Day in the Life of a Mechanical Engineering Student | Engineering Study Abroad

Mechanical engineering day in the life
This is a day in the life of a mechanical engineering student at ETH Zurich. I'm a combustion engineer doing my masters abroad in Switzerland.Here's a sneak peek into my life as an engineering student studying abroad.
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[@arwaabdullah5185]

how many mechanical engineer student here ??

[@RiverTechJess]

Hmmm I'm actually not sure. In the master's or in the bachelor's? In the master's I think we're less than 200

[@MrPancake777]

STEMinine I think that was aimed at the people in the comment section

[@alihamza2872]

Here I am..

[@antonioalmeida7108]

arwa abdullah right here

[@arwaabdullah5185]

u are right actually hhhh:)

[@ak8861]

Lol I can tell she's an engineering student by the bags under her eyes.

[@RiverTechJess]

lol on the one hand...ouch. On the other hand... you're not wrong

[@zacharysylvester8349]

@@RiverTechJess There's no getting away from it, all of us Engineering students have had those all nighters lol.

[@catherinesc88]

Seriously they never go down anymore

[@VigilantBal]

Lol she’s super pretty though. Good personality too. She’s gonna steal some mech engs heart 😜

[@xxtravisxxify]

When I think back the days in faculty... well this is very accurate.

[@tchau1999]

Fellow female mechanical engineer student here!!

[@RiverTechJess]

Ayyyy! Welcome!

[@MegazoneMusic23]

Raises her hand too! Electrical here

[@kourtneythornton5149]

Hell ya

[@falgunisarkar505]

Hiii

[@yasmineitsall74]

Finally a girl who is studying something else than law, sociology, psychology....

[@Ps3JessicaBr]

Yasmine It's all we all rock 🤘

[@carryon5021]

What about medicine?

[@yasmineitsall74]

Suffered Person I meant there are not a lot of girls who are studying mechanical engineering

[@abhramandal3706]

@Suffered Person trust me, im studying mech and we probably have only 1 female student in the entire department 😂 so ya, its quite rate to see someone like this

[@abhramandal3706]

@@rushikesh2320 lol, wouldn't be surprised 😂

[@nasimobeid2945]

To be honest, this vid is probably the best that describes a day in a life of a student. Other vids usually don’t explain what they do and always play music till the end of the vid. Good work:)

[@RiverTechJess]

Thanks Nassim! I'm glad you like it:)

[@MyFictionalChaos]

They do videos like that for the cinematic effect. As in casey neistat clones. It's all for aesthetic and not for education

[@ndm6686]

Your comment really makes sense soo truue

[@rushaligajbhiye9961]

I am also a mechanical engineer and I must say that You are so lucky to have all the practical knowledge that you need but being a mechanical engineer from India... The life is quite different here. I really wish I could have a professional life like you have. I hope you upload more such videos.

[@cvs2k6]

So true. Jai Hind

[@Sardar_Khan69]

Bhai apne bhi lge pde hain... I guess iits Mein Hi shi practical knowledge milta hoga...

[@Skillcappedyo]

There are some Indian people who are studying at german universities. Since life is different here, its quite tough to live as a foreigner in another country. But i hope you also have the opportunities.

[@premsingha6202]

Ao true all cant ho to iit in india...and other private university dont hv such practical set up....they r very limited and not in large scale....so we lack practical knowledge....Indian engineering studwnt only forced to focus on theoritical knowledge only......I am too a mechanical student.....but i am not exposed to much large scale in practical knowledge..... We do simulation and computaional dynamics and all software related knowledge and practical...but they never put into work with actual machine....ao we lack ..in terms of practical experience

[@stonedsloth6367]

@@premsingha6202 Do it at home then. For e.g. I built an electric Go-Kart from spare bits and pieces lying around the house.

[@govindpareek219]

Anybody wants to watch A Day in the life of a jobless mechanical engineer ? 🤔

[@mikemartinez8877]

lol you made laugh thank you

[@gauravkumarrai5865]

You are indian brother.. and mechanical engineer .. i am wondering who cursed you so bad?? 🤔🤨

[@derhabasumatary611]

Mecha broa

[@pradyumnkumartiwari8816]

I see more indians here then guys from any other country which shows pretty much situation of engineering graduates in our country.

[@ayushverma4244]

@dachicagoan yes👍

[@jacquesnicolay9221]

Girl: "Ya I'm simulating a gas turbine system using computational fluid dynamics" Me: "Marry Me"

[@paulauchon5455]

You should go to engineering school then, if you're not already! Many of my girl friends are very intelligent and genuine good people like her. My friend is casually optimizing jet engine design, she also compute and optimize aerodynamics wing profiles, she give classes of a heat transfer software and on top of that she is beautiful!

[@topopops]

Noiche

[@harounben342]

@@paulauchon5455 oh God!

[@EveryThing-ky1ro]

Is it ansys fluent software for CFD

[@josemarianomayor7085]

Ansys??

[@jackyartajo9854]

You inspire me! Im a female Mechanical Engineer as well. And its just so refreshing to watch your vlog. I love it!

[@RiverTechJess]

Hey Jackylou! Thanks so much for watching!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jackyartajo9854]

STEMinine Hi! I'm from the Philippines 😊 I currently work in a manufacturing industry. I'm a Production Engineer focusing on operation of machines and analysis of the performance. 😊

[@pickymonster4307]

its just ur and many people's assumption ..wt do u mean its only for boys ?!!!!!!! m from india n m a mechanical engg.. i could do everything that my classmates (guys) did ..sometimes even better.. i agree there r fewer girls .. but 'no girls' is not true ..

[@paulauchon5455]

Pushya Subramanyam I Know! It's such a stupid assumption! I am in an engineering school in Montreal, and I can tell you that i personally know many incredibly smart and very competent future mechanical engineers that happen to be women! I think women and men don't think exactly the same way, and in a team, the combination of the sexes is the best way to solve a complicated engineering problems. Wish you the best of luck in all your endeavors!

[@somehumansapien6088]

@@jackyartajo9854 hey I'm also from the Philippines. May I ask in what company are you working as a production engineer? I'm a mechanical engr student current in my sophomore year. Also is the salary good?

[@RCPhotosVideos]

Mechanical Engineer here, finished with school and my day is very different. I work at a product design Engineer in R&D department, every week my job changes, one week I might be working in solidworks designing a small part for a complex system, and the next week I could be using ANSYS and working with fluid dynamics simulations. I also have access to some very high tech 3D printers, metal printers, carbon fiber printers, CNC's and more to help me produce the products I design for a customers or in house application.

[@victorsoria4174]

I was going to ask the same :P

[@RiverTechJess]

That's so cool! It sounds so awesome when you get a job that requires a different skill every day. Can't wait to be done with school!

[@stevebraiden1493]

Get me a job!

[@siddhantsamarth762]

Thats exactly what i'm trying to do! Could you hook me up? I'm also ME btw

[@nitnithinjohn]

Can I get your e-mail?

[@prasadmane8302]

Mechanical Engineers = Avengers of Engineering. 🔥🔥

[@zuhidiahmad1125]

industrial engineers?

[@godofdeath2782]

Fk logic 😂

[@mateoslab]

Nah fam

[@najahshikamaru103]

More like mechatronics engineer = the avengers

[@mohamedd919]

I think he's Kurdish

[@MichaelToussaint1]

We need more people like you! Hope all is well, and I wish you good luck✊🏿

[@KaylaKempers]

I never get to see vlogs like this. it's so exciting :)

[@KaylaKempers]

OH MY GOD I JUST FINISHED THE VIDEO AND SAW YOUR SHOUTOUT THANK YOU

[@KaylaKempers]

(also just a little note, I'm in Computer Science at Wilfred Laurier University, not University of Waterloo. Both are in Waterloo though. I just thought that may be confusing!)

[@RiverTechJess]

Of course! I figured maybe someone would be interested in seeing/getting to know an awesome girl in STEM!

[@RiverTechJess]

Ah ok! So sorry I got that completely wrong. Maybe you told me already but for some reason I thought you went to Waterloo:S

[@1yoav1]

I'm amaized by the fact that youtube some how knows what I'm studying and offers me this video

[@Shadow-su9tw]

Yeah that's amazing We must be worry about artificial intelligence

[@mujeerahmed4246]

Just started off my journey as a Mechanical Engineering student, great to see what it's like to become one in the final years of the course.

[@justin60222]

It's not all sunshine and rainbows like this video, good luck.

[@Kshdhdmshehyd]

Hey it’s been a few years how’s it going?

[@brylelee4833]

I'm a mechanical engineer but I'm only working in an auto body shop... This video made me question what am I doing with my life.. hahaha...

[@betogonzalez5714]

I’m a (senior) ME at Purdue University, going for my masters in ME (eventually PhD), I absolutely loved this video and completely empathize with it! Been doing research on 2D material mechanics and it’s amazing, also have been looking into studying in Switzerland so maybe I might bump into you! Either way, amazing video, and very real about the life of an ME😂🙏🏻

[@isabelisabelzozozoz]

im a mech e and product design major in the USA going into my third year and i love it so much. im very involved in sustainable development projects that bleed into civil engineering. so awesome to see what other kinds of research mech e's are doing out there - its such a widely applicable skill base. dope video :)

[@brunooliveiradev]

Greetings from a mechanical engineering student in Brazil. Your videos are very interesting, keep it up!

[@wvad3r89]

Thank you for posting this video. You have confirmed my biases in wanting to switch from undergraduate engineering to computer science. All the best to you and your PHd in engineering!

[@samuel-olivierguay1029]

I want to become an aerospace engineer and this just motivated me as hell !!🚀

[@JakeVoorhees]

This video is crushing it on KZbin, keep it uppppp :)

[@RiverTechJess]

thank youuuu!!! I would've never made it if it weren't for you. thanks for all of the insight you've given me:)

[@Elizabeth-so6zp]

Hey! I know you.

[@jacobmaitland-foon7926]

Dope engine.Your simulation looks like the flame burning in my heart.

[@willemineenkara5865]

Wonderful This is amazing and motivating I feel so happy to continue excelling in my course...

[@mariomasters1]

Really cool to see a grad student showing their research! I'm a sophomore in ME! Hope it goes well!

[@RiverTechJess]

hey thanks so much! I'm glad you liked it:) what school do you go to?

[@mariomasters1]

I go to the University of Iowa right now. I have a question for you. I'm interested in the notion of research and even a little more specific in fluid flows and the associated heat transfer that can occur. The overarching reason why I'm interested in this area is because of renewable energy technologies like wind turbines. However, this semester I'll be taking 6 courses (18 semester hours) and I don't think I would have time for it. Have you been in situations like this before? My gut instinct right now is to hold off during the spring semester and try next fall when I'll have a smaller course load. What do you think? Also, thanks for responding to my comment. Subscribed! :)

[@RiverTechJess]

Thats a great/fun area of research! And renewables is a great industry because it's what every city/company is investing in. I think if you have a heavy course load, then don't start research. Because you want to do your best work (maybe even publish in a journal), you want to make good connections with the professors and the PhD students (for letters of recommendation). basically, you want to give 100%. You wont be able to do that with a heavy course load. BUT don't wait until you have an easy course load, because chances are that you wont have one. So I would suggest to find some sort of compromise, maybe take 2 electives in one semester so that you can focus on research. Also consider summer research:) Good luck and let me know how it goes!

[@Ekam_Vision.]

+STEMinine hallo mam, i completed B.Engineering in 2017, and i am working as engine production incharge in Volvo and Eicher commercial vehicle pvt.ltd. in india. so i want to apply a job as a mechanical engg. in germany. what is the process to apply there. and i continue our master degree in germany

[@RiverTechJess]

Hey Gautam, I actually live in Switzerland. I don't know anything about applying to work in Germany. But there are tons of helpful resources online. Good luck!

[@isabelgerasmia63]

Hiiii I'm an upcoming first year Mechanical Engineering student :) Thank you for the vid.

[@RiverTechJess]

Thanks for watching! Good luck on your eng journey:)

[@mdkashifimteyaz1046]

Omg, It's one of the best videos I have ever watched. Keep on going and update more videos about mechanical experiments.

[@josiahanderson3096]

Great video. Congrats on your job!

[@raeiilobete4117]

Hello from Philippines! We watched your vlog and it is totally awesome. It is very different from our education system. We are fresh graduates of mechanical engineering however it is still a mystery what is behind those theoretical education. It is so boring that in 5 years we had learn only computing math and sciences and other mechanical subject but facing the real machines and equipment is beyond our reach. Thanks for letting us know what would it be if ever we are in your school!

[@RiverTechJess]

Hey Raeii Lobete! Ya I also did a 5 year bachelors and it was the same. Super theoretical and no outside world experience. The only way I got real experience was with internships and thesis and projects. I would suggest you try that if you can!

[@Ricafort11]

3:59

[@chaima5142]

i'm a mechanical engineer and i really find it so exciting to learn such amazing branch

[@supersabrosinho]

Your work is very interesting Jess. I wish I could have the skills you have. Thank you for sharing!

[@tonystark1408]

Awesome video hoping for more of it

[@heinzwolfmannschweinsteige2069]

Mechanical Engineering stresses me out so hard that I've started praying to a god i don't believe in.

[@F7_Sebastian]

Matthew 33:34 You’re on the right path, through him nothing is impossible. Ask for knowledge, wisdom, insight the most meaningful to your life and success understand the meaning of these words and their role in reality and you’ll overcome any obstacles you face in life.

[@F7_Sebastian]

But the most important of all God comes first.

[@julesclarke6140]

Haha I feel you there, maybe watch motivation videos? You won't need to pray any god to be super confident and confidence is so important

[@alexbilton9548]

Me from another country 🤣

[@lucerobuendia1199]

Also a mechanical engineer graduate student 🙋🏻‍♀️ building launch vehicles 🚀😃

[@dhruvpatel7457]

❤️

[@PrashVerse]

@@dhruvpatel7457 Are you going to hiring her ?

[@lucerobuendia1199]

ateş koral fyi, I live in the US

[@candymi5639]

Is engineering worth it

[@lucerobuendia1199]

Candy Mi In my opinion it is

[@xoso560]

i'm a junior in high school and this was soooo helpful to help me on my search of what career i'd like. thanks!!

[@despoinakou197]

Keep the good work up!. Im also a student at mechanic engineering and I adore what i am doing☺️

[@engineer4269]

Loved it! I always wanted to get into ETH Zurich. Guess I'll try my best to enroll in the Master's Programme! Would love to see a video from you if you could describe how you got into ETH Zurich and what to expect for prospective masters students! Great video!

[@RiverTechJess]

hey thanks for watching! I did make a video like that. you can find it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKDKq2R-qKiAqpI

[@reecenaidu6020]

In my 1st year of work as a mechanical engineer. Work is rough but fun when I get to do design work. In the sugar industry though so just gathering the experience and plan to start-up something myself that I find more meaningful. The best thing about engineering is the options you have. You can quite literally do anything you want provided you're willing to work for it. To any students out there battling, or people thinking about doing mechanical engineering, keep this in mind through your slog. It is all worth it. And do your pracs! Especially those pesky elec ones. You won't regret it when you're sitting with a multidisciplinary project and don't have to revise the shit out of it :P Have a good day

[@justinpeska4932]

Great video! Keep representing us engineers well!

[@patboland1650]

Well done. You will have a great career and know stuff that most people don't understand.....including me!!. Well done

[@Tunechi65]

I'm in the aero program. Gonna be starting an internship in a combustion/ aero propulsion department in a few days. Excited/nervous

[@RiverTechJess]

oh nice! Congrats and good luck!:D

[@yasmine51196]

Where do you study?

[@KairyuJr]

I do a technologist course in mechanical projects, it's like a mechanical engineering focused in machine projects. I like how this course changed my mind, I mean, you start to see the things and try to imagine how are they build mainly when you have the resistance of materials subject at the course hehe. Right now when u were showing the machine I was imagining, wow how they built something like his or how did they discovered some stuffs, cuz the hardest part is when you search, search and research and don't find what u want. Yeah, but anyway, good video

[@mariopepinojr4032]

This is a very helpful video. Such a great laboratory... Please share more about this technology for us to know more here in the Philippines.

[@mrmojojp1]

That project is so cool. So glad you explained it.

[@RiverTechJess]

Thanks for listening!

[@brenofreitas2915]

Ooooh my 😍 as a student of mechatronics, I could not fail to enroll in such a channel!

[@RiverTechJess]

Hope you will like it!:D

[@brenofreitas2915]

I like yes! :D

[@kariskhattab2132]

Breno Freitas Hey there! I have recently finished school and I'm thinking about getting a degree in mechatronics, would you recommend that?

[@hitenshah9]

Even I am a mech engineer ( in my 2nd year) and I got to know you from your top 10 laptops to buy video and I got Dell XPS 15 cause of you

[@DeusExMachina0000000]

Im taking CFD this fall!!!!!! Along with fluids 2, thermal fluids, heat transfer, and senor design part 1! Im so excited again after seeing this vid!!

[@alienwiizard897]

This is what I wanna do so soon! Nice job ma'am.

[@strawberryyogurt7]

I'm going to start my first year at college as a mechanical engineer student next month!! So excited but kinda terrified at the same time

[@jaysims2879]

Good luck bro

[@etzjunior_]

How's it?

[@guangcaihuang7130]

I'm a junior Mechanical Engineer student in China now , and unfortunately it's not my interest so I'm gonna convert my major into cs at my graduate ,thanks for let me see the different aspect of ME.

[@PurpleFaerieMagic]

Niiice! I’m third year bachelor at the moment and kinda jealous of how chill your day is. But you’ve already gone through the crazy to get there.

[@RiverTechJess]

ya i would never wanna go back to the amount of work i had in my bachelors lol

[@justinlagasca5430]

Second Year Mechanical Engineering student here, I'm glad I saw your video. Just by watching your video I can feel the mech engg vibe, very awesome equipments.

[@seriallover7767]

Proud of all girls and my daughter also studying in the mechanical engineering course

[@6strings208]

Royal mechnozz...always rocksss.. Just feel good when I see a mechanical engineer girl...

[@mahalingama4162]

tamil ah bro ?

[@icecoldgaming4914]

It seems so fun! I'm hyped for college!

[@sarahguynup6946]

Great video!! I'm currently in college for my Associates in Mechanical Engineering technology, have less than a year left. Then I'm transferring to a different college for my bachelor's. I'm so excited!! Your life seems pretty awesome :)

[@dreamwithross3800]

"So, this is your engineering project: a grey screeeeen!!!" XD

[@JonathanBrnb]

Nice vid, I'm a bachelor degree mechanical engineering student from Brazil. My day is pretty much similar im developing a project on hydrogen energy.

[@RiverTechJess]

Oh that's so cool!! do you like it?

[@JonathanBrnb]

I really do! When you're developing a project you always get stuck on many problems and on the contrary of what most people think when encountering such problems that's actually when I have the most fun, because you spend hours researching for a solution and you end up learning a lot during the process.

[@gabe4933]

Just found this video and I'm definitely subscribing! I'm a mechatronics student down in NC, and I may just be going into mechanical engineering based off this video! Looks amazing, and please continue to inspire some folks!

[@RiverTechJess]

Thanks so much Gabe! I hope you enjoy the other videos. Let me know if you ever have any recommendations:)

[@paulos7089]

Very Nice!!!thanks from Brazil !!!

[@dhidhi1000]

Loved it!! Just a question, is this like an internship at a factory or an academic research? (looks like a mixture, like an R&D from some company though).

[@katiewatkins]

Love seeing women in trades! I’m also a female in my third year of electrical engineering technology and heading to university next year for my bachelor! So exciting!

[@hasifrazib6128]

it's good to see you as student of mechanical engineering doing filming on youtube, we are in the same background study. Keep it up! you have one sub from me.

[@The1Henrique]

I'm using your video to improve my English. Your English is very clear. I am from Brazil.

[@user-tj4ut8ox9r]

"From Italy!"👌👌 *I didn't do that* 🤣🤣🤣 That is some insight to what Italians think about how people perceive them

[@tuliomelo8042]

Tesla is changing everything. With power wall you have 100% of renewable energy . So for city or county... you just need a bigger battery. And this is happening right now in Australia for example

[@RiverTechJess]

very true! thanks for sharing that insight:)

[@miguelangelalvarezcaballer1612]

What a beautiful video and so interesting, I'm also studying Mechanical Engineering but in the Power Electric side. You should still making more vlogs like this. Greetings from Mexico!!

[@randanaim9586]

Just graduated with my B.S. in Electrical Engineering. Took one thermodynamics class and one statics class, so it's nice to see more of your side of things instead of my usual circuit configurations and oscilloscopes. You go girl! 💪😊

[@StevieB8363]

1:27 - "This is my hairdryer. I don't mess around!"

[@Jelcroo]

I’m a dutch mechanical engineering undergrad student. My dream is to obtain a master’s degree from ETH Zürich!! Very nice vlogs!! Keep up the good work! Very interesting 😃

[@RiverTechJess]

awesome! and thanks for your support! Keep at it and I'm sure I'll see you here soon:) What year are you in? And what do you want to specialize in?

[@Jelcroo]

STEMinine I’ve just started my bachelor in september 😃 But it’s freakin’ hard!!! I’m struggling! I have no social life and i’m studying everyday from 09:00 am till 12:00 pm... I like it, so no problems. I passed my statics course and now i’m following dynamics course... After christmas holidays I have final exams and then the new semester will start with thermodynamics and much more 😱😜 In our bachelor’s program we can choose minors or internships abroad and stuff like that. I want to do my minor (6 months electives course) in robotics, after that I want to do a masters in robotics @ ETH Zürich! The future is robotics, I want to work in a robotics field, could be in any industry it’s a wide field with different types of applications! I

[@RiverTechJess]

Hey William! Ya Bachelor's is haaardddd (I'm so so happy to be done lol). It gets better I promise:) ohh yes I remember statics (my dynamics course was much much harder than stats). Good luck with exams! And don't be discouraged when you start therm', it's hard but it very interesting. A minor in robotics sounds SO DOPE! So that and then build me a robot please:D I agree, it's a very wide industry and I'm sure you'll find an application that you like once you start your minor and you do your masters (at ETH). Let me know if you have any questions in the future about ETH!

[@danceartist8203]

Fuck this shit Doorzetten broer, zeker als je besloten hebt door te gaan in Februari.

[@sofianahmad661]

I want to MS in Mechanical engineering from Zurich. Could you please tell me the process and Uni to take easy admission.

[@norbertdrage]

Your channel is excellent (although you don't need me to tell you this!)! I love that you show your experimental analysis and explain how it fits into the scheme of things. My thesis research project (at Curtin in Western Australia) will begin in six months and it is my hope that I have the same enthusiasm and vigor as you during your experiments and research! Thank you for the good example and positive attitude. Someone I admire said 'never let anyone take away your smile', and this is clearly seen in your clip and your research efforts! Thank you again, and I hope that your research yielded positive fruits!!

[@RiverTechJess]

Thanks so much Norbert! I’m really happy to hear you liked the video. I also wish you all the best in your thesis. I hope it will make you super excited about it. Good luck!!

[@inline6-b586]

I would love to see more of the experimental side. Because the way you described it, the flow visualization technique, using fluroscent particles and the laser, it sounds more like particle image velocimetry.

[@user-tj4ut8ox9r]

A deep learning student: "I started the learning on my compuncter a week ago so I just need to wait another seven days" **keeps on chilling**

[@FX_Signals]

graduated in 2012 , never had a job in my major ever since

[@TheNutKreacker]

thats so cool!!!! great job

[@sterlingwallstrum8975]

Very Cool! Great Experiment/ modeling!

[@RiverTechJess]

Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed:)

[@TheEngineeringToolboxChannel]

"This is Luigi from italy....Luigi where are you from, what is your name?" hahaha awsome..

[@RiverTechJess]

Haha I love annoying him

[@cocothetimeless8382]

can't wait to get to college - high school's so boring haha

[@antonioalmeida7108]

Daniel Wang Yi Yao no its not, enjoy it, especially the girls. Engineering doesnt have girls, its like 1%.

[@RiverTechJess]

Daniel I agree, haha I though high school was soooooo boring too:)

[@RiverTechJess]

Hey António, we had 20% girls in our classes. (but maybe this is just in canadian schools?)

[@antonioalmeida7108]

STEMinine well idk. In mine ME there is like maybe 1 girl per 50 guys no joke. But in civil, environment etc engineering there are quite some few. I guess it depends on the school too

[@danceartist8203]

Seriously, enjoy it while it lasts. Yes highschool is boring, but you have a ton of free time! Pick up sports or hobbies that you've been wanting to do, hang out with friends more, date enough girls to satisfy you for multiple years. College is way more interesting, but also way harder and time consuming. It is not out of the ordinary to basically go byebye social life in your first year.

[@federicadilegge2550]

So inspiring video! I'm also a MSc mechanical engineer student, but my day is soooo different, most of the time spent on books, still have to finish exams but this video is what I'm studying for, so trying to do my best to achieve satisfaction 😄 thank you for sharing ☺️

[@morganteach9105]

I’m turning 23 this year in may and I finally decided to go back to school. I’m currently completing an automotive technician program (7 months left) and I’m watching you and I’m hoping I could take something from this video as this seems like the course(s) I may take up thank you for the video and god bless

[@ruthmonicajohnson4322]

Am a girl !? And am also an Mechanical Engineer!!! Love to see this video!!

[@RahulSingh-fi6pp]

Which software do you use for simulation. Please tell me...

[@tripleconsonant]

currently getting a double Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering degree. love your video!!!

[@hiyagada262]

Hey, i’m a mechanical engineering student too, from IIT Bombay. A second year undergrad, so not much experience. However, our core courses have just started and its AMAZING. My day is pretty tight with online classes, tech team work (we make drones and other robots) and making music!!

[@engr.usmanzaeem3727]

So as today KZbin recommend me this two years old video, i would like to know that " did u get a job?"

[@vivimundaca4170]

Second year in aeronautical eng. Thinking seriously about given up however is not because is difficult just the fees are expensive lately I found myself working too much than study I know that this is just temporary but it gets really hard sometimes , anyway love engineering. Thanks for posting the video it's kind a motivation to not give up. Cheers from Australia For more woman in engineering !

[@kassgal7213]

Vivi Mundaca keep working hard if you like what you study! I'm a mechanical engineering student too but I don't really like it..

[@RiverTechJess]

Hey Vivi! Thanks so much for watching! Ya I get that it's so expensive:/ But have you considered maybe studying part time and working part time? I find that there's a pressure from society to finish studying ASAP but that's just not true.

[@markalvinnogales8639]

Wow that's great video you've shared. You are blessed to have such kind of education. I am also taking up MS here in Philippines but no such kind of model gasturbine in school and even simulation studies.

[@thevishwasmehta]

Your project is pretty DOPE!

[@sofia8574]

Mechanical Engineering student in Rio!

[@IA_chishti]

I'm mechanical engineering student (4th year) From India 🇮🇳

[@monsieur_piyushsingh]

And ?

[@brianj294]

So

[@Don-fu2ib]

Hello, senior in mechanical engineering here just working on my thesis and I am really like your lab. Loved the video

[@danmartinez5752]

I'm also a Mechanical Engineering student. Getting my BS in the winter :D It's been a hell of a ride, but I've learned so much along the way.

[@Wasoska]

New subbie, also a Mechanical engineering female student here, is that the "order of engineer's ring"?? I thought you were suppose to wear it when you graduate, but it's possible to wear it as a student too? great video btw.

[@RiverTechJess]

Yes that is my iron ring. Usually you only get it a month before you graduate. So I would say once you get it then it’s ok to wear. But if you fail or drop out after you get it Rhenish would say it’s weird if you wear it:S

[@Wasoska]

STEMinine ok I understand now, thanks for the reply!

[@shadowed-apex6823]

When I grow I'm planning to be mechanical or nuclear engineering

[@tanishajain7089]

Mee too

[@ta_tmgroup2948]

Why ?

[@zeidmehyedine5692]

Great Video!! Thanks, Merci, Danke, وشكرًا

[@mohammadahmedbasri3067]

The misconceptions about Mechanical Engineers should end. Thank you for clearing things out! :)

[@15Khubaib15]

Also a mechanical engineer, I'm a senior at Texas Tech University in the US. Any advice on where to go after graduation? I'm looking for jobs but the market is really competitive right now.. not sure if I should keep searching aggressively or jump into MS here at Tech or somewhere else. Advise please! Great Vlog btw...!

[@RiverTechJess]

Hey Khubaib Lakhani! Thanks for watching and great question. As a young engineer you really have a lot of options. What are your reasons for wanting to do a MSc? Is it just because you're not sure about the market? Because you should only be getting an MSc for the following reasons: 1- You want to work in Europe. In Europe you need an MSc to work as an engineer. There's really nothing else to say. Unless you don't actually want to work as an engineer and just find another job. 2- You want to work in a specialized field. For example, I work in combustion. If I was to work at Siemens or Pratt & Whitney or GE, I need at LEAST an MSc (or even a PhD) but this is a specific research field within engines. But if you are fine with being flexible an working on many different types of projects as an engineer along different parts of the pipeline then I wouldn't suggest an MSc. So the question is really, what do you want to do? Now my question to you. Would you benefit if I started making a little video series called the "1 minute ask an engineer show" where I would answer questions like these in 1min? Let me know and thanks for watching!

[@15Khubaib15]

Honestly I don't have enough industry experience to really know if I'm interested in a specialized field. I feel like work experience is the only way I would personally be able to get an idea about it and unfortunately I only have one internship in Oil & Gas (It's huge in TX) and I realized I'm not interested in pursuing that so it helped. I am interested in a lot of things and I feel like I could develop a passion for wherever I start unless it's a dead- end repetitive field. And yes I would watch that lol.. I think for me the only thing that stops me from clicking on an interesting video (in this case for ex. a mech engr related vid) would be the duration. So 1-min vids would capture a huge audience. I know some male engineer youtubers who have very boring 6-8 min videos and they have hundreds of thousands of views so definitely think you could be successful with that!

[@RiverTechJess]

Ok so I think if you don't really know what you like then I would say you can do two things. 1- This last year of college, maybe explore the possibilities to do an MSc. And I don't mean in terms of schools. I mean in labs/projects and go speak to professors. You can email professors asking about their lab and saying your interested in doing an MSc and most of them will be happy to show you around and show you the research going on. Then you can pick an interesting project that you might develop a passion for. 2- You can go for internships/jobs in different fields and figure out what you like and then decide to go back and do an MSc. I think the REALLY TRULY important thing here is to remember that you literally have your entire life to do an MSc. And you also literally have your entire life to work. You can always switch career paths. I'm from Canada but living in Europe and people live life so much slower here than in North America. Everyone is in less of a rush. Don't buy into the fact that you need to figure everything out right away, because you don't. (Also please subscribe if you haven't yet :P )

[@15Khubaib15]

That last bit was what I needed to hear. Society and norms make us feel so pressured to plan out and calculate every move we make and not think about what we actually want to do. I think I need to take a step back and take a deep breath. I will look into both options you suggested me. You are very right in the sense that it's pointless to jump into a MSc by default without considering why I am doing it. I think I'm leaning towards giving the job market a solid effort and see where my fate takes me.. most recruiting goes on through November, and I have a sense of what interests me. But thanks a lot for the advice. I'll let you know how it turns out! And officially subscribed.. :)

[@RiverTechJess]

Thanks so much! And I really hope I was of help. Please keep me in the loop. And I hope you don't mind but I published your question and my response in a Medium article and on Tumblr (medium.com/@STEMinine/what-should-i-do-after-graduation-a919d7db905b) because I'm sure more student's have the same questions. I only used your first name but if you would like me to change that then let me know:)

[@UnboxMaster]

Sleep deprivation hurts bad...

[@ajeetsingh9196]

It's interesting & most beautiful exiting video. I never seen like this. Wow

[@Elizabeth-so6zp]

That was SO COOL! THANK YOU!!!!!!!