Hardest Classes in Mechanical Engineering / Hard to Keep Good GPA in Engineering? / Internships?

[@RiverTechJess]

Did I miss any hard classes??

[@martindaniel1201]

STEMinine aerodynamics and calculus maybe?

[@RiverTechJess]

Good call! Ya it's hard to judge because the hard classes are different at other univeristies.

[@himanshuaundhe1499]

Turbomachinery

[@linguistisch]

Think it is pretty hard to answer these questions. Like you mentioned these are different at different universities and even in different countries to some degree but I like that you guys are helping others. For those in the US, we follow ABET accreditation which is a non-profit Engineer/government organization that sets out guidelines based on outcomes so theoretically any accredited Engineering university here in the US will produce a similarly capable Bachelor of Engineering student with the same capacities and outcomes (I think the real difference between universites is when it gets to "prestigious" universities like Ivy Leagues that want to weed people who aren't serious out in order to maintain their status quo, and/or have more industry connections so you're guaranteed a higher paying job when you graduate and a support network for those who make it through, etc). Typically after a Bachelors in Engineering it's required you are in your field working alongside/under Practicing Engineers for a couple of years before you are allowed to take the PE exam. This is like "the bar" for lawyers and is a very tough exam that many fail on several tries. Once this is passed, you are officially a "Practicing Engineer" and have signing abilities on documents among other things (but this depends of course). As far as hard classes though, I'm a Civil Engineering student and follow some of the same ME classes up to a point, I would say they are all tough with low class averages in some courses (one of my classes right now has a class average of 76% and that's out of 50 students). Some of the second year classes are very tough, classes we call Statics, and Dynamics, and Strength of Materials (or Material Science). In the 3rd year comes the CE courses and of those what you guys are calling Fluids I think is what we call Hydraulics and it's geared toward CEs and water management systems. Those along with others are very tough like you mentioned. Another I can think of in 3rd year is Pre-stressed Concrete, a very CE core class but you'd be amazed how difficult of a course that is when you start combining so many unknown factors into a problem. It seems to me from my experience that the 2nd year classes like Physics, Statics, Dynamics, Material Science really hit you hard and really push people, you either stick it out or people decide they hate Engineering lol. From there you get into the very focused and hard classes in 3rd year that are more about your discipline but also very indepth and very hard. One last thing I think is pretty cool, you both are ME Masters students. From the industries I've met and from friends and others who are MEs, that's a rare thing. Most MEs I have come across stop after a Bachelors degree, and many go behind a computer or work as a team with other Engineers. For example I know more than a few who build designs for companies based on their PhD Physicist, PhD Chemists, or work with factory floor workings maintaining part specs. And example of this would be working for Boeing or working for Intel. The Civil world is a bit different because you more often than not come out with a Bachelors degree which is just the background knowledge to follow up with a Masters in the focus area that interests you most. As an example there, it's difficult to design roads or bridges or buildings without having the Masters degree to understand earthquake design or design things that are used everyday in a city where people's lives are on the line. Thanks for the video!

[@purpohpenguin]

Fluids is destroying me. I’m finding thermo 2 much harder than thermo 1. Numerical methods is also about 8/10 difficulty scale

[@SD_simma]

In order of difficulty: 1. Vibrations (By Far) 2. Fluid Mechanics 3. Thermodynamics 4. Dynamics 5. Mechanics

[@RiverTechJess]

But for everyone else: it depends on the school/prof!

[@SD_simma]

@@RiverTechJess Compeletly agree! Professors are the X-factors on understanding any Engineering subjects.

[@XemnasTM]

1. Controls 2. Everything else

[@pinklady7184]

Sem D Thank you for the list. I am self-studying these for 3D animation with physics simulations.

[@b3dubbs72]

@@XemnasTM I took controls over the summer and found it very easy. The professor was a Chad though

[@superkrystal98]

Always that one friend in school who did little to no studying yet had good grades. Zhara is that friend lol

[@RiverTechJess]

lol she actually is and she's always like "No! I'm not genius!" and i'm like suuuuurrreeeee

[@theonewiththename5867]

Those kinds of people make me so outrageously angry haha

[@callmerel2809]

@@RiverTechJess i can understand

[@sophiamayet3589]

This is so great. I'm in my 2nd year in Aeronautical Engineering and it's so nice to see stuff like this. It's also great that you're a GIRL doing this! Such an inspiration to me!

[@RiverTechJess]

Wow Sophia this means so much to me! Thank you so much and I’m glad you like my videos! Let me know if you ever have any questions and keep crushing engineering ! 💪

[@daniavrahamov6420]

It is really comforting to hear some genuine thoughts about my future profession. Thank you for these videos !! :)

[@RiverTechJess]

I’m glad you like it! Thanks for watching:)

[@matthieulabaudiniere9701]

Gotta love Zhara's face when you are talking about your undergrad mech eng schedule!

[@RiverTechJess]

Hahaha ya she's just a genius and doesn't know what it's like for normal people

[@hitenshah9]

STEMinine even you aren’t normal lol

[@maneeshsj6372]

Are you saying every topics in mechanical engineering are hard.

[@RiverTechJess]

pretty much haha

[@sanjayarman]

Mechanical Vibrations was the hardest class for me, and due to tremendous abstract concepts. The most enjoyable courses were perhaps Aerodynamics, Astrodynamics, and 🚀 Rocket Propulsion. A great review from the Both of you! ~ Dr. Sanjay Kumar Sr.

[@ClayG1095]

Just graduated BSME in Southern Illinois. It seems like you listed quite a few classes that were different from mine (but I believe you mentioned you were also in aeronautical). I thought I did comparatively well GPA-wise but I think I benefited from smaller class sizes. Hardest class for me might’ve been Heat Transfer. As far as internships go, they are absolutely necessary, especially if you’re trying to find a job in the engineering field after graduation. As mentioned in the video, your GPA doesn’t mean nearly as much as your involvement, so please get as involved as you can.

[@SyhaDan]

I'm an ME graduate from Malaysia... I would say Mechanical Vibrations and Mechanics of Material

[@pinklady7184]

What books did you read for those?

[@thearchibaldtuttle]

Thermodynamics probably

[@RiverTechJess]

Ya I remember thermo 1 was harder than thermo 2 hahaha

[@noohm2385]

Fluid mechanics is harder man

[@hilmievrenatalar1923]

Heat transfer is harder than thermo.

[@noohm2385]

@@hilmievrenatalar1923 i took both thermo for me was harder

[@xgamer2011]

fluid is harder than thermo

[@thomasprice5728]

In my experience it always directly related to the quality of the teaching and the lecture notes printouts they provided because that's how i learn best, by reading.

[@RiverTechJess]

i'm also a visual learner! But ya, definitely the prof. I think that's why zahra and my answers differ so much

[@jmguevarajordan]

These ladies are beautiful and smart, so everything should be easy for them and networking is the most important issue for getting good jobs after graduation. However, fluids, circuits and thermodynamics are hard courses at all schools. Nice video

[@gulparviz]

The subjects I loved Gas Dynamics ICE (internal combustion engines) Applied Thermodynamics Stress Analysis Vehicle Dynamics Vehicle Thermal management Subject I found difficult Machine Dynamics Machine Design Fluid Mechanics 1 Fluid Mechanics 2 Heat Transfer Control Theory Thermofluid System Design

[@jerevethepoet6311]

Heat Transfer and Mechanical Vibrations are the hardest!

[@Azagro]

From my experience from the Technical University of Delft in BSc ME, people would often most struggle in signals analysis. Some have to extend their bachelor's by an additional year to still complete that one subject. Funny related side story: When a friend and I were doing that subject in second year. He would be doing aerospace master subjects as: CFD 1, 2, 3, 4, viscous flows and a couple others for fun. Don't ask why, he just enjoyed numerical analysis. He would pass all his AE master courses, but fail one course, it was signals analysis. Also advanced dynamics is quite a tough one, but as easy as linear algebra 1 in comparison to signals analysis.

[@RiverTechJess]

WoW thats crazy. Yes it just goes to show how different it is at all of the universities

[@Azagro]

STEMinine True, Zürich and Delft are quite parallel when it comes to robotics. Lots of full proffs in robotics and dynamics have also been at ETH. So each uni has a more specific focus. Ours is definitely in robotics and biomechanical in mechanical engi.

[@davidnovosardian6848]

"Everyone has good grades" HA HA HA

[@arwaabdullah5185]

that sentence make u feel bad about ur self hhhhhh

[@RiverTechJess]

Sorry, I didn't mean it like that lol

[@alidurrani4645]

HA HA HA HA she can say that ;)

[@TwisTeD913]

next joke LMAO

[@APD089191]

Thermo was the easiest class for me at Polytechnique Montreal. The hardest classes for me were machine elements and dynamics. Those two made me rethink my decision of picking mechanical engineering 😂.

[@emmaterris240]

Hi! I’ve just been accepted to McGill for mechanical engineering this coming fall! I’m very interested in aeronautical and I saw that there is a concentration in aeronautical, which I’m assuming you did? I was wondering how exactly I apply for that concentration? I love your videos :)

[@unknown3158]

Hi, I just "discovered" these videos, and they are amazing, good work. Since you've done your Bachelor (Undergrad) in Canada where Universities have a curve-based grading system, how does ETH's grading system compare to that? and what are the exams at ETH like, I mean oral and written exams? I've never actually taken an oral exam, and would really like to know more about them and exams in general. Thank you.

[@RiverTechJess]

Hey Tarabas! What do you mean by "curved-based" grading system? Because I would say that the grading system at ETH is way more curved based than in canada. I think it's way harder to get good grades at ETH, but it's not because the material is hard (although it is) it's because your grades depends on the class performance. There are both oral and written exams here. Maybe I should be a video about those

[@unknown3158]

I think you should make a video about it (Thanks in advance). And the curve-based system is basically your grades depend on the class performance (i.e. Top 10% - A, the next top 10% B and so on). I actually always found this system better than a catalog one (i.e. you get A only if you score 90+ overall or sth like that), and easier.

[@turhaneker]

As I am doing my masters in propulsion and power, I appreciate how easy thermodynamics and fluid mechanics were during my bachelor :D

[@sadsam4569]

Engineering Mechanics(dynamic), vibration, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, stress analysis , etc

[@noohm2385]

True that man dying over here

[@jamierdurrant]

Thermodynamics was easy for me. Fluid dynamics was pretty difficult. My hardest is Finite Element Analysis, got to use ABAQUS for the first time then 3 months later we have a test on a static study, 3 months later another test but this time for computational fluid dynamics.

[@RiverTechJess]

Lol sorry for laughing but I can just so relate hahahaa Ya I think the difficulty depends on the prof, so it'll change depending on where you study. Thanks for sharing!

[@buckeyefan635]

FEA is easy. Heat Transfer is HARD!!

[@jamierdurrant]

FEA on ABAQUS was easier than the CFD on ABAQUS, just had a test and then a portfolio in for today it's pretty shitty I'm telling you. I did vehicle dynamics/propulsion and thermodynamics last year and it was pretty easy as they both tied into each other.

[@hawilost]

Yeah!! CFD and anything about Computational Methods stuff was a nightmare!, Control and Vibes were so tiring studying them during the exams, GOD those were really tiring times :)

[@jamierdurrant]

Control and vibes hahaha, mine was called control and instrumentation, I prefer your module name though. Got an exam today then another one Tuesday then I've finished the masters. Wish me luck boys and girls!

[@cantonio270]

I'm 26 years years old with no kids and no wife. Would it be to late to go back to school for mech engineering?

[@RiverTechJess]

Noooo!!!!!!!! It’s not too late! First of all, 26 isn’t old (I’m 25). Second of all, it’s easier for you now because you don’t have a family to consider. It would be a lot more difficult once you have a wife and kids.

[@adelmahmoud1295]

I have a 42 year old lady in my numerical methods class who has 2 kids. So 26 is not too late at all. And she’s graduating in December.

[@RiverTechJess]

Adel that’s freaking awesome!

[@Oclb]

"fucking" Haha thank you so much for not censoring yourself just to keep up some stupid image!!! I work with engineers on a daily basis and they defiantly do not have a filter but neither do I sooo!!

[@RiverTechJess]

Lol ya sometimes struggle with “should I be polite? Meh fuck it”

[@jasonzhou3437]

I am currently doing mechanical engineering at McGill and it’s soooooo hard like u said. I spent most of time going to class and studying and I am still just slightly above average XD The most difficult classes to me were definitely dynamics, math 271 pdes and mech 309 numerical methods.

[@RiverTechJess]

All very “fun” classes 😹 ya there’s no time for life. But as long as you’re slightly above average then you’re all set!

[@berenikawos1776]

Numerical methods is my easiest class this semester 🥲 bc I'm taking thermo and fluids and materials 2

[@samiullahmgrsamiullah3950]

Hi Frnds.. I'm Abibaya... I'm really proud to say tht I'm a BE Mechanical Engineer women.... So happy fr u. Keep gong... Totally 200 boys.... 2 girls.... In tht I'm one girl..... Mech is always fire.... 🔥

[@javierfernandoagudelogomez1794]

At my university Thermodynamics 2 is higher level than Thermodynamics 1. It´s because Thermo 2 (Applied Thermodynamics) you may have an exam with complex and large problems, example, you may have a Combine Power Plant (Rankine and Brayton Cicle) with overheating and regeneration, and be asked for the combustion process in the boiler too. Other example problem is the mixing of real several gases, and you have to apply chemical equilibrium in several processes in the mixture, and do several iterative calculus. Difficulty is for the large and iterative calculus you have to do, it takes you alot of time.

[@תומרשוורץ-י1מ]

I would have to say to you are carzy but in a good way (i mean you Jess). In a bizar way that what makes it (your viseos) so good becuse you inspire to love things so much that it is worth while being al little crazy for them. I am an Industrial Engineer and i am a huge fan of engineering and Industrial Engineering particulary. Thanks.

[@karishmadaga]

hey, I love your videos! do you have any tips for getting involved in undergraduate research? I'm studying cs & math, and my hardest (but most enjoyable) course is probability! I love how it makes me think in a more systematic, clear way but it's also pretty unintuitive so far :') (p.s. cha gheill)

[@RiverTechJess]

Hey kraft dinner! Thanks so much for your support:) I think undergraduate research is a good way to gain intuition and a feel for those counter-intuitive subjects. So I think that's a good start! I would suggest to read professor bios and look up the type of research they do. And then email the ones you think would be interesting to work with and ask for a meeting (tell them you'd like to hear more about the work they do in their lab). Don't forget to give some professors a chance because you never know what you like/don't like until you try:)

[@ShivamKumar-yp8oz]

I don't think thermo,fluid,turbomachinery,design of machine element is hard....for me manufacturing 2and material science is definetly hard.

[@rajkumarswain3148]

Same to me brother.

[@phenomenalphysics3548]

I wish to work as hard as you did! Wish me a best luck

[@josiahsoko32]

thanks a lot, this was fun and really important

[@RiverTechJess]

Hey Josiah! I'm glad you liked it:) Let me know if there's anything else you would like to see:D

[@nataliawalkowiak2794]

I love it! ❤️❤️❤️ Like in my school in Poland.

[@RiverTechJess]

Your school is similar to Zahra’s school?

[@nataliawalkowiak2794]

STEMinine I think that mechanical engineering at all school it’s similar

[@moeshouse575]

iam a retired machinist. iam glad to see smart ladies going into this line of work.

[@vtefflon7901]

Just found your channel and I love your content. I’m doing my 3rd year of Me in China #subscribed

[@RiverTechJess]

That’s awesome! Thanks for subscribing. I’m really happy to hear that you like the content:)

[@Ernest-ps7xk]

SlaughterG 300 i'm studying Aeronautical Eng in Nanchang , which city are you based?

[@samatarMohamed]

Vibrations and kinematics of machines and mechanisms. By far the hardest classes for me. Being resourceful is most important 👍

[@RiverTechJess]

Vibesss for surrreeeeeee that call was annoying ahah.

[@lotfikalmouni1083]

if you can understand easily how a" CAV DPA roto-diesel pump injection" you definitely a legend in machine elements

[@CesarLopez-qt9mo]

Definitively Turbulence is one of the most difficult subjects, but Numerical Combustion Modeling is the most difficult I ever had.

[@ianflanagan209]

I really loved Difequ and linear algebra. Im in dynamics now and its kind of tough, mostly because every problem is kind of unique and our professor doesnt give us anything to review for test he just says study everything but then doesnt test you on a tenth of all the stuff you covered...i have a 3.7 gpa, is that good?

[@RiverTechJess]

Ya I remember having trouble in dynamics. I had to do a lot of problems until I felt confident for the exam (and then still underestimated the exam). I had a 3.8 gpa. so idk if that helps you?

[@antoniotonisi2419]

That's funny because here in Brazil my professor is exactly the same

[@kevinpierre2233]

Très interessante chaine , keep it up with the good work !

[@RiverTechJess]

thank you for watching!

[@berenikawos1776]

Currently in Thermo and fluids and its hell. We just got back our first fluids and the average grade was something like 35-40

[@jadvar452]

I can't wait until I'm in the struggle of college... I fucking hate my easy high school. The math teacher walks back and forth for ten minutes until she starts, the kids acting not like seniors, their maturity level is negative infinity... Teacher teaches one topic every trillion years, while I got this infinite energy stored inside me that is about to explode any sec. I'll squeeze all the hardest classes of my degree into one semester to live the moment of my life, and that'll be the best months of my life.

[@danielreed7067]

“If I distribute it” definitely studied for hours all day the day before a test lmao. That’s the best way

[@DuckyBalboa]

Lol where’s heat transfer on this list? Thermo 1 and 2 along with fluids was cake

[@DangerDarf]

All the courses are hard but the interesting ones seem easier :P But vibrations was the hardest for me

[@freedomchinaify]

I did electrical engineering. In my first and second year the courses are common for everybody and electrical students have to take one course in thermo and fluid 1, which was difficult for first and second year. Third and fourth year is even harder because there’re lots of signal processing, digital communication classes which require both math and programming. In Canada most bachelor of engineerings are five years rather than four years because there’s one year for either research preparations or industry internship, or both.

[@RiverTechJess]

Thank you! It's nice to hear about the experiences of other students. I think it will help others that come across this video:)

[@kevinpierre2233]

Hi , justin , i got a licence(3years) in mechanical engineering (italy) , i want to pursue in canada to get that full bachelor , i don't really like the way of teaching here in italy , so i really what to change , so would you like to tell more or help me somehow with information , thanks Ps : Sorry fr the bad english , i m a native french speaker

[@freedomchinaify]

Kevin Pierre Hello Kevin, If you transfer from foreign countries to USA or Canada for engineering schools, you will be accepted and most of the case, start from fresh year, which means you need to begin with first year math. Because many engineering schools do not recognize previous credits from foreign universities. (as far as I know, some Canadian universities do not accept transfer students during undergrad studies. You may need to go the school’s website and make sure that the school you apply accept transfer student.) Hope this would help you.

[@kevinpierre2233]

thk u so much , it willl help a lot !

[@ohozo7292]

Where did you get your EE degree? Here at Texas Tech students don't have to take any ME courses, the closest we get is phys 1 and 2. ME students do have to take some EE courses like a simplified circuits class.

[@ericklora7340]

What the heck do you do in thermodynamics? Like what do you even learn?

[@RiverTechJess]

Mainly the 1st-3rd laws of thermodynamics and how to apply them and use critical thinking to understand the system your analyzing (which mainly involves heat transfer)

[@ricardovergara-puello2253]

I think it depends on your uni, and even on the professor who teaches it. For example my professor explained the 0-3rd law and then after that we studied power and refrigeration cycles. But there are professors who would explain exergy instead of cycles in thermo 1.

[@ammar3094]

Ricardo V we had cycles and exergy

[@FIS014]

@@ricardovergara-puello2253 I still have nightmares about the cycles xD

[@thorwhitegod]

Did you have someone to help you in case you didn’t understand a class?

[@jocider5698]

I love vibes and structures, those are my favorite ME subjects! Thermo and heat transfer are my weakest courses.

[@jocider5698]

And I just completed my second to last semester (also took Turbomachinery), it was the worst.

[@abdullahbozkurt8707]

The hardest class is so far theory of elasticity right now. I cant even imagine theory of plasticity. But these are master s classes 😂

[@RiverTechJess]

Oh dang I’ve never taken that class (but also I don’t think I want to 😂) good luck! You can do it!!

[@kanoteam]

u mentioned it all :"" ...i'm a sophomore and i'm studying control & thermo :"( pray for mee

[@randallmcgrath9345]

Have you, or anyone you know taken Design of Thermofluid systems, introduction to Photonics(and yes this is offered to mecheng majors at some schools), or Finite Element Analysis? I have heard multiple job applications asking for skills In Finite Element Analysis in particular(Spacex, Tesla, Toyota, etc.)

[@jaridwilliams739]

The only thing is just dont give up, yeah the maths can get hard but other than that just study your ass off and work it

[@catherinesc88]

And I’m taking fluids 1 thinking that it’s going to be the hardest 😞 the hardest has yet to comeeeee. Isn’t McGill the Ivy League of Canada ?

[@bereketyisehak5584]

Two hours a day and you manage to go to ETH Zurich to your masters. What the heck!!!! I'm studying ME( and EE minor) in KAIST(Korea), and I don't even know how much a day I study because we study here almost all the time.😢😢😢

[@jessechen4971]

Impressive undergrad experience Jess. Did you apply to schools like MIT/Stanford?

[@RiverTechJess]

Thanks Jesse! Actually I did apply to Stanford and I was in contact with a prof that was going to offer me a spot in his lab but my GRE scores screwed everything up:/ I guess ETH doesn’t really care about the GREs. Funny how life turns out:)

[@hitenshah9]

STEMinine you can always retake gre exam....my sister got 321 in GRE and she is doing her masters in industrial engineering at Texas A and M university lol the campus is really big and she did her undergrad mechanical engineering degree in India (Mumbai University)

[@hitenshah9]

STEMinine btw I love you cause you are so cute

[@user-qy8zi8hq4v]

Hey CIVIL ENGINEER here 🖐🏻 We have fluid mechanics mechanics and strength of material too

[@EliteObeid]

For mechanical, you do strength of materials 2, as well, here at my uni, it’s called mechanics of solids 2.

[@spacewalker9375]

Your courses is a bit different from mine. Also I do feel like internship/research is essential

[@RiverTechJess]

Ya I think the courses differ by school.

[@alidurrani4645]

Design of Machine Elements was easier, for me the hardest were Calculus, because it was in the 1st semester, and then Fluids and Dynamics and Control system

[@somasekhar8396]

FEM (Finite Element Analysis) subject is difficult in engineering

[@kitchens222]

India..,😂😂😂

[@vinithyelsangiker6951]

Don't you think Heat n mass transfer was hard and Turbo machinery was hard too. And wat was ur final year project?

[@ananyapaul5062]

Turbomachinary is damn easy. . . . . . . . and it was a joke.

[@gonzalezm244]

Lol so far I’m like your friend, it’s Wednesday, I played Pokémon for hours, and haven’t studied for midterms next week

[@RiverTechJess]

lol I wish I could be like you and Zhara

[@gonzalezm244]

Ok now I’m studying lol. Wish me luck in physics tomorrow 😂

[@RiverTechJess]

hope the exam went well!

[@gonzalezm244]

STEMinine couldn’t have gone better 😁

[@honantong]

Did you take anything before doing the video or just naturally upbeat 😀

[@RiverTechJess]

All natural:)

[@anthonyrodriguezhernandez4836]

Do you guys think chemical engineering it's harder?

[@EliteObeid]

Depends, the math in chemical IMO is actually a tad easier, other than the extension they have of thermo, but there’s no mechanical dynamics, and machine dynamics. But chemical you have the added chemistry, which can throw people off, and also takes extra time to remember. So overall I would say it’s a little harder, but personally remembering shit is my forte, so I find mechanical harder. But the General public will say Chem is a little harder.

[@EliteObeid]

Chemical do have control dynamics, but so does mechanical... soo 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@marajevomanash]

If you engineers are so smart, then why haven't you solved every single problem on earth?

[@randallmcgrath9345]

I want to double major in an engineering discipline and physics, I believe. Has anyone here taken Quantum mechanics 1(or intro, whatever it is called at your school)? I have heard that is one of the hardest classes period. But I may be wrong.

[@havardevje4018]

The hardest classes I have in Mechanical Engineering is one called Machine Elements, most because the teacher is lazy, he will not explain anything when we do not understand the problems, and he does not give any assignment feedbacks back to us x) Everything was like throwing a niddle to a sea and you totally lose it! HAHA xD

[@RiverTechJess]

Ohhh I’m so lucky I never had to take machine element design!! Hahaha

[@aq5330]

Why are you making mechanical engineering major difficult to do ? My friends who are interested to be mechanical engineer, you can do easily.

[@geoffking6031]

I'm persian and I've heard Iranian universities are much easier than Canadian ones, so that probably explained the other girls' time at university.

[@smitkapse8069]

Is it possible for mechanical engineers to work in Robotics field? If yes,then how to make it possible?

[@RiverTechJess]

yes it is! I did an interview with a friend in robotics and you can find it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3mVkoWjYst_pas Hope it's helpful:)

[@Azagro]

Who else is supposed to work in the robotics field? Electrical engineers? lol

[@RiverTechJess]

Yep, and computer scientists. Software engineers. Material engineers

[@Azagro]

STEMinine oh sorry, I was sarcastic. Mechanical engineering outweighs any other field with about 5:1 here in robotics. Including programming and electric systems design.

[@RiverTechJess]

Ahh everywhere I have been it is different. It doesn’t really matter what kind of engineering you have but mainly your specialization. But interesting to see how it is at your school. Where do you study?

[@walter8373]

Iam about to be a freshman in college. I’ve decided to major in mechanical engineering. Cal 1,2,3 should I be scared???😭

[@dhananjaypratap6383]

Hi....I am Dhananjay.... from India....as u r a mechanical engineering.....I m doing bachelor in mechanical engineering....have read these kind of strength of materials , design of machine elements, theory of machine

[@RiverTechJess]

yes those are also hard classes

[@maheshsingh5919]

Can u plz write the name of all the subjects u have studied in ur ME graduation. Plz reply as soon as possible

[@johnstonbalan314]

I loved Thermodynamics. It wasn't much of a pain for me.

[@RiverTechJess]

Nice! I think that’s the opposite for most students though 😂

[@cameronh3260]

I am a senior in highschool and i get frusterated over 2 page Algebra worksheets and i had a hard time in physics.....i don't think engineering is for me tbh....😔

[@mch8906]

vibration, compressible fluids, machine design

[@rayaaaaaaaaaa]

Hi. Im a freshmen, and Im taking up a Mechanical Engineering program. Please give some advice. I will be glad if you give me some. thank you! 😊

[@advocatusdiaboli3204]

Everyone has good grades today? Join mechanical engineering in Germany. You will be happy to pass somehow most classes.

[@danielwinata726]

Fr Gr what do you mean??

[@advocatusdiaboli3204]

Daniel Winata The failure quota for every single class is around 80 %. That only included the students that have registered to write the exam. I can tell you an example when we started the first year we have been 600 students. We had to pass 6 classes the first semester. Many didn't even register to all 6 only to 2 or 3, because they couldn't keep up with all 6 classes. So for technical mechanics only 200 registered to take the exams. That are 33,33% of the whole freshmen. Only 20% of the 33.33% passes the class and that was only barely with a little more than 50% as a grade. So you can imagine only 6.6% passed the class on time at the first try. Writing passing exams at first try is not meant to be. At the second or third try it is possible.

[@danielwinata726]

At which University do you study?? I'm also planning to go to Germany this year.

[@advocatusdiaboli3204]

Daniel Winata RWTH Aachen. But you can trust me, it looks like this at every university in Germany, if you go into engineering, computer science or study any other STEM subject. What I expirienced is that foreign students have it even harder, because nobody cares about English as teaching language everything is in German.

[@RiverTechJess]

Sorry, I should’ve said that good grades aren’t impressive. But yes, I agree it’s really difficult to get good grades here in Switzerland (I’m assuming the education is much similar to Germany than Canada)

[@rayleung1744]

Can mechanical engineering students learn aerospace engineering topics? Is mechanical or aerospace topics easier? Thanks!

[@zee6158]

If you see this comment can you help me? I don’t know if I should pursue M.E.

[@sciencefactbyrkali4408]

Mechanical engineering is not so hard but some subject is very tough like thermodynamic and som. I want to know what was your final year project..

[@RiverTechJess]

I think it’s hard in the sense that there’s a lot going on

[@sciencefactbyrkali4408]

What about your project.. I am asking because I am also in 3rd year .M.E.

[@xxtravisxxify]

Well, I can easily tell that ME is one of the hardest studies at University but if you really into it and basically love it, it's a gift to you and you can make money with it and you have absolutely no limit of possible income and the working position, of course it depends how you work hard and have developed yourself. And most importantly you need discipline like for everything in life but just a little bit more.

[@RiverTechJess]

Well-said:)

[@RiverTechJess]

I did a bachelors project in metal flames and a masters project in combustion/acoustics/CFD

[@salmanshahid611]

my concepts are strong but I am not good with softwares like ansys, matlab what should I do?

[@RiverTechJess]

I think the best thing to do is practice. There are definitely jobs out there where you don't need ansys and matlab, but becoming more comfortable with these softwares will only benefit you:)

[@abril5508]

I grind probably 15 hours per day(not all days lmao) and I barely pass my courses :/

[@nee7799]

Random: So what are the hardest MENG classes? Every MENG major: Yes

[@fernandoaruperes9759]

I'm from indonesia, i think dynamics and vibrations mechanics is the most difficult

[@JohnSmith-rb6zj]

If Thermo is hard, you're not making enough assumptions.

[@RiverTechJess]

Very interesting viewpoint. But a very famous physicist once said that if you think you understand Thermo, then you actually don’t understand it at all;)

[@shantanukumarmaity]

You told everything is hard😕.. why you study , You should do start study literature

[@AhmedMJ97]

Hello Jess As Always an informative video from you ! I’m a senior mechanical engineering student studying in the UAE. I would like to join the masters program you are enrolling now in Switzerland I feel this university is one a kind and I would like to enroll in it Can you explain more about this university and how does it work there Does the university gives lectures in English? Or in Switzerland’s different spoken languages Would be awesome if you helped me Thanks again Jess! Stay awesome!

[@agustinizaguirre9460]

When You talk about the research, You mean during collegue ir high school?

[@beasthunter7740]

Hii ! I got accepted into Ryerson University for undergrad engineering Is it good? Do you have any idea? Please answer 🥺

[@safe1050]

uottawa is way better. If you didn't apply yet, the deadline is april 1st

[@coreythomas3633]

What are good books to read on mechanical egineering

[@josevela9018]

Systems Dynamics controls, Machine elements, Dynamics are my hardest so far 😐

[@maneeshsj6372]

Is there any thing easy to study?

[@RiverTechJess]

meh maybe math and calculus? Heat transfer wasn't bad

[@maneeshsj6372]

I am ask this to you because i am an now taking ug in mechanical engineering in india.

[@Dark-tk9xu]

Is Srikar Vengallatore still teaching Vibrations?

[@albert5828]

You basically named the whole curriculum lol Automatic Controls is notoriously the hardest class in ME undergrad

[@RiverTechJess]

Lol but there are so many hard classes! I never took controls but now I use controls like every day haha

[@FreePalestine774]

Hi ,my name is Hamza I have 3 years university degree In energy mechanics and 2 years technical degree in Mechanical manufacturing , And a one-year university degree in mechanical design and manufacturing my level of English is not very good ,And all my diplomas are French is it possible to have a master degree in US ? AND HOW ( which university ) ?

[@gamedreamer9970]

What sector do you want to work in?

[@RiverTechJess]

I would love to work in aerospace!

[@RiverTechJess]

what about you?

[@SaadAhmedMSA]

You found Fluid easy. You must be a genius. Fluid was the reason of my turbulent life back in the university. :-D

[@RiverTechJess]

Zahra is a genius!

[@fadeissa]

i am in the third year mechanical degin engineering Can I complete my studying in your university