

Deirdre · May 22, 2008

M.S. in Computer Science + 32 years in the field.

Ruv Draba · May 22, 2008

PhD in IT and pure math. 28 years in R&D and industry; currently running an IT Management consulting firm. Strategy, Program management, Project management, computer architectures, data mining, privacy, business intelligence, information management, artificial intelligence, decision systems, ethics.

dmytryp · May 23, 2008

Keffington said:
In three weeks I'll have my B.S. in physics.

I've taken a little bit of everything in the department, from stellar astrophysics to quantum mechanics. I'm considering going for a Ph.D. in the future, but that depends on whether or not I think I'll be able to write while I'm studying for it.

... I can hear you laughing, you know.

I think you mean BSc. BS is something else entirely

Dommo · May 23, 2008

I thought you had a math background Ruv, just by the way you phrased your arguments on the atheism topics.

SPMiller · May 24, 2008

BS in CS, emphasis on language theory.

geardrops · May 25, 2008

dmytryp said:
I think you mean BSc. BS is something else entirely

Although I will say that it often feels like BS

Also, when the top post gets updated, perhaps this thread could be stickied? It'd make for a pretty good resource for people to know who to bother

Keffington · May 28, 2008

dmytryp said:
I think you mean BSc. BS is something else entirely

I've only ever seen Bachelor of Science shortened as B.S. It's listed that way by my university and both variants are listed in both Merriam-Websters and the OED.

It might be a dialect difference.

Either way, I'll be FREE in three weeks.

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