Mechanical Engineers of TSR

A semi mech-eng checking in here

What is the preferred CAD package in industry?

I worked at a company which produced sand castings of prototype, high end production and motorsport automotive parts such as cylinder blocks and heads I got to do a bit of everything and learned a lot. The best part was getting to go to 8 Mile Rd, Detroit

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wow aswomee did you study in the UK? if you did how did u get your placement funded in the US? I wana do that

My placement was in the UK. I was just sent over to Detroit for a week to sort out a problem with some NASCAR parts.

im guessing they paid for your stay there and everything? Sweet i just cant wait to start mech eng what uni did you go to? (you can pm me if u dont want to say it on here )

Yeah all paid for!! Went out to some really posh restaurants (amazingly there are some really nice parts of Detroit!) which served the biggest steaks I've ever seen .
I'm at Portsmouth Uni, due to finish in June It was really good in my first year but it's gone down hill a lot. I was actually meant to do an MEng, but I'm just going to cash it in at BEng and do a postgrad masters elsewhere.

Damn sorry to hear that what caused you to dislike your later years? xD

That's pretty awesome to get to go to Detroit via your summer placement. I managed to get to Shetland once, which isn't particularly glamorous, but one day I did only ten minute's work and got paid a full day's wages, so I was happy.

Just the way the departments heading to be honest... The quality of the course just seems to be slipping away. They made a lot of the lab staff redundant in my second year, and there are no optional units until the masters year any more (its obviously cheaper for them to run less modules).
Also I want to specialize towards metallurgy, and an MEng isn't really a "specialist" masters. It's a bit of everything rather than a lot of one thing. I'm applying to study an MRes at Birmingham now so fingers crossed I get onto that !!

That's pretty awesome to get to go to Detroit via your summer placement. I managed to get to Shetland once, which isn't particularly glamorous, but one day I did only ten minute's work and got paid a full day's wages, so I was happy.

It was actually a sandwich year, rather than a summer placement
What were you doing in Shetland?

ohhh sorry to hear that bro! Surprised they would even risk damaging their pupils like that

Good luck im sure you will get it why not apply to other places too?

Birmingham is probably the best place in the country to do the project that I want to do

I see is metallurgy to do with materials?

Yeah it's the study of metals

Currently study Mech Eng at city of Glasgow college HNC year, so my plan is finish HNC then HND then go into 3rd year at Glasgow Caledonian Uni. (My college has an agreement that a completion of HNC & HND, will get me into 3rd year at Cali)

Really enjoying it so far, anyone doing HNC mech eng too?


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hey all mechanical engineering applicant here, got my offers just need to get the grades